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Credentials for
Michael E. Speer, M.D.

Name: Michael E. Speer, M.D.

Texas Children's Position: Medical Director, Quality and Outcomes Management Department, Medical Director, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program

Other Positions: Professor of Pediatrics & Ethics—Neonatology, Baylor College of Medicine

Specialty(ies):

Neonatology

Newborns

Board Certifications:
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Pediatrics
 
Degrees Held:
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellow 1974 Baylor College of Medicine
Fellowship in Infectious Disease 1973 Baylor College of Medicine
Resident in Pediatrics 1969 Baylor Affiliated Hospitals
Intern 1968 Ben Taub General Hospital and Jefferson Davis Hospital
M.D. 1968 Baylor College of Medicine
B.A. 1964 Occidental College
 

Primary Focus: Infectious diseases of the newborn, Measurement of quality of care

Publications:
Speer ME, Fernandes CJ, Boron M, Groothius JR. Use of palivizumab for prevention of hospitalization due to respiratory syncytial virus in infants with cystic fibrosis. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2008;27:559-561.
Speer M, Perlman JM. Modest hypothermia as a neuroprotective strategy in high-risk term infants. Clin Perinatol 2006;33:169–183
Speer M. Current and future options for the prevention and treatment of respiratory syncytial virus infection. Touch Briefings: US Special Populations Pediatrics Review 2006. 2006:38-41
Speer M. Immune and Non-Immune Hydrops Fetalis. Neonatalogy Today. 2006;1:1,3-6.
 
Professional Organizations:
President-elect Harris County Medical Society
Secretary Texas Perinatal Association
Chariman - District I Texas Pediatric Society
Council on Scientific Affairs Texas Medical Association
District VII Representative American Academy of Pediatric Perinatal Section
Member American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Fetus and Newborn
Member American Academy of Pediatrics Steering Committee of the Neonatal Resuscitation Program
 
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