Department or Service
Department of Pediatric Medicine, Infectious Disease
Specialty
Infectious Disease
Primary Location
Texas Children's Hospital
Contact Information
1102 Bates St.
Ste. 1120
Houston, TX 77030
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Phone: 832-824-4330
Carol J. Baker, M.D.
Professor, Molecular Virology & Microbiology - Baylor College of Medicine
Medical School
Baylor College of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine, 1968
Internship
University of Southern California Medical Center, Pediatrics, 1969
Residency
Baylor College of Medicine, Pediatrics, 1971
Fellowship
Baylor College of Medicine, Pediatric Infectious Disease, 1973
Harvard Medical School, Research Fellowship, 1974
From Dr. Baker
Dr. Baker’s research is focused on neonatal infections and vaccine-preventable diseases. Currently she is the Principal Investigator of a NIH-sponsored phase 2 study of the safety and immunogenicity of tetanus and diphtheria toxoid-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine in pregnant women, a Co-Investigator of an evaluation of post-partum Tdap vaccine with cocooning of family contacts to prevent pertussis in infants <4 months of age, and a CDC-sponsored multi-center project determining the vaccine-effectiveness of rotavirus vaccines.
Professional Organizations *
- Infectious Diseases Society of America
Fellow - Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
Fellow - American Academy of Pediatrics
Fellow - Society for Pediatric Research
Member - National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
Board Member
Selected Publications
Healy CM, Rench MA, Baker CJ. Implementation of cocooning against pertussis in a high-risk population. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2011 Jan 15;52(2):157-62. PMID: 21288837.
Castagnini LA, Healy CM, Rench MA, Wootton SH, Munoz FM, Baker CJ. Impact of maternal postpartum tetanus and diphtheria toxoids and acellular pertussis immunization on infant pertussis infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2012 Jan 1;54(1):78-84. Epub 2011 Nov 10. PMID: 22075790.
Healy CM, Baker CJ. Infant pertussis: What to do next? Clinical Infectious Diseases 2012 Feb 1;54(3):328-30. Epub 2011 Dec 8. PMID: 22156848.
Healy CM, Baker CJ, Palazzi DL, Campbell JR, Edwards MS. Distinguishing true coagulase-negative Staphylococcus infections from contaminants in the neonatal intensive care unit. J Perinatology 2012 Apr 12. doi: 10.1038/jp.2012.36. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22499081.
Libster R, Edwards KM, Levent F, Edwards MS, Rench MA, Castagnini LA, Cooper T, Sparks RC, Baker CJ, Shah PE. Long-term outcomes of group B streptococcal meningitis. Pediatrics 2012 Jul;130(1):e8-e15. Epub 2012 Jun 11. PMID: 22689869.
* Texas Children's Hospital physicians' licenses and credentials are reviewed prior to practicing at any of our facilities. Sections titled From the Doctor, Professional Organizations and Publications were provided by the physician's office and were not verified by Texas Children's Hospital.
