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Texas Children’s Hospital
is nationally ranked in the top 5 among children’s hospitals by
Child magazine and
U.S.
News & World Report. So it’s no surprise
that our physicians continually are recognized for their expertise
by being elected or appointed to leadership positions within highly
respected professional organizations or honored with awards for
their continued dedication and contribution to the advancement of
pediatric medicine.
A number of Texas Children's physicians have been recognized as
Best Doctors of America®. Best Doctors® conducts the largest peer-review-based evaluation of the
medical profession and Best Doctors physicians are chosen by 30,000
doctors identified in previous surveys as “the best” in their
specialties.
Twenty Texas Children's doctors were
featured as
Texas Super Doctors™ -- a list of the best-of-the-best -- in the
February 2005 issue of
Texas Monthly.
The magazine surveyed more than 52,000 Texas physicians, asking them
to whom they would refer a loved one or patient for diagnosis and
treatment. The research team also identified doctors who received special recognition
from their peers or demonstrated other indications of expertise in their specialties.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services recognized 52
doctors in the Houston area. These physicians are honored for their
efforts to raise childhood immunization coverage rates. Texas
Children's is proud to say that of those 52 doctors, 11 are part of
the Texas Children's Pediatric Associates network. High immunization
coverage rates translate into record low levels of
vaccine-preventable diseases.
Below is an
alphabetical listing of Texas Children’s physicians recently honored
by other health care organizations.
Dr. Dennis Bier
director of the General Clinical Research Center at Texas
Children's, director of the Children’s Nutrition Research Center and
professor of pediatrics at Baylor, has been elected president-elect
of the American Society of Nutritional Sciences June 1, 2004, through
May 31, 2005, and then will serve as president of the society from
June 1, 2005, through May 31, 2006.
Dr. Andreea Cazacu
a postdoctoral fellow in pediatric infectious diseases at Texas
Children's and Baylor, will receive an award from the Society for
Pediatric Research at the Pediatric Academic Societies meeting for
outstanding research performed by a fellow in any discipline in any
department of pediatrics in the United States or Canada.
Dr. Gary Clark started an appointment as chief of the Neurology service at Texas
Children’s and assumed leadership of the pediatric neurology section
at Baylor in July. He also received the Sidney Carter award from
the American Academy of Neurology, its highest honor for research
and other achievements in neurology.
Dr. Gail Demmler
a physician in the Infectious Diseases Service, director of the
virology laboratory at Texas Children’s and professor of pediatrics
at Baylor, is president of the Society for Pediatric Research this
year and will deliver the presidential address to the Pediatric
Academic Societies annual meeting in San Francisco.
Dr. Ralph D. Feigin
physician-in-chief of Texas Children’s and chairman of pediatrics at
Baylor College of Medicine, received the 2004 TIAA-CREF
Distinguished Medical Educator award April 28. Feigin is the first
recipient of this annual award.
Dr. Caraciolo Fernandes
of Texas Children’s Newborn Center® and assistant professor of
pediatrics at Baylor and Dr. Graciela Villarreal, chief of the spina
bifida clinic at Texas Children’s and assistant professor of
pediatrics at Baylor, received the Teaching and Evaluation award.
Dr. Ernest Fruge,
director of psychosocial programs at Texas Children’s and Baylor,
received the Educational Leadership award.
Dr. Sheldon Kaplan,
chief of the Infectious Diseases Service at Texas Children’s and
vice chair for clinical affairs in the department of pediatrics at
Baylor, is this year’s president of the Pediatric Infectious
Diseases Society. He will preside at the society’s annual meeting
held simultaneously with the Pediatric Academic Societies meeting.
Dr. Martin Lorin,
vice chairman for educational affairs and director of house staff
training and education at Texas Children’s and professor of
pediatrics at Baylor, received the Distinguished Faculty award from
the Baylor College of Medicine Alumni Association.
Dr. Huda Zoghbi,
a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, a specialist in
Texas Children’s neurology service and professor in the departments
of pediatrics, neurology, neuroscience and molecular and human
genetics at Baylor College of Medicine, has been elected to the
National Academy of Sciences.
  
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