Faculty of Pediatrics
Bonna Benjamin, MD
Professor, Regional Chair, Pediatric Surgeon, Department of Pediatrics
Medical School
1973 University of Pittsburgh School of Med, Pittsburgh, PA
Post Graduate Training
1975 Surgery, Georgetown University
1977 Surgery, York Hospital
1985 Pediatric Surgery, St. Christopher Hospital for Children, Philadelphia
Specialty Certification
Surgery, 1978, 1988, 1997
Pediatric Surgery, 1988, 1995, 2007
Recent Publications
• Hicks K, Benjamin B, Habersang R. Intussuception with a Pathological Lead Point. Consultant for Pediatrician 2008:6:251-235.
Curtis Turner, MD
Associate Professor, Residency Program Director, Department of Pediatrics
Medical School
1986 Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine, Charleston, SC
Post Graduate Training
1987 Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina
1989 Pediatrics, Louisiana State University New Orleans
1993 Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of Florida, Gainesville
Specialty Certification
Pediatrics, 1989
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 1996, 2004
Recent Publications
• Stover DG, Alapati S, Regueira O, Turner C, Whitlock JA. Treatment of Juvenile Xanthogranuloma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2008; 51:130-3.
• Selvan V, Vasylyeva TL, Turner C, Regueira O. One Disease, Multiple Manifestations. Pediatric Annals 2008; 37: 92-95.
• Turner CW, Regueira O. letter to editor “Pediatric Oncologists suffer from decreased funding”; Hem/Onc Today; 2007; 8: 2-3.
• Joffe S, Fernandez C, Pentz RD, Ungar DR , Mathew NA, , Turner CW et al Involving Children in Decision-Making about Research Participation. Journal of Pediatrics, 2006; 149: 862-868.
• Johnson AOK, Alsayouf H, Hamous JE, Turner C. Hematemesis in a Neonate. Clinical Pediatrics 2006; 45: 105-108.
• Turner CW Finding The Needle In The Haystack: Diagnosis Of Primary Immune Deficiencies. Panhandle Health 2005; 15:17-20.
Shannon Herrick, MD
Assistant Professor, Residency Associate Program Director, Department of Pediatrics
Medical School
2001 University of Texas Southwestern Med School at Dallas, Dallas, TX
Post Graduate Training
2002 Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Med School at Dallas, Dallas, TX
2004 Pediatrics, Texas Tech University – Amarillo
Specialty Certification
Pediatrics, 2004
Kashif Ali, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School
1990 Dow Medical College, Karachi Pakistan
Post Graduate Training
1991 Psychiatry, Civil Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
1997 Pediatrics, Metropolitan Hospital, New York Medical College
1998 Pediatric Chief Resident, Metropolitan Hospital, New York Medical College
1999 Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow, University of Minnesota
Specialty Certification
Pediatrics, 2001, 2008
Todd Bell, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School
2001 University of Arkansas (cum laude)
Post Graduate Training
2005 Combined Medicine/Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine
2005 Pediatric Chief Resident, Duke University School of Medicine
Specialty Certification
Pediatrics, 2006
Internal Medicine, 2005
Recent Publications
• Diabetes Mellitus; the Janus of technological Advance, Panhandle Health, 2008
• A Stranger at the Bedside, Panhandle Health, 2007
Evanthia Biskinis, MD
Professor
Medical School
1969 National and Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece
Post Graduate Training
1967 Pediatrics, Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children, London, England
1968 Chief Resident, Brook General Hospital, London, England
1972 Neonatal-Perinatal Fellow, Mount Zion Hospital Medical Center, UC, San Francisco
Specialty Certification
Pediatrics, 1974
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 1975, 1995
Recent Publications
• Tiwari R, Hicks K, Naqvi M, Biskinis E, Nirgiotis J , Van Hook J, Suffield R. Prenatal diagnosis of a neonate with fetus in fetu. Journal of Perinatology 26, 366-367, 2006.
• Alsayouf H, Biskinis EK, Nirgiotis J. A neonate with abdominal distention. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2004;43(7):677-8
Christy Blake, RNC, CNP
Nurse Practitioner
Adjunct Faculty, Division of Nursing Graduate Program Courses, West Texas State University, Canyon, Texas
Family Nurse Practitioner, West Texas State University, Canyon, Texas
Masters of Science in Nursing, West Texas State University, Canyon, Texas
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, West Texas State University, Canyon, Texas
Graduate, Amarillo High School, Amarillo, Texas
Certified - Texas State Board of Nurse Examiners, PNP CNS
Community Outreach Volunteer
Quality Improvement Committee
Dean’s Award 2006
Walter Bridges, MD
Associate Professor
Medical School
1988 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Post Graduate Training
1992 Combined Medicine/Pediatrics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - Amarillo
Specialty Certification
Pediatrics, 2003
Internal Medicine, 1996
Angelica Chavez, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School
1998 University Of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Post Graduate Training
2001 Pediatrics, University Of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
2005 Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Specialty Certification
Pediatrics, 2001
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2006
Recent Publications
• Chavez A, dela Cruz R, Zaritsky A. Spontaneous breathing trial predicts successful extubation in infants and children. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2006 Jul; 7(4):324-8
Joyce Chuachingco, MD
Associate Professor, Medical Director of Neonatal Critical Care
Medical School
1971 University of Philippines
Post Graduate Training
1976 Pediatrics, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
1978 Neonatal-Perinatal Fellow, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Specialty Certification
Pediatrics, 1979
1983 Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Oluyemisi J. Fatunde, MD
Associate Professor
Medical School
1977 College of Medicine, University of Ibadan
Post Graduate Training
1978 Rotating Internship, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
1982 Pediatrics, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
1985 Howard University Center for Sickle Cell Disease
Specialty Certification
Pediatrics, 1997, 2004
Recent Publications
• Devries H, Ali K, Fatunde OJ, Herpes Zoster Presenting as Leg Pain in the absence of a Rash in a 5-Year Old. Consultant for Pediatricians 2008 ( in press)
• Fatunde OJ, Lagunju IA, Preventing Childhood Neurological Disorders in Nigeria- Beyond Politics and Rhetoric. Archives of Ibadan Medicine 2007; 8:32-37.
• Lagunju IA, Fatunde OJ. Epilepsy in Nigerian children with cerebral palsy. Dev Med Child Neurol.2007; 49:158.
• Fatunde OJ, Lagunju IA, Adeniyi OF, Orimadegun AE. Non-traumatic paraplegia in Nigerian children presenting at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. African J Med Med Sci.2006; 35:37-41.
• Fatunde OJ, Adamson FG, Ogunseyinde O, Sodeinde O, Familusi JB. Stroke in Nigerian children with sickle cell disease. African J Med Med Sci.2005; 34:157.
• Ogunseyinde AO, Obajimi MO, Fatunde OJ. Computed tomographic pattern of stroke in children with sickle cell anaemia in Ibadan. African J Med Med Sci. 2005:34:115-8.
• Ogunseyinde AO, Obajimi MO, Ige OM, Alonge T, Fatunde OJ. Computed tomographic evaluation of TB spine in Ibadan. West Afr J Med. 2004; 23:228-31.
• Obajimi MO, Fatunde OJ, Ogunseyinde AO, Omigbodun OO, Atalabi OM, Joel RU. Computed tomography and childhood seizure disorder in Ibadan. West Afr J Med. 2004; 2:167-72.
• Brown BJ, Asinobi AO, Fatunde OJ, Osinusi K, Fasina NA. Antimicrobial sensitivity pattern of organisms causing urinary tract infection in children with sickle cell anaemia in Ibadan, Nigeria. West Afr J Med. 2003; 22:110-3.
• Asinobi AO, Fatunde OJ, Brown BJ, Osinusi K, Fasina NA. Urinary tract infection in febrile children with sickle cell anaemia in Ibadan, Nigeria. Ann Trop Paediatr. 2003; 23:129-34.
Rolf Habersang, MD
Professor
Medical School
1968 Doctor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Post Graduate Training
1970 Fellowship, Division Clinical Pharmacology Department, Medical University of Basel
1973 Pediatrics, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
1973 Masters of Public health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine
1974 Fellowship, Division of Clinical Pharmacology/Pediatrics
1992 Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of Texas - Houston
Specialty Certification
Pediatrics, 1975
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 1987, 2001
Thomas Hale, PhD
Professor, Assistant Dean of Research
Pharmacology School
1968 B.S. Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, Oklahoma
1978 Ph.D., Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
1981 Postdoctoral Fellowship, School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, University of Missouri
Recent Publications
• Hale TW, Bateman T, Finkelman M, Berens P. The Absence of Candida Albicans in Milk Samples of Women with Clinical Symptoms of Ductal Candidiasis. Breastfeeding Medicine. 2009.
• Hale TW. Medications and Mothers’ Milk. Thirteenth Edition. Hale Publishing LP, 2008
• Hale TW. Drug Therapy and Breastfeeding. Hale TW. In. Breastfeeding and Human Lactation. Riordan and Auerbach. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2008.
• Hale TW, and Siddiqui A. Transfer of beta interferons into human milk of patients with multiple sclerosis. In preparation. 2008.
• Hale TW, Bateman T, Finkelman M, Berens P. Presence of Candida Albicans in breastfeeding mothers. In preparation, 2008.
• Hale TW. Medications and Mothers’ Milk. Thirthteen Edition. Hale Publishing LP, 2008
• Hale, T, Bateman, T, Finkelman M. Berens, P. Presence of Candida Albicans in symptomatic Breastfeeding Mothers. Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, 2007.
• Hale TW. Prescribing During Lactation. deSwiet’s Medical Disorders in Obstetric Practice, 5th edition, Blackwell Publishing. 2007
• Hale TW. Kristensen J. and Ilett, K The Transfer of Medications into Human Milk. In: Textbook of Human Lactation. Hale TW, and Hartmann PE. Hale Publishing LP, Amarillo, 2007.
• Hale TW. Medications that Alter Milk Production. In: Textbook of Human Lactation. Hale TW, and Hartmann PE. Hale Publishing LP, Amarillo, 2007.
• Hale TW. Anesthetic and Analgesic Medications: Implications for Breastfeeding. In: Textbook of Human Lactation. Hale TW, and Hartmann PE. Hale Publishing LP, Amarillo, 2007.
• Hale, TW, Hartmann, PE. Textbook of Human Lactation. Hale Publishing LP, 2007.
• Page-Sharp M, Kristensen JH, Hackett LP, Beran RG, Rampono J, Hale TW et al. Transfer of lamotrigine into breast milk. Ann Pharmacother 2006; 40:1470-1.
• Hackett LP, Kristensen JH, Hale TW, Paterson R, Ilett KF. Methylphenidate and Breastfeeding. Ann Pharmacother 2006; 40:1890-1
• Montgomery, A and Hale T. Analgesia and Anesthesia for the Breastfeeding Mother. Breastfeeding Medicine 1(4): 271-277, 2006.
• Hale TW. Breastfeeding and Drug Treatment. In: Psychiatric Disorders and Pregnancy. O’Keane V, Marsh M, and Seneviratne G. Taylor and Francis Group, London. 2006.
• Hale TW. Breastfeeding and Drug Treatment. In: Psychiatric Disorders and Pregnancy. O’Keane V, Marsh M, and Seneviratne G. Taylor and Francis Group, London. 2006
• Hale TW. Drug Therapy and Breastfeeding Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, Antimanics, and Sedatives. Neoreviews 2005.
• Hale TW. Drug Therapy and Breastfeeding: Antibiotics, Analgesics and other medications. NeoReviews 6(5):2005
Angela Huang, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School
2001 University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School
Post Graduate Training
2005 Pediatrics, UMDNJ- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
2008 Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
Specialty Certification
Pediatrics, 2006
Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, 2008
Abiodun O. K. Johnson, MD
Professor
Medical School
1965 University of London at the University College, Ibadan, Nigeria
Post Graduate Training
1966 Rotating Internship at the General, Island Maternity, & Children’s Hospitals, Lagos, Nigeria
1967 Pediatrics, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria
1968 Registrar, Department of Medicine, LUTH, Lagos, Nigeria
1969 House Physician, Pediatrics, The Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London, U K
1970 Senior House Physician in Medicine & Pediatrics, Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital, Taplow, Bucks, U K
1971 Registrar, Department of Medicine, Professorial Medical Unit, Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow, U K
1971 Senior Registrar in Pediatrics, University College Hospital, Ibadan & Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria
1974 Fellowship, Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA
Specialty Certification
Pediatrics, 2001, 2008
American Gastroenterological Association, 1990
Recent Publications
• Chong SKF, Lou, QY, Johnson, A, et al. The seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori in a referral population of children in the United states. Am J Gastroenterol
• Johnson, AOK. Nutrition and International Child Health. An invited Guest Editorial. Arch Ibadan Med 2007;8(1):1-4.
• Osgood M, Johnson AOK. Lactose Intolerance. In: Clinical Studies in Medical Biochemistry. 3rd ed. Eds. Glew R, Rosenthal M. Oxford University Press, Publishers 2007:266-277 (Chapter 25).
• Alsayouf H, Turner C, Hamous JE, Johnson AOK. Hematemesis in a neonate. Clin Pediatr 2006;45:105-108.
• Akinyinka OO, Falade AG, Johnson AO. Choledochal Cysts in African Infants: a report of three cases and a review of the literature. Tropical Gastroenterol 2005;26(1):34-36.
Bharat Khandheria, MD, FACP
Associate Professor
Medical School
1987 North Bengal Medical College
Post Graduate Training
1990 Internal Medicine, Mount Carmel Mercy Hospital, Detroit, MI
1992 Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University, Amarillo
Specialty Certification
Adolescent Medicine, 1997, 2007
Internal Medicine, 1992, 2003
Eric Levy, MD
Associate Professor
Medical School
1984 University of Texas Southwestern Med School at Dallas, Dallas, TX
Post Graduate Training
1984 Pediatrics, Texas Tech University – Amarillo
1989 Pediatrics, Austin Pediatric Education Program
1992 Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of Texas - Houston
Specialty Certification
Pediatrics, 1989, 2004
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 1994, 2002
Recent Publications
• Akins RL, Haase MR, Levy EN. Pharmacokinetics of daptomycin in a critically ill adolescent with vancomycin-resistant enterococcal endocarditis. Pharmacotherapy. 2006; 26:694-8.
• Texas State Child Fatality Review Committee Position Statement: Safe Sleep for Infants, June 2008
• Texas Child Fatality Review Team 2007 Annual Report. (Submitted to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Speaker of the House of Representatives), April 2008.
• Texas Child Fatality Review Team 2006 Annual Report. (Submitted to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Speaker of the House of Representatives), April 2007.
Eugene Luckstead, MD
Professor, Vice Regional Chair of Pediatrics
Medical School
1963 University of Iowa College of Med, Iowa City, IA
Post Graduate Training
1964 Rotating Internship, Oakland Naval Hospital, Oakland, CA
1966 Pediatrics, Oakland Naval Hospital, Oakland, CA
1971 Pediatric Cardiology, University of Kansas
Specialty Certification
1968 Pediatrics
1972 Pediatric Cardiology
Recent Publications
• Luckstead, E. F: Greydanus, DE et al; in Pediatric Physical Diagnosis; Chapter 9: The Cardiovascular System McGraw-Hill, 2007.
• Luckstead, EF and Noubani H. Cardiovascular Disorders in the Adolescent. In Essentials in Adolescent Medicine, Greydanus DE, et. al.eds. McGraw Hill, NY; 2006; 129-156.
• Patel D, Luckstead EF, Greydanus D. Sports Injuries Chapter 33: In Greydanus DE et.al.eds, Essentials of Adolescent Medicine, McGraw Hill; 2006:677-692.
• Luckstead, E. F: Cardiovascular Disorders in the College Student; College health; Greydanus, DE et al; Pediatr Clin NA;WB Saunders :2005:52:243-278.
• Patel DR, Greydanus DE, Luckstead EF Sr. The college athlete. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2005; 52:25-60.
Janet Meller, MD
Associate Professor
Medical School
1980 University of Health Sciences, Chicago, IL
Post Graduate Training
1980 Surgery Resident, University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics, Chicago, IL
1982 Senior Resident, University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics, Chicago, IL
1984 Chief Resident, University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics, Chicago, IL
1985 Fellow in Pediatric Surgery, University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics, Chicago, IL
1986 Preceptorship in Pediatric Surgery, Cook County Hospital and University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago, IL
Specialty Certification
1986, 2005 Surgery
1988, 1996 Surgical Critical Care
Mubariz Naqvi, MD
Professor
Medical School
1969 Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan
Post Graduate Training
1971 Rotating Internship, Toledo, Ohio
1972 Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI
1976 Neonatal-Perinatal Fellow, Wayne State, Detroit, MI
Specialty Certification
Pediatrics, 1975
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 1983, 1995
Recent Publications
• Rush R, Rush S, Ighani F, Anderson B, Irwin M, Naqvi M. Effects of comfort care on pain response in preterm infants undergoing screening for retinopathy of prematurity. Retina 25(1): 59-62, 2005.
• Tiwari R, Hicks K, Naqvi M, Biskinis E, Nirgiotis J , Van Hook J, Suffield R. Prenatal diagnosis of a neonate with fetus in fetu. Journal of Perinatology 26, 366-367, 2006.
Jason Nirgiotis, MD
Associate Professor
Medical School
1986 University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Post Graduate Training
1992 General Surgery, University of Texas – Houston
1994 Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
Specialty Certification
Surgery, 1993, 2007
Pediatric Surgery, 1996, 2007
Recent Publications
• Benton T, Cheema R, Nirgiotis J. A newborn with a Skin Lesion on the back: Occult Spinal Dysraphism. Journal of Family Practice 56 (1): E1-3, 2007.
• Tiwari R, Hicks K, Naqvi M, Biskinis E, Nirgiotis J , Van Hook J, Suffield R. Prenatal diagnosis of a neonate with fetus in fetu. Journal of Perinatology 26, 366-367, 2006.
Michael Okogbo, MD
Associate Professor
Medical School
1974 University of Lagos College of Medicine, Lagos, Nigeria
Post Graduate Training
1975 Central Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria
1984 Pediatric Neurology Fellowship, McGill University & Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Canada
1985 Pediatrics, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
1997 Pediatrics, Texas Tech University – Amarillo
2003 Executive MBA (Health Organizational Management) TTU, Lubbock TX
Specialty Certification
Pediatrics, 1998, 2005
Muhammad Qureshi, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School
1990 Sindh Medical College, University of Karachi, Pakistan
Post Graduate Training
1996 Pediatrics, Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York Medical College
2008 Pediatric Cardiology Fellow, Children’s Heart Center, Medical College of Georgia
Specialty Certification
Pediatrics, 1997, 2004
Osvaldo Regueira, MD
Associate Professor
Medical School
1980 Universidad Central del Este San Pedro de Macoriz, Spain
Post Graduate Training
1986 Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical Christ Hospital & Medical Center
1987 Pediatric Pathology, University of Miami
1990 Pediatrics, LSU Medical Center
1993 Pediatric Hematology//Oncology LSU Medical Center New Orleans & Tulane Medical Center
Specialty Certification
Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1989
Pediatrics, 1990, 2005
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 1996, 2004
Recent Publications
• Bapat K, Kaylani S, Turner C, Regueira O. Neuroblastoma Mimicking Pneumonia (Poster) TTUHSC Amarillo May 2008
• Kaylani S, Bapat K, Turner C, Regueira O. Chemotherapy Induced Stroke in a Child with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) ( Poster)TTUHSC Amarillo May 2008
• Stover DG, Alapati S, Regueira O, Turner C, Whitlock JA. Treatment of juvenile xanthogranuloma. Pediatr Blood Cancer2008; 51:130-3.
• Selvan V, Vasylyeva TL, Turner C, Regueira O. One disease, multiple manifestations. Pediatr Ann. 2008; 37:92-5.
• Turner CW, Regueira O. letter to editor “Pediatric Oncologists suffer from decreased funding”; Hem/Onc Today, June2007;8:2-3.
Vinod Sethi, MD
Associate Professor
Medical School
1963 King George’s Medical College, Lucknow, India
Post Graduate Training
1966 Pediatrics, GM&A Hospitals, Lucknow, India
1967 Chief Pediatric Resident, GM&A Hospitals, Lucknow, India
1971 Senior Resident, Pediatrics Department, Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children, Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada
1972 Senior Resident, Pediatrics Department, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York City, NY
1972 Pediatric Fellowship, St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Youngstown, OH
2007 Fellow in Academic Medicine, North Eastern Ohio Universities, College of Medicine, Ohio
Specialty Certification
Pediatrics, 1975
Marita Sheehan, MD
Professor, Assistant Academic Dean
Medical School
1968 University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
Post Graduate Training
1969 Pediatrics, Los Angeles County, U.S.C. Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
1970 Pediatrics, Mt. Zion Hospital and Medical Center, San Francisco, California
1971 Chief Resident in Pediatrics, Mt. Zion Hospital and Medical Center, San Francisco, California
1972 M.P.H., Maternal and Child Health, University of California, School of Public Health, Berkeley, California
Specialty Certification
Pediatrics, 1973
Shu Shum, MD
Associate Professor
Medical School
1971 University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Post Graduate Training
1971 University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
1973 Pediatrics, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong
1975 Pediatrics, Tulane University in New Orleans, Charity Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana
1976 Developmental Pharmacology Branch NIH, Bethesda, MD
Specialty Certification
Pediatrics, 1978
Medical Toxicology,1980
Recent Publications
• Shum S. Parenting: A practical Manual on Anticipatory Guidance. Amarillo Pediatric Association, 2005.
• Jaramillo JE, Anderson HG, Jaramillo P, Nester ML, Shum S. Drug Identification: A Survey of Poison Control Centers. J Tox Clin Tx 42 (4) 371-381, 2004.
Muhammad Subhani, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School1989 Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan
Post Graduate Training
1990 Pediatrics, Civil Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
1996 Pediatrics, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
2000 Fellow in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, State University of New York
Specialty Certification
Pediatrics, 1996, 2004
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 2008
Recent Publications
• Subhani M, Akangire G, Kulkarni A, Wilson GN. Al-Awadi/Raas-Rothschild/Schinzel (AARRS) phocomelia syndrome: case report and developmental field analysis. Am J Med
Genet A. 2009 Jul;149A(7):1494-8.
• Subhani M, Sridhar S, DeCristofaro JD. Phentolamine use in a neonate for the prevention of dermal necrosis caused by dopamine: a case report. J Perinatol. 2001 Jul-Aug;21(5):324-6.
• Subhani M, Combs A, Weber P, Gerontis C, DeCristofaro JD. Screening guidelines for retinopathy of prematurity: the need for revision in extremely low birth weight infants. Pediatrics. 2001 Apr;107(4):656-9.
Golder Wilson, MD
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Medical School
1972 University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Post Graduate Training
1970 PhD Biochemistry University of Chicago
1973 Pediatrics, New England Medical Center
1977 Medical Genetics, University of Michigan
Specialty Certification
Pediatrics, 1979
Medical Genetics, 1982
Recent Publications
• Wilson GN. Neonate with hypotonia and subtle anomalies—Down syndrome. Consultant for Pediatricians 2008; 7:69-77.
• Ramirez MO, Wilson GN. Ear anomalies and neck sinuses in a newborn—branchio-oto-renal syndrome. Consultant for Pediatricians 2007; 6:615-618.
• Wilson GN. Photoquiz on eye diseases—Wilson disease, neurofibromatosis-1, and Waardenburg syndrome. Consultant. 2007; 47:769-774.
• Habiba NM, Boger JA, Wilson GN. Child with unusual appearance, inguinal hernia, accelerated growth, and developmental delay (Hunter syndrome). Consultant for Pediatricians 2007; 6:149-152.
• Wilson GN. A need for pediatric genetics. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007; 161:1010.
• Wilson GN. Child with facial anomalies and developmental delay (Niikawa syndrome). Consultant for Pediatricians.2006; 5:223-226.
• Wilson GN. Medical Genetics: Five Hot Topics for Obstetrics and Gynecology. Panhandle Health. 2005; 15:36-39.
• Wilson GN, Tonk V: GEN-ARM: Genetics Education Network for Assessment, Referral, and Management. A CD-ROM for Nursing Genetics Education. 2007; can be accessed at www.dshs.state.tx.us/genetics/wilson.shtm
• Opitz JM, Wilson GN, Gilbert-Barness E. Abnormalities of blastogenesis, organogenesis, and phenogenesis. In E Gilbert-Barness, RP Kapur, LL Oligny, JR Siebert eds. Potter’s Pathology of the Fetus, Infant and Child, Philadelphia PA: Mosby-Elsevier, 2007
• Wilson GN, Oligny LL: Mechanisms of development and growth: Molecular genetics. In E Gilbert-Barness, RP Kapur, LL Oligny, JR Siebert eds. Potter’s Pathology of the Fetus, Infant and Child. Philadelphia PA: Mosby-Elsevier; 2007
• Wilson GN, PreTest Biochemistry and Genetics. New York, McGraw-Hill; 2007.
Tetyana Vasylyeva, MD
Professor
Medical School
1980 Dnipropetrovsk Medical Institute, Ukraine
Post Graduate Training
1995 Pediatrics, Institute of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kiev, Ukraine
2006 Pediatrics Texas Tech University – Amarillo
2008 Fellowship in Pediatric Nephrology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School
Specialty Certification
Pediatrics, 2008
Recent Publications
• Liu Y, Chattopadhyay N, Qin S, Szekeres C, Vasylyeva T, Mahoney ZX, Taglienti M, Bates CM, Chapman HA, Miner JH, Kreidberg JA.Coordinate integrin and c-Met signaling regulate Wnt gene expression during epithelial morphogenesis.Development. 2009 Mar;136(5):843-53.
• Selvan V, Vasylyeva TL, Turner CT, Regueira O. One Disease, Multiple Manifestations. Pediatric Annals 37(2): 92-95, 2008.
• Vasyleva T. Novel roles of the IGF-IGFBP axis in etiopathophysiology of diabetic nephropathy. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 76(2):177-86, 2007.
• Rincon-Choles H, Vasylyeva T, Pergola P, et. al. ZO-1 Expression and Phosphorylation in Diabetic Nephropathy. Diabetes 55 (4), 894-900, 2006.
• Vasylyeva T, Chen X, Ferry R. Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 mediates cytokine-induced mesangial cell apoptosis. Growth Hormone & IGF Research, Vol 15 (3), pp 207-214, 2005.
• Vasylyeva T, Vasylyeva O . Risk factors for chronic bronchitis among adolescents and young adults. Eur Respir J 26: Suppl. 49, 606s, 2005.
• Vasylyeva T, Chen X, Ferry R. Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 mediates cytokine-induced mesangial cell apoptosis. Growth Horm IGF Res. 15(3): 207-14, 2005.