Theresa Barton, MD

Assistant Professor
Pediatrics

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

theresa.barton@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-730-KIDS (5437).

Biography

Tess Barton joined the division of General Pediatrics as a Hospitalist on August 1, 2003. She obtained her medical degree at UT Southwestern, and pediatric training from 1997-2000 from Children's Medical Center of Dallas. She was a fellow in Pediatric Infectious Disease at UT Southwestern/Children's Medical Center from July 2000-June 2003. Her particular interests are pneumococcal infections, vaccine-preventable illnesses and pediatric/adolescent HIV infection.

Education

FellowshipUT Southwestern / Children's Medical Center (2003)
ResidencyUT Southwestern / Children's Medical Center (2000)
InternshipUT Southwestern / Children's Medical Center (1998)
Medical SchoolUT Southwestern Medical Center (1997)

Research Interests

Invasive Pneumococcal Infections
Pediatric HIV Infection
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine

Honors/Awards

Aetna Healthcare Award,DIFFA/Dallas

(2010)

Community Outreach Award

Dallas Business Journal Health Care Heroes (2010)

Pediatrics Core Clerkship Teaching Award

Teaching Award (2009)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Medical Association

Infectious Disease Society of America

Pediatric Infectious Disease Society

Texas Medical Association