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Linda Baker, MD
Endowed Title: Sarah M. and Charles E. Seay Center for Pediatric Urology
Contact Information
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390
Office Phone: 214-456-2480
Office Fax: 214-456-8803
linda.baker@utsouthwestern.edu
To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.
Biography
Dr. Linda A. Baker is a Board-Certified fellowship-trained Pediatric Urologist who has specialized in patient care and study of developmental biology of the normal genitourinary tract and congenital genitourinary birth defects. After completion of a Urology Residency at the University of Virginia, Dr. Baker studied the molecular basis of genitourinary development as an American Foundation of Urologic Disease Research Scholar. Following this, Dr. Baker trained as a Pediatric Urology Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and subsequently accepted the position as Assistant Professor of Urology at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas in 1999. She is now a Professor at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. As Director of Pediatric Urologic Research she has created a functional productive molecular biology laboratory studying the impact of genetics on pediatric urologic diseases. She has published and spoken extensively in her areas of clinical and research interest. Clinically, she specializes in performing reconstructive, laparoscopic kidney and testis surgery, intersex, and complex genitourinary reconstructions.
Education
| Fellowship | Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (1999) |
| Fellowship | University of Virginia Health System (1997) |
| Residency | University of Virginia Health System (1995) |
| Internship | University of Virginia Health System (1991) |
| Medical School | University of Louisville School of Medicine (1989) |
Research Interests
Publications
Karam, J. A. and Baker, L. A. , New Engl J Med , May 2004; (350):393
Garcia NM, Allgood J, Santos LJ, Lonergan D, Batanian JR, Henkemeyer M, Bartsch O, Schultz RA, Zinn AR, Baker LA , Journal of Pediatric Urology , August 2006; (2(4)):233-242
Cowan CA, Yokoyama N, Saxena A, Chumley MJ, Silvany RS, Baker LA, Srivastava D, and Henkemeyer M , Dev Biol , 2004; (271(2)):263-271
Baker, L.A., Zhang, S., Nef, S., Nguyen, M., Pohl, H., and Parada, L.F. , J Urol , 2002; (167(6)):2534-7
Baker, L.A., Docimo, S.G., Peters, C., Cisek, L., Diamond, D.A., Caldamone, A., Koyle, M., Strand, W., Moore, R., Mevorach, R., Brady, J., Jordan, G., Erhard, M., Surer, I., Franco, I. , Br J Urol International , 2001; (87(6)):484-9
Baker LA, Jacobson KC, Raine A, Lozano DI, Bezdjian S , Journal of Abnormal Psycology , May 2007; (116(2)):219-35
Dodson JL, Baird AD, Baker LA, Docimo SG, Mathews RI , Journal of Urology , July 2007; (178(1)):278-81
Jenkins D, Bitner-Glindzicz M, Thomasson L, Malcolm S, Warne SA, Feather SA, Flanagan SE, Ellard S, Bingham C, Santos L, Henkemeyer M, Zinn A, Baker LA, Wilcox DT, Woolf AS , Journal of Pediatric Urology , February 2007; (3(1)):2-9
Cameron MA, Baker LA, Maalouf NM, Moe OW, Sakhaee K , Nephrol Dial Transplant , August 2007; (22(8)):2375-8
Garcia NM, Allgood J, Santos LJ, Lonergan D, Batanian JR, Henkemeyer M, Bartsch O, Schultz RA, Zinn AR, Baker LA , Journal of Pediatric Urology , August 2006; (2(4)):233-242
Related Links
Honors/Awards
D Magazine (2007)
Engineering and Urology Society (2004)
(2002)
Society for Basic Urological Research (2002)
Atlas of Gene Expression for the Developing Kidney and Urinary Tract