Professor
Specialties: Pediatrics
Research Interests: Community-based interventions for improving the health and healthcare of underserved children; Insuring uninsured children; Language, culture, and healthcare; Racial/ethnic disparities in children's health and health care; Testing innovative interventions for chronic disease management.
Publications: View Publications
Clinical Practice Location: Children's Medical Center - Dallas
1935 Medical District Drive
Dallas, Tx 75235
Appointments: 877-445-1234, Fax: 877-445-1234
Medical School:San Francisco School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (1989)
Residency:Pediatric Residency, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, (1989 - 1992)
Fellowship:Fellowship, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, (1993 - 1995)
Board:American Board of Pediatrics
Honors:Invited testimony on Latino children’s health in United States Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Washington, DC (2002)
Congressional Research Briefing on a successful intervention to insure uninsured children, Washington, DC (2005)
Invited speaker/panelist, US Surgeon General’ Workshop on Improving Health Literacy, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (2006)
2006 American Academy of Pediatrics Outstanding Achivement Award in the Application of Epidemiologic Information in Child Health Advocacy (2006)
Invited speaker, National Summit on America’s Children, Washington, DC (2007)
Language:English
Spanish