L.E.A.D. Faculty
As one of the nation’s largest and most diverse pediatric programs, Baylor College of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics is nationally recognized for excellence in teaching and clinical service. We are proud to have the nation’s best-trained faculty members part of the team because of their ongoing efforts to advance medical knowledge to continuously improve the health of children in Houston and worldwide.
Our pediatrics faculty members’ achievements are reflected in their authorship of major texts in the discipline, election to leadership positions in pediatrics, and receipt of national and international recognition.
Program Leadership: Primary Care L.E.A.D. Program
Advocacy Curriculum Director
Advisory Council
- Claire Bocchini, M.D.
- Angela Cummings, M.Ed.
- Aditi Gupta, D.O.
- Rachel J. Keefe, M.D., MPH
- Jean Raphael, M.D., MPH
- Teri Turner, M.D., MPH, M.Ed.
- Bethanie Van Horne, Dr.PH, MPH
- Rakibul Akter, M.D. (Alumni)
- Katherine Budolfson, M.D., M.P.H. (Alumni)
- Victoria Mitre, M.D. (Alumni)
- Ellen Mueller, M.D. (Alumni)
- Michael Petrus-Jones, D.O., M.P.H. (Alumni)
- Amanda Ruth, M.D.
- Rathi Asaithambi, MD, MPH, MEd
Graduate Outcomes
- General Pediatric Practice: 53 percent
- Academic General Pediatric Faculty: 16 percent
- Academic Pediatric Fellows: 16 percent
- Pediatric Subspecialty Fellows: 10 percent
- Sports Medicine: 5 percent
ALUMNUS | POSITION |
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Rakibul Akter, M.D. | General Pediatrics, TCP Westwood, Houston, Texas |
Meena Awasthi, M.D, M.P.P., M.S. | Emergency Medicine Fellowship, UT McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas |
Taylor Beall, M.D. | General Pediatrics, Austex Pediatrics, Austin, Texas |
Amber Berry, M.D. | Sports Medicine, Northside Hospital, Marietta, Ga. |
Katherine Budolfson, M.D., M.P.H | Public Health Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas |
Priyam Chhabra, M.D. | Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine, UCSF Fresno, Fresno, Calif. |
Laurie Cundiff, M.D. | General Pediatrics, Kelsey Seybold Clinic, Houston, Texas |
Mercedez Cruz, M.D. | General Pediatrics, Baycare Medical Group, Land O Lakes, Fla. |
Stephanie Fontin, M.D., M.P.H. | Academic General Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. |
Rebecca Hetrick, M.D. | Rheumatology Fellow, Indiana School of Medicine, Indianapolis, In. |
Niki Khandheria, M.D. | General Pediatrics, Legacy Community Health, Houston, Texas |
Keerthana Krosuri, M.D. | General Pediatrics, St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, N.J. |
Victoria Mitre, M.D. | Academic General Pediatric Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas |
Ellen Mueller, M.D. | General Pediatrics, Kelsey Seybold Clinic, Houston, Texas |
Chantel Morey, M.D. | General Pediatrics, Vecino Health Center, Houston, Texas |
Christianah Ogunleye, M.D. | General Pediatrics, Texas Children’s Pediatrics, Corinthian Pointe, Houston, Texas |
Michael Petrus Jones, D.O., M.P.H. | Academic General Pediatric Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas |
Ovini Rodrigo, M.D. | Academic General Pediatric Fellowship, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Mass. |
Sarah Williams, M.D. | General Pediatrics, Texas Children’s Pediatric Gulfgate, Houston, Texas |