Email

dhsu@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor

Pediatrics
Emergency Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Addresses

Texas Children's Hospital (Hospital)

6621 Fannin Street, Suite A2210
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 824-5497
dhsu@bcm.edu

Education

BS from Duke University

05/1990 - Durham, North Carolina United States

MD from University Of North Carolina School of Medicine

05/1994 - Chapel Hill, North Carolina United States

Residency at Baylor College Of Medicine

06/1997 - Houston, Texas United States

General Pediatrics

Fellowship at Baylor College Of Medicine

06/2000 - Houston, Texas United States

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

MEd from University Of Houston College of Education

05/2007 - Houston, Texas United States

Curriculum and Instruction - Teaching

Certifications

General Pediatrics

(10/19/1999 - 12/31/2016)

American Board of Pediatrics

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

American Board of Pediatrics

Certified; meeting maintenance of certification requirements

Medical License

Texas Medical Board

Honors & Awards

Joan E. Shook, MD Excellence in Leadership Award

2013-2014 recipient

Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Section

Milton H. Nirken, MD Excellence in Teaching Award

2011-2012 and 2008-2009 recipient

Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Section

Award of Excellence in Teaching

2006-2007 recipient

Baylor College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics

Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award for Educational Leadership

2016

Baylor College of Medicine

Steve Miller Award for Excellence in Education and Mentorship

2022 awardee

American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine

Professional Statement

Dr. Hsu is Division Chief of Emergency Medicine at Texas Children’s where she is responsible for three Emergency Departments within the Texas Children’s system that provides quaternary and tertiary emergency care for over 160,000 patients annually. She has served as BCM faculty in the Department of Pediatrics and as an attending physician at Texas Children’s since 2000. In 2018, Dr. Hsu was appointed Division Chief of BCM Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM). In this capacity, she leads a Division with almost 70 faculty, 20 fellows, and several supporting staff members. Her prior educational and clinical leadership roles include Program Director of the BCM PEM Fellowship, Associate Program Director of the BCM Pediatric Residency, and PEM Division Clinical and Education Chief. Her current national roles include service on the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine (AAP SOEM) Executive Committee (Chair), American Board of Pediatrics Emergency Medicine Subboard (Credentialing Committee Chair), Subspecialty Pediatrics Investigator Network Steering Committee, and the Advisory Committee of the Association of Pediatric Program Directors Longitudinal Education Assessment Research Network. She previously served on the following AAP SOEM Subcommittees: Fellowship Directors (Chair), Education (inaugural Chair) and Women in PEM (Executive Committee member). She has also worked on the Editorial Board of AAP PREP E-Med and on the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s Pediatric Emergency Medicine Milestones 2.0 Project.

Websites

Professional Development

Harvard Macy Institute’s Program for Leading Innovations in Healthcare and Education

Course (Participant, 2011)

Sponsor: Harvard Macy Institute

Educational Scholars Program

Course (Participant, 2009)

Sponsor: Academic Pediatric Association

Completed course and obtained Certificate of Excellence in Educational Scholarship

Catalyst Leadership University: Texas Children's LeadeHERship Program

Course (Participant, 2019)

Sponsor: Texas Children's Hospital

Selected Publications

• Mink RB, Schwartz A, Herman BE, Turner DA, Curran ML, Myers A, Hsu DC, Kesselheim JC, Carraccio CL "Validity of Level of Supervision Scales for Assessing Pediatric Fellows on the Common Pediatric Subspecialty Entrustable Professional Activities." Acad Med. 2018 Feb;93(2):283-291. Pubmed PMID: 28700462
• Weiss PG, Schwartz A, Carraccio CL, Herman BE, Turner DA, Aye T, Fussell JJ, Kesselheim J, Mahan JD, McGann KA, Myers A, Stafford DEJ, Chess PR, Curran ML, Dammann CEL, High P, Hsu DC, Pitts S, Sauer C, Srivastava S, Mink RB "Achieving entrustable professional activities during fellowship." Pediatrics. 2021 Nov;148(5) Pubmed PMID: 34667096
• Turner D, Schwartz A, Carraccio C, Herman B, Weiss P, Baffa P, Chess P, Curran M, Dammann C, High P, Hsu D, Pitts S, Sauer C, Aye T, Fussell J, Kesselheim J, Mahan J, McGann K, Myers A, Mink R "Continued supervision for the common pediatric subspecialty entrustable professional activities may be needed following fellowship graduation." Acad Med. 2021 Jul 1;96(7S):S22-28. Pubmed PMID: 34183598
• Iyer MS, Bachur R, Wang V, Hsu D, Mistry R, Nagler J, Mick N, Althouse L, Du Y, and Leslie L "The New Part 3 Maintenance of Certification Assessment Option." Pediatr Emerg Care. 2021 Jun 1;37(6):329-33. Pubmed PMID: 34009897

Memberships

American Academy of Pediatrics Section of Emergency Medicine

member (01/1994)

Skills

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Medical Education

Competency assessment, curriculum development, instructional methods, program development and assessment, faculty professional development

Languages

Chinese (Mandarin)