Positions

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics-Renal
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Addresses

Renal Section (Office)

Texas Children's Hospital Feigin Center
Room: TXFC-245
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 824-3800

Renal Service (Clinic)

TCH-Clinical Care Center
6701 Fannin St., 11th Floor
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 824-3800
http://www.texaschildrens.org/departments/kidney-renal

Education

MD from University of Missouri Kansas City

06/2007 - Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Residency at Children's National Medical Center

06/2013 - Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Pediatrics

Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas, United States

Pediatric Nephrology

Certifications

Physician

#Q1916 (09/15/2014 - 11/30/2016)

Texas Medical Board

Board Certified Pediatrician

(12/15/2010)

American Board of Pediatrics

Honors & Awards

Medical Mission Trip to Zanzibar, Tanzania

(03/2009 - 04/2009)

Medical Mission Trip to Guatemala

(04/2007 - 04/2007)

Medical Mission Trip to Milot, Haiti

(10/2011 - 10/2011)

Websites

Professional Development

34th Annual Dialysis Conference

Conference (Presenter, 2014)

Sponsor: The University of Missouri School of Medicine

Case Poster and Presentation: “Vomiting and abdominal pain in a hemodialysis patient”

Selected Publications

• Auron, A., Tal, L., Srivastava, T., Alon, U. " Reversal of hypercalcemic acute kidney injury by treatment with intravenous bisphosphonates " Pediatric Nephrology 24.3. 2009 Mar ; 24 (3) : 613-7.
  Pubmed PMID: 18839218.
• Tal L, Angelo JR, Akcan-Arikan A. " Neonatal extracorporeal renal replacement therapy-a routine renal support modality? " Pediatr Nephrol.. 2016 Jun ;
  Pubmed PMID: 27270721.
• Tal L, Bechara CF, Michael M. " A case of gross hematuria with flank pain in a 16-year-old boy: Answers. " Pediatr Nephrol. 2016 Oct 31; 1-2.
  Pubmed PMID: 27798728.

Projects

Fellowship Program Research Project

Baylor College of Medicine (07/2014 - present)

Houston, TX

Retrospective, single center study to investigate whether patients with post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis have an underlying genetic abnormality in the complement system

Fellowship Program Quality Improvement Project

Baylor College of Medicine (07/2014 - present)

Houston, TX

Investigate whether there is an association with administration of different blood products and clotting of CRRT filter

Memberships

American Society of Nephrology

Fellow-In-Training (09/2014)

American Society of Pediatric Nephrology

Trainee Member (07/2013)

Skills

Pediatrics

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Pediatric Nephrology