Olivia Zofia Bentkowski Ginnard, D.O.

Assistant Professor

ginnard@bcm.edu

Assistant Professor: Pediatrics
Nutrition/Diabetes and Endocrinology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

DO from University of North Texas Health Science Center – Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine: 05/2016 - Fort Worth, Texas, United States; Medicine

Residency at University of Texas Medical Branch: 06/2019 - Galveston, Texas, United States; Pediatrics

Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital: 07/2022 - Houston, Texas, United States; Pediatric Endocrinology

Invited Presenter: 70th Pediatrics by the Gulf: Annual Conference on Advances in Pediatrics (06/2021)

Invited Presenter: Pediatric Endocrinologists of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas (03/2021)

Outstanding Fellow Abstract Award: Pediatric Endocrinologists of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas (02/2021)

Olivia Z B Ginnard , Maria Morales, Ji Youn Youn, Yong Xu, Stephanie R Sisley. " Vitamin D is glucoprotective in aging males but not females " J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol .. 2026 Feb ;
Pubmed PMID: 41242400.
Olivia Z. B. Ginnard. " Another Disease, Another Utility of Vitamin D " J Nutr .. 2026 Feb ;
Pubmed PMID: 41655704.
Olivia Z.B. Ginnard, G. Todd Alonso, Sarah D. Corathers, Carla Demeterco-Berggren, Lauren H. Golden, Brian T. Miyazaki, Grace Nelson, Emma Ospelt, Osagie Ebekozien, Joyce M. Lee, Kathryn S. Obrynba, Daniel J. DeSalvo.. " Quality Improvement in Diabetes Care: A Review of Initiatives and Outcomes in the T1D Exchange Quality Improvement Collaborative " Clin Diabetes. 2021 Jul ; 39 (3)
Olivia Z.B. Ginnard, Maria J. Redondo, Sarah K. Lyons. " Diabetes with multiple islet cell autoantibody positivity successfully managed with GLP-1 receptor agonist alone: a case report. " Can. J. Diabetes. 2022 ;
Nella A, Ginnard O.. " Endocrinology " Core Concepts of Pediatrics. 2018 ; 2

Career Development Award: (04/01/2025 - 03/31/2028); Grant funding from American Heart Association