LEAD Faculty
As one of the nation’s largest and most diverse pediatric programs, ºÚÁÏÉçÇø’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 as 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
Teresa Kay Duryea
M.D.
Professor
Julieana Nichols
M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor
Aditi Gupta
D.O.
Associate Professor
Advisory Council
- Lanessa Bass, M.D., M.Ed.
- Katherine Budolfson, M.D., M.P.H. (Alumni)
- Claire Bocchini, M.D.
- Angela Cummings, M.Ed.
- Rachel J. Keefe, M.D., MPH
- Jean Raphael, M.D., MPH
- Amanda Ruth, M.D.
- Janani Sundaresan, M.D. (TCH West Campus Site Director)
- Teri Turner, M.D., MPH, M.Ed.
- Bethanie Van Horne, DrPH, MPH
L.E.A.D. Alumni Outcomes
- 55 percent: Primary care, community
- 26 percent: Primary care, academics
- 19 percent: Subspecialties (sports medicine, rheumatology, PEM)