Who We Are
Leadership
Chair
![Jorge A. Bezerra, M.D.](/departments/pediatrics/who-we-are/faculty/assets256/bezerra-jorge.jpg)
Professor
- Chair, Department of Pediatrics
- Pediatrician-in-Chief, Children’s Medical Center Dallas
- Robert L. Moore Chair in Pediatrics
Administration
![Jeffrey McKinney, M.D., Ph.D.](/departments/pediatrics/who-we-are/assets/jeff-mckinney.jpg)
Professor
- Vice Chair for Pediatric Education
- Director, Pediatric Residency Program
- Distinguished Teaching Professor; Harry W. Bass Jr. Professorship in Pediatric Education
![Maeve Sheehan, M.D.](/departments/pediatrics/who-we-are/assets/maeve-sheehan.jpg)
Professor
- Physician Executive for the New Pediatric Campus
- Vice Chair for Clinical Operations
![Jennifer Walsh, M.D.](/departments/pediatrics/who-we-are/assets/jennifer-walsh.jpg)
Associate Professor
- Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs
- Division Chief, Combined Medicine and Pediatrics Residency
![Gaith Semrin, M.D.](/departments/pediatrics/who-we-are/faculty/assets256/semrin-gaith.jpg)
![Patrick Leavey, M.D.](/departments/pediatrics/who-we-are/faculty/assets256/leavey-patrick.jpg)
Professor
- Associate Vice Chair of Research Operations
- Interim Division Chief, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
![Ayesha N. Zia, M.D.](/departments/pediatrics/who-we-are/faculty/assets256/zia-ayesha.jpg)
Associate Professor
- Associate Vice Chair of Clinical Research
- Director, Hemostasis and Thrombosis Program
![Rina Sanghavi, M.D., MBA](/departments/pediatrics/who-we-are/assets/rina-sanghavi.jpg)
Education
![Jeffrey McKinney, M.D., Ph.D.](/departments/pediatrics/who-we-are/assets/jeff-mckinney.jpg)
Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
- Vice Chair for Pediatric Education
- Director, Pediatric Residency Program
- Distinguished Teaching Professor; Harry W. Bass Jr. Professorship in Pediatric Education
![Rory Nicolaides, M.D.](/departments/pediatrics/who-we-are/faculty/assets256/nicolaides-rory.jpg)
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
- Director, Pediatric Medical Student Education
![Tanya Watt, M.D.](/departments/pediatrics/who-we-are/faculty/assets256//watt-tanya.jpg)
Associate Professor, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
- Director, Education Fellowship
- Director, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellowship
- Dedman Family Scholar in Clinical Care
Division Chiefs
![Drew Bird, M.D.](/departments/pediatrics/who-we-are/faculty/assets256/bird-drew.jpg)
Professor, Pediatrics & Internal Medicine
- Interim Division Chief, Pediatric Allergy & Immunology
- Dedman Family Scholar in Clinical Care
![Nicolas Madsen, M.D., M.P.H.](/departments/pediatrics/who-we-are/faculty/assets256/madsen-nicolas.jpg)
Professor
- Division Chief, Pediatric Cardiology
- Pogue Family Distinguished Chair in Pediatric Cardiology
![Jennifer Walsh, M.D.](/departments/pediatrics/who-we-are/assets/jennifer-walsh.jpg)
Associate Professor
- Division Chief, Combined Medicine and Pediatrics
- Pediatrics & Internal Medicine
![Cindy Bowens, M.D., M.S.C.S.](/departments/pediatrics/who-we-are/faculty/assets256/bowens-darnell-cindy.jpg)
Professor
- Interim Division Chief, Pediatric Critical Care
- Medical Director, PICU, Children's Medical Center
![Richard Adams, M.D.](/departments/pediatrics/who-we-are/assets/richard-adams.jpg)
![Pamela Okada, M.D.](/departments/pediatrics/who-we-are/faculty/assets256/okada-pam.jpg)
Pamela Okada, M.D., M.S., M.B.A.
Professor
- Interim Division Chief, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Associate Program Director, Pediatric Residency
![Perrin White, M.D.](/departments/pediatrics/who-we-are/assets/perrin-white.jpg)
Professor
- Division Chief, Pediatric Endocrinology
- Audre Newman Rapoport Distinguished Chair in Pediatric Endocrinology
![Bradley Barth, M.D., M.P.H.](/departments/pediatrics/who-we-are/assets/bradley-barth.jpg)
Professor
- Division Chief, Pediatric Gastroenterology
- The Gary C. Morchower, M.D. Lectureship in Pediatric Gastroenterology
![Ralph DeBerardinis, M.D., Ph.D.](/departments/pediatrics/who-we-are/assets/ralph-debrardinis.jpg)
Ralph DeBerardinis, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern, Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth & Development, Pediatrics
- Division Chief, Pediatric Genetics and Metabolism
- Joel B. Steinberg, M.D. Distinguished Chair in Pediatrics; Sowell Family Scholar in Medical Research
![Patrick Leavey, M.D.](/departments/pediatrics/who-we-are/faculty/assets256/leavey-patrick.jpg)
Professor
- Interim Division Chief, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
- Associate Vice Chair of Research Operations
![](/departments/pediatrics/who-we-are/assets/vineeta-mittal.jpg)
![Jeffrey S. Kahn, M.D., Ph.D.](/departments/pediatrics/who-we-are/assets/jeffrey-kahn.jpg)
Professor, Pediatrics & Microbiology
- Division Chief, Pediatric Infectious Disease
- Sarah M. and Charles E. Seay Chair in Pediatric Infectious Diseases
![Lina Chalak, M.D., M.S.C.S.](/departments/pediatrics/who-we-are/faculty/assets256/chalak-lina.jpg)
Professor, Pediatrics and Psychiatry
- Division Chief, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- Director, Neurological Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NeuroNICU)
- Program and Co-Director of the Fetal and Neonatal Neurology Fellowship
- The William Buchanan Chair in Pediatrics
![Jyothsna Gattineni, M.D.](/departments/pediatrics/who-we-are/assets/jyothsna-gattineni.jpg)
![Berge Minassian, M.D.](/departments/pediatrics/who-we-are/assets/berge-minassian.jpg)
Professor, Pediatrics, Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern, Neurology, Neuroscience
- Division Chief, Child Neurology
- Jimmy Elizabeth Westcott Distinguished Chair in Pediatric Neurology
![Philip Shaul, M.D.](/departments/pediatrics/who-we-are/assets/philip-shaul.jpg)
Professor
- Director, Pediatric Center for Pulmonary and Vascular Biology
- Associates First Capital Corporation Distinguished Chair in Pediatrics
![Andrew Gelfand, M.D.](/departments/pediatrics/who-we-are/assets/andrew-gelfand.jpg)
![Tracey Wright, M.D.](/departments/pediatrics/who-we-are/assets/tracey-wright.jpg)