Faculty
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Professor of pediatrics Division of Pulmonology Division chief, community pediatrics 210-567-7437 Education: B.S. University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, 1958 Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1963 M.D., University of Chicago, 1975 Training: Fellow in pediatric pulmonology and neonatology, University of California, San Fransisco, 1977-81 Residency, Duke University, 1975-77 Board Certification: Pediatrics, 1985; Pediatric Pulmonology, 1986 Recent publications: Lalonde, B., Uldall, .K., Huba, G.J., Panter, A.T., Zalumas, J., Wolfe, L., Rohweder, C., Henderson, R., Colgrove, J., Henderson, H., German, V.F., Taylor, D., Anderson, D., Melchior, L.A. Impact of HIV/AIDS Education on Health Care Provider Practice: Results from Nine Grantees of the Special Projects of National Significance Program. Evaluation and the Health Professions. September 2002; 25(3):302-320. Taylor ER, Kelly J, Valescu S, Reynolds GS, Sherman J, German V. Is stealing a gateway crime? Community Ment Health J 2001 Aug;37(4):347-358. Larson, T.A., Mundy, L., Reis, P., Steinberg, J., Gallagher, T., Jean-Louis, E., Chase, P., Bartlett, J.G., Stanton, A., Kaplan, J., McDonald, S., Brown, V.B., Rohweder, C., German, V.F., Richardson Soons, K., Cherin, D.A., Meredith, K., Smereck, G., Melchior, L.A., Marconi, K., Huba, G.J. Finding the underserved: Directions for HIV care in the future. Home Health Care Services Quarterly. 2001; 19 (1/2): 7-27. Interests: Community Medicine - Experience in community clinic design and operation. Extensive experience in collaborative projects with state, federal, and community based organizations through federal state, and foundation support. Pediatric Pulmonology - Board certified in Pediatric Pulmonology. Experience in clinical and laboratory pulmonary research. Extensive clinical experience in the care of children with asthma, chronic lung disease of the newborn, and cystic fibrosis in both clinical and hospital setting. Professor of pediatrics Vice chairman for pediatric academic affairs The Eloise Alexander Distinguished Chair in Pediatric Pulmonology 210-567-1280 Education: M.D., Medical School of the Aristotelian, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1956 Training: Fellowship, physiology, University of Wisconsin, 1964-66 Fellowship, pediatrics, National Institutes of Health, University of Wisconsin, 1963-64 Fellowship, cystic fibrosis, National Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, University of Wisconsin, 1962-63 Board Certification: Pediatrics, 1964 Recent Publications: Campbell Jr RM, Smith MD, Mangos JA, Willey-Courand DB, Kose N, Pinero RF, Alder ME, Duong HL, Surber JL. The Effect of Opening Wedge Thoracostomy on Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome Associated with Fused Ribs and Congenital Scoliosis. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2004 Aug;86-A(8):1659-1674. Campbell RM, Smith MD, Mayes TC, Mangos JA, Willey-Courand DB, Kose N, Pinero RF, Alder ME, Duong HL, Surber JL. The effect of opening wedge thoracostomy on thoracic insufficiency syndrome associated with fused ribs and congenital scoliosis Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery - American Volume 2004 Aug;86-A(8):1659-1674. Smith MD, Mangos JA, Willey-Courand, DB, Kose, N, Pinero, RF, Alder, ME, Duong, JL, Surber, J. The Characteristics of Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome Associated with Fused Ribs and Congenital Scoliosis J Bone Jt Surg 2003 Mar;85-A(3):399-408. Interests: Asthma in children, cystic fibrosis, ozone air pollution and asthma, and thoracic insufficiency syndrome Professor of pediatrics Director, Cystic Fibrosis Center CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Children's Hospital 210-562-5844 Education: M.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine, 1992 B.S., chemistry, Duke University, 1988 Training: Fellowship, pediatric pulmonary, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1995-1998 Fellowship, biomedical engineering, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1996-98 Residency, pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, 1993-95 Internship, pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, 1992-93 Board Certification: Pediatrics, 1995; Pediatric Pulmonology, 2000 Current clinical trials: A Multicenter, Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Randomized, Efficacy and Safety Study of Denafusal, Telrasodium (INS372171) Inhalation Solution in Patients with Mild Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease. Antimicrobial Resistence in Sputum, Obtained from Patients with Cystic Fibrosis (Under CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Children's Hospital IRB Review) Interests: Clinical - Quality improvement coach for the North American Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. This involves the coaching of teams at other CF Centers in quality improvement projects. Clinical - Providing expert opinion to the March of Dimes and the Texas Department of State Health Services related to the development of a newborn screening program for cystic fibrosis. Research - Involvement in multicenter drug studies with various cystic fibrosis specific therapies.
Assistant professor of pediatrics Medical director, Children's Sleep Center CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Children's Hospital 210-562-5844 Education: D.O., New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1995 B.S., pharmacy, St. John's University College of Pharmacy and Allied Health, Jamaica, NY, 1991 Training: Fellowship, pediatric pulmonology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, 2000-2002 Postdoctoral training, sleep medicine, The Institute of Sleep Medicine at Birmingham, 2000 Residency, pediatrics, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, 1996-98 Internship, pediatrics, Schneider Children's Hospital of Long Island Jewish Medical Center, 1995-96 Board Certification: Pediatrics, 1999 Recent Publications: Willey-Courand DB, Inscore SC, Hentschel-Franks KA, Mendoza, P., Drummond, M., Branstetter, A.. Improving The Nutritional Status of Pediatric Patients at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Children‘s Hospital Cystic Fibrosis Center 2005. p. 342. (Pediatric Pulmonology; vol. Suppl, no. 28). Hentchel-Franks K, Lozano D, Eubanks-Tarn VL, Cobb BR, Fan L, Oster R, Sorscher EJ, Clancy JP, Hentschel-Franks KA. Activation of airway Cl- secretion in human subjects by adenosine. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2004 Mar Interests: Cystic Fibrosis and pediatric sleep medicine
Faculty Associate 210-562-5844 Education: B.S., nursing, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, 1990 M.S., nursing, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, 2002 Board Certification: Texas, family nurse practitioner, 2002
Faculty Associate 210-562-5844 Education: B.S., nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis M.S., nursing, Bethel University, Training: Clinical fellowship, pediatric pulmonology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1996-98 Board Certification: Minnesota, registered nurse, 1996 Texas, registered nurse, 2007 Texas, pediatric nurse practitioner, 2007 Interests: Working with children and young adults - Patients with congenital heart disease. |
Victor F. German, M.D., Ph.D.
