AndreaCruzMDMPH(She/Her)
Pediatric Emergency Medicine • Houston, TXProfessor, Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine
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Office
6701 Fannin St
Houston, TX 77030Phone+1 832-824-5582Fax+1 832-825-1182
Summary
- Dr. Andrea Cruz is a professor of pediatrics in the divisions of pediatric emergency medicine and pediatric infectious diseases at Baylor College of Medicine. She is an associate editor for Pediatrics, the chair of the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative Research Committee of the AAP Section of Emergency Medicine, and is the TCH site PI for PECARN.
Education & Training
University of TexasMPH, Epidemiology, 2007 - 2009
Baylor College of MedicineFellowship, Pediatric Emergency Medicine (Pediatrics), 2004 - 2009- Baylor College of MedicineFellowship, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2004 - 2009
- Baylor College of Medicine (Houston)Residency, Pediatrics, 2001 - 2004
Vanderbilt University School of MedicineClass of 2001- Harvard UniversityA.B., Biochemical Sciencies, Cum Laude, 1993 - 1997
Certifications & Licensure
TX State Medical License 2004 - 2026
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Completion, Safety and Tolerability of Once-Weekly Isoniazid and Rifapentine for Tuberculosis Infection by Children and Adolescents.Andrea T Cruz, Lindsay H Cameron, Jeffrey R Starke
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2025-02-14 - Current Evidence on the Care of Young Infants With Hypothermia in the Emergency Department.Sriram Ramgopal, Yu Hsiang J Lo, Nicholas M Potisek, Nathan M Money, Elizabeth E Halvorson
Pediatric Emergency Care. 2025-02-01 - Multisite implementation of a sexual health survey and clinical decision support to promote adolescent sexually transmitted infection screening.Sarah Kathleen Schmidt, Judith Dexheimer, Joe Zorc, Chella Palmer, Theron Charles Casper
Applied Clinical Informatics. 2024-11-21
Other
- Indications and Interpretation of Common Laboratory Assays in the Emergency DepartmentAndrea Cruz, MD, ScienceDirect
https://www.doximity.com/articles/5bcb6c8e-40ab-43c9-b9d1-c05507349c39
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-01-08 - Overview of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infections in childrenCruz AT
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/overview-of-nontuberculous-mycobacterial-pulmonary-infections-in-ch
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-01-08 - Overview of nontuberculous mycobacterial skin and soft tissue infections in childrenCruz AT
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/overview-of-nontuberculous-mycobacterial-skin-and-soft-tissue-infec
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-01-08
Press Mentions
- COVID-19 Scan for Mar 18, 2022March 18th, 2022
Q&A: Time to Retire Tuberculin Skin Tests?June 27th, 2019
Uncounted Deaths: Estimating Postdischarge Pediatric MortalityDecember 14th, 2018- Join now to see all
Committees
- Steering Committee, Head of Data Center, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative Research Committee (PEM-CRC) 2011 - Present
- Site PI, Texas Children's Hospital, Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) 2010 - Present
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
Other Languages
- Spanish
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