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Office
1120 S Main St
Ste 100
Grapevine, TX 76051Phone+1 817-416-5554Fax+1 817-416-5556
Education & Training
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 1997 - 2000
- University of Texas Medical Branch HospitalsResidency, Pediatrics, 1994 - 1997
- Dow University of Health SciencesClass of 1991
Certifications & Licensure
- TX State Medical License 2000 - 2026
- IN State Medical License 1997 - 2025
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Dallas "Best Pediatricians" D Magazine, 2002
- Outstanding Presentation Award Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2000
- Outstanding Presentation Award Annual American Society Microbiology, 1999
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 50 citationsEffects of Large Dosages of Amoxicillin/Clavulanate or Azithromycin on Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Nonpneumococcal α-H...Faryal Ghaffar, Luz Stella Muniz, Kathy Katz, Jeanette L. Smith, Theresa Shouse
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2002-05-15 - 94 citationsVariation in the presence of neuraminidase genes among Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates with identical sequence types.Melinda M. Pettigrew, Kristopher P. Fennie, Matthew P. York, Janeen Daniels, Faryal Ghaffar
Infection and Immunity. 2006-06-01 - 127 citationsDynamics of nasopharyngeal colonization by Streptococcus pneumoniae.Faryal Ghaffar, Ian R. Friedland, George H. McCracken
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 1999-07-01
Journal Articles
- Effect of the 7-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Nasopharyngeal Colonization by Streptococcus Pneumoniae in the First Two Years of LifeGhaffar F, Barton T, Lozano J, Muniz LS, Hicks P , Gan V, Ahmad N, McCracken GH, Clinical infectious Disease, 1/1/2004
- Effects of Large Dosage Amoxicillin/clavulanate or Azithromycin on Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Streptococcus Pneumoniae, Haemophilus Influenzae, Non-pneumococcal Alpha-...Ghaffar F, Muniz LS, Katz K, Smith JL, Davis P, Mobley D, McCracken GH, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1/1/2002
- Acute Mastoiditis in Children: A 17 Year Experience in Dallas, TexasGhaffar F, Meike Wordemann, McCracken GH Jr, Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 1/1/2001
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Salivary Anti-capsular Antibodies in Infants Receiving Conjugate Pneumococcal Vaccine - Relationship to ColonizationGhaffar F, Arnaoutakis K, Zhang Q, McCracken G and Finn A, 22nd Annual Meeting of European Society of Paediatric Infectious Disease, Tampere, Finland, 5/26/2004
- Effect of the Booster Dose of 7-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Nasopharyngeal Colonization of Vaccine-type Streptococcus PneumoniaeGhaffar F, Barton T, Lozano J, Muniz L, McCracken GH, 43rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Chicago, Illinois, 9/1/2003
- Effect of the 7- Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Nasopharyngeal Colonization (NP) By Streptococcus Pneumoniae in Early LifeGhaffar F, Barton T, Muniz LS, Lozano J, McCracken GH, 42nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, San Diego, California, 9/1/2002
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Lectures
- Respiratory Tract InfectionsChildren's Medical Center, Dallas, Texas - 1/1/2004
- Bone and Joint InfectionsChildren's Medical Center, Dallas, Texas - 1/1/2004
- Effect of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Colonization and Invasive Disease10/22/2003
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Professional Memberships
- Fellow
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Other Languages
- Hindi, Spanish, Urdu
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