KathrynOstermaierMD

Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics

Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine

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Kathryn Ostermaier, MD, is a pediatrician based in Houston, TX, with a subspecialty in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics. She completed her medical education and residency at Baylor College of Medicine, where she currently serves as a Professor and Division Chief. Dr. Ostermaier is also involved as the Director of the Developmental Disabilities Program at Meyer Center for Developmental Pediatrics & The Autism Center and as the Medical Director at Texas Children's Hospital. Her expertise includes autism, Down syndrome, developmental delays, and meningomyelocele. She has multiple publications in the field, including studies on celiac disease in Down syndrome, implicit attitudes toward disability among genetic counselors, chronic care models for spina bifida transition, and bladder function post-fetoscopic myelomeningocele repair.

PubMed

14 citations
Incidence of Celiac Disease in Down Syndrome: A Longitudinal, Population-Based Birth Cohort Study:
Kathryn K. Ostermaier, Amy L. Weaver, Scott M. Myers, Ruth E. Stoeckel, Slavica K. Katusic
Clinical Pediatrics. 2020-07-15
11 citations
Examining genetic counselors' implicit attitudes toward disability.
Helen Gould, S. Shahrukh Hashmi, Victoria F. Wagner, Katie Stoll, Kathryn K. Ostermaier
Journal of Genetic Counseling. 2019-12-01
15 citations
A chronic care model for spina bifida transition.
Ellen Fremion, Melissa Morrison-Jacobus, Jonathan Castillo, Heidi Castillo, Kathryn K. Ostermaier
Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine. 2017-12-11

Other

Clinical features and diagnosis of Down syndrome
Ostermaier KK
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/clinical-features-and-diagnosis-of-down-syndrome
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-04-04
Management of Down syndrome
Ostermaier KK
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/management-of-down-syndrome
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-04-08