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Director: Antonella Casola MD

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Our faculty are well-trained and board certified in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. We provide routine inpatient and outpatient consultations to children with complicated infections. We are active in providing clinical services to children, conducting bench and clinical research, as well as in teaching of pediatric infectious disease to fellows, pediatric residents and medical students

  • We provide comprehensive clinical evaluations of children with infectious disease
  • We conduct research in otitis media, respiratory virology, airway inflammation and clinical trials of pharmaceutical agents and vaccines.
  • We are active participants in both medical student and resident education and rotations.

We treat all children from birth (including premature infants) to 18 years of age with complicated infections. Pregnant women with HIV infection are also seen as part of the Maternal-Child HIV Program. In the Adult & Child Travel Clinic, patients traveling abroad are seen for preventive vaccines and medications.

CLINICAL SERVICES

Our faculty physicians are well-trained and board certified in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. We provide routine inpatient and outpatient consultations to children with complicated infections. We also coordinates special clinical programs:

We treat all children from birth (including premature infants) to 18 years of age with complicated infections. Pregnant women with HIV infection are also seen as part of the Maternal-Child HIV Program. In the Adult & Child Travel Clinic, patients traveling abroad are seen for preventive vaccines and medications.

OUR MISSION IS TO:

  • Provide inpatient and outpatient consultations for problems pertaining to infectious diseases of children
  • Coordinate special high emphasis clinical programs in pediatric infectious diseases
  • Train medical students, pediatric residents, and pediatric infectious disease fellows
  • Conduct basic and clinical research related to pediatric infections


REQUIREMENTS FOR PATIENT REFERRALS

  • The patient must be referred from a physicians or community agency
  • The patients must obtain authorization from their insurance plans 
  • Please call the office secretary at 409-772-2798 to coordinate clinic appointments
  • The Adult & Child Travel Clinic patients are seen on cash-pay

AB Aigbivbalu, Lemuel MD


Lemuel Aigbivbalu MD 
CLINIC | RESEARCH 
Professor, Medical Director Inpatient (Gal) 

AB Casola, Antonella


Antonella Casola MD 
CLINIC | RESEARCH
Professor, Director
Pediatric Infectious Disease

Chonmaitree, Tasnee


Tasnee Chonmaitree MD
Professor Emeritus

Patel, Janak


Janak Patel MD
Professor
Director, Infection Control & Healthcare Epidemiology

Rowen, Judy


Judy Rowen MD 
Professor

Y Lassetter, Courtney


Courtney Lassetter
Administrative Associate

FOR APPOINTMENTS, PATIENT REFERRALS, OR QUESTIONS - CALL 409-772-0246

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