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- Is this information wrong?
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 - 2024- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsPredicting Serious Bacterial Infections Among Hypothermic Infants in the Emergency Department.Lo, Y., Holland, J., Lorenz, D., Money, N., King, H., Graves, C., Rogers, A., Hashikawa, A., Cruz, A., Ramgopal, S.> ;Hospital Pediatrics. 2024 Mar 1
- A Novel Risk Score to Guide the Evaluation of Acute Hematogenous Osteomyelitis in Children.Alexander M Stephan, Shari Platt, Deborah A Levine, Yuqing Qiu, Lillian Buchhalter, Todd W Lyons, Nakia Gaines, Andrea T Cruz, Sindhu Sudanagunta, Isabel J Hardee, Jon...> ;Pediatrics. 2024 Jan 1
- Concordance of Adolescent Gender, Race, and Ethnicity: Self-report Versus Medical Record Data.Palmer, C., Casper, T., Elsholz, C., Cruz, A., Augustine, E., Dowshen, N., Mollen, C., Pickett, M., Schmidt, S., Stukus, K., Goyal, M., Reed, J.> ;Pediatrics. 2024 Jan 1
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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
Hospital Affiliations
Texas Children's HospitalHouston, Texas
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