
Bryan Vartabedian MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
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17580 Interstate 45 SouthThe Woodlands, TX 77384
Phone+1 936-267-7091
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Summary
- With a career spanning clinical care, health system leadership, publishing, and digital innovation, Bryan Vartabedian is a leader who blends expertise across disciplines. He writes 33charts, an industry-leading newsletter delivering insight on machines and medicine.
Dr. Vartabedian most recently served as Chief Medical Officer of Texas Childrens Hospital Austin. He was central to the conception, design, staffing, and launch of the North Austin Campus. Dr V brings to the table an administrative skill set in strategic planning, inpatient/ambulatory operations, outpatient surgical management, quality/process improvement, clinical technology adoption, healthcare comms/social strategy and physician management.
He understands how hospitals are conceived and built to serve the unique needs of a healthcare system and its communities. Integral in early community expansion and the opening of Texas Children's Hospital The Woodlands, Dr Vartabedian helped shape a novel blueprint for tertiary subspecialty care that brought the largest pediatric health system in the United States beyond the boundaries of the traditional children's hospital.
Beyond bringing clinical credibility at system scale, he works with organizations to bring strategic clarity to innovation and help emerging tools find real-world clinical traction.
Education & Training
Baylor College of MedicineFellowship, Pediatric Gastroenterology, 1994 - 1997
Baylor College of Medicine (Houston)Residency, Pediatrics, 1991 - 1994
University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolClass of 1991
Certifications & Licensure
TX State Medical License 1996 - 2028
OH State Medical License 1996 - 2005
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Gastroenterology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 5 citationsHigh Seroconversion Rate Against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in Symptomatic Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients.Wenly Ruan, Huyen Nguyen, Allyson Wyatt, Faith D. Ihekweazu, Bryan S. Vartabedian
Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2021-09-01 - 40 citationsHarnessing the Hashtag: A Standard Approach to GI Dialogue on Social MediaAustin L. Chiang, Bryan S. Vartabedian, Brennan Spiegel
The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2016-06-28 - Online reviews, pediatricians, and the democratization of the parental voice.Bryan S. Vartabedian
Pediatrics. 2014-10-01
Authored Content
- Should Hospitals Charge for MyChart Messages?November 2022
- Doximity Dialer Video – Telemedicine’s Latest Power PlayerMay 2020
- The Fate of Fired Cleveland Clinic Resident Lara KollabJanuary 2019
Press Mentions
The Vanishing Private Practice: What Physicians (And Tech Innovators) Must Know NowJune 6th, 2025
5 Tips Against Zoom Fatigue in TelemedicineApril 1st, 2021- COVID-19, Social Media, and the Role of the Public PhysicianJanuary 14th, 2021
External Links
- LinkedIn Profilehttp://www.linkedin.com/in/vartabedian
- Bloghttp://33charts.com
- My book: The Public Physicianhttps://dashboard.tinypass.com/download?did=D0ku4nl
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