Eric A Higginbotham MD

Physician

8611 N Mopac Expy# 300Austin, TX 78759
Phone+1 737-220-8200

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Education & Training

University of North Carolina HospitalsResidency, Emergency Medicine, 2002 - 2005
Duke University HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, 1996 - 2000
McGovern Medical School at UTHealthClass of 1996

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Certifications & Licensure

NC State Medical License 1999 - 2027
TX State Medical License 2006 - 2027
OK State Medical License 2018 - 2019
American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

7 citations
Comparison of a rapid albuterol pathway with a standard pathway for the treatment of children with a moderate to severe asthma exacerbation in the emergency department.
Matthew Wilkinson, Ben King, Sujit Iyer, Eric Higginbotham, Anna Wallace
The Journal of Asthma. 2018-03-04
27 citations
A randomized trial of Plasma-Lyte A and 0.9 % sodium chloride in acute pediatric gastroenteritis
Coburn H. Allen, Ran D. Goldman, Seema Bhatt, Harold K. Simon, Marc H. Gorelick
BMC Pediatrics. 2016-08-02
6 citations
Invasive Kingella kingae Resulting in a Brodie Abscess
Timothy K. Ruttan, Eric Higginbotham, Nicole Higginbotham, Coburn H. Allen, Sarmistha B. Hauger
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2015-06-01

Press Mentions

Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke: How to Spot the SignsJune 30th, 2021
Austin’s Chief ER Doctor at Dell Children’s Talks Heat-Related Injuries in KidsJune 16th, 2020
Watch: 65 Kids a Day Are Rushed to Local ER with Flu-like SymptomsJanuary 28th, 2020