Professor of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, United States
Andrea Cruz is a professor of pediatrics at Baylor in Houston. She received her undergraduate degree from Harvard and her medical degree from Vanderbilt. She completed fellowships in pediatric emergency medicine and pediatric infectious diseases at Baylor and an MPH in epidemiology and global health at the University of Texas. Her clinical and research interests include childhood TB, rapid viral diagnostics, and early recognition of sepsis in the ED. She is the director of the Children’s TB clinic at Texas Children’s Hospital, the largest US pediatric TB clinic in the country. Dr. Cruz serves as a national TB consultant to the CDC and has assisted the World Health Organization and ministries of health with pediatric tuberculosis guidelines.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
84 - Not So Wee TB: Addressing Disease in Pediatric Patients
Thursday, October 12, 2023
3:15 PM – 4:30 PM US ET
998 - Diagnosing and Treating Latent and Early TB in Children in the US and on the Southern Border
Thursday, October 12, 2023
3:15 PM – 3:37 PM US ET