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CURRICULUM VITA
January 2011
NAME:
Kim Connelly Smith, MD, MPH
PRESENT TITLE:
Professor
ADDRESS:
The University of Texas-Houston Medical School
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Community and General Pediatrics
6431 Fannin, JJL 495
Houston, Texas 77030
Phone: (713) 500-5813
FAX: (713) 500-0658
BIRTHDATE:
January 29, 1958
CITIZENSHIP:
USA
UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION:
Stephen F. Austin State University
Nacogdoches, Texas
Biology
Degree: BS, Magna Cum Laude
1976-1980
GRADUATE EDUCATION:
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas
Degree: MD
1980-1984
The University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health
Houston, Texas
Degree: MPH
1989-1993
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POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION:
Intern and Resident in Pediatrics
The University of Texas Medical Branch
July 1984-June 1987
Chief Resident in Pediatrics
The University of Texas Medical Branch
July 1987-June 1988
Pediatric Infectious Disease Fellow
The University of Texas Medical Branch
July 1988-June 1989
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
Professor
Division of Community and General Pediatrics
The University of Texas-Houston Medical School
2006-present
Director, LBJ Children's Tuberculosis Clinic
Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital
The University of Texas-Houston Medical School
1991-present (established clinic in 1991, currently direct
clinical, research, and administrative affairs of clinic)
Director, UT-Hermann Children's Tuberculosis Clinic
The University of Texas-Houston Medical School
1993-present (established clinic in 1993, currently direct
clinical, research, and administrative affairs of clinic)
PREVIOUS ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
Medical Director, General Inpatient Pediatrics
Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital
General Pediatric Hospitalists Group
2001-2008
Associate Professor
Division of Community and General Pediatrics
The University of Texas-Houston Medical School
1997-2006
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Assistant Professor
Division of Community and General Pediatrics
The University of Texas-Houston Medical School
July 1989-April 1997
Clinical Instructor
Pediatric Infectious Disease
Department of Pediatrics
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas
July 1988-June 1989
Director, Houston Medical Center Pediatric Clinic
The University of Texas Medical School
1990-1991
Medical Director of Pediatrics
Good Neighbor Health Center
1999-2003
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:
Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital
Houston, Texas
July 1989-present
Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital
Harris County Hospital District
Houston, Texas
July 1990-present
Shriner’s Children’s Orthopedic Hospital
Houston, Texas
2007-present
HealthBridge Children’s Hospital
Houston, Texas
2001-present
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PREVIOUS HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:
John Sealy Hospital and The Child Health Center
Galveston, Texas
July 1987-June 1989
LICENSURE:
FLEX - June 1984
Texas # H2023 - August 1987
CERTIFICATION:
American Board of Pediatrics # 41765, June 1989
Recertification: 1996 & September 2004
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (AND COMMITTEES OF THESE):
Local:
Member - Harris County Medical Society, 1989-1995
Member - Harris County and Houston Regional Tuberculosis Task Force, 1993-1994
Regional:
Member - Texas Pediatric Society, 1989-2003
Member - Committee on Infectious Diseases and Immunizations, 1995-2003
Member - Texas Medical Association, 1989-1997
American Lung Association of Houston and Southeast Texas
Member -Tuberculosis Committee, 1990-1997
Member - Advisory Board, 1993-1997
Chairman – Tuberculosis Coalition, 1993-1997
National:
Fellow - American Academy of Pediatrics, 1992-present
Member - American Thoracic Society, 1995-1998
Member - Ambulatory Pediatric Association, 1995-2002
International:
Member - International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 1995-1998
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HONORS AND AWARDS:
Graduated Magna Cum Laude, 1980
Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society, 1979-1980
Alpha Chi Honor Society, 1979-1980
Memorial Family Practice Faculty Teaching Award, 1993
UT-Houston Dean’s Excellence Award, 1995, 2000
UT-Houston Outstanding Achievements in Clinical Service Award, 1995
UT-Houston Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Heroes of the Storm Award - for service rendered in evacuation efforts at Memorial
Hermann Children’s Hospital during tropical storm Allison, October 2001
Nominee, Physician of the Year, Hermann Children’s Hospital, 2002 and 2003
Nominee, Mentoring Women Award, UT-Houston Medical School, 2005
Physician of the Year, Memorial Hermann Children’s Hospital, 2005
Award of Appreciation for Work in Tuberculosis from the City of Houston and Harris
County Health Departments, World TB Day, March 2008
Honored Attending Award, by Pediatric and Medicine/Pediatric Residents, June 2008
EDITORIAL POSITIONS:
Critical Appraisal Section, Journal of Pediatrics, 1994-1997, 2001-2003
Reviewer, Tubercle and Lung Disease, 1996-present
Reviewer, Medical Science Monitor, 2003
Reviewer, The Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2004
Reviewer, Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2005-2008
Reviewer, Expert Opinion on Drug Safety, 2005
Reviewer, The Lancet, 2007-present
SERVICE ON UT-HOUSTON MEDICAL SCHOOL COMMITTEES:
Faculty-Student Relations Committee, 1992-1994
Faculty Advisor - Medical Students, 1992-present
Member - UT-Houston Speakers Bureau, 1995-present
Member - UT-Houston Faculty Senate, 1997-2001
Member - Problem Based Learning Master Facilitators Group, 1997-1998
Interviewer – Admissions Committee, 2000-2006
Member – UT-Houston Medical School Employee Awards Committee, 2001-2003
Member – UT-Houston Health Science Center Faculty Awards Committee, 2001-2003
SERVICE ON DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEES:
Chairman Member Member -
UT-Houston Pediatric Clinic Advisory Committee, 1990-1991
Faculty Fringe Benefits Committee, 1990
Retreat Planning Committee, 1993
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Chairman - Retreat Planning Subcommittee on Education, 1993
Chairman - Education Steering Committee, 1993-1995
Chairman - Pediatric Continuity Clinic Curriculum Committee, 1993-1996
Member Department of Pediatrics Executive Steering Committee, 1993-1994
Faculty Advisor - Pediatric Residents, 1992-present
Interviewer – Pediatric Residency Program, 1989-present
Member –
Pediatric Department Promotions Committee, 1997-present
Director In-Patient Hospitalists Group, 2000-2008
SERVICE ON UT-HMS AFFILIATED HOSPITAL COMMITTEES:
Medical Director Co-Chair Chairman Member Member Member-
General Pediatrics, Memorial Hermann Children’s Hospital,
2000-2008
Pediatric Reporting Line Committee, Memorial Hermann
Children’s Hospital, 2000- 2007
Memorial Hermann Children’s Hospital, Subcommittee on
Communication, 2002-2007
Children’s Miracle Network Telethon Review Board, 2001-2003
Memorial Hermann Children’s Hospital Performance
Improvement Review Committee, 2004-2008
Memorial Hermann Children’s Hospital Medical Staff Quality
Review Committee, 2005-2008
SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY:
Consultant -
Pediatric Tuberculosis, City of Houston and Harris County Health
Departments, 1992-present
Consultant - Pediatric Tuberculosis, Texas Department of Health, 1996-present
Media Frequent television, radio, and print media contact regarding tuberculosis,
influenza, immunizations, and general pediatrics, 1990-present
Volunteer - Children’s Miracle Network Telethon, 1994-1997, 2001-2002
Children’s Miracle Network Radiothon – live radio interview, 2003
Member Witt Fund Committee (awards grants for tuberculosis projects), 1996-2002
Witt Fund Advisory Council, Harris County Hospital District, 2003-2006
Speaker Texas Center for Infectious Disease, Tuberculosis Education Center,
Texas Department of Health, 1995-2001
Member Tuberculosis Urban Task Force, Texas Department of Health, 1996
Member Quality Improvement Risk Management Committee, Good Neighbor
Healthcare Center, 1999-2003
Director Pediatrics Medical Director, Good Neighbor Healthcare Center, 19992003
Chairman - Blue Ribbon Committee on Child TB Policy, Texas State Department of
Health, Tuberculosis Control, developed tuberculosis risk screening
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Member VolunteerConsultantConsultantMemberMember-
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questionnaire and screening recommendations for children in Texas, 20012002
Advisory Board, Houston International Health Foundation, 2002-2004
Annual Children’s Christmas Party, Good Neighbor Healthcare Center,
1997-2002
National and international consultations from physicians and health
departments regarding complicated pediatric tuberculosis cases.
Heartland National Tuberculosis Center, funded by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, serves 8 states, 2004-present
Regional TB Coalition, Standard of Care team, 2005-2007
Advisory Board, Heartland National TB Center, 2005-present
CURRENT TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES:
Ambulatory Pediatrics at general pediatric clinics, 5-6 (1/2 days per week), 3rd year
medical students, Pediatric and Medicine/Pediatric residents
Hospitalist, Clinical Attending and Teacher - General Pediatric Inpatient Service
including the Well Baby Nursery, 1-2 months per year, 3rd and 4th year medical students,
Pediatric and Medicine/Pediatric residents
Leader - Pediatric Continuity Clinic Team, 1 day per week, residents, 1989-present
Teaching and Clinical Attending - The UT Children's Tuberculosis Clinics at The Kid’s
Place and LBJ Hospital, ½ day per week, Pediatric, Medicine/Pediatric and Family
Practice residents
Presenter - Department of Pediatrics Noon Conferences, 4-6 lectures per year,
residents and students
Supervisor – OSCE examinations for Pediatric and Medicine/Pediatrics interns, 2007present
PAST TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES:
Attending - Ambulatory Pediatrics at Good Neighbor Healthcare Center, 5 (1/2 days per
week), 3rd year medical students, Pediatric and Medicine/Pediatric
residents
Director - Tuberculosis Research Elective, students and residents, 1993-1996
Attending - Sports Examinations for Teenagers at Local Junior and
Senior High Schools, residents and students, 1992-1994
Facilitator - Problem Based Learning, 6 hours per week, 2 months per year, 2nd year
medical students, 1993-1999
Preceptor - Clinical Assessment Examination for 4th Year Medical Students, 1994-1996
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Preceptor - Summer Enrichment Program for undergraduate Pre-Medical Students at
Good Neighbor Healthcare Center, 1997- 2001
Facilitator – Clinical Epidemiology Course for Senior Medical Students, 1999
Speaker – University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health, Introduction to
Epidemiology Class, “TB - Reemerging Diseases,” November, 1999
Distinguished Lecturer – UT Office of Community and Educational Outreach, Summer
Research Program, 2004
Sponsor and PI – UT Medical Student Summer Research Program, 1998-2005
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT:
Member - Development Committee, Third Year Medical Student Pediatric Clerkship
Curriculum, 1991. The committee’s charge was to reorganize the student clerkship
rotation including the development of a core lecture series, written examination, an
observed clinical examination, and an evaluation process and materials. The Pediatric
Clerkship rotation was ranked number one in course satisfaction among third and fourth
year students at UT-Houston Medical School in the “1996 Medical School Student
Survey”. Participated in updating and revising the curriculum in 2003.
Chairman - Development Committee, Pediatric Resident Continuity Clinic Curriculum,
(1 meeting/month), 1993-1997. The committee’s charge was to develop a curriculum for
the pediatric resident’s continuity clinic rotation including the development of goals and
objectives, new methods of implementation and teaching, a written examination, a
clinical skills check list, and an evaluation process and materials for both residents and
faculty.
Member - Development Group, Resident Education Protocol for Clinical Evaluation and
Management of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, 1995. The group’s charge was
to develop an evaluation/management/educational tool to serve three purposes: 1) clinical
evaluation, 2) resident teaching, and 3) parent/teacher/patient education for children seen
in outpatient clinics and suspected to have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. This
tool is currently used in multiple clinical teaching sites. Updated and revised 1998/1999.
Contributor - Tuberculosis section of the revised Pediatric Student Clerkship Manual,
1998.
Member – Development Group, Resident Education Packet and Curriculum for
Ambulatory Clinic Rotation. The group’s charge was to develop a curriculum and packet
of materials for second and third year pediatric and medicine/pediatric residents for
education purposes during their ambulatory rotation. The packet includes educational
videos, selected reading materials, assigned projects, and a web-based quiz. Project
completed 2000.
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Contributor and Reviewer – Department of Pediatrics Nursery Protocol Manual, 20012003. This group’s charge was to update and review comprehensive clinical protocols
and management guidelines for the level I nursery used at Memorial Hermann Children’s
Hospital and Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.
Leader – Development group, evidence based clinical pathways and standardized order
sets for in-patient pediatrics. The group’s charge is to develop pathways and
standardized patient orders for common pediatric in-patient diagnoses in coordination
with the MHCH Emergency Department, in-patient Hospitalist group and MHCH nursing
and support staff. The pathways are shared with the LBJ Pediatric service as well as
MHHS sister hospitals. 2004- 2007.
Contributor and Facilitator – Resident educational curriculum for in-patient pediatrics at
LBJ Hospital. 2007-present.
CURRENT GRANT SUPPORT:
Program Director, Tuberculosis Clinical Service Contract, City of Houston Health
Department, $16,000 per year, 1998-present.
Consultant – Heartland National Tuberculosis Center, CDC funds to develop Pediatric
Tuberculosis Mini-Fellowship program, provide ongoing consultation for difficult
pediatric TB cases to the region and develop pediatric TB educational materials including
publication of a Pediatric TB Radiology Book, August 2007-2009, $80,000.
PAST GRANT SUPPORT:
Coinvestigator - "Comparative Efficacy and Safety of BMY-28100 versus AmoxicillinClavulanate Assessed with Multiple Tympanocenteses for Patients with Acute Otitis
Media with Effusion." Bristol Myers-Squibb, $200,000, 1988-1989.
Coinvestigator - "Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Cefuroxime Axetil versus
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Assessed with Multiple Tympanocenteses for Patients with
Acute Otitis Media with Effusion." Glaxo, $200,000, 1988-1989.
Principal Investigator - "Pediatric Clinic Patient Education Project." Children's Miracle
Network Telethon Grant (Hermann Children's Hospital), $5,700 (1991), $12,300 (19961997).
Coinvestigator - "A Randomized, Double-blind, Parallel Study of the Efficacy and Safety
of Fusidic Acid (Fucidin) 2% Cream versus Its Vehicle in the Treatment of Impetigo."
Bristol Myers-Squibb, $40,000, 1991-92.
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Co-Principal Investigator - "Evaluation of the Usefulness of the Polymerase Chain
Reaction for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Children." Dr. Elva A. Wright Memorial
Fund, $14,000, 1991-93.
Program Director, Tuberculosis Clinical Service Contract, City of Houston Health
Department, $38,760 per year, 1993-1998.
Program Director - "UT-Hermann Children's Tuberculosis Clinic Incentive Program,”
Children’s Miracle Network Telethon Grant (Hermann Children's Hospital), $15,000
awarded in 1994, $17,500 awarded in 1995, $16,338 awarded in 2000-2001 and $14,800
in 2003-2004.
Sponsor - "Educational Modules on TB for Health Educators in the Harris County
Hospital District," Witt Fund Educational Grant awarded to the American Lung
Association, Tuberculosis Committee, $4,750, 1994-1995.
Coinvestigator - "A Randomized, Investigator-Blinded, Multicenter Comparison of the
Efficacy and Safety of a 5- or 10-Day Course of Cefuroxime Suspensions in the
Treatment of Pediatric Patients with Acute Otitis Media with Effusion," Glaxo, $39,168,
December 1994-1995.
Coinvestigator - "A Single-Blind Immunogenicity and Safety Trial to Determine the
Consistency of Consecutively Released Lots of the Tetravalent Rhesus Rotavirus Vaccine
(Rotavax)." Wyeth-Ayerst, $54,636, 5/95-3/96.
Principal Investigator - “Antigen 85 Testing for Diagnosing Tuberculosis in Children,”
UT-Houston, Department of Pediatrics Telethon Research Grant, $1000, 1996-1997.
Director - "LBJ Children's Tuberculosis Clinic Incentive Program," Witt Fund $4,000
(1997-1998), $4,991 (1998-1999), $500 (1999-2000), $2500 (2000-2001), $2500 (20012002).
Subcontract Principal Investigator - (James Musser, Baylor College of Medicine,
Principal Investigator)-“The Genetic Epidemiology of Tuberculosis Susceptibility,”
National Institutes of Health #AI-41168, subcontract award $46,356, 1997-2002.
Witt Fund Foundation Grant for support of the Lyndon B. Johnson Children’s
Tuberculosis Clinic. Toys were awarded for children incentives and $1000 awarded for a
computer for the clinical and research database, 2004.
Program Director - "UT-Hermann Children's Tuberculosis Clinic Incentive Program,”
Children’s Miracle Network Telethon Grant (Hermann Children's Hospital), $17,338,
2004-2005.
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Coinvestigator – Clinical Project AJ98, Effect of a Soy-based Formula on Infant
Behavior. Ross Products Division, $39,000, 2005-2006.
Principal Investigator – “Evaluation of Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Tuberculosis
Detecting Antibodies in Saliva and Activated T Cells in Blood,” the T-Spot TB Cell test
is funded by Oxford Immunotec, UK, $62,045, November 2004-2006.
Principal Investigator (for UT-Houston) and Collaborator – “Evaluation of Two Rapid
Tests for Tuberculosis Detecting Antibodies in Saliva,” this study is funded in part by the
World Health Organization ($50K), Office of Naval Research: Core Capabilities Program
($365K) and the Naval Medical Research Center to the Naval Institute for Dental and
Biomedical Research, Great Lakes, Il, 2003-2005. Study extended 2008, $54,000 contract
with UT-Houston. 2007-2008.
Principal Investigator – “Testing for Tuberculosis in Blood from Children and Pregnant
Women” the T-Spot TB Cell test is funded by Oxford Immunotec, UK, January 2007December 2007, $84,000.
Principal Investigator – “Comparison of the T-SPOT.TB and QuanteFERON Gold blood
tests for TB in Children” funded by Oxford Immunotec, UK, April 2008-January 2009,
$22,500.
PUBLICATIONS: (author’s publications appear in the names of “Connelly” and “Smith”)
Abstracts
Starke JR, Ong LT, Eisenach KD, Connelly KK: Detection of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis in gastric aspirate samples from children using a polymerase chain reaction.
American Review of Respiratory Disease (suppl);147:A801, 1993.
Smith KC, Denby M: Isoniazid prophylaxis after exposure to active tuberculosis in a day
care center. The Southern Medical Association 88th Annual Scientific Assembly (suppl):
99, 1994.
Denby M, Thompson T, Coody D, Smith KC: Algorithms for the management of
tuberculosis and tuberculosis exposure in children. 1996 Conference on Global Lung
Health and Annual Meeting of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung
Disease, Paris, France, October 1996.
Page CT, Smith KC, Frazier JP, Barratt MS: Effectiveness of a teaching intervention on
resident chart documentation for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Ambulatory
Pediatric Association, Southern Regional Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, February,
1998.
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Flores J, Starke JR, Risser JM, Smith KC: Interferon- ELISPOT Assay Compared to
Clinical Diagnosis in Children with TB Infection and Disease. International Union
Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, North American Region, Vancouver, BC,
Canada, February, 2007.
Gourishankau A, Smith KC, Navarro F, Tatevian N. Isoniazid (INH) Toxicity Unveils
Teenager’s Autoimmune Hepatitis. American Academy of Pediatrics National
Conference and Exhibition, San Francisco, October, 2010.
Refereed Original Articles in Journals
Woodall DL, Birken GA, Williamson K (AKA: Smith KC), Lobe TE: Isolated fetalneonatal abdominal ascites: a sign of intrauterine intussusception. Journal of Pediatric
Surgery 12:506-507, 1987.
Connelly KK, Starke JR: Vaccine-preventable respiratory infections in childhood.
Seminars in Respiratory Infections 6:204-216, 1991.
Connelly KK: Prevention and public health aspects of tuberculosis. Pediatric Annals
22:605-611, 1993.
Connelly KK: Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine. Seminars in Pediatric Infectious
Diseases: Tuberculosis and Mycobacterial Infections in Children 4:299-306, 1993.
Starke JR, Tan TQ, Chacko MR, Cleary TG, Connelly KK, Kline MW: Infectious
diseases of public health significance among children and adolescents in Texas. Texas
Medicine 90:35-45, 1994.
Smith KC, Starke JR, Eisenach K, Ong L, Denby M: Detection of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis in clinical specimens from children using a polymerase chain reaction.
Pediatrics 97:155-160, 1996.
Denby M, Banks J, Coody D, Smith K, Yetman R: Infant born to a mother with a
positive tuberculin skin test - practice guidelines. Journal of Pediatric Health Care
10:31-34, 1996.
Smith KC, Green HL: A case for Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine in United Statesborn children. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 18:15-17, 1999.
Frazier JP, Barratt MS, Smith KC: Evaluation of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder - practice guidelines. Journal of Pediatric Health Care 13:250-253, 1999.
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Smith KC, Green HL: DOT field worker fooled by a 9-year-old child who did not take
her TB medications and relapsed with cavitary TB seven years later. The International
Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 4(4):384, 2000.
Smith KC: Tuberculosis exposure in a day-care center: recommended management.
Southern Medical Journal 93(9):877-880, 2000.
Smith KC: Tuberculosis in Children. Current Problems in Pediatrics 31(1):1-34, 2001.
Smith KC: Congenital tuberculosis: a rare manifestation of a common infection. Current
opinion in Infectious Diseases 15:269-274, 2002.
Smith KC, Armitige L, Wanger A: A review of tuberculosis: reflections on the past,
present and future of a global epidemic disease. Anti-infective Therapy 1(3), 483-491,
2003.
Weisoly DL, Khan AM, Elidemir O, Smith KC: Congenital tuberculosis and fulminant
cardiorespiratory failure requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Pediatric
Pulmonology 37(5):470-473, 2004.
Risser WJ, Smith KC: Tuberculosis in incarcerated youth. JAMA, 293(22):2716-2717,
2005.
Malik S, Abel L, Tooker H, Poon A, Simkin L, Girard M, Adams GJ, Starke JR, Smith
KC, Graviss EA, Musser JM, Schurr E: Alleles of the NRAMP1 gene are risk factors for
pediatric tuberculosis disease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science United
States of America. 102(34):12183-12188, 2005.
Wootton SH, Gonzalez BE, Pawlak R, Teeter LD, Smith KC, Musser JM, Starke JR,
Graviss EA: Epidemiology of pediatric tuberculosis using traditional and molecular
techniques – Houston, Texas. Pediatrics, 116;1141-1147, 2005.
Smith KC, Seaworth BJ: Drug resistant tuberculosis: Controversies and challenges in
pediatrics. Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy. 3(6): 995-1010, 2005.
Lemme SD, Kevin Raymond A, Cannon CP Normand AN, Smith KC, Hughes DP:
Primary Tuberculosis of bone mimicking a lytic bone tumor. Journal of Pediatric
Hematology Oncology. 29(3):198-202, 2007.
Cruz AT, Geltemeyer AM, Starke JR, Flores JA, Graviss EA, Smith KC. Comparing the
Tuberculin Skin Test and T-SPOT.TB Blood Test in Children. Pediatrics. 2010 Dec 6
[Epub ahead of print]
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Invited Reviews and Editorials in Journals
Connelly KK. Commentary on: "Risk of serious acute neurological illness after
immunization with diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine" by Gale JL, Thapa PB, Wassilak
SGF, et al from JAMA 1994;271:37-41 in J Pediatr 125:163, 1994.
Smith KC. Commentary on: "Efficacy of BCG vaccine in the prevention of tuberculosis:
Metaanalysis of the published literature" by Colditz GA, Brewer TF, Berkey CS, et al
from JAMA 1994;271:698-702 in J Pediatr 125:667-668, 1994.
Smith KC: Editorial comments on Pediatric tuberculosis. Italian Journal of Pediatrics,
31:77-79, 2005.
Chapters
Starke JR, Connelly KK: Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine. In: Vaccines 2e,
Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1994; 439-473.
Smith KC. General Pediatrics. In: Yetman RJ (ed). Health Status Improvement and
Management: Pediatrics. Seattle, WA: Milliman & Robertson, Inc., 1999.
Smith KC, Starke JR: Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine. In: Vaccines 3e,
Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1999; 111-139.
Starke JR, Smith KC: Tuberculosis. In: Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Feigin
RD, Cherry JD [ed]. 5e, Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 2004; 1337-1379.
Smith KC, Starke JR: Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine. In: Vaccines 4e,
Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 2004; 179-209.
Smith KC, Starke JR: Tuberculosis. In: Diagnosis of Congenital and Perinatal
Infections: A Concise Guide. Humana Press, 2005, 233-244.
Smith KC, Orme IM, Starke JR: Tuberculosis Vaccines. In: Vaccines 5e, Philadelphia:
WB Saunders, 2008, 857-885.
Other Professional Communications
Presentations
Regional
Connelly KK, Hymel T: "Epidemiology of the 1988-89 Houston Measles Epidemic,"
poster presentation, Texas Pediatric Society Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, Texas,
September 1990.
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Page CT, Smith KC, Frazier JP, Barratt MS: Effectiveness of a teaching intervention on
resident chart documentation for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Platform
presentation at the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, Southern Regional Meeting, New
Orleans, Louisiana, February, 1998.
Smith KC, Denby M: Isoniazid prophylaxis after exposure to active tuberculosis in a day
care center. The Southern Medical Association 88th Annual Scientific Platform
presentation at the Southern Medical Association Meeting, Orlando, Florida, November
1994.
Smith KC, Planning committee and speaker for Combating Childhood Tuberculosis
Meeting, Presentations: “BCG Vaccine: Efficacy, use, and TB skin test interpretation in
children”, “Missed opportunities: Case studies”, “Interactive session: Discuss your
complicated cases with the expert”: Sponsored by the Heartland National TB Center,
Northeastern National TB Center, Center for South Texas Programs, and South Central
Areas Health Education Center and UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, at the
Regional Academic Health Center, Harlingen, Texas, October 19-20, 2005
Smith KC, “Childhood Tuberculosis in Texas – Zero Tolerance”. Presentation for World
TB Day, Austin Texas, March 2008.
National
Smith KC, Starke JR, Eisenach K, Ong L, Denby M: "Detection of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis in Clinical Specimens from Children Using a Polymerase Chain Reaction"
Poster presentation, Workshop on Tuberculosis in Children, Centers of Disease Control
and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, August 1994.
Barratt MS, Smith KC: “Teaching ADHD Management in a Busy Resident Clinic,” ½
day workshop presentation at the Ambulatory Pediatric Association National Meeting,
Washington, D.C., May, 1997.
John SD, Robinson LH, Mercado-Deane MG, Holland C, Smith KC: “Primary
Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Pediatrics at the Turn of the Century” Poster presentation,
Radiological Society of North America National Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, December,
2002.
Wootton SH, Gonzalez BE, Pawlak R, Teeter LD, Smith KC, Musser JM, Starke JR,
Graviss EA: “Epidemiology of pediatric tuberculosis using traditional and molecular
techniques – Houston, Texas.” Poster presentation, Infectious Disease Society of
America, Boston, Massachusetts, September, 2004.
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International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, North American Region 10th
Annual Conference, Faculty and Panel Discussant for “Review your complicated TB
cases with the experts”, March 2-4, 2006, Chicago, Illinois USA.
Gourishankau A, Smith KC, Navarro F, Tatevian N. Isoniazid (INH) Toxicity Unveils
Teenager’s Autoimmune Hepatitis. American Academy of Pediatrics National
Conference and Exhibition, San Francisco, October, 2010.
International
Starke JR, Ong LT, Eisenach KD, Connelly KK: Detection of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis in gastric aspirate samples from children using a polymerase chain reaction.
Poster presentation at the American Thoracic Society Annual International Meeting, San
Francisco, May 1993.
Denby M, Thompson T, Coody D, Smith KC: Algorithms for the management of
tuberculosis and tuberculosis exposure in children. 1996 Conference on Global Lung
Health and Annual Meeting of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung
Disease, Paris, France, October 1996.
“New Diagnostic Tests in Pediatric Tuberculosis” Pediatric Department Presentation at
Beijing Children’s Hospital, Beijing, China, April, 2007.
Grand Rounds
"Tuberculous Meningitis,” Pediatric Grand Rounds, The University of Texas Medical
Branch, Galveston, January 1989.
"The Measles Epidemic,” Pediatric Grand Rounds, The University of Texas Medical
Branch, Galveston, April 1989.
"Pediatric Tuberculosis,” Pediatric Grand Rounds, The University of Texas-Houston
Medical School, August 1992.
"Pediatric Tuberculosis,” Pediatric Grand Rounds, Texas Tech Medical School, Lubbock,
September 1992.
"Tuberculosis in Children,” Department of Family Practice Grand Rounds, Southwest
Memorial Hospital, Houston, January 1994.
"Tuberculosis in Children,” Grand Rounds, Driscoll Children's Hospital, Corpus Christi,
January 1994.
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"New Diagnostic Techniques for Tuberculosis,” Pediatric Grand Rounds, The University
of Texas-Houston Medical School, September 1994.
"Tuberculosis: A Family Disease,” Grand Rounds, Department of Family Practice and
Community Medicine, Southwest Memorial Hospital, Houston, May 1995.
“Miliary Tuberculosis and TB Meningitis,” Pediatric Grand Rounds, The University of
Texas-Houston Medical School, May 1999.
“Congenital Tuberculosis,” Pediatric Grand Rounds, University of Texas-Houston
Medical School, April 2001.
“Tuberculosis in Children” Grand Rounds, Christis Santa Rosa Hospital and the
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, September, 2006.
“What is new with Pediatric Tuberculosis” Pediatric Grand Rounds, University of TexasHouston Medical School, October, 2006.
Continuing Education Conferences – Invited Presentations
"Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis,” Lubbock Pediatric Society Meeting, Lubbock,
September 1992.
"Childhood Immunizations are Emergencies: They're Not Just Baby Shots,” Caring for
Children Conference, Houston, March 11, 1993.
"The Epidemiology of Tuberculosis,” Inhalation Therapy Associates Continuing
Education Conference, Houston, August 1993.
"Tuberculosis: It's Back,” Challenges in Pediatrics: Hermann Children's Hospital
Conference for Physicians and Nurses, Houston, March 10, 1994.
"TB: An Old Disease with a New Face,” Texas Medical Center Educational Consortium
Continuing Education Conference, Houston, April 5, 1994.
"Directly Observed Preventive Therapy (DOPT) for Tuberculosis in School Children,"
Belle Blackwell Regional Continuing Education Conference for School Nurses, Clear
Lake, July 1994.
"Tuberculosis: It's Back,” Southwest Regional School Nurse's Workshop, Houston,
October 19, 1994.
"Changing Trends in Tuberculosis and the Impact on Children,” 18th Annual Meeting
and Educational Conference, Texas Society of Infection Control Practitioners, Austin,
October 28, 1994.
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"Pediatric Tuberculosis,” St. Joseph Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Houston, August
1995.
“Tuberculosis in School Children,” Mission Wellness, The Texas Association of School
Nurses, Houston, November 1995.
“BCG Vaccine - Does it Work?” The Key to TB Control in the 90's III and IV, Texas
Center for Infectious Disease, Houston, November, 1995, San Antonio, June, 1996, and
Dallas, November, 1996.
“BCG Vaccine” and “Pediatric Tuberculosis,” Boarder TB: A Binational Approach,
Texas Center for Infectious Disease, Harlingen, Texas, April, 1996.
“Finding and Fixing TB in Children,” Tuberculosis in the Schools, Texas Center for
Infectious Disease Training Center, San Antonio, Texas, March, 1998.
“Pediatric TB,” TB Update 2000 – World TB Day, Texas Department of Health,
Houston, Texas, March, 2000.
“Overview of Pediatric TB,” School Nurses – Partners in TB Control, Texas Center for
Infectious Disease, San Antonio, Texas, September, 2000.
“Pediatric Tuberculosis” and “Challenging Cases of Tuberculosis in Children” TB
Intensive program, Heartland National TB Center, University of Texas, Tyler, Texas,
June, 2006, 2007, December 2007, December 2008.
“Pediatric Tuberculosis” National Webinar, sponsored by Heartland National TB Center
and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 90 minute webinar presentation with
over 400 participants nationwide. June, 2008.
“Overview of Pediatric TB Diagnosis” and “Overview of Pediatric TB Management” at
the 14th Annual Four Corners TB and HIV Conference, Flagstaff, Arizona, October 2008.
“Pediatric Tuberculosis” at Tuberculosis Updates for the Clinician, Heartland National
TB Center, San Antonio, Texas, November, 2008, June 2009, Dec 2009, June 2010.
“Pediatric Tuberculosis” and “Diagnosing Tuberculosis in Children” at Tuberculosis
Intensive, Heartland National TB Program, Houston, Texas, November 2010.
Non-refereed Publications
“Recommendations from a Workshop on: A Growing Concern, Tuberculosis in
Children”, a 32 page publication and product of a workshop cosponsored by a number of
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groups including: the AAP, ALA, ATS, CDC, NIH, The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation; Atlanta, Georgia, 1994. Invited workshop participant.
Denby M, Smith KC: "Tuberculosis Exposure In Children," Parent/patient education
handouts, published by The American Lung Association of Houston and Southeast
Texas, 1994. (English, Spanish and other languages)
Denby M, Smith KC: "Tuberculosis Infection In Children," Parent/patient education
handouts, published by The American Lung Association of Houston and Southeast
Texas, 1994. (English, Spanish and other languages)
Denby M, Smith KC: "Tuberculosis Disease In Children," Parent/patient education
handouts, published by The American Lung Association of Houston and Southeast
Texas, 1994. (English, Spanish and other languages)
Letters to the Editor
Waagner DC, Connelly KK: Marcy's Handouts (letter). Pediatric Infectious Disease
Journal 1991;10:477.
Television & Radio
Multiple interviews with local news media regarding tuberculosis, childhood
immunizations, and general pediatric topics, 1993- present
KSEV 700 AM, Houston Health Hour radio talk show with Dr. David Mobley host,
featured as general pediatric expert in hour long interviews with telephone call-ins.
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) – Featured as expert in 1 hour nationally televised
program on Tuberculosis, 1994.
National Children’s Miracle Network Telethon - Featured as physician and pediatric
tuberculosis expert for 1994 Miracle Child with severe tuberculosis mastoiditis and 2002
Miracle Child with congenital tuberculosis, 1994 and 2002.
Children’s Miracle Network Radiothon – Featured in live interview as Children’s Center
Medical Director and expert in pediatric tuberculosis on Mix 96.5 Radio Station, 2003.
HealthLeader, An Online News Service for Your Health, The University of Texas Health
Science Center at Houston, interviewed and quoted on childhood immunizations
regarding new legislation allowing parents to opt out of school required childhood
vaccinations, September 2003, multiple other interviews and articles regarding childhood
immunizations and tuberculosis, 2004.
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Interviewed and taped with a local television news program regarding new legislation
allowing parents to opt out of childhood vaccinations, September 2003.
Interviewed on local television news program regarding childhood immunizations, aired
April 26, 2004.
HealthLeader, An Online News Service for Your Health, The University of Texas Health
Science Center at Houston, interviewed and quoted on The Top 5 Myths about Vaccines,
a story addressing concern about general risks and association between autism and
childhood vaccinations, August 2005.
Other – Master’s Thesis
Connelly KK: Protocol Development and Preliminary Data Analysis for the Evaluation
of the Usefulness of Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in
Children [Thesis]. Houston, Texas: University of Texas School of Public Health, 1993.
Clinical Pathway Development for Memorial Hermann Children’s Hospital
Oxygen Weaning Protocol for Children at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, 2003
Moderate Sedation Algorithm for Non-Painful and Painful Procedures in Children at
Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, 2003
Management of fever in infants less than 1 month of age and in infants between 1 month
and 3 months of age: Pathways and order sets for Children’s Memorial Hermann
Hospital, 2005.