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CHARLETA GUILLORY

TitleProfessor
InstitutionBaylor College of Medicine
DepartmentDepartment of Pediatrics
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    2026Arnold Jack Rudolph Baylor Pediatric Award for Lifetime Excellence in Teaching. , Baylor College of Medicine
    2026Recognition of Distinguished Service as Executive Committee Member on Committee of Fetus & Newborn , American Academy of Pediatrics
    2025Texan’s Care for Children Founder’s Award , Texan's Care for Children
    2023Charles W. Daeschner Jr., MD Lifetime Achievement Award. Highest recognition, Texas Pediatric Society (TPS)
    2021Master Clinician Faculty Award for Excellence in Patient Care. Baylor College of Medicine’s highe, Baylor College of Medicine,
    2020Norton Rose Fulbright Award for Faculty Excellence in Enduring Materials. Awarded by Baylor Colle, Baylor College of Medicine
    2020Chair Appreciation from Commissioner Hellerstedt and Associate Commissioner Dr. Manda Hall,, Department of State Health Services Newborn Screening Advisory Committee
    2019American Academy of Pediatrics President's Cup for improving access to healthcare for children, AAP-Committee of Federal Government Affairs
    2019Women of Excellence Award , Baylor College of Medicine
    2019Trailblazer Honoree, for positively impacting the community through leadership & public service, Houston Area Urban League
    2018Sidney R. Kaliski Award of Merit in recognition of her many years of continuing leadership on the TP, Texas Pediatric Society
    2015American Academy of Pediatrics Special Achievement Award for distinguished service & dedication, Texas Pediatric Society
    2015Gold-Level Recognition for Excellence in Academic Medicine Recognition of achievement & dedication, Texas Medical Association
    2013Texas Pediatric Society Executive Board Award For co-development of the Texas Pulse Oximetry Project, Texas Pediatric Society
    2013Houston’s 50 Most Influential Women of 2012 , Houston Woman Magazine
    2011Helen Farabee Leadership Award In grateful recognition of exemplary leadership , Texas Perinatal Association
    2007Texas Governor’s Award Community Connector Category, One Star Foundation
    2007The President’s Volunteer Service Award , President’s Council on Service and Civic, President’s Freedom Corps
    2007Special Achievement Award For her commitment and dedication to expanding Texas newborn screening, Texas Pediatric Society

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    68349-1     Jan 1, 2022 - Jan 31, 2024
    Texas Pediatric Society Foundation
    Hemolytic Anemia Educational Booklet
    Role Description: Family education booklet about hemolytic anemias, especially G6PD deficiency, to address the need for better educational materials for families with children who have hemolytic anemias.
    H-49068     Apr 1, 2021 - Jul 31, 2023
    Baylor College of Medicine
    It Takes a Village: A Project to Reach Mothers in Need
    Role Description: Addressing Inequitable Health Outcomes Affecting Underrepresented Minorities
    Role: Co-Investigator
         Jan 1, 2014 - Sep 30, 2015
    Sub-Contract with University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) through a grant with the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)
    Texas Pulse Oximetry Project 2 (TxPOP2)
    Role Description: A project to develop, implement and evaluate a training program for health care providers in screening, reporting and referring for critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
    Role: Co-Principle Investigator
         Jul 1, 2012 - Sep 30, 2013
    Sub-Contract with University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTSCSA) through a grant with the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)
    Texas Pulse Oximetry Project (TxPOP)
    Role Description: A project to develop, implement and evaluate a training program for health care providers in screening, reporting and referring for critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) in the normal newborn
    Role: Co-Principle Investigator
         Dec 1, 2008 - Dec 31, 2011
    Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
    R18-Safe Passages: A Toolkit to Ensure Quality Transitions from NICU to Ambulatory Care
    Role: Research Team Member
         Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 30, 2013
    Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/ National Institutes of Health (NIH)
    Harris County Hospital and Universities National Children’s Study (HC-HUNCS)
    Role: Director, Pediatric Core
         Jul 1, 2007 - Aug 31, 2008
    Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
    P20 Crossing an Invisible Quality Chasm: From NICU to Ambulatory Care Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) Team
    Role: Research Team Member
         (Charleta Guillory, MD, MPH, FAAP)Jul 1, 2006 - Jul 31, 2007
    American Academy of Pediatrics
    Back to Community Care 2006 CATCH (Community Access to Child Health) Implementation Funds Grant
    Role: Principle Investigator
         (Charleta Guillory, MD, MPH, FAAP)Jul 1, 1999 - Jul 31, 2001
    National Academy of Science and National Institute of Medicine and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
    Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship
    Role Description: One of six awards given to physicians from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences for Outstanding Health Science Professionals. As a recipient of the award, served as a legislative assistant in the United States Senate (office of Senator John Breaux D-LA) playing a senior role in developing and promoting health legislation and policy
    Role: Fellow
         (Charleta Guillory, MD, MPH, FAAP)Jul 1, 1996 - Jul 31, 2000
    March of Dimes
    Infant Mortality Update Quarterly Publication Newsletter
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
         (Charleta Guillory, MD, MPH, FAAP)Jul 1, 1996 - Jul 31, 1998
    March of Dimes
    A Smoking Cessation Intervention Program to Decrease the Incidence of Low Birth Weight Infants and Infant Mortality in 5th Ward, Houston, Texas
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Feldman-Winter L, Long S, Ware J, Parker MG, Kakar P, Williams T, Section on Breastfeeding, Committee on Fetus and Newborn, Council on Health Equity, Section on Breastfeeding , Committee on Fetus and Newborn , Council on Health Equity . Opportunities for Pediatricians to Address Racism and Bias to Reduce Racial Disparities in Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk: Policy Statement. Pediatrics. 2026 Sep 01; 158(3). PMID: 42543173.
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    2. Parker MG, Walker V, Montoya-Williams D, Committee on Fetus and Newborn, Council on Health Equity. Social Inequities in High-Risk Neonatal Care Delivery: Clinical Report. Pediatrics. 2026 Aug 01; 158(2). PMID: 42472636.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    3. Guillory C, Speer M., Newborn Screening. In: Guidelines for the Acute Care of the Neonate, Fernandes C, Pammi M (eds). Guidelines for the Acute Care of the Neonate. 34th ed. Houston, Texas: Baylor College of Medicine:227-229. 2026. View Publication.
    4. Guillory C, Craigen W. Inborn Errors of Metabolism. In: Guidelines for the Acute Care of the Neonate, Fernandes C, Pammi M (eds). Guidelines for the Acute Care of the Neonate. 34th ed. Houston, Texas: Baylor College of Medicine:88-96. 2026.
    5. Guillory C, Pammi M, eds. Genetics. In: Guidelines for the Acute Care of the Neonate, Fernandes CJ, Pammi M, (eds). 34th ed. Houston, Texas: Baylor College of Medicine;87-98. 2026.
    6. Jancelewicz T, Lucke A, Guillory C, Section on Surgery, Committee on Fetus and Newborn. Postdischarge Follow-Up of Infants With Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Clinical Report. Pediatrics. 2026 Feb 01; 157(2). PMID: 41581796.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. Zanelli SA, Wusthoff CJ, Lucke AM, Kaufman DA, Committee on Fetus and Newborn , Section on Neurology . Therapeutic Hypothermia for Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: Clinical Report. Pediatrics. 2026 Feb 01; 157(2). PMID: 41581784.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Parker MG, Stellwagen L, Miller ER, Noble L, Corkins MR, Hudak ML, Committee on Fetus and Newborn, Section on Breastfeeding, Committee on Nutrition. Promoting Human Milk and Breastfeeding for the Very Low Birth Weight Infant: Clinical Report. Pediatrics. 2026 02 01; 157(2). PMID: 41520943.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    9. Grisham LM, Goldsmith JP, Lucke AM, Gephart SM, AAP Committee on Fetus and Newborn, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NEONATAL NURSES. Advanced Practice Nursing in Neonatology: Clinical Report. Pediatrics. 2025 Sep 01; 156(3). PMID: 40850692.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. Pyle AK, George TN, Cummings JJ, Laventhal NT, Committee on Bioethics, Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Committee on Fetus and Newborn. Guidance for Caring for Infants and Children With Trisomy 13 and Trisomy 18: Clinical Report. Pediatrics. 2025 Aug 01; 156(2). PMID: 40685149.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    11. Guillory C. Kastner V., Newborn Screening. In: Guidelines for the Acute Care of the Neonate, Fernandes C, Pammi M (eds). Guidelines for the Acute Care of the Neonate. 33rd ed. Houston, Texas: Baylor College of Medicine;215-217. 2025.
    12. Guillory C. Craigen W, Gokulakrishnan, G. Inborn Errors of Metabolism. In: Guidelines for the Acute Care of the Neonate, Fernandes C, Pammi M (eds). Guidelines for the Acute Care of the Neonate. 33rd ed. Houston, Texas: Baylor College of Medicine;84-91. 2025.
    13. Guillory C, Pammi M, eds. Genetics. In: Guidelines for the Acute Care of the Neonate, Fernandes CJ, Pammi M, (eds). 33rd ed. Houston, Texas: Baylor College of Medicine;83-94. 2025.
    14. Almudares F, Gandhi B, Davies J, Couroucli X, Villafranco N, Varghese NP, Guaman MC, Guillory C, Shivanna B. Oxygen Saturation Targeting in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. J Clin Med. 2025 Jun 04; 14(11). PMID: 40507737; PMCID: PMC12155839.
      Citations: 1     
    15. Kaufman DA, Lucke AM, Cummings JJ, Committee on Fetus and Newborn . Postnatal Cord Blood Sampling: Clinical Report. Pediatrics. 2025 Jun 01; 155(6). PMID: 40419287.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    16. Ambalavanan N, Aucott SW, Salavitabar A, Levy VY, Committee on Fetus and Newborn, Section on Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery. Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm Infants. Pediatrics. 2025 May 01; 155(5). PMID: 40288780.
      Citations: 20     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    17. Harpavat S, Aucott SW, Karpen SJ, Shneider BL, Wang K, and the SECTION ON GASTROENTEROLOGY, HEPATOLOGY, AND NUTRITION, COMMITTEE ON FETUS AND NEWBORN, SECTION ON SURGERY. Guidance for the Primary Care Provider in Identifying Infants With Biliary Atresia by 2-4?Weeks of Life: Clinical Report. Pediatrics. 2025 Feb 18. PMID: 39961332.
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    18. Oster ME, Pinto NM, Pramanik AK, Markowsky A, Schwartz BN, Kemper AR, Hom LA, Martin GR, and the SECTION ON CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIAC SURGERY, SECTION ON HOSPITAL MEDICINE, COMMITTEE ON FETUS AND NEWBORN. Newborn Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Disease: A New Algorithm and Other Updated Recommendations: Clinical Report. Pediatrics. 2025 Jan 01; 155(1). PMID: 39679594.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    19. Tillman D, Guillory C, Raphael JL. Color outside the lines: rethinking Apgar scores for equity. Pediatr Res. 2024 Nov 11. PMID: 39528744.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    
    20. Bhutani VK, Wong RJ, Turkewitz D, Rauch DA, Mowitz ME, Barfield WD, COMMITTEE ON FETUS & NEWBORN . Phototherapy to Prevent Severe Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn Infant 35 or More Weeks of Gestation: Technical Report. Pediatrics. 2024 Sep 01; 154(3). PMID: 39183672.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    21. Thomas J, Bunik M, Holmes A, Keels MA, Poindexter B, Meyer A, Gilliland A, SECTION ON BREASTFEEDING , SECTION ON ORAL HEALTH , COUNCIL ON QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND PATIENT SAFETY , COMMITTEE ON FETUS & NEWBORN , SECTION ON OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY . Identification and Management of Ankyloglossia and Its Effect on Breastfeeding in Infants: Clinical Report. Pediatrics. 2024 Aug 01; 154(2). PMID: 39069819.
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    22. Guillory C. Craigen W, Gokulakrishnan, G., Inborn Errors of Metabolism. In: Guidelines for the Acute Care of the Neonate, Fernandes C, Pammi M (eds). Guidelines for the Acute Care of the Neonate. 32nd ed. Houston, Texas: Baylor College of Medicine:84-91. 2024.
    23. Guillory C., Kastner V., Newborn Screening. In: Guidelines for the Acute Care of the Neonate, Fernandes C, Pammi M (eds). Guidelines for the Acute Care of the Neonate. 32nd ed. Houston, Texas: Baylor College of Medicine;215-216. 2024.
    24. GUILLORY C, Pammi M, eds. . Guillory C, Pammi M, eds. Genetics. In: Guidelines for the Acute Care of the Neonate, Fernandes CJ, Pammi M, (eds). 32nd ed. Houston, Texas: Baylor College of Medicine;83-94. 2024.
    25. Parikh P, White RD, Tolia VN, Reyburn B, Guillory C, Ahmad KA. Variability in Practice and Implementation of Oxygen Target Saturation Policies in United States' Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Am J Perinatol. 2024 09; 41(12):1728-1735. PMID: 38373706.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    26. Khan FA, Jancelewicz T, Kieran K, Islam S, COMMITTEE ON FETUS AND NEWBORN , SECTION ON SURGERY , SECTION ON UROLOGY , COMMITTEE ON FETUS AND NEWBORN, SECTION ON SURGERY, SECTION ON UROLOGY. Assessment and Management of Inguinal Hernias in Children. Pediatrics. 2023 07 01; 152(1). PMID: 37357733.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    27. Davis BE, Leppert MO, German K, Lehmann CU, Adams-Chapman I, COUNCIL ON CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES , COMMITTEE ON FETUS AND NEWBORN , COUNCIL ON CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, COMMITTEE ON FETUS AND NEWBORN. Primary Care Framework to Monitor Preterm Infants for Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Early Childhood. Pediatrics. 2023 07 01; 152(1). PMID: 37357736.
      Citations: 18     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    28. Johnson YR, Guillory C, Imaizumi S. Health Care Disparities in High-Risk Neonates. Clin Perinatol. 2023 03; 50(1):67-80. PMID: 36868714.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    29. Stewart DL, Elsayed Y, Coley BD, Annam A, Milla SS, COMMITTEE ON FETUS AND NEWBORN AND SECTION ON RADIOLOGY, Fraga MV, Section on Radiology Executive Committee, 2021?2022. Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasonography in the NICU for Diagnostic and Procedural Purposes. Pediatrics. 2022 12 01; 150(6). PMID: 37154781.
      Citations: 31     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    30. Callaghan LT, Lafreniere A, Onwuka EA, Beckman RM, Foster JH, Quintanilla N, Guillory C, Lee TC, Cheng LS. Case report: Spindle cell neoplasm presenting as a spontaneous intestinal perforation in a term infant. Front Pediatr. 2022; 10:952023. PMID: 36090580; PMCID: PMC9458873.
      Citations: 1     
    31. Moon RY, Carlin RF, Hand I, TASK FORCE ON SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME AND THE COMMITTEE ON FETUS AND NEWBORN. Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Updated 2022 Recommendations for Reducing Infant Deaths in the Sleep Environment. Pediatrics. 2022 07 01; 150(1). PMID: 35726558.
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    32. Cummings JJ, Pramanik AK, COMMITTEE ON FETUS AND NEWBORN. Postnatal Corticosteroids to Prevent or Treat Chronic Lung Disease Following Preterm Birth. Pediatrics. 2022 06 01; 149(6). PMID: 37917016.
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    33. Mason A, GUILLORY C, Blake A, Debuyserie A. . Congenital Syphilis at Texas Children’s Hospital Before and After Senate Bill 748. Society for Pediatric Research. 2021.
    34. Clover-Brown I, GUILLORY C, Hurst N. . Assessing Changes in the Exclusive Breastfeeding Rate Among Healthy Newborns During The COVID-19 Pandemic. Society for Pediatric Research. 2021.
    35. GUILLORY C, Livingston E, . Honey Child New Beginnings: Combating the Trickle Down Effects of Maternal Obesity: Changing the Trajectory of Neonatal Outcomes. Pediatrics. 2021; 147:190-191. View Publication.
    36. Novak B, GUILLORY C, McKee-Garrett, T. New Hearing Screen Guidelines for Texas NICU’s. Surgical Research Day, Texas Children’s Hospital & Baylor College of Medicine. 2019.
    37. Haley S, GUILLORY C, Hurst N, Hagan J. Pump It Up: Increasing Mother’s Own Milk (MOM) During NICU Stay. Pediatric Academic Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. 2019.
    38. GUILLORY C. Honey Child New Beginnings: A Faith-Based Initiative Increasing Breastfeeding in African-American Women, American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition. Pediatrics. 2018; 144:261. View Publication.
    39. Haley S, GUILLORY C, Hurst N, Hagan J. Pump It Up: Increasing Mother’s Own Milk (MOM) During NICU Stay, American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, Hyatt Regency/Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida. 2018.
    40. GUILLORY C. . Newborn Screening. In: Guidelines for the Acute Care of the Neonate, Fernandes C, Katakam L, Pammi M (eds). Guidelines for the Acute Care of the Neonate. 26th ed. Houston, Texas: Baylor College of Medicine; 2018:150-151. 2018.
    41. Guillory C, Gong A, Livingston J, Creel L, Ocampo E, McKee-Garrett T. Texas Pulse Oximetry Project: A Multicenter Educational and Quality Improvement Project for Implementation of Critical Congenital Heart Disease Screening Using Pulse Oximetry. Am J Perinatol. 2017 07; 34(9):856-860. PMID: 28264208.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    42. Gong A, Guillory C, Creel L, Livingtson JE, McKee-Garrett TM, Fortunov R. A Multicenter Initiative for Critical Congenital Heart Disease Newborn Screening in Texas Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Am J Perinatol. 2017 07; 34(9):839-844. PMID: 28212589.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    43. Adams, JM, GUILLORY C, Johnson KE, Mandy GT. Care of very low birth weight babies. In: Guidelines for the Acute Care of the Neonate, Adams JM, Fernandes CJ (eds). Guidelines for the Acute Care of the Neonate. 24 ed. Houston, Texas: Baylor College of Medicine; 2016:1-6. 2016.
    44. Speer ME, Dinh K, GUILLORY C, et al. Infectious diseases. In: Guidelines for the Acute Care of the Neonate, Adams JM, Fernandes CJ (eds). Guidelines for the Acute Care of the Neonate. 24 ed. Houston, Texas: Baylor College of Medicine; 2016:89-104. 2016.
    45. Moyer VA, Papile LA, Eichenwald E, Profit J, GUILLORY C. . Transitioning Newborns from NICU to Home: A Resource Toolkit. 2013. View Publication.
    46. GUILLORY CG, Gong A, Livingston J, Creel L, Ocampo E, McKee-Garrett T. . Texas Pulse Oximetry Toolkit. 2013. View Publication.
    47. Speer ME, Dinh K, GUILLORY C, et al. Medications. In: Guidelines for the Acute Care of the Neonate, Adams JM, Fernandes CJ (eds). Guidelines for the Acute Care of the Neonate. 24 ed. Houston, Texas: Baylor College of Medicine; 2016:105-108.
    48. GUILLORY C. Newborn Screening. In: Guidelines for the Acute Care of the Neonate, Fernandes C, Katakam L, Pammi M (eds). Guidelines for the Acute Care of the Neonate. 27th ed. Houston, Texas: Baylor College of Medicine; 2019:168-169.
    49. Novak B, GUILLORY C, McKee-Garrett T, Kasner V, Madhani BA. Development of Hearing Screen Best Practices for the NICU Population. J Early Hearing Detection and Intervention, submitted June 2020. .
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