Faculty

Kevin P Lally, M.D. is A.G. McNeese, Chair in Pediatric Surgery, Chairman and Professor of the Department of Pediatric Surgery. He is Surgeon-in-Chief of the Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital and director of the ECMO Program. He completed his Pediatric Surgery Training at the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles and is board certified in Surgery, Critical Care and Pediatric Surgery with a special interest in prenatally diagnosed problems. He joined the University in 1991.

Sr. Executive Assistant:
Scottie Wahlstrom
Scottie.Wahlstrom@uth.tmc.edu
(713) 500-7306

Charles Cox, Jr., M.D. is the Children's Fund Distinguished Professor and Director of the Pediatric Trauma Program at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital with a special interest in the operative and non-operative management of traumatically injured infants and children. He is the Co-director of the Extra-Corporeal Life Support Program (ECMO). He completed his Pediatric Surgery Training at the University of Michigan and is board certified in Surgery, Critical Care and Pediatric Surgery, with a special interest in diseases of the intestines, colon and rectum. He joined the University in 1996.

Coordinator, Special Programs
Crystal Sutton
Crystal.J.Sutton@uth.tmc.edu
(713) 500-7304

Richard J. Andrassy, M.D. is the Denton A. Cooley, M.D. Chair in Surgery, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery. He completed his Pediatric Surgery Training at the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles and is board certified in general and pediatric surgery, with a special interest in surgical oncology, hernia surgery, and endocrine surgery.

Sr. Executive Assistant
Mickey Clouser
713.500.7200

Andrea Hayes-Jordan, M.D., is Assistant Professor in both the Department of Pediatric Surgery at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston and in Surgical Oncology and Pediatrics at the UT/M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. She completed her Pediatric Surgery Training at the Toronto hospital for Sick Children and is board certified in general and pediatric surgery with a special interest in surgical oncology. She joined the University in 2004.

Sr. Staff Assistant
Dolores Villarreal
Dolores.Villarreal@uth.tmc.edu
(713) 500-7305

KuoJen Tsao, M.D., is Assistant Professor at The University of Texas Medical School in the Department of Pediatric Surgery. He is board certified in general surgery with a special interest in clinical trials and minimally invasive surgery. He recently completed his Pediatric Surgery Training at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. He joined The University on August 1, 2007.