Katherine Jennifer Leaming-Van Zandt, M.D.
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Positions
- Associate Professor
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Pediatrics-Emergency Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
- Medical Director, TCH West Campus Emergency Center
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Texas Children's Hospital
Addresses
- Texas Children's Hospital (Hospital)
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6621 Fannin Street, Suite A210
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 824-5497
Education
- MD from New York Medical College
- Valhalla, NY
- Internship at Baylor College of Medicine
- Houston, TX
- Pediatrics
- Residency at Baylor College of Medicine
- Houston, TX
- Pediatrics
- Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine
- Houston, TX
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Certifications
- Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- American Board of Pediatrics
Professional Statement
Dr. Leaming-Van Zandt serves as the Medical Director of the Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) West Campus Emergency Center. Her academic interests include relationship-centered communication, patient/family education, and medical journalism. She has led a variety of multi-disciplinary committees and quality improvement projects designed to champion and promote a service quality environment and culture to improve the emergency center experience for all patients and their families.Additionally, she serves on the Texas Children's Breakthrough Communication steering committee and helps facilitate and train Texas Children’s physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, and team members in relationship-centered communication.
Dr. Leaming-Van Zandt has published peer-reviewed articles and chapters on interpersonal, triadic (clinician-patient-caregiver) communication and authored/contributed to numerous articles, blogs, and interviews for the TCH Blog (http://www.texaschildrensblog.org), Baylor College of Medicine Momentum Blog (https://blogs.bcm.edu/topics/momentum/), and other medical journalism sources/outlets. She additionally oversees the division’s pediatric emergency medicine social media accounts, @TxChildrensPEM and @bcm_pemfellows.
Websites
Memberships
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American College of Emergency Physicians
- Texas Pediatric Society
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