Timothy Edward Lotze

Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology

Email

tlotze@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology: Pediatrics-Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Addresses

Texas Children's Hospital, Clinical Care Center (Office)
: 6701 Fannin St., Ste 1250
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 822-1750

Education

Clinical Fellowship at Baylor College Of Medicine: 01/2002 - Houston, TX United States; Child Neurology

Advanced Training from Ohio State University Affiliate Hospitals: 01/1999 - Columbus, OH United States

Advanced Training from Ohio State University Affiliate Hospitals: 01/1998 - Columbus, OH United States

Advanced Training from Ohio State University Affiliate Hospitals: 01/1996 - Columbus, OH United States

M.D. from University Of Texas Health Science Center: 01/1995 - San Antonio, TX United States

B.A. from Texas A&M University: 01/1987 - College Station, TX United States

Internship at The Ohio State University College of Medicine: Columbus, OH; Pediatrics

Residency at The Ohio State University College of Medicine: Columbus, OH; Pediatrics

Certifications

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology

Professional Statement

As a clinician educator, I became the Child Neurology Residency Program Director in 2005 and have continued to serve in that position. During this time, the residency program has expanded to become of the largest in the country. I am proud of the many successes of graduates of the program to include a board passage rate well above the national average as well as national recognition of their abilities, to include three having received the prestigious Child Neurology Society Young Investigator Award and several others serving as residency program directors at their institutions. I am grateful to have received recognition for my performance in this area with two Norton Fulbright awards for Educational Leadership along with Teaching and Evaluation in 2009 as well as the more recent national recognition as a residency program director in 2016 by the American Academy of Neurology. I have additionally valued the opportunities that I have had to mentor high school and college students as well as medical students from Baylor and other institutions. I thoroughly enjoy clinical education and will continue to pursue additional achievements in this area.

My main clinical interests are neuromuscular disorders and multiple sclerosis. I have been successful in developing programs for both at Texas Children’s Hospital. In collaboration with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and Texas Children’s Hospital, I created the Blue Bird Circle Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Clinic in 2004. This was one of the first clinics in the country designed specifically for children with this disease. The clinic has been recognized and funded as a Comprehensive Care Center by the NMSS. The clinic receives referrals from all around the country as well as international patients. In 2005, I collaborated with the Muscular Dystrophy Association to create a multidisciplinary neuromuscular program at Texas Children’s Hospital. I brought together specialists from Cardiology, Pulmonary Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Orthopedics, and many ancillary consultants in a clinic that allows children and families living with neuromuscular disease to have optimal care. The Clinic is nationally recognized and funded by the MDA as Comprehensive Care Center. I have also enjoyed service outside of these clinics to include helping to establish Team Texas Children’s cycling team to raise money for the NMSS and serving as a camp physician for the MDA summer camp every year since 2005.

It is a fundamental mission of these clinics to provide patients with access to clinical research. In 2011, the Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Clinic was selected to join the United States Network of Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Centers. Through this Network, I have been engaged in collaborative research studies investigating causes for and outcomes of the disease. I have additionally been involved in collaborative neuromuscular research over the years to include early work with the Collaborative International Neuromuscular Research Group and more recently with a number of pharmaceutical trials. All of these activities have resulted in significant contributions to the medical literature to include the first published textbook on pediatric multiple sclerosis for which I served as a Chief Editor.