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Mary T. Austin, MD, MPH

Associate Professor
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, United States

Dr. Mary Austin is an Associate Professor in both the Department of Pediatric Surgery at McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas at Houston and the Department of Surgical Oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She completed her Surgery residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. During residency, Dr. Austin also received a Masters in Public Health from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She completed her Surgical Critical Care and Pediatric Surgery training at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles in July 2010. Dr. Austin is board certified in Surgery, Surgical Critical Care and Pediatric Surgery.

She has a special interest in pediatric surgical oncology, and surgical critical care including ECMO, fetal surgery and clinical research. Her research focus is identifying and addressing health disparities that affect children with surgical conditions and developing methods that incorporate technology to improve access to care for children with complex medical problems. She is also the site-principle investigator (PI) for several multi-institutional studies sponsored by the North American Fetal Therapy Network (NAFTNet). She is a faculty mentor for our Center for Surgical Trials and Evidence-based Practice (C-STEP) program.

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