Yasmine Koukaz, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Positions
- Assistant Professor
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Pediatrics, Internal Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine, General Internal Medicine
ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States
Addresses
- Texas Children's Hospital (Hospital)
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6621 Fannin Street
A210
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 824-5497
Education
- BA from Columbia University
- 05/2009 - New York, New York, United States
- MPH from Thomas Jefferson School of Population Health
- 12/2013 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- MD from Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
- 05/2017 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Residency at ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
- 06/2021 - Houston, Texas, United States
- Internal Medicine - Pediatrics
- Fellowship at ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
- Houston, Texas, United States
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine & Global Health
Professional Interests
- Global Health
- Public Health
- Primary Care
- Immigrant & Refugee Health
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Disaster Planning and Response
- Humanitarian Response
- Hospital Medicine
Professional Statement
Yasmine Koukaz received her Bachelor of Arts in environmental biology and sustainable development from Columbia University in New York, New York. She received her Master of Public Health from the Jefferson College of Population Health and her Doctor of Medicine from Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She completed a combined residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics followed by a combined fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Global Health at ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine in Houston, Texas and is certified by both the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Pediatrics.
Her academic interests include global, public and immigrant health as well as disaster preparedness and response. She has fieldwork experience working with different communities at home and abroad. Her experience in these locations has included direct clinical care, implementation and evaluation of local health education programs, and capacity building for emergency response. Additionally, she is a member of Physicians for Human Rights and participates in their Asylum Network and holds positions with the American Pediatric Association's Global Health Pediatric Accreditation Committee, the American Academy of Pediatrics' Humanitarian Pediatrics Sub-Committee, and the American Academy of Pediatrics' Council on Immigrant and Child Family Health.
Her academic interests include global, public and immigrant health as well as disaster preparedness and response. She has fieldwork experience working with different communities at home and abroad. Her experience in these locations has included direct clinical care, implementation and evaluation of local health education programs, and capacity building for emergency response. Additionally, she is a member of Physicians for Human Rights and participates in their Asylum Network and holds positions with the American Pediatric Association's Global Health Pediatric Accreditation Committee, the American Academy of Pediatrics' Humanitarian Pediatrics Sub-Committee, and the American Academy of Pediatrics' Council on Immigrant and Child Family Health.
Languages
French, Spanish, Arabic
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