Nakia Gaines, M.D. Associate Professor School Medical School Department Pediatrics You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Dr. Nakia Gaines graduated from the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida. She then completed her pediatric residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. After completing residency, Dr. Gaines was a pediatric hospitalist for one year at All Children’s Hospital at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Florida. She then moved to Houston, Texas and completed a pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital. After completing fellowship, Dr. Gaines began her career as a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Children’s Health Dallas and Plano. She is now an assistant professor at the University of Texas Southwestern. Education Medical School University of Miami School of Medicine (2005) Residency Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2008), Pediatrics Fellowship Baylor College of Medicine (2012), Pediatric Emergency Medicine Research Interest Car Seat Safety Injury Prevention Quality Improvement Publications Featured Publications Comparison of Procalcitonin With Commonly Used Biomarkers and Algorithms for Evaluating Suspected Pediatric Musculoskeletal Infection in the Emergency Department. van der Laan L, Gaines N, Van Horn N, Jo C, Ma Y, Copley LA, J Pediatr Orthop 2023 Feb 43 2 e168-e173 Impact of COVID-19 on Pediatric Mental and Behavioral Health Visits to the Emergency Department. Bolt J, Patel F, Stone L, Pandian D, Manuel MM, Gaines N, Pediatr Emerg Care 2022 Jun Pediatric Subcutaneous Abscess: Still a Clinical Exam-Based Diagnosis and Treatment. Garcia IC, Clark RA, Chung DH, Gaines N, Children (Basel) 2021 May 8 5 Etiologies of septic shock in a pediatric emergency department population. Gaines NN, Patel B, Williams EA, Cruz AT Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 2012 Nov 31 11 1203-5 Pneumothorax, Pneumomediastinum, and Pulmonary Embolism Johnson NN, Toledo A, Endom E Pediatric Clinics of North America 2010 Dec 57 6 1357-1383 Results 1-5 of 5 1 Books Featured Books Heart Block. In The 5 Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult 2nd Edition Gaines, Nakia (2019 p398). Wolters Kluwer Immunoprophylaxis. In Johns Hopkins Harriet Lane Housestaff 18th Edition Gaines, Nakia (2008 p306-335). Philadelphia, PA, Elsevier Health Sciences Honors & Awards Medicine Trustee ScholarshipUniversity of Miami School of Medicine (2001-2005) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Pediatrics (2020) American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow (2009) American Academy of Pediatrics, Section of Emergency Medicine (2013) Texas Pediatric Society, Injury Prevention and Environmental Health Committee (2018)
