Hilda Loria, M.D. Assistant 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. Loria is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics and serves as the Medical Director of the Rees-Jones Center for Foster Care Excellence at Children’s Medical Center. Her clinical, advocacy, and research interests include the care of vulnerable child populations, the impact of adverse childhood experiences on health outcomes, and the integration of public health and medicine in the provision of trauma-informed, pediatric primary care services. She is specifically interested in improving the health outcomes of immigrant children and children in foster care. As a fellowship-trained general academic pediatrician, Dr. Loria is also involved in undergraduate and graduate medical education at UT-Southwestern Medical Center and serves as an Academic Colleges mentor . She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and is an active member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Texas Pediatric Society, and the Academic Pediatric Association. Education Medical School Baylor College of Medicine (2012) Residency UT Health Science Center at San Antonio (2015), Pediatrics Fellowship UT Southwestern/Children's Medical Center (2017), Academic General Pediatrics Research Interest Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Child and Adult Health Outcomes Improving the Care of Vulnerable Child Populations Resilience Building in Vulnerable Child Populations and At-Risk Communities Undergraduate and Graduate Medical Education Publications Featured Publications Caring for Children in Foster and Kinship Care During a Pandemic: Lessons Learned and Recommendations. Loria H, McLeigh J, Wolfe K, Conner E, Smith V, Greeley CS, Keefe RJ. Journal of Public Child Welfare 2021 Aug 16 1-24 Trauma-informed, integrated primary care: A medical home model for children with prenatal drug exposure who enter foster care Loria, H; McLeigh, J; Craker, K; Bird, S. Children and Youth Services Review 2021 May 127 Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Low-Income Latino Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Children. Loria H, Caughy M J. Pediatr. 2018 Jan 192 209-215.e1 Results 1-3 of 3 1 Honors & Awards Texas Super Doctor - Rising StarsTexas Monthly (2019) Young Physicians Leadership AllianceAmerican Academy of Pediatrics (2019-2021) Early Career Physician AwardTexas Pediatric Society (2018) Service Package GrantUT Southwestern Center for Translational Medicine (2016-2017) Premedical Honors College ScholarBaylor College of Medicine/University of Texas-Pan American (2004-2012) Professional Associations/Affiliations Academic Pediatric Association American Academy of Pediatrics Texas Pediatric Society
