Alessandra Guiner-da Silva, M.D. Titles and Appointments 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. Guiner-da Silva is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. She practices as a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Children’s Medical Center Dallas and Plano campuses. She completed her pediatric residency at University of Nevada School of Medicine working at Children’s Hospital of Nevada at UMC and Sunrise Children’s Hospital both located in Las Vegas, Nevada. She then moved to Dallas, Texas to participate in pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at UT Southwestern Medical Center / Children’s Medical Center of Dallas. She decided to stay on as faculty at UT Southwestern Medical Center to continue her clinical and research interests which include: procedural sedation, acute pain control, medical ethics and process improvement. Dr. Guiner serves as a member of the Medical Ethics Committee and the Pain Management and Opioid Safety Committee at Children’s Medical Center. Dr. Guiner is also involved in graduate medical education at UT Southwestern Medical Center working closely with medical students, residents and fellows both in the classroom and bedside teaching. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and is a member of the Texas Pediatric Society. Education Medical School St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada (2013) Residency University of Nevada School of Medicine (2016), Pediatrics Fellowship UT Southwestern/Children's Medical Center (2019), Pediatric Emergency Medicine Research Interest Medical Ethics Pain Control Procedural Sedation Process Improvement Publications Featured Publications Desquamation of Infants? Hands and Feet: An Uncommon Presentation of Congenital Syphilis Guiner, A, Patamasucon, P Consultant For Pediatricians 2015 Sep 14 9 398-401 Desquamation of the Hands and Feet In a Neonate: A Classic but Forgotten Finding Guiner, A, Patamasucon, P Consultant for Pediatricians 2015 14 9 398-4001 Antibody-Mediated Encephalitis: A Rare but Important Differential Guiner, A Journal of Investigative Medicine 2015 63 1 200-201 Results 1-3 of 3 1 Honors & Awards Co-Chief FellowUT Southwestern Pediatric Emergency Medicine (2018-2019) PEM Pix FinalistAAP, Section of Emergency Medicine (2017) Annual Recognition AwardAAP, Nevada Chapter (2016) Outstanding Resident of the YearUniversity of Nevada School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics (2016) Legislative Conference Scholarship AwardAAP, National (2015) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Pediatrics (2013) Texas Pediatric Society (2016)
