Elizabeth Stehel, M.D.

Dr. Elizabeth K. Stehel, “Kaili”, cares for patients in the Newborn Nursery at Parkland Health and Hospital System, as part of the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern. Dr Stehel is the co-Chair of the Texas Pediatric Society Fetus and Newborn committee and a member of the Texas Department Of State Health Services Newborn Screening Advisory Committee. Dr Stehel is also an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and has served chair for the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners. She is a member of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Protocol Committee helping to develop guidelines for the care of breastfeeding mothers and infants. Her interests are breastfeeding, newborn screening, hearing impairment and cytomegalovirus infection (CMV). She has presented and published on breastfeeding and CMV infection in the newborn. Dr Stehel attended medical school at The University of Texas Southwestern and graduated in 1997. She completed her Pediatrics Residency at Children's Medical Center Dallas in 2000. After completion of her residency she joined the faculty at UTSW and has been working as a general pediatrician in the Parkland Newborn Nursery since. Dr Stehel enjoys teaching medical students and residents. A particular interest of hers is the development of a commitment to life long learning during residency. She has been recognized as an excellent teacher by the Pediatric Residents on several occasions. She is also involved in the UTSW Academic Colleges initially as a mentor for a small group of medical students and now provides a clinical experience in the newborn nursery. Dr. Stehel has been married to fellow UTSW graduate Edward Stehel since 1999. They enjoy water sports including sailing and swimming and you can find them on the water with their three children.