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George Arnaoutakis, MD

Car­dio­tho­racic Surgeon
Insti­tute for Car­dio­vas­cu­lar Health

Chief, Divi­sion of Car­dio­vas­cu­lar and Tho­racic Surgery
Depart­ment of Surgery and Peri­op­er­a­tive Care

Direc­tor, Tho­racic Aor­tic Surgery, Car­dio­vas­cu­lar Surgery Qual­i­ty and Out­comes, and the Tran­scatheter Valve Program
Insti­tute for Car­dio­vas­cu­lar Health

Specialization(s)

  • Aor­tic dissection
  • Aor­tic aneurysm
  • Bicus­pid aor­tic valve
  • Famil­ial aortopathy
  • Her­i­ta­ble genet­ic con­nec­tive tis­sue disorders
  • Ischemic heart disease
  • Valve spar­ing aor­tic root repair
  • Valvu­lar heart disease
  • Ven­tric­u­lar assist devices

Kristen Arredondo, MD

Pedi­atric Neurologist
UT Health Austin Pedi­atric Neurosciences​at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Drug-resis­tant epilepsy
  • Pedi­atric epilepsy
  • Sur­gi­cal epilep­sy evaluation
  • Tuber­ous sclerosis

Moe Hein "Harry" Aung, MD, PhD

Neu­ro-Oph­thal­mol­o­gist
Mitchel and Shan­non Wong Eye Institute

Specialization(s)

  • Dou­ble vision
  • Eye move­ment disorders
  • Optic nerve abnor­mal­i­ties (e.g., optic neu­ri­tis, ischemic optic neuropathy)
  • Pupil­lary asymmetry
  • Visu­al field deficits

Erika Aurioles, LCSW

Social Work­er
Wom­en’s Health

Social Work­er
Health Social Work

Specialization(s)

  • Behav­ioral health
  • Trau­ma-informed care

Cynthia Austin, PhD, ABPP

Pedi­atric Neuropsychologist
UT Health Austin Pedi­atric Neu­ro­sciences at Dell Children’s

Nancy Aziz, RN

Reg­is­tered Nurse
Ambu­la­to­ry Surgery Center

Sheri L Balsara, MD, MSE

Pedi­atric Car­diac Crit­i­cal Care Intensivist
Texas Cen­ter for Pedi­atric and Con­gen­i­tal Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Car­diac Crit­i­cal Care
  • Pedi­atric and Con­gen­i­tal Heart Disease

Melissa Barrera, LMSW

Social Work­er
Ampli­fy Center

Specialization(s)

  • Men­tal health

Christine Bartow, DO

Clin­i­cal Insti­tute Director
Adult Psy­chi­a­try Clinic

Psy­chi­a­trist
Adult Psy­chi­a­try Clinic

Psy­chi­atric Consultant
Ampli­fy Center

Specialization(s)

  • Com­pre­hen­sive psy­chi­atric eval­u­a­tion and treat­ment planning
  • Ear­ly iden­ti­fi­ca­tion and inter­ven­tion for tran­si­tion­al age youth (age 18 – 30)
  • Psy­chi­atric care of chron­i­cal­ly med­ical­ly ill individuals

Mohammad Bashashati, MD

Direc­tor, Neu­ro­gas­troen­terol­o­gy and Motility
Diges­tive Health

Gas­troen­terol­o­gist
Diges­tive Health

Specialization(s)

  • Acid reflux, swal­low­ing disorders
  • Bloat­ing
  • Chron­ic constipation
  • Chron­ic nau­sea and vomiting
  • Cyclic vom­it­ing syndrome
  • Dis­or­ders of gut-brain interaction
  • Post-COVID-19 gas­troin­testi­nal disorders
  • Fecal incon­ti­nence
  • Func­tion­al gas­troin­testi­nal disorders
  • Gas­tric elec­tri­cal stimulation
  • Gas­tro­pare­sis and dyspepsia
  • Irri­ta­ble bow­el syndrome
  • Pelvic floor dysfunction
  • Rumi­na­tion syndrome
  • Small intesti­nal bac­te­r­i­al overgrowth

Audrey Baum, MSN, WHNP-BC

Nurse Prac­ti­tion­er
Women’s Health

Specialization(s)

  • Acci­den­tal uri­nary or bow­el leak­age (incon­ti­nence)
  • Pain dis­or­ders (inter­sti­tial cys­ti­tis, vul­vo­dy­nia, endometriosis)
  • Pelvic organ prolapse
  • Recur­rent infec­tions: uri­nary tract, vulvovaginal
  • Vul­var skin dis­or­ders (lichen scle­ro­sis, lichen planus)
  • Well-woman care

Anna Beavers, LCSW-S, MSSW

Social Work­er
UT Health Austin Pedi­atric Psy­chi­a­try at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Anx­i­ety and mood disorders
  • Child devel­op­ment
  • Neu­ro­di­ver­gence
  • Youth and families

Michael Bebbington, MD, MHSc

Fetal Med­i­cine Specialist
Com­pre­hen­sive Fetal Care Center

Specialization(s)

  • Com­plex twin pregnancies
  • Con­gen­i­tal heart disease
  • Diag­nos­tic imag­ing and man­age­ment of preg­nan­cies com­pli­cat­ed by fetal anomalies
  • Spina bifi­da
  • Twin reverse arte­r­i­al per­fu­sion syn­drome (TRAP)
  • Twin-to-twin trans­fu­sion syndrome
  • Uri­nary tract and renal anomalies

Allison Behr, LCSW-S

Social Work­er
UT Health Austin Pedi­atric Psy­chi­a­try at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • ADHD
  • Anger man­age­ment
  • Anx­i­ety
  • Clin­i­cal supervision
  • Cog­ni­tive behav­ioral therapy
  • Coun­sel­ing with youth
  • Cri­sis social work
  • Depres­sion
  • Play ther­a­py
  • Sui­ci­dal­i­ty and self-harm
  • Work­ing with and with­in school districts

Natalie Beimel, MSN, APRN, CPNP-AC

Pedi­atric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Cen­ter for Pedi­atric and Con­gen­i­tal Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Sin­gle ven­tri­cle physiology
  • Heart failure/​transplant

Michelle Bender, APRN, FNP-C

Nurse Prac­ti­tion­er
Texas Cen­ter for Pedi­atric and Con­gen­i­tal Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Adult con­gen­i­tal heart disease

Jared F. Benge, PhD, ABPP

Neu­ropsy­chol­o­gist
Com­pre­hen­sive Mem­o­ry Center

Specialization(s)

  • Cog­ni­tive impairment
  • Cog­ni­tive prob­lems in move­ment disorders
  • Demen­tia
  • Neu­ropsy­chol­o­gy
  • Pre-DBS (deep brain stim­u­la­tion) and oth­er neu­ro­sur­gi­cal cog­ni­tive evaluations

Lloyd Berg, PhD, ABPP

Psy­chol­o­gist
Trau­ma Recov­ery and Research Center

Specialization(s)

  • Con­sul­ta­tion-liai­son psychology
  • Inte­grat­ed behav­ioral health training
  • Moti­va­tion­al interviewing

Lisa Bernhard, MD

Mater­nal-Fetal Med­i­cine Specialist
Women’s Health

Specialization(s)

  • Fetal imag­ing
  • Obstet­ri­cal ultrasound
  • Pre­na­tal diagnosis

John A. Bertelson, MD, FAAN

Neu­rol­o­gist
Com­pre­hen­sive Mem­o­ry Center

Specialization(s)

  • Alzheimer’s dis­ease and oth­er cog­ni­tive disorders
  • Trau­mat­ic brain injury
  • Neu­roimag­ing