Lauren Gambill, M.D., MPA

Lauren Gambill, M.D., MPA, FAAP, is an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics and courtesy assistant professor in the Department of Population Health. She is a pediatric hospitalist at Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas and program director for the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship.

Dr. Gambill attended medical school at The University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, completed a pediatrics residency at Dell Medical School and obtained her Master of Public Affairs at the University of California Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy.

Dr. Gambill is passionate about advocacy, policy and equity in health care. She holds several local, state and national leadership positions. Nationally, she is the program director for the Academic Pediatric Association Health Policy Scholars Program. Dr. Gambill is also on the Advocacy Task Force for the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Hospital Medicine. Regionally, she is on the executive board of the Texas Pediatric Society, serves on several TPS committees and is the co-director of the Texas Pediatric Society TEACH (Texas Educators in Advocacy and Community Health) Collaborative. She is the co-chair of the Texas Public Health Coalition and serves on the Texas Medical Association Council on Science and Public Health.