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Winnie T. Whitaker, M.D., FAAP

Education

M.D.
UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine

Residency/Fellowship

Residency, Pediatrics
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Fellowship, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

About

Winnie T. Whitaker, M.D., FAAP, is the division director for pediatric emergency medicine in the Department of Pediatrics at The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, where she is an associate professor of pediatrics. She also serves as the medical director of the emergency departments at both the central and north campuses of Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas in Austin, Texas. Whitaker’s primary focus is on fellow and faculty well-being and career development. Her research interests comprise wound and pain management as well as improving emergency department operations, including optimizing parental discharge instructions.

Whitaker was a Benjamin Franklin Scholar and graduated with honors from the University of Pennsylvania. She earned her medical degree from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and completed both her pediatric residency and pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Before joining Dell Children’s Medical Center, she served on the faculty at Cincinnati Children’s.

Professional Affiliations
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • American College of Emergency Physicians