Spotlight

Charleta Guillory, MD, FAAP, is a Louisiana native who has long been a passionate advocate for patient health initiatives. She has effected positive changes through governmental and volunteer organizations from Houston to Washington, DC.

An assistant professor of pediatrics in Baylor’s Section of Neonatology. Dr. Guillory is also associate director of level II nurseries at Texas Children’s Hospital. The main focus of her research is the issue of decreasing infant mortality and morbidity.

Her leadership in advocacy efforts with the State Children’s Health Insurance Program and in community-based initiatives led to her receiving the National March of Dimes Award of Distinction. The Houston chapter, in 2001, awarded her the chapter’s most prestigious Mary Owen Greenwood Award for her dedication to improving the lives of babies. Dr. Guillory has chaired several March of Dimes committees and currently is an active member of the Executive Board of the Texas Gulf Coast Chapter of the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, the Texas Pediatric Society’s Fetus and Newborn and Legislative Committees, and the Academy of Pediatrics’ Perinatal Section.

Dr. Guillory is the author of several textbook chapters, including co-author of the Perinatal Health Needs Assessment of the March of Dimes. She has co-edited several issues of Infant Mortality Update, and has participated in numerous radio and television programs about the health of women and children. She was selected by ABC/Channel 13 for Houston’s Top Women of Distinction Award and received the City of Houston’s Mayor Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service in Health and, recently, local recognition in Inside Houston as one of the top female physicians in Houston and national recognition in The Best Doctors in America.

Dr. Guillory received a 1999–2000 Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellows Award from The Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences for Outstanding Health Science Professionals. During the fellowship, she was a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator John B. Breaux (D-LA) promoting health policy legislation and programs.