Dr. Harold J. Farber MD
Pulmonologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Pulmonology
6701 Fannin St, 9th Floor, Mc Cc 920. 01 Texas Children's Hos Houston TX, 77030About
Dr. Farber's diverse clinical interests include asthma, respiratory care of children with muscular dystrophy, respiratory care of technology dependent children, the chronic care of children with compl ...
Education and Training
Stony Brook Univ Health Sciences Center School Of Medicine 1987
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine 1987
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Pulmonology
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Racial/ethnic variation in asthma status and management practices among children in managed medicaid.
- On the abuse of acronyms.
- Cultural competence policies and other predictors of asthma care quality for Medicaid-insured children.
- Primary family contacts and emotional health in the institutionalized elderly.
- Bacterial tracheitis as a complication of endotracheal intubation.
- Optimizing maintenance therapy in pediatric asthma.
- A randomized trial of parental behavioral counseling and cotinine feedback for lowering environmental tobacco smoke exposure in children with asthma: results of the LET'S Manage Asthma trial.
- Management and Controversies in Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension.
- Introducing Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology.
- Promoting tobacco to women of reproductive age harms fetuses.
- High-Quality Asthma Care: It's Not Just About Drugs.
- Public policy, air quality, and protecting the most vulnerable.
- Harm of in utero tobacco smoke exposure: a heritable trait?
- The Harm of Tobacco Starts Before Birth.
- Protecting Children From Tobacco, Nicotine, and Tobacco Smoke.
Treatments
- Asthma
- Sleep Apnea
- Cerebral Palsy
- Scoliosis
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Birth Defects
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (copd)
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (osa)
Professional Memberships
- Member American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow, Steering Committee of the (provisional) Section on Tobacco C
- Member Mary Anne Liebert, Inc., Editor, Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology
- Member American Thoracic Society
- Fellow American College of Chest Physicians
- Member Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Fellowships
- Pediatric Pulmonary, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
- Pediatric Pulmonary, University of Arizona Medical Center, Tucson, AZ
- University of Arizona College of Medicine, Pediatric Pulmonary, Tulane University School of Medicine, Pediatric Pulmonary, 1997 1991
- (Pediatrics), UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER, TUCSON, AZ (1990) 1990
- (Pulmonary Disease), UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER, TUCSON, AZ 1990
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