Faculty

Michael E. Speer, M.D.

Academic Appointments

Clinical Titles

Medical Director of Nurseries, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
Medical Director of Nurseries, The Methodist Hospital
Medical Director, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program, Texas Children's Hospital

Board Certifications

Current Positions in Professional Organizations

Vice President, Board of Trustees, Texas Medical Association
Board of Trustees, Texas Pediatric Society
Board of Trustees, Houston Academy of Medicine - Texas Medical Center Library
Board of Trustees, John P. McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science
Board of Trustees, Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center
Board of Trustees, Friends of the Texas Medical Center Library
Member, Physicians Advisory Committee on Health Literacy, American Academy of Pediatrics
Member, Steering Committee on Quality Improvement and Management Subcommittee on Measurement, American Academy of Pediatrics

M.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX, 1968
Intern, Ben Taub General Hospital and Jefferson Davis Hospital, Houston TX, 1968–1969
Resident in Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine Affiliated Hospitals, Houston TX, 1969–1970 and 1972–1973
Fellowship in Infectious Disease, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX, 1973–1974
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellow, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX, 1974–1976

Speer ME, Fernandes CJ, Boron M, Groothius JR. Use of palivizumab for prevention of hospitalization due to respiratory syncytial virus in infants with cystic fibrosis. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2008;27:559-561.
Speer M, Perlman JM. Modest hypothermia as a neuroprotective strategy in high-risk term infants. Clin Perinatol 2006;33:169–183
Speer M. Current and future options for the prevention and treatment of respiratory syncytial virus infection. Touch Briefings: US Special Populations Pediatrics Review 2006. 2006:38-41.
Speer M. Immune and Non-Immune Hydrops Fetalis. Neonatalogy Today. 2006;1:1,3-6.