Dr. Sarmistha Hauger

Biography

Sarmistha B. Hauger, M.D., is an Associate Professor at Dell Medical School with over 40 years of experience in clinical and academic medicine, specializing in pediatric infectious diseases. She received her medical degree from Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine in 1976 and completed her pediatric residency and fellowship training in pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Chicago, Wyler Children’s Hospital. Throughout her career, she has been a faculty member at prestigious institutions such as the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons for over 15 years. Hauger is board-certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and the Subspecialty Board in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. She is an active member of various professional organizations including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Infectious Disease Society of America, and the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society. Her research interests focus on healthcare quality outcomes, antimicrobial stewardship, diagnostic stewardship, new diagnostics for infectious diseases, and Kawasaki disease. Hauger is known for her extensive lecturing on topics related to pediatric infectious diseases and has authored numerous journal articles while serving in an advisory capacity for public health authorities in Texas and New York.

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