Medical Education:

• Medical degree: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine - Mayo Medical School
• Master of Public Health: University of Minnesota School of Public Health
• Internship and Residency: University of Texas Medical Branch - Austin Pediatrics Residency Program

Board Certification: Board certified by the American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics

Licensure: Texas Medical Board licensee

Honors and Awards:

• UTMB - Austin Pediatrics 3rd Year Chief Resident Physician, 2008-2009
• Austin Combined Residency Programs Outstanding Overall Resident of the Year, 2009
• UTMB - Austin Pediatrics Karen Teel Award of Excellence, 2009
• UTMB - Austin Pediatrics Program Outstanding Overall Resident of the Year, 2009
• UTMB - Austin Pediatrics Program Outstanding Second Year Resident of the Year, 2008
• UTMB - Austin Pediatrics Program Outstanding First Year Resident of the Year, 2007
• Schilling and Crotty Scholarships, Mayo Medical School
• Bachelor of Science with University Distinction and Departmental Honors, Stanford University, 1999

Professional Affiliations:

• Travis County Medical Society
• Texas Medical Association
• American Academy of Pediatrics

Publications:

• Daniel E. Howard, Marisol Fernandez, Sarmistha B. Hauger. “Clinical and laboratory characteristics of children with murine tyhus in Austin, Texas in 2008.” 2009 Infectious Disease Society of America Annual Meeting.  Philadelphia, PA. Abstract 1139.
• Daniel E. Howard, Marisol Fernandez, Sarmistha B. Hauger. “Prolonged Fever with Headache or Rash? Remember Murine Typhus.” The LINK Letter (Dell Children’s Medical Center). 2009; Vol. 3, Issue 2: 6-7.
• Daniel E. Howard. “Case Report: An infant with fever, irritability, and a remote history of bloody diarrhea.” (Salmonella meningitis). The LINK Letter (Dell Children’s Medical Center). 2008-9; Vol. 2, Issue 1: 3.
• Apoor S. Gami, Eric J. Olson, Win K. Shen, R. Scott Wright, Karla V. Ballman, Dave O. Hodge, Regina Herges, Daniel E. Howard, Virend K. Somers. “Obstructive Sleep Apnea Increases the Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death: A Longitudinal Study of 10,701 Adults.” Circulation. 2008; 118 (18): S_307.
• Apoor S. Gami, Brandi J. Witt, Daniel E. Howard, Patricia J. Erwin, Lisa A. Gami, Virend K. Somers, Victor M. Montori. “Metabolic Syndrome and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Events and Death. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies.” Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2007; 49: 403-414.
• Apoor S. Gami, Daniel E. Howard, Eric J. Olson, Virend K. Somers. “Day-Night Pattern of Sudden Death in Obstructive Sleep Apnea.” New England Journal of Medicine. 2005 Mar 24; 352(12): 1206-1214.
• Apoor S. Gami, Daniel E. Howard, Eric J. Olson, Virend K. Somers. “Altered circadian variation of sudden cardiac death in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.” Circulation. 2004; 110(17):III-818.
• Douglas E. Feldman, Cristoph Spiess, Daniel E. Howard, Judith Frydman. “Tumorigenic Mutations of VHL Disrupt Folding In Vivo by Interfering with Chaperonin Binding.” Molecular Cell. 2003; 12: 1213-1224.
• Judith Frydman, Douglas E. Feldman, Daniel E. Howard. “Structural determinants of the interaction between the eukaryotic chaperonin TRiC/CCT and the tumor suppressor protein VHL.” The 2002 Meeting on Molecular Chaperones & the Heat Shock Response.
• Judith Frydman, Douglas E. Feldman, Daniel E. Howard, Mark W. Melvile, Raul G. Ferreyra. “Role of the chaperonin TRiC/CCT in the assembly of the VHL-Elongin BC tumor supresor complex.” The 2000 Meeting on Molecular Chaperones & the Heat Shock Response.
• Daniel E. Howard and Judith Frydman. “Identification of a transferable chaperonin-binding domain in the von Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor Protein.” Stanford Biologist. Vol. 4, 2000.

Personal Interests:
Spending time with my wife and two children, photography, traveling, running, cycling.

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