LEADERSHIP AT TEXAS CHILDREN'S
Dr. Mark Kline,
Physician-in-Chief

Mark W. Kline, M.D., was appointed chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and physician-in-chief of Texas Children’s Hospital effective July 1, 2009. Dr. Kline has served as head of the Section of Retrovirology in the Department of Pediatrics and chief of Texas Children’s Hospital's Retrovirology Service since 1997 and is president and founder of the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI) at Texas Children’s Hospital. As president of BIPAI, Dr. Kline oversaw the establishment of an ambitious program that encompasses HIV/AIDS care and treatment and health professional education and training programs in nine African countries, as well as Mexico and Romania. BIPAI now provides HIV/AIDS care and treatment to more children than any other organization worldwide.

 Dr. Kline received a B.A. degree (summa cum laude) in biology from Trinity University in 1979. He received his M.D. degree with Honors from Baylor College of Medicine in 1981. He completed his residency in pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital in 1985, having served as chief resident for the department. He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Baylor and Texas Children’s.

Hospital highlights History of Texas Children's Hospital virtual tour Leadership Mark A. Wallace - President and CEO Dr. Mark Kline - Physician-in-Chief Dr. Dale Brown - Obstetrician/ Gynecologist-in-Chief Dr. Charles D. Fraser - Surgeon-in-Chief Heads of Departments and Chiefs of Service Past Leadership Dr. Ralph D. Feigin Dr. Russell J. Blattner Related links Patient care centers Neighborhood services

Dr. Dale Brown,
Obstetrician/Gynecologist-in-Chief

Dale Brown, M.D., was appointed as the first Obstetrician/Gynecologist-in-Chief of Texas Children’s Hospital in 2008. Dr. Brown became interim Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine in 2006, and continues in that position. He serves as Principle Investigator of the Women’s Reproductive Health Research (WRHR) in the Department of OB-GYN for Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Brown also serves as the Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital. He has been recognized in “Best Doctors of America,” “Texas Monthly Super Doctors,” “Houston’s Top Docs” and “Outstanding Doctors in Houston” repeatedly for the past fifteen years.

Dr. Brown obtained his B.S. from the University of New Mexico and his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. He subsequently completed a residency at Tulane University’s Charity Hospital in New Orleans. After serving two years in the Air Force, he went into private practice from 1970 until 2000, at which time he joined Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Brown became Associate Chief of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at St. Luke’s in the early 1980s and subsequently held multiple positions in leadership culminating in becoming Chief of Staff at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital during 1996 and 1997.

Dr. Charles D. Fraser,
Surgeon-in-Chief

Charles D. Fraser, M.D. is Chief of Congenital Heart Surgery and Cardiac Surgeon In-Charge at Texas Children’s Hospital, the nation’s largest pediatric hospital. His academic appointments include Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics (tenured), Baylor College of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering at Rice University. Dr. Fraser holds the Donovan Chair in Congenital Heart Surgery at Texas Children’s Hospital and has joint clinical appointments at the Texas Heart Institute and The University of Texas at Houston. Dr. Fraser also serves as Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Surgery Program at the Texas Heart Institute.

Dr. Fraser received a bachelor’s degree with honors in mathematics from The University of Texas at Austin in 1980 and was a member of the Southwest Conference Champion varsity tennis team in 1977. He received his medical degree in 1984 from The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, where he was elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society. His postgraduate residency education was at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, where he specialized in general, cardiothoracic and thoracic transplant surgery.