For the last 25 years, Dr. Hurst has directed all clinical, research and educational activities for the Lactation Support Program and Mother’s Own Milk Bank at Texas Children's Hospital. She is also an assistant professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine.  Dr. Hurst’s research activities have included the effect of breast surgery on lactation; influence of skin-to-skin holding on maternal milk volume for mothers of preterm infants; post-discharge breastfeeding patterns of preterm infants; and mechanical milk expression in pump-dependent mothers. She has presented and published extensively on these subjects both locally and internationally.
 

In addition to his work with Texas Children’s Hospital, Dr. Vartabedian is an assistant professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in both general pediatrics and pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition.  He has written for American Baby and Parenting magazines on children’s health issues and authored one of the best known guides on colic called Colic Solved: The Essential Guide to Infant Reflux and the Care of Your Screaming, Difficult-to-Soothe Baby, published by Ballantine/Random House in 2007.  To learn more about Dr. Vartabedian, visit his blog, 33 Charts.