Trauma Medical Director, Dell Children's Medical Center; Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care, University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Austin
Jessica Naiditch, M.D., is an assistant professor for the Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care, assistant chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery and the trauma medical director at Dell Children’s Medical Center.
Naiditch grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and received her Bachelor of Science in biology from Carnegie-Mellon University. She completed her general surgery residency at Northwestern University in Chicago before moving to Dallas to complete a fellowship in pediatric general surgery.
She is board-certified as a general surgeon and pediatric surgeon. She has published on topics including lung biopsy, drug resistance in neuroblastoma, intussusception, cloacal exstrophy and urachal remnants.