Jo-Ann Nesiama, M.D.

Biography

Jo-Ann O. Nesiama, M.D., M.S., FAAP, is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Dr. Nesiama is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine. She graduated from the School of Medicine, College of Medical Sciences at the University of Benin, Nigeria, in 1989. She then completed a one-year rotating internship and worked in various locations in Nigeria before immigrating to the United States. She completed her pediatric residency at Driscoll Children’s Hospital, Corpus Christi (1998-2001) and was Chief Resident from 2001 to 2002.

Dr. Nesiama worked in the emergency department at Driscoll until she left for her fellowship at Children’s Hospital in Wisconsin (2005-2008). She also obtained her M.S. in epidemiology from the Medical College of Wisconsin during her fellowship (2006-2008). Dr. Nesiama returned to Driscoll, where she practiced for one year before joining the Division of Emergency Medicine at Children’s Medical Center Dallas and UT Southwestern Medical Center in 2009.

Dr. Nesiama is a member of the Academic Pediatric Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, and Texas Pediatric Society. She was the Associate Program Director of the Pediatric Emergency Fellowship Program from 2015 to 2020. In July 2020, she became the Program Director of the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program.

Her research interests include prehospital assessment of pediatric trauma, pediatric c-spine injury, outcomes of pediatric trauma, and health care delivery in pediatric patients.