- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Texas Medical Association
- Society of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
Margaret Hoge, M.D.
- Dedman Family Scholar in Clinical Care
- Pediatrics - Neonatal-Perinatal
- Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
- Family Mental Health in the NICU
Biography
Margaret “Katie” Hoge, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in neonatal-perinatal medicine and developmental-behavioral pediatric medicine.
Dr. Hoge earned her medical degree at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She completed a residency in pediatrics at UT Southwestern, where she also gained advanced training through a neonatal-perinatal medicine fellowship, a neonatal-fetal neurology fellowship, and a developmental and behavioral pediatrics fellowship.
Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in neonatal-perinatal medicine and general pediatrics, she joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2022.
Dr. Hoge’s clinical and research interests include vulnerable child syndrome in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) populations; wellness and care for NICU patients, families, and care providers; parental stressors and parental mental health impacts on long-term outcomes in NICU patients; and understanding and improving long-term neurodevelopmental and behavioral outcomes for NICU graduates.
She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Society of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, and the Texas Medical Association. She serves as the Advocacy Chair on the Executive Council for the American Academy of Pediatrics Section of Trainees and Early Career Neonatologists.
Dr. Hoge has delivered numerous presentations and published many academic articles related to her areas of expertise.
Education & Training
- Fellowship - UT Southwestern Medical Center/Children's Medical Center (2020-2022), Developmental-behavioral Pediatrics
- Fellowship - UT Southwestern Medical Center/Children's Medical Center (2017-2020), Neonatal-perinatal Medicine
- Residency - UT Southwestern/Children's Medical Center (2014-2017), Pediatrics
- Medical School - Wake Forest University - Undergraduate (2010-2014)
Professional Associations & Affiliations
Honors & Awards
- Research Scholar Symposium recipient 2021, Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
- Grant 2020, Jerry M. Lewis, M.D. Mental Health Research Foundation
- Western Conference on Perinatal Research Abstract Presenter and Travel Grant 2020, American Academy of Pediatrics
- Travel Grant 2019, Scott & White Annual Neonatology Conference
- Trainees and Early Career Neonatologists Travel Scholarship 2019, American Academy of Pediatrics
- Pediatric Scholarship 2014, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
- Gold Humanism Honor Society 2014, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Books & Publications
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Publications
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Correction: A collaborative “THRIVE Fetus to Five” neonatal brain program review (Pediatric Research, (2026), 10.1038/s41390-025-04709-3)
Chalak L, Hoge MK, Hu J, Thomas J, Machie M, Lee L, Heyne ET, McDougald R, Tolentino-Plata K, Heyne RJ Pediatric Research 2026 -
A collaborative “THRIVE Fetus to Five” neonatal brain program review
Chalak L, Hoge MK, Hu J, Thomas J, Machie M, Lee L, Heyne ET, McDougald R, Plata KT, Heyne RJ Pediatric Research 2026 -
Understanding and addressing mental health challenges of families admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit
Osborne AD, Yasova Barbeau D, Gladdis T, Hansen K, Branche T, Miller ER, Pazandak CC, Hoge MK, Spencer M, Montoya-Williams D, Barbeau R, Padratzik H, Lassen S Journal of Perinatology 2025 Jun 45 873-880 -
A call to action by the American Academy of Pediatrics Trainees and early career neonatologists’ national advocacy campaign “Carousel care”: best practice guidelines for NICU family mental health standard of care
Hoge MK, Blake A, Slone A Journal of Perinatology 2025 Mar 45 411-412 -
Burden of chronic disease on NICU families: developmental outcomes, psychological effects, and vulnerable child syndrome
Amiri S, Prelipcean I, Pazandak CC, Hoge MK, Punar M, Spencer M, Shaw RJ Journal of Perinatology 2025 -
Reduction of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) parental perceptions of child vulnerability and risk of vulnerable child syndrome utilizing cognitive behavioral therapy: randomized controlled trial
Hoge MK, Heyne E, Brown S, Heyne R, Shaw RJ, Chalak L Pediatric Research 2025 -
From NICU to home: meeting the mental health needs of families after discharge
Swenson SA, Desai RK, Velagala S, Hoge MK, Htun Z, Carr CB, Roush K, Liu CH, Maddox K, Erdei C Journal of Perinatology 2025 -
Improving parental mental health in the perinatal period: A review and analysis of quality improvement initiatives
Perazzo SI, Hoge MK, Shaw RJ, Gillispie-Bell V, Soghier L Seminars in Perinatology 2024 Apr 48 -
Neurodevelopmental, Mental Health, and Parenting Issues in Preterm Infants
Shaw RJ, Givrad S, Poe C, Loi EC, Hoge MK, Scala M Children 2023 Sep 10 -
Parental stress and mental health symptoms in the NICU: Recognition and interventions
Bernardo J, Rent S, Arias-Shah A, Hoge MK, Shaw RJ Pediatrics in Review 2021 Aug 22 e496-e505 -
Best practice guidelines on parental mental health in the neonatal intensive care unit: The importance and impact on infant health and developmental outcomes
Hoge MK, Shaw RJ Early Human Development 2021 Mar 154 -
Vulnerable child syndrome in the neonatal intensive care unit: A review and a new preventative intervention with feasibility and parental satisfaction data
Hoge MK, Heyne E, Nicholson TD, Acosta D, Mir I, Brown LS, Shaw RJ, Chalak L, Heyne R Early Human Development 2021 Mar 154 -
Case 1: Apnea and hypotonia in a i-month-old infant
Hoge M, Thomas JM, Hanners NW, Castro DP, Ali N Pediatrics in Review 2019 Oct 20 e592-e593 -
Use of continuous renal replacement therapy in salicylate toxicity: A case report and review of the literature
Papacostas MF, Hoge M, Baum M, Davila SZ Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care 2016 Sep 45 460-463 -
Extradural ossification following epidural hematoma in children: A rare but significant entity
Claiborne JR, Hoge MK, Wood BC, Couture DE, David LR Journal of Craniofacial Surgery 2015 Jul 26 1500-1503
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Correction: A collaborative “THRIVE Fetus to Five” neonatal brain program review (Pediatric Research, (2026), 10.1038/s41390-025-04709-3)
Research
- Long-term neurodevelopmental follow-up and outcomes in NICU graduates
- Parental stressors and parental mental health impacts on long-term outcomes in NICU patients
- Vulnerable child syndrome in NICU populations
Clinical Focus
- Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
- Family Mental Health in the NICU
- Improving Neurodevelopmental Outcomes for NICU Graduates
- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- Vulnerable Child Syndrome