I’m Aware That I’m Rare: George B. Mallory, MD (348)

The phaware® interview

George B. Mallory, MD is a pediatric pulmonologist at Texas Children’s Hospital. In 2001, he joined the Baylor College of Medicine pediatric faculty and founded the TCH Lung Transplant Program.

In this episode, Dr. Mallory reflects on his 40 years of clinical practice and how the treatment of pulmonary hypertension has profoundly changed over the years.

My name is George Mallory, MD I’m a Professor of Pediatrics at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. I was the medical director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program at Texas Children’s Hospital until turning it over to a younger colleague three years ago. I now have the title of Medical Director Emeritus, and I will be retiring from clinical practice next year, but will continue to be involved at the hospital in teaching and mentoring. Pulmonary hypertension is one of my passions.

I will take the listeners back to an early part of my career. I remember in the 1980s at one of the international pulmonary meetings, being attracted to a…