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Naheed Rahman, MD, F.A.A.P., is the founding physician of Steeplechase Pediatric Center. She completed her pediatric studies at the Tulane Medical School and did two additional years of fellowship in Pediatric Nephrology. She is currently part of the Medical Staff of North Cypress Medical Center, Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center and Willowbrook Methodist Hospital. She has been in private pediatric practice in Northwest Houston and the Greater Houston area for the last twenty eight years. She is well versed in all aspects of pediatric care from newborn to eighteen years of age. |  |
Mario Garza Jr., MD, F.A.A.P., is a native Houstonian who lives in the Cypress area. He attended the University of Texas Medical School at Houston's world renowned Texas Medical Center. Upon receiving his medical degree in 1984 , he then completed his 3 year pediatric residency at the University of Texas in 1987. He joined Steeplechase Pediatric Center at that time. Dr. Garza is a Board Certified Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and is part of the medical staff of North Cypress Medical Center and Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center. Married to his wife Lisa, he enjoys life in the country with his wife and 2 daughters. |  |
Paul S. Herman, MD, F.A.A.P., is a native Houstonian who lives in the Cypress area. He received his medical degree from the Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Mexico. Following an internship in Baltimore, Maryland, at the University of Maryland affiliated South Baltimore General Hospital, he completed his pediatric residency at the University of Texas at Houston in 1987. He has been with Steeplechase Pediatric Center since 1990, a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. He has admitting privileges at North Cypress Medical Center and Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center, where he currently serves as Head of the Dept of Pediatrics. He is married to Julie, and they have two children. Dr. Herman is fluent in Spanish. |  |
Grace Leonardo, MD, F.A.A.P., completed her medical studies at the Cebu Institute of Medicine, Philippines, where she graduated with honors. She then obtained her Pediatric residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Before relocating to Houston, TX, she spent the next 5 years in Dover, Delaware in a busy pediatric practice. She is Board Certified in Pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She has been with Steeplechase Pediatrics since 2003, and presently has privileges at North Cypress Medical Center and Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center. Married to an allergist, she has 2 young children. Dr. Leonardo is fluent in English, Chinese, Filipino and proficient in medical Spanish. She lives in West Houston. |  |
Farah Mamedov, MD, F.A.A.P., graduated with Honors from Azerbaijan Medical University in 1999. Marriage brought her to Houston, where she continued her medical education. She completed a pediatric residency program at Baylor College of Medicine, one of the best pediatric residency programs in the nation. After completion of her residency in 2004, she was a Fellow at the Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine Department at Baylor College of Medicine until joining Steeplechase Pediatric Center. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She is a member of the medical staff of North Cypress Medical Center and Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center. Dr. Mamedov is married, has 2 daughters and now calls Cypress/West Houston her home. She is fluent in Russian and Azeri. |  |
| Veronica K. Goytia,M.D.,F.A.A.P, was born in New York and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She received her B.A. in Pre-Med/Biology from Baylor University in Waco, Texas and received her medical degree from St. George's University School of Medicine, in Grenada, W.I. in 2001. Dr. Goytia completed her residency training in Pediatrics at Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple, Texas in 2004. She is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. In 2008, she completed her Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship training at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, Texas. She has admitting privileges at North Cypress Medical Center, Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center and Methodist Willowbrook Hospital. Dr. Goytia is fluent in both English and Spanish and also speaks French. She is married and has a daughter, Aileen, to whom she dedicates her free time and lives in Northwest Houston. |  |
Gretel Salazar, PA-C, completed 3 years of undergraduate courses at The University of Texas at Brownsville, and then graduated with a Bachelors degree in Physician Assistant studies at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. She is certified by National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants and is a member of The American Academy of Physician Assistants. She likes spending time with her husband, her 2 sons and her 2 dogs, Chico and Astro.
Gretel is married and enjoys spending time with her family and two dogs Chico and Astro. |  |
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