Rona Y. Sonabend, MD

Dr. Rona Sonabend serves as the Division Chief of Pediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology at Texas Children’s Hospital. The division, which is currently ranked #2 by U.S. News & World Report, is staffed by over 43 faculty, 12 fellows and numerous multidisciplinary staff who conduct clinical care, education and research across the Houston and Austin metropolitan areas.

Dr. Sonabend serves as the Associate Vice Chair of Ambulatory for Department of Pediatrics as well as the Associate Quality Officer for the Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Sonabend's philosophy towards healthcare is combining the science of medicine with the art of care delivery in a patient-centered quality driven manner.

After receiving her MD from The University of Texas-Houston Medical School in 2002, she completed pediatric residency training (2005) and a pediatric endocrinology fellowship (2008) at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital. Dr. Sonabend joined the faculty at Baylor College of Medicine in 2008.

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Board Certification

American Board of Pediatrics

American Board of Pediatric Endocrinology

Honors and awards

2023

Endy Award, Texas Children’s Hospital MW Staff Recognition Award 

2021

Patient Satisfaction Award, Press Ganey

2020

Outstanding QI Team Award, T1D Exchange Collaborative

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Lyons S, McKay S, Kim G,Vakharia M, Buckingham D, Alarcon G, Sonabend R, DeSalvo D. Initiating diabetes technology and improving A1cthrough a new-onset pediatric diabetes education and remote patient monitoring program. Accepted for electronic poster at 7th International Conference on Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes. Florence, Italy. March 2024

David D. Schwartz, Sarah K. Lyons, Madhav Erraguntla, Don Buckingham, William M. Rittenhouse, Selorm Dei-Tutu, Rebecca A. Butler, Rona Sonabend, Daniel DeSalvo. Refining Prediction of Risk for Diabetic Ketoacidosis: The RI-DKA v.1.2. ISPAD October 2023

Alarcon G, Buckingham D, Sonabend R, Schwartz D, Lyons S, DeSalvo DJ. Improving Diabetes Self-Management Habits with Remote Patient Monitoring in the ROCKET T1DProgram. Oral presentation at T1D Exchange-QI Learning Session; November 2023; New York, NY

DeSalvo DJ, Sonabend R, Schwartz D, Timmons K, Lyons S. Leveraging EMR Data to Enable Remote Patient Monitoring in the ROCKET T1D Program. Oral presentation at T1DExchange-QI Learning Session; November 2023; New York, NY

Mungmode, A, Odugbesan, O, Elisha, V, Steenkamp, D,Kamboj, M, DeSalvo, D, Sonabend, R, Neyman, A, Mathias, P, Chao, L, Ilkowitz, J, Ebekozien, O. Advancing Quality Improvement Culture among 27 Pediatric and Adult Diabetes Centers. Poster Presentation at the 83rd ADA Scientific Sessions. June 2023

Lyons SK, Sonabend R, Schwartz D, Timmons K, DeSalvo DJ. Development of an EMR Dashboard to Enable Remote Patient Monitoring and Proactive Diabetes Care. Accepted for oral presentation at American Diabetes Association (ADA) Scientific Sessions; June2023; San Diego, CA

Amira Said MD, Arjun Dangre MPH, Sarah K. Lyons MD, Shailendra Das DO, Unoma Akamagwuna MD, Grace Karon, Brandon McIntyre MHA, Robert Moulden MBA, Rona Sonabend MD, Robert Ball MD, AnkhiDutta MD MPH. The implications of early provider feedback on telemedicine services at Texas Children’s Hospital. Pediatric Academic Society. April 2023