Dr. Ann M. Straight
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Dr. Ann Marie Straight, M.D.
Pediatric Endocrinology
Dr. Ann M. Straight is a Board-Certified Pediatric Endocrinologist, with an expertise in several areas, including Type 1 diabetes mellitus, childhood obesity, diseases of the pituitary and thyroid in children.
Dr. Straight graduated from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in 1998. She was direct commissioned into the United States Army at that time. She completed her Pediatric Internship, Residency, and Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. She served as a staff Pediatric Endocrinologist at Walter Reed until 2005, when she was transferred to Brooke Army Medical Center to serve as Assistant Chief and, later, Chief of the Pediatric Endocrinology Department.
In 2011, Dr. Straight transitioned from active duty Army to the Reserves and joined the Diabetes & Glandular Disease Clinic team. She continues her military career in the Reserves, holding the rank of Colonel and serving as the Deputy Chief of Clinical Services for 7454 Medical Backfill Battalion.
Dr. Straight has been married to her husband Tim for just over twenty years and they are proud parents of two children, Natalie and Timmy.
- National Capital Consortium Pediatrics, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland – Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship 2001-2004, Residency 1999-2001, & Internship, 1998-1999
- Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland – Doctor of Medicine, 1994-1998
- Loyola University, Baltimore, Maryland – B.A. Psychology, 1986-1990
- TX State Medical License – active since 2010
- American Board of Pediatric Endocrinology
- American Board of General Pediatrics
- Fellow of Pediatric Endocrinology
- Texas Medical Association Alliance
- Bexar County Medical Society
- Medical Advisor to the San Antonio Military Pediatric Wellness Center
- Army Achievement Medal (2)
- Army Commendation Medal (5)
- Iraq Campaign Medal
- Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
- 2009 – Present Ombudsman, San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (SAUSHEC)
- 2008 – Present Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD
- 2007 – Present Fellow American Academy of Pediatrics
- 2000– 2008 Instructor of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University
- 2006 – Present Resident Training Officer, SAUSHEC Pediatric Residency Program
- 2004 – 2005 Pediatric Department Representative WRAMC Institutional Review Board
- 2004 – 2005 Pediatric Department Representative WRAMC Library Committee
- 2009 – Present Medical Advisor to the San Antonio Military Pediatric Wellness Center
- First Place in Poster Presentation for the Bailey K. Ashford Research Symposium, Department of Clinical Investigation, WRAMC, June 2004
- Finalist, Ogden Bruton Award, Seattle, WA, March 2004
- Finalist, Bailey K. Ashford Research Award, Department of Clinical Investigation, WRAMC, June 2001
- Howard Johnson Research Award, Louisville, KY, March, 2001
- Aplidine Reduces Growth of Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Xenografts and the Expression of Several Angiogenic Genes. Straight A, Oakley K, Moores R, Bauer A, Patel A, Tuttle RM, Jimeno J, and Francis G. Cancer Chemotherapy Pharmacology, 57(12): 7-14, 2006
- Thyroid Carcinomas That Express Telomerase Follow a More Aggressive Clinical
- Course for Children and Adolescents. Straight A, Patel A, Fenton C, Dinauer C, Tuttle
- RM, and Francis G. Journal of Endocrinological Investigations , 25:302-308, 2002
- Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP) Expression by Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma of Children and Adolescents. Patel A, Straight A, Mann H, Duffy E, Fenton C, Dinauer C, Tuttle RM, and Francis G. Journal of Endocrinological Investigations , 25: 403-408, 2002
- Management of Hypothyroidism in Children. Straight A and Poth M. E. Medicine , 2001
- Telomerase Expression in Childhood Thyroid Tumors. Straight A, Patel A, Fenton C, Dinauer C, Tuttle RM, and Francis G. Recipient Howard Johnson Award, Uniformed Services Section, American Academy of Pediatrics, Louisville, KY. March 2001
- Expression of Matrix Metalloproteinase-1 by Childhood Thyroid Cancers. Straight A, Patel A, Fenton C, Dinauer C, Tuttle RM, and Francis G. Uniformed Services Section, American Academy of Pediatrics, Louisville, KY. March 2001
- Thyroid Carcinomas That Express Telomerase Follow a More Aggressive Clinical Course in Children and Adolescents. Straight A, Patel A, Fenton C, Dinauer C, Tuttle RM, and Francis G. 6 th Joint Meeting Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society and European Society For Pediatric Endocrinology, Montreal, CA, July 6-10, 2001
- “Evaluating Growth, Pediatric for The Practitioner.” Forty-eighth Annual Teaching Conference, San Antonio, TX 2010
- “Childhood Obesity.” Children’s Association for Maximal Potential (CAMP) Camp, Center Point, TX 2010
- “Type 2 Diabetes in Children.” Children’s Association for Maximal Potential, Center Point, TX 2010
- “Military and The Media.” Military Unique Curriculum, San Antonio, TX 2009
- “Pediatric Endocrinology: When to Refer.” Texas Nurse Practitioners Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX 2006
- “Evaluation of The Child with Short Stature.” Pediatrics for the Practitioner Forty-fourth Annual Teaching Conference, San Antonio, TX 2006
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Diabetes Association
- Endocrine Society
- American Board of Pediatrics
- American Board of Endocrinology
