Dr. Sarah Meskill

Overview

Dr. Sarah Meskill is board certified in both Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine. She comes to Tricoastal Narcolepsy and Sleep Disorders Center with a strong background in navigating difficult pediatric cases and knowledge on how integral sleep is for proper development. As a mother, she also has been through many of the stages in childhood sleep patterns and adjustments giving her explicit training on childhood sleep. With a strong background in research, her hope is to continue to improve sleep for both children and adults through research and education.

Training

In high school, Dr. Sarah Meskill was a competitive lacrosse player taking her team to win 3 straight state championships. This led her to Johns Hopkins University (known for lacrosse AND medicine) for college. She graduated with her BA in Biology after being on the Dean’s List every semester and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, a prestigious academic honor society. For medical school, she attended Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, NY. She won two awards including the Glasgow-Rubin Achievement Award for graduating in the top 10% of her medical school class.

Dr. Sarah Meskill completed her pediatrics residency at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore for Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Before going to fellowship, she worked at Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara as a pediatric hospital specialist for one year in California. Her fellowship training brought the family to Houston, Texas where Dr. Sarah Meskill completed a three year fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Texas Children’s Hospital. Since graduating from fellowship in 2016, Dr. Sarah Meskill has been practicing at Texas Children’s Hospital. While practicing there, she has continued to win awards for her dedication to patient care (Shamrock Award).

Research Education

Dr. Sarah Meskill served at the Director of PEM Fellows Research Education for Texas Children’s Hospital from 2016-2022. In that role, she facilitated monthly lectures on topics pertinent to research, critical appraisal of journal articles, review of pertinent literature to pediatric emergency medicine, and structured guidance of fellow research projects via iterative feedback and review sessions. This work was taken beyond the PEM department when she became the research education director for Baylor College of Medicine Fellows College. In that role, she lectured to the fellows and coordinated a lecture series to educate all fellows on important research topics.

Dr. Sarah Meskill is passionate about research and education. She is currently completing her Masters of Science in Clinical Research through the University of Texas Houston to strengthen research skills, such as designing studies, handling large data, refining and expanding knowledge on statistics, and developing guidelines. She has had several NIH-funded studies on Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and other respiratory illnesses. She reviews journal article submissions for many top journals including Hospital Pediatrics and Journal of Infectious Disease. She has also contributed to book chapters and was on NPR’s All Things Considered for her knowledge in respiratory viral coinfections.

Curriculum Vitae

Employment

President/Physician, Tricoastal Narcolepsy and Sleep Disorders Center (October 2022-Present)

Assistant Professor/Emergency Department Physician, Texas Children’s Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine (July 2016-Present)

Pediatric Hospitalist, Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Hospital (July 2012-June 2013)

Research

Site Principal Investigator, Parental perceptions and acceptability of pediatric COVID-19 vaccination: an ED-based cross-sectional study (2021-2026)

Principal Investigator, Retrospective analysis of the epidemiology of respiratory illness and asymptomatic surveillance cases amongst children presenting to Teas Children’s Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic (2021-2026)

Principal Investigator, Factors and outcomes associated with hospitalization and discharge in pediatric patients with fever of unknown origin (2020-2026)

Co-Investigator, A prospective cohort study to evaluate the effect of Wakix (pitolisant) on cognitive function in subjects with narcolepsy, Sugar Land, TX (2022-present)

Site Co-Investigator, Nasal micro-RNA during bronchiolitis and age 6y asthma phenotypes: MARC-35 cohort, Houston, TX (2019-2021)

Principal Investigator, Clinical predictors of respiratory failure in the HFNC era (2017-2019)

Site Co-Investigator, Technical Title of Project: Diagnosing Respiratory Disease in Children using Smartphone Recordings of Cough Sounds (SMARTCOUGH-C), Houston, TX (2017-2018)

Principal Investigator, Epidemiology of viral infections in children with severe respiratory distress or respiratory failure (2016-2021)

Board Certifications

Pediatrics - American Board of Pediatrics

Pediatric Emergency Medicine - American Board of Pediatrics

State Licensures

Texas - active

New York - inactive

California - inactive

Journal/Print Publications

  1. Meskill SD, Rege R, Kincheloe K, Meskill GJ. An observational retrospective study of the efficacy of oral appliance therapy (OAT) in treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Sleep, Volume 46, Issue Supplement_1, May 2023, Page A226.

  2. Meskill GJ, Rege R, Meskill SD. An observational retrospective study of the prevalence of comorbid postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) in narcolepsy. Sleep, Volume 46, Issue Supplement_1, May 2023, Pages A257–A258.

  3. Baumann BM, Rodriguez RM, DeLaroche AM, Rayburn D, Eucker SA, Nadeau NL, Drago LA, Cullen D, Meskill SD, Bialeck S, Gillman M. Factors Associated With Parental Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccination: A Multicenter Pediatric Emergency Department Cross-Sectional Analysis. Ann Emerg Med. 2022 Aug;80(2):130-142. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.01.040. Epub 2022 Feb 1.

  4. O'Bryant SC, Momin Z, Camp E, Jones J, Meskill S. Longitudinal evaluation of pediatric respiratory infections. J Clin Virol. 2022 Mar;148:105084. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2022.105084. Epub 2022 Jan 31. PubMed PMID: 35101733.

  5. Meulmester KM, Coss-Bu JA, Meskill SD, Wakefield BM, Moore RH, Vachani JG, Bavare AC. Characteristics and Outcomes of Pediatric Rapid Response With a Respiratory Trigger. Hosp Pediatr. 2021 Aug;11(8):806-807. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2020-004630. Epub 2021 Jul 9. PubMed PMID: 34244335.

  6. Meskill GJ, Kincheloe K, Simmons JH, Meskill SD. An easy maneuver to screen for moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep spnea: the Simmons Chin Press and Tongue Curl. Sleep Sci. 2021 Apr-Jun;14(Spec 2):185-188. doi: 10.5935/1984-0063.20200092. PubMed PMID: 35082990; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8764946.

  7. Suessman A, Gray LL, Cavenaugh S, Camp EA, Shi Y, Meskill SD. Clinical factors associated with intubation in the high flow nasal cannula era. Am J Emerg Med. 2020 Dec;38(12):2500-2505. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2019.12.017. Epub 2019 Dec 26. PubMed PMID: 31948785.

  8. Cruz AT, Doughty CB, Hsu DC, Chumpitazi CE, Sampayo EM, Meskill SD, Shah MI. Focused Research Infrastructure for Postgraduate Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellows Increases Dissemination of Scholarly Work. AEM Educ Train. 2020 Jul;4(3):231-238. doi: 10.1002/aet2.10402. eCollection 2020 Jul. PubMed PMID: 32704592; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7369492.

  9. Meskill SD, O'Bryant SC. Respiratory Virus Co-infection in Acute Respiratory Infections in Children. Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2020 Jan 24;22(1):3. doi: 10.1007/s11908-020-0711-8. Review. PubMed PMID: 31980966; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7223550.

  10. Meskill SD, Moore RH. High-Flow Oxygen Therapy in Infants with Bronchiolitis. N Engl J Med. 2018 Jun 21;378(25):2444. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1805312. PubMed PMID: 29926713.

  11. Meskill SD, Revell PA, Chandramohan L, Cruz AT. Prevalence of co-infection between respiratory syncytial virus and influenza in children. Am J Emerg Med. 2017 Mar;35(3):495-498. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2016.12.001. Epub 2016 Dec 8. PubMed PMID: 28012809.

Honors & Awards

  • Shamrock Award for improving Texas Children’s Hospital (2019)

  • American Academy of Pediatrics National Convention and Exhibition. Emergiquiz Honorable Mention (2015)

  • Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons: Rebecca A. Schwartz Memorial Prize for Achievement in Pediatric Cardiology (2009)

  • Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons: Glasgow-Rubin Achievement Award presented to women students graduating in the top ten percent of their class (2009)

  • Johns Hopkins University: Member of Phi Beta Kappa (2005)

  • Johns Hopkins University: Dean’s List (2001-2005)

  • Johns Hopkins University: Golden Key member (2003)

Last updated: June 2023