Academic

• Professor of Pediatrics, Texas A & M University College of Medicine 2012- Present
• Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston 2012- Present

• Adjunct Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of North Texas Health Science Center 2016- Present
• Medical Director, Global Institute for Hispanic Health 2017- Present

Professional

• Medical Director, Global Institute for Hispanic Health

• Director of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Driscoll Children’s Hospital, 
  Corpus Christi, Texas
• Infection Control Officer, Driscoll Children’s Hospital, Corpus Christi, 
  Texas

2016 Named ""Best Doctors"", The Coastal Bend's Lifestyle Magazine, October 2016, Vol. 3/Issue 9, page 32

2011 Gaviria C, Yulo K, Purcell K, Fergie J. MRSA screening and isolation policy does not decrease MRSA nosocomial infections in the NICU. Evidence Base Medicine category.

Honorable mention. Resident Section Electronic Poster Exhibit Contest held in conjunction with the Texas Pediatric Society 2011 Annual Meeting – Sugar Land, Texas, September 2011 Seshadri S, Khan A, Fergie J. Myositis and Paraparesis Associated with Murine Typhus.

Resident case presentation category First Place.

Resident Section Electronic Poster Exhibit Contest held in conjunction with the Texas Pediatric Society 2011 Annual Meeting – Sugar Land, Texas, September 2011 2004 Fellow, Society for Hospital Epidemiology of America Mascher-Denen M, Prieto-Martinez E, Lecusay D, McKee E, Fergie J, Purcell K. Discrepancy of D-test results at interdiscal differences of 15 and 26 mm for community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates.

Resident Section Electronic Poster Exhibit Contest held in conjunction with the Texas Pediatric Society 2004 Annual Meeting – Dallas, Texas, September 2004 2001 Elected Member, Society for Pediatric Research First Place Poster, Pharmacy Administration Category (""Treatment of RSV lower respiratory tract infection: the effect of an academic detailing program on physician prescribing habits and patient outcomes).

Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists Research & Education Foundation Poster Competition, Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists 53rd Annual Seminar & Exhibits – Austin, Texas 1999 Elected Fellow, Infectious Diseases Society of America 1988-1989 University of Oklahoma, Owen M. Rennert Excellence in Pediatric Award – For outstanding contributions to the Department of Pediatrics and to the care of children 1989 Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics