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Gregory Matthew Sonnen, MD $$

Pediatrician - Primary Care

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Biography

Gregory Sonnen, M.D., is a Pediatrician at Children’s Health℠. He has special interests in childhood vaccine advocacy, evaluation and management of childhood learning challenges and complex infectious diseases. His care philosophy is to help children build healthy habits, so they grow up to be healthy adults.

As a pediatrician, you have the sole opportunity of any health care specialty to influence a person’s whole life.
Dr. Sonnen

“As a pediatrician, you have the sole opportunity of any health care specialty to influence a person’s whole life,” Dr. Sonnen says. “From day one, I strive to provide positive, evidence-based guidance on healthy nutrition, healthy sleep hygiene and appropriate behavioral expectations at each stage of life. If we can start a child on a positive path to a healthy life, science tells us they are likely to continue that pattern as an adult.”  

Dr. Sonnen earned his medical degree from Texas A&M and completed his residency in Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine at the Mayo Clinic. He strives to stay on the pulse of new advances in pediatric medicine and uses the latest research to inform his patients’ care. 

“I provide the most up-to-date, science-based information on your child’s growth, development and nutrition,” he says. “I am a very strong believer in the positive impact of our routine childhood vaccinations.”  

In his spare time, Dr. Sonnen enjoys spending time with his wife and two adult children. He is also involved in a variety of competitive shooting sports.

Departments and Programs

  • Research Interests

    • Childhood vaccine advocacy
    • Evaluation and management of childhood learning challenges
    • Vaccine preventable diseases

  • Publications

    • Type IV Hypersensitivity Reaction to a Temporary Tattoo. Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings 2007; 20(1):36-38
    • Sonnen GM, Henry NK. Rotavirus In: Wilson WR, Sande MA, eds. Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Infectious Disease. Norwalk, CT: Appleton and Lange. July 2001.
    • Sonnen GM, Henry NK. Rubella” In: Wilson WR, Sande MA,  eds. Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Infectious Disease. Norwalk, CT: Appleton and Lange. July 2001.
    • Sonnen GM, Henry NK. Mumps In: Wilson WR, Sande MA, eds. Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Infectious Disease. Norwalk, CT: Appleton and Lange. July 2001
    • Sonnen GM, Henry NK. Measles In: Wilson WR, Sande MA, eds. Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Infectious Disease. Norwalk, CT: Appleton and Lange. July 2001.
    • Sonnen GM, Henry NK. Respiratory Syncytial Virus In: Wilson WR, Sande MA, eds. Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Infectious Disease. Norwalk, CT: Appleton and Lange. July 2001.
    • Sonnen GM, Henry NK. Para-influenza Virus In: Wilson WR, Sande MA, eds. Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Infectious Disease. Norwalk, CT: Appleton and Lange. July 2001.
    • Sonnen GM, Henry NK. Pediatric Bone and Joint Infections - Pediatric Clinics of North America. 43:4. W.B. Saunders. August 1996.
    • Regueira O, Sonnen GM, Walthall ED, Frankel LS. Hematologic Presentation of Pediatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosis. Presented at Texas Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Consortium 1994, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Professional Activities

    • Mesquite Independent School District - School Nurse Educator (1998-2009)
    • Texas Pediatric Society - General Pediatric Preceptor Program (2001-2004)
    • Health Source Television Broadcasts - Medical Interviews related to pediatric medicine (1998-2009)
    • Sanofi Pasteur Vaccines - Speaker Bureau (2007-2011)
    • Rockwall Independent School District - Student Health Advisory Committee (2010-2019)