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Education

Medical School

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
1997 San Antonio TX

Internship

Pediatrics Boston Combined Residency Program (BCRP)
1998 Boston MA

Residency

Pediatrics Boston Combined Residency Program (BCRP)
2000 Boston MA

Fellowship

Pediatric Critical Care Boston Children's Hospital
2004 Boston MA

Publications

  1. Immunoregulatory Macrophages Modify Local Pulmonary Immunity and Ameliorate Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2024 Dec; 44(12):e288-e303. View Abstract
  2. Epidemiology and Regional Variation in Additional Surgical Interventions for Children with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: A Multi-institutional Analysis. Ann Surg. 2024 Sep 17. View Abstract
  3. Child Opportunity Index and Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Outcomes; the Role of Diagnostic Category. Crit Care Med. 2024 Oct 01; 52(10):1587-1601. View Abstract
  4. Social Drivers of Health and Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Outcomes. Pediatrics. 2023 Dec 01; 152(6). View Abstract
  5. Immunoregulatory macrophages modify local pulmonary immunity and ameliorate hypoxic-pulmonary hypertension. bioRxiv. 2023 Aug 02. View Abstract
  6. Long-Term Functional Outcomes at 1-Year After Hospital Discharge in Critically Ill Neonates With Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2023 08 01; 24(8):e372-e381. View Abstract
  7. Inadequate Oxygen Delivery Dose and Major Adverse Events in Critically Ill Children With Sepsis. Am J Crit Care. 2022 05 01; 31(3):220-228. View Abstract
  8. Supraventricular Tachycardia in Infants With Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Prevalence, Associations, and Outcomes. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2022 07 01; 23(7):e329-e337. View Abstract
  9. A Novel Protective Role for Matrix Metalloproteinase-8 in the Pulmonary Vasculature. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 12 15; 204(12):1433-1451. View Abstract
  10. Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Children with Acute Catastrophic Brain Injury: A 13-Year Retrospective Cohort Study. Neurocrit Care. 2022 06; 36(3):715-726. View Abstract
  11. Acetazolamide Improves Right Ventricular Function and Metabolic Gene Dysregulation in Experimental Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2021; 8:662870. View Abstract
  12. Coagulations Studies Do Not Correlate With Each Other or With Hematologic Complications During Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2021 06 01; 22(6):542-552. View Abstract
  13. Immune dysregulation and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) in individuals with haploinsufficiency of SOCS1. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2020 11; 146(5):1194-1200.e1. View Abstract
  14. Echocardiographic markers of pulmonary hemodynamics and right ventricular hypertrophy in rat models of pulmonary hypertension. Pulm Circ. 2020 Apr-Jun; 10(2):2045894020910976. View Abstract
  15. Mortality and Factors Associated With Hemorrhage During Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2020 01; 21(1):75-81. View Abstract
  16. Heme oxygenase-1 dampens the macrophage sterile inflammasome response and regulates its components in the hypoxic lung. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2020 01 01; 318(1):L125-L134. View Abstract
  17. Time versus treatment: interpreting longitudinal data analysis of treprostinil. J Pediatr. 2019 03; 206:304-305. View Abstract
  18. Rebuttal from Sally H. Vitali. J Physiol. 2019 02; 597(4):985. View Abstract
  19. CrossTalk opposing view: The mouse SuHx model is not a good model of pulmonary arterial hypertension. J Physiol. 2019 02; 597(4):979-981. View Abstract
  20. Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Exosomes Ameliorate Experimental Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia and Restore Lung Function through Macrophage Immunomodulation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 01 01; 197(1):104-116. View Abstract
  21. Distal vessel stiffening is an early and pivotal mechanobiological regulator of vascular remodeling and pulmonary hypertension. JCI Insight. 2016 Jun 02; 1(8). View Abstract
  22. Bereaved Parents' Decisions About Organ Donation: Known Knowns and Known Unknowns. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2015 Nov; 16(9):879-80. View Abstract
  23. Continuous infusion, general anesthesia and other intensive care treatment for uncontrolled status epilepticus. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2014 Dec; 26(6):682-9. View Abstract
  24. The Sugen 5416/hypoxia mouse model of pulmonary hypertension revisited: long-term follow-up. Pulm Circ. 2014 Dec; 4(4):619-29. View Abstract
  25. Mechanical ventilation guided by electrical impedance tomography in experimental acute lung injury. Crit Care Med. 2013 May; 41(5):1296-304. View Abstract
  26. Exosomes mediate the cytoprotective action of mesenchymal stromal cells on hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension. Circulation. 2012 Nov 27; 126(22):2601-11. View Abstract
  27. Mesenchymal stem cell-mediated reversal of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and associated pulmonary hypertension. Pulm Circ. 2012 Apr-Jun; 2(2):170-81. View Abstract
  28. Improved pulmonary vascular reactivity and decreased hypertrophic remodeling during nonhypercapnic acidosis in experimental pulmonary hypertension. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2012 May 01; 302(9):L875-90. View Abstract
  29. Impaired vasoconstriction and nitric oxide-mediated relaxation in pulmonary arteries of hypoxia- and monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertensive rats. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2010 Feb; 332(2):455-62. View Abstract
  30. Divergent cardiopulmonary actions of heme oxygenase enzymatic products in chronic hypoxia. PLoS One. 2009 Jun 19; 4(6):e5978. View Abstract
  31. Mechanisms of heme oxygenase-1-mediated cardiac and pulmonary vascular protection in chronic hypoxia: roles of carbon monoxide and bilirubin. Chest. 2005 Dec; 128(6 Suppl):578S-579S. View Abstract
  32. Genetic polymorphisms in sepsis. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2005 May; 6(3 Suppl):S61-73. View Abstract
  33. Assessing the quality of case-control association studies on the genetic basis of sepsis. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2005 May; 6(3 Suppl):S74-7. View Abstract
  34. Anesthesia and Analgesia in the Neonate. Avery’s Neonatology, Pathophysiology and Management of the Newborn, MacDonald MG, Seshia MMK, Mullett MD (eds.). 2005. View Abstract
  35. Bench-to-bedside review: Ventilator strategies to reduce lung injury -- lessons from pediatric and neonatal intensive care. Crit Care. 2005 Apr; 9(2):177-83. View Abstract
  36. Program to Enhance Relational and Communication Skills--Video. 2004. View Abstract
  37. Mechanisms of HO-1-mediated cardiac and pulmonary vascular protection in hypoxia. Pediatric Research. 2004. View Abstract
  38. Heterologous sensitization of adenylate cyclase activity by serotonin in the rat cerebral cortex. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 1993 Dec; 3(4):463-75. View Abstract
  39. The gene for autosomal dominant spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA1) maps telomeric to the HLA complex and is closely linked to the D6S89 locus in three large kindreds. Am J Hum Genet. 1991 Jul; 49(1):23-30. View Abstract

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