Positions

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics-Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics
Pediatrics/Pediatric Cardiology
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas United States

Addresses

TCH-West Tower (Clinic)

Room: TXWT-19345C
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 826-5902

Education

Clinical Fellowship at Medical University Of South Carolina Hospital

01/2007 - Charleston, South Carolina United States

Pediatric Cardiac Imaging

Fellowship at Columbus Children's Hospital

01/2006 - Columbus, Ohio United States

Pediatric Cardiology

Residency at University Of Illinois Affiliate Hospitals

01/2002 - Chicago, Illinois United States

General Pediatrics

MD from Universidad Francisco Marroquin

01/1998 - Guatemala City, Guatemala

MPH from University of Illinois at Chicago

06/2002 - Chicago, Illinois United States

Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics

American Board of Pediatrics, Subboard Pediatric Cardiology

Professional Interests

• Advanced Cardiac Imaging
• Fetal Echocardiography

Websites

Selected Publications

• Portaro FC, Santos AB, Cezari MH, Juliano MA, Juliano L, Carmona E "Probing the specificity of cysteine proteinases at subsites remote from the active site: analysis of P4, P3, P2' and P3' variations in extended substrates.." Biochem. J.. 2000 April 1; 347 : 123-9. Pubmed PMID: 10727410
• McKenzie ED, Khan MS, Samayoa AX, Vener DS, Ishak YM, Santos AB, Heinle JS, Fraser CD "The Blalock-Taussig shunt revisited: a contemporary experience.." J. Am. Coll. Surg.. 2013 April ; 216 (4): 699-704. Pubmed PMID: 23415555

Memberships

Heart Care International

American Society of Echocardiography

American Heart Association

American College of Cardiology

American Academy of Pediatrics

Languages

Spanish