MD, FAAP, FCCM
Especialidad: Terapia Intensiva y Cardiovascular Pediátrica
País: USA
Educación superior y especialidad:
- Título de Médica otorgado por la Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Research Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Pediatric Critical Care Fellow, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
- Chief Fellow, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
- Board Certified in Pediatrics -American Board of Pediatrics
- Board Certified in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine- American Board of Pediatrics, Sub-Board of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Experiencia laboral:
Presente
- Profesora Titular de Cuidados Críticos y Cardiovasculares Pediátricos, Hospital de Niños de la Universidad de Maryland, Estados Unidos
- Directora del Programa de Investigación en Cuidados Críticos Pediátricos, Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Maryland, Estados Unidos
Previa
- Directora de Investigación de Cuidados Críticos Pediátricos, Universidad de California, San Francisco-Fresno, California, Estados Unidos
- Director Asociado- Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos y Cardiovasculares Pediátricos (PICU, PCICU), Valley Children’s Hospital, California, Estados Unidos
- Jefa de División Académica, Cuidados Críticos Pediátricos, Universidad de California, San Francisco- Fresno, Estados Unidos
- Directora de la Unidad Pediatrica Cardiovascular, Hospital de Niños de la Universidad de Maryland, Estados Unidos
Asociaciones:
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
- European Society of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care
- Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society
- Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO)
- Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators
- iWICC (International Women in Intensive and Critical Care)
Distinciones y publicaciones:
Distinciones
- Fellow, American College of Critical Care Medicine (FCCM)
- Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP)
- Board of Regents member, American College of Critical Care Medicine
- Chair, Pediatric Multidisciplinary Critical Care Review Course, Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Instructor, Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support (PFCCS), , Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Advisory Board member- Medicina Intensiva- Journal de la Sociedad Española de Medicina Intensiva, Crítica y Unidades Coronarias
- Presidential Citation, Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Program Congress Committee (past member), Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Research and Innovation Award- Board meritorious award- Valley Children’s Hospital
- Annual Scientific Award, Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Western Society of Pediatric Research, Travel Research Award
- Invited to attend 2021 President Biden White House 4th of July Celebration honoring frontline providers for role with Hispanic communities during the COVID-19 pandemic
Selected Publications
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Characteristics and Outcomes in Children and Adolescents with COVID-19 or Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Admitted to US ICUs. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2023; May 1; 24 (5):356-371
- Chlorpromazine as treatment for refractory agitation associated with pediatric delirium. J Pediatr Pharmcol Ther 2022; 27 (8): 725-731
- Outcomes of Children with Firearm Injuries Admitted to the PICU in the United States. Pediatr Crit Care Medicine 2021; Nov 1; 22(11):944-949
- Reduction in pediatric intensive care unit admissions during COVID-19 lockdown in Maryland, USA. BMJ Open Paediatr 2020, Nov 3 (4)
- Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in US Children and Adolescents. N Engl J Med 2020, Jul 23; 383(4): 334-346
- Botulism in the Pediatric Intensive Care Units in the United States: Interrogating a National Database. J of Pediatr Intensive Care 2020 Mar; 9(1):12-15.
- Antipsychotic Treatment of Delirium in Critically Ill Children: A Retrospective Matched Cohort Study. J Pediatr Pharmcol Ther 2019; 24(3): 204-213
- Frequency of Desaturation and Association with Hemodynamic Adverse Events During Tracheal Intubation in PICUs. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2018; 19(1):e41-e50
- Clinical Impact of External Manipulation During Laryngoscopy on Tracheal Intubation Success in Critically Ill Children. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2018; 19(2):106-114
- The American College of Critical Care Medicine Clinical Practice Parameters for Hemodynamic Support for Pediatric and Neonatal Septic Shock. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2017; 18(9):884-890
- An Interprofessional Quality Improvement Project to Enhance Delirium Management and Monitor Delirium Prevalence in a Single PICU. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2017; 18(6): 531-540
- A Simple and Robust Bedside Model for Mortality Risk in Pediatric Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2016; 17(10): 907-916
Selected Book Chapters
- Myocardial Dysfunction and Mechanical Support of the Failing Circulation. Rotta A and Zimmerman J, Pediatric Critical Care 6th Elsevier, March 2021
- Management of the child with congenital heart disease. Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support Systems. 3rd edition, Society of Critical Care Medicine September 2018