Dra. Alexia Santos

Especialidad: Cardiología Pediátrica
País: Estados Unidos / Panamá / El Salvador

Educación superior y especialidad:

Título de Medica – Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala, Centro America
Pediatria General – University of Illinois at Chicago
Cardiologia Pediatrica – Nationwide Childrens Hospital – Ohio State University
Especialidad en imagen cardiovascular avanzada – Medical University of South Carolina
Maestria en Salud Publica – University of Illinois at Chicago

Experiencia laboral:

2022-presente…Profesora Asociada, University of Texas, Memorial Hermann Hospital
2007-2022 Profesora Asistente, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital
Instructora Clinic, Medical University of South Carolina 2006-2007

Asociaciones:

American Heart Association
American Society of Echocardigraph
American College of Cardiology
Texas Medical Board
Colegio de Medicos y cirujanos de Guatemala

Distinciones y publicaciones:

Invited Lectures

Fetal Arrhythmias
National Symposium of Fetal Ultrasound. Monterrey, Mexico October 2022
Pediatric Cardiology Pearls for the General Pediatrician. October 2022 Quito, Ecuador
“Ecocardiografía fetal en el Segundo Trimestre”. July 2022
Primer Seminario Internacional de Ultrasonido en Medicina Fetal. Monterrey, Mexico
Pediatric Echocardiography – Overview and Clinical Applications. March 2022
Ultrasound training at the Patrick Payton Health Centre. Arusha, Tanzania
“Manejo del Niño Crítico post Cirugía del Corazón” August 2021
XXI Congreso Internacional de Pediatria de la SEEP Pichincha, Ecuador
Diagnostic Potpourri of Diagnostic November 2020
Fetal and Pediatric Echocardiography National Congress of Neonatology and Pediatrics El Salvador, Central America
POCUS Workshop Texas Children’s Hospital February 2020
Ventilation and Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) November 2019
Pediatric Critical Care Summit of the Americas
The Hybrid Approach to Single Ventricle Palliation. January 2007
Baylor College of Medicine

Publications/Research

Katherine Hwu, Eric Chiou, Stephanie Sisley, Ann Scheimann, Alexia Santos. ZEPHYR. Clinical Trial Protocol AZP01-CL1-003, Millendo Therapeutics. A Phase 2b/3 study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and effects of Livoletide (AZP-531), an unacylated ghrelin analog, on food-related behaviors in patients with Prader-Willi syndrome. Approximately 25 sites in Europe and North America.
Josh Kailin, Alexia B Santos, Betul Yilmaz Furtum, Kristen Sexson Tejtel, Reginal Lantin-Hermoso. Isolated Coarctation of the Aorta in the Fetus: A Diagnostic Challenge. Echocardiography. 2017 Dec;34(12):1768-1775. Doi: 10.1111/echo.13578.
McKenzie ED, Khan MS, Samayoa AX, Vener DS, Ishak YM, Santos AB, Heinle JS, Fraser CD Jr. The Blalock-Taussig Shunt Revisited: A Contemporary Experience.
J Am Coll Surg. 2013 Feb 12. pii: S1072-7515(12)01432-9.
Dean McKenzie MD, Muhammad S. Khan MD, Andres X. Samayoa MD, Daniel S. Vener BS, Youstina M. Ishak BS, Alexia B. Santos MD, Jeffrey S. Heinle MD, Charles D Fraser Jr MD. The Blalock-Taussig Shunt Revisited: A Contemporary Experience. Presented as oral presentation at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Southern Surgical Association December 2-5, 2012, Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
Morris S, Choi G, Santos A, Lantin-Hermoso R, Xie M, Wu J, Doucet J, Ge S. Comparison of 2D Qualitative and 3D Quantitative Echocardiographic Methods in Evaluation of Cardiac Function in Children with Single Ventricle Defects. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 22(5):607, 2009.
Santos A, Lantin-Hermoso R, Ayres N, Ge S. Utility of fetal full volume three-dimensional echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 21(5):569, 2008.
Santos A, Galantowicz M, Feltes T, Hoffman T. Abstract 2629: The Hybrid Comprehensive Stage 2 Palliation: Peri-Operative Results. Circulation. 2006;114:II_545.
Santos AB, Velasco RF, Blanco RA, Berganza ER, Andretta GE: “Serum Leptin Levels, Body Mass Index and Tricipital Skin Fold: A Comparison between Obese and Normal Weight Children from Guatemala”. XX Central American and Caribbean, Congress of Pediatrics. Panama, 1998.

Books

TCH Book of Congenital Heart Disease. May 2020
Chapter in Aortopulmonary Shunts and Ductal Stents