Maria Carolina Gazzaneo, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Critical Care

(832) 797-2231

Email

gazzaneo@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Critical Care: Pediatrics-Pulmonary
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Addresses

Texas Children's Hospital (Office): Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine Service - Clinical Care Center
6701 Fannin
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 822-3300

Education

MD from Universidad de Oriente: Barcelona, Anzoategui, Venezuela; 1997

Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine: Houston, Texas, United States; Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2011

Residency at Baylor College of Medicine: Houston, Texas, United States; Pediatrics, 2013

Honors & Awards

FASEB MARC Travel Award, American Society of Nutrition: 2011

Winner Postdoctoral Abstract Competition, Energy and Macronutrient Metabolism: 2011; American Society for Nutrition

Winner, Postdoctoral Abstract Competition. Experimental Animal Nutrition: 2009, 2010; American Society for Nutrition

Third Place National Award in Research in Sepsis in Children: 2004; Venezuelan Pediatric Society

Professional Interests

Pediatric Lung Transplantation
Pediatric Critical Care
Nutritional Support after Lung Transplantation
VV-ECMO as a Bridge to Lung Transplant
Acute and Chronic Kidney Disease Post-lung Transplant

Professional Statement

My goal is to improve the immediate post-op care, nutritional support of children after lung transplant and to decrease the incidence of acute and chronic kidney disease through implementation of standardized protocols, and education of medical team.

Websites

VIICTR Publications List

Selected Publications

El-Kadi SW, Boutry C, Suryawan A, Gazzaneo MC, Orellana RA, Srivastava N, Nguyen HV, Kimball,S, Fiorotto ML, and Davis TA. " Intermittent bolus feeding promotes greater lean growth than continuous feeding. " 2015 Feb ; Manuscript submitted to: Journal of Clinical Investigation.
Charissa W. Kam, Pharm, Shelly Kim, | Shailendra Das, Maria C. Gazzaneo, Jeffrey S. Heinle,George B. Mallory Jr., Ernestina Melicoff. " Achieving timely therapeutic mycophenolic acid levels in pediatric lung transplant patients. " 2016 Jun ; American Transplant Congress.
Maria Carolina Gazzaneo, Spencer Pruit, Sebastian Tume, Natasha Afonso, Rocky Tsang MD, Jolie Britt, MD, Regina Okhuysen-Cawley MD. " Central Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Rescue of a Child with Probable Serotonin Syndrome and Refractory Cardiogenic Shock.. " 2016 Jun ; PICC.
Aarti Bavare, Jeni Lee, Maria Carolina Gazzaneo, Tessy Thomas, Satid Thammasitboon. " Development of a Pediatric Emergency Response workshop with the framework of self-determination theory. " 2016 May ; PAS meeting.
M.C. Gazzaneo, G. Mackey, U. Kyle, S. Culhane, E. Melicoff-Portillo · S. Das · N. Crews · G. Mallory, L. Shekerdemian, J. Cossbu. " Prevalence of Malnutrition and Growth in Children after Lung Transplantation. " 2016 Apr ; The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation.

Memberships

Society of Critical Care Medicine

American Academy of Pediatrics

International Heart and Lung Transplant Society

Harris County Medical Society

American Thoracic Society

American Society of Nutrition