Positions

Professor-Associate Chief

Pediatrics-Critical Care
Critical Care Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Associate Chief of Critical Care

Pediatrics
Critical Care Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine

Education

Residency at State University Of New York Brooklyn Affiliate Hospitals

06/1993 - Brooklyn, New York United States

Resident 1990-1993

Residency at State University Of New York Brooklyn Affiliate Hospitals

06/1994 - Brooklyn, New York United States

Chief Resident

Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine

06/1997 - Houston, TX

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

MD from University of Vienna Medical School

03/1998 - Vienna, Austria

Certifications

MD

(07/01/1994)

BCM

FCCM

Society of Critical Care Medicine

Professional Interests

• sepsis

Websites

Selected Publications

• Nguyen T, Kyle UG, Jaimon N, Tcharmtchi MH, Coss-Bu JA, Lam F, Teruya J, Loftis L "Coinfection with Staphylococcus aureus increases risk of severe coagulopathy in critically ill children with influenza A (H1N1) virus infection.." Crit. Care Med.. 2012 Dec;40(12):3246-50. Pubmed PMID: 22971587
• Rivera CA, Tcharmtchi MH, Mendoza L, Smith CW "Endotoxemia and hepatic injury in a rodent model of hindlimb unloading.." J. Appl. Physiol.. 2003 Oct;95(4):1656-63. Pubmed PMID: 12794033
• Rivera CA, Abrams SH, Tcharmtchi MH, Allman M, Ziba TT, Finegold MJ, Smith CW "Feeding a corn oil/sucrose-enriched diet enhances steatohepatitis in sedentary rats.." Am. J. Physiol. Gastrointest. Liver Physiol.. 2006 Feb;290(2):G386-93. Pubmed PMID: 16223947
• Tcharmtchi MH, Smith CW, Mariscalco MM "Neonatal neutrophil interaction with P-selectin: contribution of P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 and sialic acid.." J. Leukoc. Biol.. 2000 Jan;67(1):73-80. Pubmed PMID: 10648000