Nahir Cortes Santiago, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Email

nahir.cortessantiago@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor: Pathology & Immunology
Anatomic Pathology - Pediatric Pathology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States
Pediatric Pathologist at Texas Children's Hospital Department of Pathology and Immunology Division of Anatomic Pathology

Addresses

Texas Children's Hospital (Hospital): 6621 Fannin St A.B195
HOUSTON, TX, 77030
United States
nahir.cortessantiago@bcm.edu

Education

PhD from University of Texas-Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences: 06/2014 - Houston, Texas, United States; Cancer Biology

MD from University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences Campus: 06/2009 - Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

BS from University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez Campus: 06/2004 - Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; Biology

Residency at Baylor College of Medicine: 07/2018 - Houston, United States

Clinical Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine: 06/2019 - Houston, Texas, United States

Professional Interests

Pediatric Pathology
Pediatric Pulmonary Pathology

Selected Publications

Cortes-Santiago N, Hossain MB, Gabrusiewicz K, Fan X, Gumin J, Marini FC, Alonso MM, Lang F, Yung WK, Fueyo J, Gomez-Manzano C.. " 2. Soluble Tie2 overrides the heightened invasion induced by anti-angiogenesis therapies in gliomas. " Oncotarget. 2016 Mar ; 7 (13) : 16146-57.
Pubmed PMID: 26910374.
Gabrusiewicz K, Liu D, Cortes-Santiago N, Hossain MB, Conrad CA, Aldape KD, Fuller GN, Marini FC, Alonso MM, Idoate MA, Gilbert MR, Fueyo J, Gomez-Manzano C.. " Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy-induced glioma invasion is associated with accumulation of Tie2-expressing monocytes. " Oncotarget. 2014 Apr ; 5 (8) : 2208-20.
Pubmed PMID: 24809734.
Alonso MM, Diez-Valle R, Manterola L, Rubio A, Liu D, Cortes-Santiago N, Urquiza L, Jauregi P, Lopez de Munain A, Sampron N, Aramburu A, Tejada-Solís S, Vicente C, Odero MD, Bandrés E, García-Foncillas J, Idoate MA, Lang FF, Fueyo J, Gomez-Manzano C.. " Genetic and epigenetic modifications of Sox2 contribute to the invasive phenotype of malignant gliomas. " PLoS One. 2011 ; 6 (11) : e26740.
Pubmed PMID: 22069467.
Gabrusiewicz K, Hossain MB, Cortes-Santiago N, Fan X, Kaminska B, Marini FC, Fueyo J, Gomez-Manzano C.. " Macrophage Ablation Reduces M2-Like Populations and Jeopardizes Tumor Growth in a MAFIA-Based Glioma Model. " Neoplasia. 2015 Apr ; 17 (4) : 374-84.
Pubmed PMID: 25925380.
Liu D, Martin V, Fueyo J, Lee OH, Xu J, Cortes-Santiago N, Alonso MM, Aldape K, Colman H, Gomez-Manzano C. " Tie2/TEK modulates the interaction of glioma and brain tumor stem cells with endothelial cells and promotes an invasive phenotype. " Oncotarget. 2010 Dec ; 1 (8) : 700-9.
Pubmed PMID: 21321379.
Castro E, Cortes-Santiago N, Ferguson LM, Rao PH, Venkatramani R, López-Terrada D.. " Translocation t(7;12) as the sole chromosomal abnormality resulting in ACTB-GLI1 fusion in pediatric gastric pericytoma. " Hum Pathol. 2016 Jul ; 53 : 137-41.
Pubmed PMID: 26980027.

Languages

Spanish