Email

raysa.moralesdemori@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics-Critical Care
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Assistant Professor

Pulmonary Section in the Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States
2019-Present

Addresses

Texas Children's Hospital - Legacy Tower (Office)

6651 Main Street
MCE 1420
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 826-6230
Fax: (832) 826-4252
Raysa.MoralesDemori@bcm.edu

Texas Children's Hospital - Legacy Tower (Hospital)

6651 Main Street
MCE 1420
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 826-6230
Fax: (832) 826-4252
Raysa.MoralesDemori@bcm.edu

Education

Clinical Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine

06/2017 - Houston, Texas United States

Pediatric Cardiology

Clinical Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine

06/2019 - Houston, Texas United States

Pediatric Critical Care

Residency at University of Illinois College of Medicine

06/2014 - Chicago, Illinois United States

Pediatrics

MD from Universidad Central de Venezuela

11/2008 - Caracas, Venezuela

Postdoctoral Training at Baylor College of Medicine

02/2020 - Houston, Texas United States

PFCCS Instructor Course

Certifications

American Academy of Pediatrics

Medical license

Texas Medical Board

Pediatric Cardiology

American Board of Pediatrics

Critical Care

American Board of Pediatrics

Honors & Awards

Outstanding Senior Resident Award

Children's Hospital of the University of Illinois at Chicago (01/2014)

Outstanding Research in Residency Award

Children's Hospital of the University of Illinois at Chicago (01/2014)

Outstanding achievement in Student Teaching Morning Lecture Program Award

Children's Hospital of the University of Illinois at Chicago (01/2013 - 01/2014)

Organizer

2019

Pediatric Critical Care Summit of the Americas

Clinical Mentor

Clinical mentor to cardiac intensive care unit instructors and advanced practice providers.

Texas Children's Hospital

Clinical Research Student

Clinical research student to pediatric residents and physician assistant students.

Texas Children's Hospital

Medical Director

Medical director of weekly Cardiac Intensive Care Pre-Surgical Case Conference. Review in a weekly basis surgical cases with cardiac intensive care unit instructors and discuss/review surgical planning, case challenges, and postoperative outcomes

Texas Children's Hospital

Pulmonary Hypertension Provider

Pulmonary hypertension provider in Fontan Go clinic at Texas Children’s Hospital

Texas Children's Hospital

Journal Paper Reviewer

- Pediatric Drugs (March 2022) - Pediatrics (November 2021, June 2022) - Pediatric cardiology (November 2021) - Congenital Anomalies Journal (February 2021) - Clinical Case Reports (September 2020) - World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery (September 2020) - Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (June 2020) - Pediatric Pulmonology (February 2020)

Websites

Professional Development

Outcomes comparison of patients with Scimitar Syndrome with and without pulmonary hypertension

Conference (Presenter, 2022)

Sponsor: International Society for Lung and Lung transplantation

Outcomes of ECMO support in PH patient with COVID-19 infection: Multicenter experience

Conference (Presenter, 2022)

Sponsor: Pulmonary Hypertension Association

Outcomes of Hospitalized Children with Turner Syndrome and Congenital Heart Disease

Conference (Presenter, 2016)

Sponsor: American Academy of Pediatrics

Three Decade Period Review of Fitness Level Among Chicago Healthy Children

Conference (Presenter, 2015)

Sponsor: American Academy of Pediatrics

Hemodynamic response to treadmill exercise test by ethnicity: The first report on Hispanic population

Conference (Presenter, 2013)

Sponsor: 74th National Congress of the Italian Society of Cardiology

Attenuation of the Side Effect Profile of Regadenoson: Randomized Double-Blind Placebo Controlled Study with Aminophylline in Patients with Severe Chronic Kidney Disease Undergoing Myocardial Perfusion Imaging - TheASSUAGE-CKD Trial

Conference (Presenter, 2012)

Sponsor: American Society of Nuclear Cardiology

Attenuation of The Side Effect Profile of Regadenoson: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study with Aminophylline in Patients Undergoing Myocardial Perfusion Imaging. “THE ASSUAGE TRIAL

Conference (Presenter, 2011)

Sponsor: American Society of Nuclear Cardiology

Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma: About a case

Conference (Presenter, 2006)

Sponsor: XIII National Conference for Medical Students

Outcomes of COVID-19 infection in pediatric patients with pulmonary hypertension: a single-center experience

Conference (Presenter, 2021)

Sponsor: Texas Medical Center Pulmonary Hypertension Consortium

Echocardiogram in patients with pulmonary hypertension and COVID: Case review

Conference (Presenter, 2020)

Sponsor: Texas Children's Hospital

Cardiac catheterization presentation of a case report

Conference (Presenter, 2020)

Sponsor: Mechanical support conference

Cardiac catheterization interpretation

Conference (Presenter, 2021)

Sponsor: Texas Children's Hospital

Pediatric Critical Care Fellow's Lecture

Core Physiology: Cardiac Catheterization

Conference (Presenter, 2021)

Sponsor: Texas Children's Hospital

Audience: Pediatric critical care fellow and Cardiac intensive care unit Advance Providers. 03/11/2021;09/10/2021

Epidemiology of Pediatric Heart Failure in the USA-a 15-Year Multi-Institutional Study

Conference (Presenter, 2021)

Sponsor: Texas Children’s Hospital

Critical Care Medicine Research Conference

Echocardiogram in patients with pulmonary hypertension in patient with pulmonary embolism: Case Review

Conference (Presenter, 2020)

La experiencia del Texas Children’s Hospital en los eventos de Respuesta Rápida

Conference (Presenter, 2021)

Sponsor: Congreso Internacional de Pediatria Monterrey

Virtual

Hipertension Pulmonar

Conference (Presenter, 2020)

Sponsor: Heart Center International Webinar, Texas Children's Hospital

14th Virtual International Conference Neonatal & Childhood Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Conference (Participant, 2021)

Virtual

The 10th Congress of the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive & Critical Care Societies

Conference (Participant, 2020)

National Research Mentor Training Workshop

Workshop (Participant, 2020)

9th Annual Virtual Scientific Sessions of the Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative

Conference (Participant, 2020)

Selected Publications

• Morales-Demori, R "Congenital heart disease and cardiac procedural outcomes in patients with trisomy 21 and Turner syndrome." 2016 Dec 12; Pubmed PMID: 28736822
• Morales-Demori R, Montañes E, Erkonen G, Chance M, Anders M, Denfield S "Epidemiology of Pediatric Heart Failure in the USA-A 15-Year Multi-Institutional Study." 2021 Apr 19; Pubmed PMID: 33871685
• Flores S, Villarreal EG, Lee B, Morales-Demori R, Farias JS, Ahmed M, Loomba RS, Savorgnan F "Impact of surfactant when utilized during pediatric cardiac surgery admissions: analysis of a nationwide database." 2021 Jun 17; Pubmed PMID: 34139955
• Puri K, Morales-Demori R, Gorgis N, Bernardo E, Hipp D "Pediatric Critical Care Medicine- Intensive Training for intensive Care!." 2017 Dec 27;

Projects

Outcomes of Pediatric heart transplant patients and pulmonary hypertension- multi-institutional study

Baylor College of Medicine Pediatrics

Houston

Retrospective Study

Outcomes of pediatric hypertension patients who undergo lung transplantation: Single center experience

Baylor College of Medicine Pediatrics

Houston, TX

Retrospective Study

Characteristics and outcomes of heart transplantation recipients: Single Center experience

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

Retrospective study

Memberships

Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (TCH)

Member

Heart Center simulation educational group

Member

Texas Children's Hospital

PFCCS Instructor

Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Educational Group

Member

Funding

Educational Scholarship Awards

$15,000.00 Grant funding from Texas Children's Hospital

2022

Languages

Spanish