Email

vlpinto@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

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

Addresses

Texas Children's Hospital (Office)

6651 Main St
MC: E.1420
Houston, TX 77030
United States

Education

Clinical Fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, Tennessee United States

Residency at Miami Children's Hospital

Miami, Florida United States

Internship at Miami Children's Hospital

Miami, Florida United States

MBBS from Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute

Bangalore, India

Certifications

General Pediatrics Certification

American Board of Pediatrics

Pediatric Critical Care Certification

American Board of Pediatrics

Honors & Awards

Early Career Faculty Award for Excellence in Patient Care

Baylor College of Medicine

Professional Interests

• QI Coach and Instructor
• Simulation facilitator/ debriefer
• ECMO and neurocritical outcomes

Professional Development

Advanced Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Course

Course (Participant, 2019)

Sponsor: Texas Children's Hospital

Early Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar

Seminar (Participant, 2019)

Sponsor: Association of American Medical Colleges

Simulation Instructor Course

Course (Participant, 2017)

Sponsor: Texas Children's Hospital

Selected Publications

• Pinto VL, Pruthi S, Westrick AC, Shannon CN, Bridges BC, Le TM "Brain MRI findings in pediatric patients post ECMO." ASAIO J.. 2017 Apr 6; Pubmed PMID: 28394816
• Venessa L Pinto, Danielle Guffey, Laura Loftis, Melania M Bembea, Philip C Spinella, Sheila J Hanson "Evaluation of Severity of Illness Scores in the Pediatric ECMO Population." Front Pediatr .. 2021 Sep 28;9:698120 Pubmed PMID: 34650938
• Pinto VL, Wenderfer SE, Morris J, Akcan-Arikan A "Treatment of Severe Amlodipine Toxicity With Molecular Adsorbent Recirculating System." Kidney Int Rep. 2019 Feb;4(2):346–349. Pubmed PMID: 30775633
• "Neurologic Complications and Neuromonitoring on ECMO." Advances in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation - Volume 3.;3

Memberships

American Academy of Pediatrics

Fellow

Society of Critical Care Medicine

Member

PediECMO

Member