ShiaraMelissaOrtiz-PujolsMDMPH(She/Her)

PubMed

• Visual findings in children exposed to Zika in utero in Nicaragua.
  Evelin Martinez, Ryan Max, Filemón Bucardo, Elizabeth M Stringer, Sylvia Becker-Dreps
  Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2023-05-01
• 16 citations
  Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Children Following In Utero Exposure to Zika in Nicaragua.
  Elizabeth M. Stringer, Evelin Martinez, Bryan Blette, Christian Eduardo Toval Ruiz, Michael J. Boivin
  Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2021-03-01
• 140 citations
  Obesity is Associated with Worse Outcomes in COVID-19: Analysis of Early Data from New York City.
  Kaveh Hajifathalian, Sonal Kumar, Carolyn Newberry, Shawn L. Shah, Brett E. Fortune
  Obesity. 2020-09-01

Journal Articles

• A blood immune suppression index (BISI) based on IL10/IL12 and ARG1/NOS2 ratios is predictive of immune dysfunction and respiratory failure after burn injury in patients  
  Stepp WH, Malfitano M, Saklayici I, Jones SW, Ortiz-Pujols S, Maile R, Cairns BA, Journal of Immunology, 1/1/2018
• Acalculous Cholecystitis in Burn Patients: Is there a Role for Percutaneous Cholecystostomy?  
  Hermix SJ, Diegidio P, Garimella R, Garimella R, Ortiz-Pujols S, Yu H, Isaacson A, Mauro MA, Cairns BA, Hultman C, Clin Plast Surg, 1/1/2017
• Life-threatening Skin Disorders Treated in the Burn Center: Impact of Health-care-associated Infections on Length of Stay, Survival, and Hospital Charges  
  Hermix SJ, Diegidio P, Garimella R, Ortiz-Pujols S, Garimella R, Weber DJ, van Duin D, Hultman CS, Clin Plast Surg, 1/1/2017
• Even Better than the Real Thing? Xenografting in Pediatric Patients with Scald Injury  
  Diegidio P, Hermiz SJ, Ortiz-Pujols S, Jones SW, van Duin D, Weber DJ, Cairns BA, Hultman CS, Clin Plast Surg, 1/1/2017
• Comparing Hospital Acquired Infections and Outcomes in Patients Admitted to a Burn Ccenter in the Stevens-Johnson-Syndrome to Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Spectrum to No...  
  Diegidio P, Ortiz-Pujols S, DiBiase LM, Weber D, Van Duin D, Jones SW, Cairns BA, Hultman CS, Journal of Burn Care and Research, 1/1/2015
• The Use of Xenografting in Pediatric Patients with Scald Injury: Single Institution 10 year Review  
  Diegidio P, Ortiz-Pujols S, Jones SW, Cairns BA, Hultman CS, Journal of Burn Care and Research, 1/1/2015
• Advanced Burn Life Support for Day-to-Day Burn Injury Management and Disaster Preparedness: Stakeholder Experiences and Student Perceptions Following 56 Advanced Burn ...  
  Kearns RD, Ortiz-Pujols SM, Craig CK, Gusler JR, Skarote MB, Carter J, Rezak-Alger A, Cairns CB, Lofald D, Holmes JH 4th, Cairns BA, J Burn Care Res, 1/1/2015
• Smoke Inhalation Injury: A Review of the Pathophysiology, Management, and Challenges of Burn-Associated Inhalation Injury  
  Jones SW, Ortiz-Pujols SM, Current Concepts in Adult Critical Care, Society of Critical Care Medicine, 1/1/2011
• International Formula-Based Nutritional Intervention for Infants Born to HIV-Infected Women  
  McKinney RE, Cruz MLS, Powell C, Hughes M, Oleske JM, Winter H, Elgie C, Pardue L, Wolf D, Ortiz-Pujols S, Calles NR, McNamara J, Moye, J, Pediatric Research, 1/1/2004
• Dynamics of Tumor Cell Killing by Human T Lymphocytes Armed with an Anti-CEA Chimeric Immunoglobulin T-Cell Receptor  
  Beecham EJ, Ortiz-Pujols S, Junghans RP, Journal of Immunotherapy, 1/1/2000
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Abstracts/Posters

• Is It Possible to Have a Financially Viable, Evidence-Based, Weight Management Program in a PCMH?
  Ortiz-Pujols SM, Wilhoit-Reeves S, Sisler L, Porterfield D, Goldstein AO, Obesity Week Conference, Nashville, TN, 1/1/2018
• Implications of Congenitally Acquired and Early Exposure to Zika Virus Infection on Child Neurodevelopment
  Ortiz Pujols SM, Martinez Rosales EL, Goldman BD, Collins M, Chavarria Torre M, Rosales Quintana L, Reyes Y, Zepeda O, de Silva A, Bucardo F, Becker-Dreps S, Stringer ..., American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2018
• Lessons Learned from Implementing a Weight Management Program in a Patient-Centered Medical Home based on a USPSTF
  Ortiz-Pujols SM, Wilhoit-Reeves S, Sisler L, Burner C, Kaysin A, Goldstein AO, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Conference, Washington, DC, 1/1/2018
• Burn Injury: The Challenge of Insufficient Facilities and Providers
  Ortiz-Pujols SM, Sheldon G, Fraher E, Ricketts T, Cairns BA, AAMC Physician Workforce Meeting, 1/1/2011
• Socioeconomic Factors, Not Race, Place the Elderly at Increased Risk for Burn Injury
  Hendrix L, Ortiz-Pujols SM, Charles A, Jones SW, Buccholz V, Cairns BA, American Burn Association, 1/1/2011
• The Influence of Race on Mortality and Length of Hospital Stay in Elderly Burn Patients
  Hendrix L, Ortiz-Pujols SM, Charles A, Jones SW, Buccholz V, Cairns BA, American Burn Association, 1/1/2011
• Aldehyde Cross-Linked Porcine-Derived Xenograft (PDX) Consistently Decreases Donor Site Pain Scores Compared to Control Donor Site Dressings
  Ortiz-Pujols SM, American Burn Association, 1/1/2011
• Innovative Strategies to Address Humidification with Conventional Ventilators used in the Management of Severe Burn Injury
  Jones SW, Usher DW, Short KA, Hendrix LM, Ortiz-Pujols SM, Cairns BA, American Burn Association, 1/1/2011
• Alternative Treatment of HIV/AIDS in Cameroon
  Ortiz-Pujols S, Duron V, Nzume G, Pearson T, International Health Medical Education Conference, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2005
• New Generation Anti-Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA) "Designer T cell" Therapies for Cancer
  Beecham EJ, Nolan K; Yun C, Akamatsu Y, Zheng G, Ortiz-Pujols S, Murphy J, Watters J, Leung S, Junghans RP, Cancer Gene Therapy, 1/1/1998
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Lectures

• Women in Health: Uncommon Paths 
  1/3/2019
• Preparation for Graduation and Beyond: Career Options. National Hispanic Health Foundation 
  1/29/2018
• Herramientas de Evaluacion del Desarrollo Infantil: Cuestionarios de Edades & Etapas (ASQ)-3 & Escalas de Aprendizaje Temprano de Mullen 
  Leon, Nicaragua - 1/1/2017
• Latina Women in Medicine 
  Chapel Hill, NC - 1/1/2014
• "Celebration of Life": A Review of Adult Burn Survivor Annual Reunions 
  Seattle, WA - 1/24/2012
• Bronchoscopy-Derived Correlates of Acute Lung Injury Following Inhalational Injuries: A Prospective Observational Study 
  San Francisco, CA - 1/18/2012
• Bacterial Infection and Airway Inflammation in Acute Inhalational Injury 
  1/26/2011
• Reflections of 19 Years of Adult Burn Survivor Reunions 
  Winston - Salem, NC - 1/2/2011
• Burn Care 
  Mexico - 1/1/2011
• Topical negative pressure therapy provides an innovative and protective wound care strategy for split thickness skin grafting in large, high sheer stress areas 
  1/11/2010
• Rates of Burn Injury are Disproportionately High in Minority Children, but Approximate Normal US Population in Adults 
  1/4/2010
• Rates of Burn Injury are Disproportionately High in Minority Children, but Approximate Normal U.S. Population Distribution in Adults 
  1/1/2010
• All About HIV/AIDS 
  Rochester, NY - 1/1/2005
• AIDS and AIDS Therapy: A Look at the Problem of Resistance 
  American University, Washington, DC - 1/1/2002
• Medical Interpretation: An Exercise in Cultural Competence 
  Bethesda, MD - 1/1/2000
• Developments in Anti-Tac (CD25) Staining in Frozen Tissue 
  1/1/1996
• The Development of an Immunohistochemical Procedure for the Staining of CD25 in tissue 
  Cape Cod, MA - 1/1/1996
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