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Ricardo A. Muñoz, MD, FAAP, FCCM
Job Title
Chief, Cardiac Intensive Care Division, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Job Title
Director, Cardiac Recovery Program, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Job Title
Director, International Affairs, Heart Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Job Title
Associate Professor, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and Surgery, University of Pittsburgh
4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 3
Pittsburgh,
PA
15224
412-692-5540
Phone
412-692-5138
Fax
Email
munorx@ccm.upmc.edu
Education and Training
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Medical School: |
1980 Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia |
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Residency: |
1987 Hospital Militar Central, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogota, Colombia |
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Fellowship: |
1994 Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
Memberships
- Honor List for Academic Achievement, Universidad del Norte
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society
- European Association of Pediatric Cardiology, Working Group Pediatric Cardiac Intensive, Councilor Care
- European Society of Pediatric Cardiology
- World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Founding Member
Board Certifications
- Foreign Medical Graduates, Education Commission
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow
- American Board of Pediatrics, Sub-board Critical Care Medicine
Awards
- Grant Award for the Minority, Clinical Associate Physician(NIH) General Clinical Research Center
- Honor List for Academic Achievement, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow
- Society of Critical Care Medicine, Fellow
Publications
- Chrysostomou C., Beerman L., Shiderly D., Berry D, Morell O. V., Munoz R. Dexmedetomidine: A Novel Agent for the Treatment of Atrial and Junctional Tachyarrhythmias in Infants and Children after Cardiac Surgery, Anesth Analg.;107(5):1514-22, Nov 2008.
- Barton K., Munoz R., Morell O. V., Chrysostomou C. Dexmedetomidine as the primary sedative during invasive procedures in infants and toddlers with congenital heart disease, Pediatr Crit Care Med. 9(6):612-5, Nov 2008.
- Munoz R., Sanchez de Toledo J. Past, Present and Future of Congenital Heart Diseases, Revista Argentina de Cardiologia Vol 76: 27-31, 2008.
- Manrique AM, Lichtenstein S, Arroyo M, Chrysostomou C, Wearden P, Morell OV, Munoz R. Magnesium Supplementation During Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial. Submitted to Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2008.
View Dr. Muñoz's full list of publications from PubMed.
Research Interests
- Use of Dexmedetomidine in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Patients
- Magnesium Metabolism in Children with Congenital Heart Disease
- Pediatric Cardiac Recovery Program: Neurologic outcome in children after discharge from the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Biography Summary
Ricardo Muñoz, MD, is chief of the Cardiac Intensive Care Division and director of the Cardiac Recovery Program. Dr. Munoz trained in pediatric critical care and pediatric cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Boston/Harvard Medical School. A fellow in the American Academy of Pediatrics and member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, he attended medical school at the Universidad del Notre, Barranquilla, Colombia, and completed his residency at the Hospital Militar Central, Bogota, Colombia. He also completed fellowships at Children’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, both in Boston.
