Positions

Associate Professor

Pediatrics-Renal
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Addresses

Renal Service (Clinic)

TCH-Clinical Care Center
6701 Fannin St., 11th Floor
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 824-3800
http://www.texaschildrens.org/departments/kidney-renal

Renal Section (Office)

Texas Children's Hospital Feigin Center
Mail Stop: BCM320
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 824-3800

Education

MD from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

12/1995 - Bogota, Colombia

Residency at West Virginia University School of Medicine

07/2011 - Morgantown, West Virginia United States

Pediatrics

Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine

07/2014 - Houston, Texas United States

Pediatric Nephrology

Certifications

Physician

Texas Medical Board

General Pediatrics Board Certified

American Board of Pediatrics

Pediatric-Nephrology Board Certified

The American Board of Pediatrics

Honors & Awards

American Society of Pediatric Nephrology Fellows Travel Award

American Society of Pediatric Nephrology (11/2013)

Websites

Professional Development

2014 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting

Conference (Presenter, 2014)

Sponsor: American Scoiety of Pediatric Nephrology

Defining Subsets of Children with SLE using Anti-Basement Membrane Antibody Titers

2013 American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week

Conference (Participant, 2013)

Sponsor: American Society of Nephrology

33rd Annual Dialysis Conference

Conference (Presenter, 2013)

Sponsor: The University of Missouri School of Medicine

Mycobacterium infection in a pediatric patient on Peritoneal Dialysis

Selected Publications

• Lee J, Imani P, Geer J, Braun M, Srivaths P, Orjuela A. "The Pharmacokinetics of Intradialytic Administration of Eculizumab in an Infant.." Am J Kidney Dis.. 2015 Dec;66(6):1105-6. Pubmed PMID: 26363847
• Orjuela A, Suwanichkul A, Canter D, Minard CG, Devaraj S, Hicks MJ, Muscal E, Wenderfer SE "High titer anti-basement membrane antibodies in a subset of patients with pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus.." Am J Nephrol.. 2015;41(3):241-7. Pubmed PMID: 25926050

Memberships

American Society of Nephrology

Member (08/2011)

American Society of Pediatric Nephrology

Trainee Member (08/2011 - 06/2014)

American Society of Transplantation

Member (01/2014)

Skills

Pediatric Nephrology

Languages

Spanish