Email

mgkitaga@texaschildrens.org

Addresses

Legacy Tower (Office)

6651 Main Street
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 826-6230

Education

MD from University of Minnesota

06/2010 - Minneapolis, Minnesota United States

Residency at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital

06/2013 - Houston, Texas United States

Pediatrics

Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital

06/2017 - Houston, Texas United States

Pediatric Critical Care

Clinical Fellowship at Royal Children's Hospital

08/2018 - Melbourne, Victoria Australia

Pediatric Critical Care

MHA from George Washington University

06/2021 - Washington, District of Columbia United States

Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics

Websites

Selected Publications

• Kitagawa MG, Reynolds JO, Wehrens XHT, Bryan RM Jr, Pandit LM "Hemodynamic and Pathological Characterization of TASK-1 -/- Mouse Does Not Demonstrate Pulmonary Hypertension." Front Med.2017/October23;4(177): Pubmed PMID: 29109948
• Kitagawa MG, Ettinger N, Breen D, Erklauer J, Change E, Herce H, King K, Nail S "Transmission of West Nile Virus Through a Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant." J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc.2018/May15;7(2):e52-e54. Pubmed PMID: 29309636
• Kitagawa, Melanie; Reynolds, Julia; Durgan, David; Rodney, George; Karmouty-Quintana, Harry; Bryan, Robert; Pandit, Lavannya. "Twik-2 −/− mouse demonstrates pulmonary vascular heterogeneity in intracellular pathways for vasocontractility.." Physiol Rep.2019/January;7(1): Pubmed PMID: 30632293

Memberships

American Academy of Pediatrics

Member

Society of Critical Care Medicine

Member