Email

mgkitaga@texaschildrens.org

Positions

Assistant Professor

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

Medical Director PICU

Pediatrics
Critical Care
Texas Childrens Hospital

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

Board Certified in Pediatrics

American Board of Pediatrics

Subboard Certified in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

American Board of Pediatrics

Honors & Awards

Section on Critical Care Program Chair

American Academy of Pediatrics (10/2022 - 10/2024)

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 Oct 23;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 May 15;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 Jan;7(1) Pubmed PMID: 30632293

Memberships

American Academy of Pediatrics

Member

Society of Critical Care Medicine

Member