Email

nahir.cortessantiago@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Pathology & Immunology
Anatomic Pathology - Pediatric Pathology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States
Pediatric Pathologist at Texas Children's Hospital Department of Pathology and Immunology Division of Anatomic Pathology

Addresses

Texas Children's Hospital (Hospital)

6621 Fannin St A.B195
HOUSTON, TX 77030
United States
nahir.cortessantiago@bcm.edu

Education

PhD from University of Texas-Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

06/2014 - Houston, Texas United States

Cancer Biology

MD from University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences Campus

06/2009 - Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

BS from University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez Campus

06/2004 - Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

Biology

Residency at Baylor College of Medicine

07/2018 - Houston, United States

Clinical Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine

06/2019 - Houston, Texas United States

Professional Interests

• Pediatric Pathology
• Pediatric Pulmonary Pathology

Selected Publications

• Cortes-Santiago N, Hossain MB, Gabrusiewicz K, Fan X, Gumin J, Marini FC, Alonso MM, Lang F, Yung WK, Fueyo J, Gomez-Manzano C. "2. Soluble Tie2 overrides the heightened invasion induced by anti-angiogenesis therapies in gliomas.." Oncotarget. 2016 Mar;7(13):16146-57. Pubmed PMID: 26910374
• Gabrusiewicz K, Liu D, Cortes-Santiago N, Hossain MB, Conrad CA, Aldape KD, Fuller GN, Marini FC, Alonso MM, Idoate MA, Gilbert MR, Fueyo J, Gomez-Manzano C. "Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy-induced glioma invasion is associated with accumulation of Tie2-expressing monocytes.." Oncotarget. 2014 Apr;5(8):2208-20. Pubmed PMID: 24809734
• Alonso MM, Diez-Valle R, Manterola L, Rubio A, Liu D, Cortes-Santiago N, Urquiza L, Jauregi P, Lopez de Munain A, Sampron N, Aramburu A, Tejada-Solís S, Vicente C, Odero MD, Bandrés E, García-Foncillas J, Idoate MA, Lang FF, Fueyo J, Gomez-Manzano C. "Genetic and epigenetic modifications of Sox2 contribute to the invasive phenotype of malignant gliomas.." PLoS One. 2011;6(11):e26740. Pubmed PMID: 22069467
• Gabrusiewicz K, Hossain MB, Cortes-Santiago N, Fan X, Kaminska B, Marini FC, Fueyo J, Gomez-Manzano C. "Macrophage Ablation Reduces M2-Like Populations and Jeopardizes Tumor Growth in a MAFIA-Based Glioma Model.." Neoplasia. 2015 Apr;17(4):374-84. Pubmed PMID: 25925380

Languages

Spanish