Positions

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics-Renal
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Addresses

Texas Children's Feigin Ctr (Office)

Room: TXFC-260
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 824-3800

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/our-team

Education

MD from Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

04/2004 - Lima, Peru

Residency at Miami Children's Hospital

07/2009 - Miami, Florida United States

Fellowship at Cincinnati Children's Hospital

07/2012 - Cincinnati, Ohio United States

Graduate Certificate at University of Cincinnati

07/2012 - Cincinnati, Ohio United States

Master in Clinical and translation Research

Certifications

Physician

Texas Children's Hospital

General Pediatrics

American Board

Pediatric Nephrologist.

AAP

Professional Interests

• Chronic Kidney Disease
• End-Stage Renal Disease

Websites

Selected Publications

• Malatesta-Muncher R, Wansapura J, Taylor M, Lindquist D, Hor K, Mitsnefes M. "Early cardiac dysfunction in pediatric patients on maintenance dialysis and post kidney transplant.." Pediatric Nephrology. 2012 Jul;27(7):1157-1164. Pubmed PMID: 22358192
• Malatesta-Muncher R, Mitsnefes MM. "Management of blood pressure in children.." Current Opinion Nephrology Hypertension. 2012 May;21(3):318-322. Pubmed PMID: 22388549
• Malatesta-Muncher R, Eldin KW, Beck LH Jr, Michael M "Idiopathic membranous nephropathy in children treated with rituximab: report of two cases.." Pediatr Nephrol. 2018 Mar 15;33(6):1089-1092. Pubmed PMID: 29546599
• Zahr RS, Yee ME, Weaver J, Twombley K, Matar RB, Aviles D, Sreedharan R, Rheault MN, Malatesta-Muncher R, Stone H, Srivastava T, Kapur G, Baddi P, Volovelsky O, Pelletier J, Gbadegesin R, Seeherunvong W, Patel HP, Greenbaum L "Kidney biopsy findings in children with sickle cell disease: a Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium study.." Pediatr Nephrol. 2019 Apr 3;8(34):1435 - 1445. Pubmed PMID: 30945006

Memberships

American Academy of Pediatrics

Fellow

American Society of Nephrology

Member

American Society of Pediatric Nephrology

Member

Skills

Pediatric Nephrology

Languages

Spanish