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Office
6621 Fannin St
Houston, TX 77030Phone+1 832-826-6230- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Melanie (Fearing) Kitagawa, MD is a board certified pediatrician in Houston, Texas. She is currently licensed to practice medicine in Texas. She is affiliated with Texas Children's Hospital.
Education & Training
- Baylor College of MedicineFellowship, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2013 - 2016
- Baylor College of Medicine (Houston)Residency, Pediatrics, 2010 - 2013
- University of Minnesota Medical SchoolClass of 2010
Certifications & Licensure
- TX State Medical License 2013 - 2025
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 7 citationsTwik-2-/- mouse demonstrates pulmonary vascular heterogeneity in intracellular pathways for vasocontractility.Melanie G. Kitagawa, Julia O. Reynolds, David J. Durgan, George G. Rodney, Harry Karmouty-Quintana, Robert M. Bryan, Lavannya M. Pandit> ;Physiological Reports. 2019 Jan 1
- 3 citationsTransmission of West Nile Virus Through a Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant.Melanie G. Kitagawa, Nicholas Ettinger, Day Breen, Jennifer Erklauer, Emmanuel Chang, Honey Herce, Katherine Y. King, Swati Naik> ;Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2018 May 15
- 16 citationsHemodynamic and Pathologic Characterization of the TASK-1-/- Mouse Does Not Demonstrate Pulmonary Hypertension.Melanie G. Kitagawa, Julia O. Reynolds, Xander H.T. Wehrens, Robert M. Bryan, Lavannya M. Pandit> ;Frontiers in Medicine. 2017 Oct 23
Press Mentions
- 15 Common Misconceptions and Surprising Realities About Dementia and Alzheimer's DiseaseFebruary 17th, 2023
- Houston May Avoid ‘Tripledemic,’ but COVID Poised for Another Winter WaveNovember 30th, 2022
- Houston May Avoid a ‘Tripledemic,’ but COVID Poised for Winter WaveNovember 24th, 2022
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Hospital Affiliations
- Texas Children's HospitalHouston, Texas