RebeccaCantuMDMPH

Pediatrics • Little Rock, AR

Hospitalist

Section Chief & Fellowship Director, Pediatric Hospital Medicine at UAMS/Arkansas Children's Hospital

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Office
#1 Children's Way
Little Rock, AR 72223
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Education & Training

University of Alabama Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Hospital Medicine, 2014 - 2016
Tulane UniversityResidency, Pediatrics, 2010 - 2013
Tulane University School of MedicineClass of 2010

Certifications & Licensure

AR State Medical License 2016 - 2024
AL State Medical License Active through 2016
LA State Medical License 2011 - 2014
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Educator of the Year UAMS Department of Pediatrics, 2019

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Impact of Preferred Written Language in Patients Discharged With Bronchiolitis From a Children's Hospital.
Mundy, A., Jeffries, K., Williford, D., Slagle, B., Filipek, J., Cantu, R.> ;Hospital Pediatrics. 2024 Mar 1
Younger and Rural Children are More Likely to be Hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2 Infections.
Rebecca M Cantu, Sara C Sanders, Grace A Turner, Jessica N Snowden, Ashton Ingold, Susanna Hartzell, Suzanne House, Dana Frederick, Uday K Chalwadi, Eric R Siegel, Jos...> ;Medrxiv. 2023 Mar 30
1 citations
Demographic and clinical characteristics of pediatric COVID-19 in Arkansas: March-December 2020.
Sara C Sanders, Maxwell D Taylor, Jacob Filipek, Dustin Williford, Cindy Nguyen, Charalene R Fisher, Stephanie M Scheffler, Emily S Smith, Phoebe Martin, Rebecca L Lat...> ;Medicine. 2022 Oct 21
1 citations
Hypokalemia Measurement and Management in Patients With Status Asthmaticus on Continuous Albuterol.
Courtney Cox, Krishna Patel, Rebecca Cantu, Chary Akmyradov, Katherine Irby> ;Hospital Pediatrics. 2022 Feb 1
Fournier's Gangrene: A Rare Infectious Entity in an Adolescent with Type II Diabetes.
Sara C Sanders, Archana Balamohan, Emily S Smith, Maxwell D Taylor, Cantu, R., Rebecca M Cantu> ;Global Pediatric Health. 2022 Jan 1
Unusual Cause of Sepsis in a 10-Year-Old Female
Krystle Lynn McCarson, Candice Ashton Walters, Rebecca M. Cantu> ;Clinical Pediatrics. 2020 May 30
40 citations
Barriers to Breastfeeding in Female Physicians.
Rebecca M. Cantu, Marie S. Gowen, Xinyu Tang, Kristin Mitchell> ;Breastfeeding Medicine. 2018 May 9
15 citations
Predictors of emergency department discharge following pediatric drowning
Rebecca M. Cantu, Christopher M. Pruitt, Nichole Samuy, Chang L. Wu> ;The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2017 Sep 1
A Boy Unable to Move His Arm
Rebecca M. Cantu, Russell W. Steele> ;Clinical Pediatrics. 2010 Mar 1
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Press Mentions

What You Need to Know About Respiratory Syncytial Virus: RSVDecember 27th, 2019
8 Honored as UAB’s Outstanding Women for 2016March 21st, 2016
Arkansas Children’s Hospital treating record number of RSV casesMarch 30th, 2020

Hospital Affiliations

Arkansas Children's HospitalLittle Rock, Arkansas