Santiago Lopez, MD

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A Specialist in Pediatric Infectious Disease

Dr. Lopez specializes in pediatric infectious disease.

He treats common infections in children with compromised immune systems.

 

 

Speaks: English, Italian, Spanish

Specialties

  • Pediatric Infectious Disease

(605) 312-1000

Background Information

Education & Training History

Fellowship:
Pediatric Infectious Disease: UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Residency:
Pediatrics: Nationwide Children’s Hospital/The Ohio state University, Columbus, OH
Medical School:
School of Medicine, Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Board Certifications:
American Board of Pediatrics: Pediatric Infectious Disease
American Board of Pediatrics: General Pediatrics

Experience & Research

Research experience:
  • Teacher assistant of the Microbiology department, School of Medicine, Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2006-2009).
  • Postdoctoral Fellow – Center for Vaccines and Immunity at the The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH (2010 – 2012).
  • Post-Doctoral scholar, Clinical and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (2016-2018).
Selected Research and Publications:
  • Farinatti A, Arcos M, Lopez S.M.C, Davolos I, Tilli M, Burion C, Seidenstien ME. “Endogenous Lower Urinary Tract infection in pregnant and non-pregnant women: relationship between vaginal cells lipid and inflammatory response”. (Infecciones del Tracto Genital Inferior Endogenas (ITGIE) en mujeres embarazadas y no embarazas: su relacion con los Lipidos en celulas vaginales y respuesta inflamatoria). Revista Argentina de Microbiologia. 2007 Mar. 39(1): 1-78.
  • Mella C, Suarez-Arrabal M.C, Lopez S, Stephens J, Fernandez S, Hall M, Ramilo O, Mejias A. Innate Immune Dysfunction is Associated with Enhanced Disease Severity in Infants with Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis. J Infect Dis. 2013 Feb 15;207(4):564-73. PMID: 23204162. PMCID: PMC3611762
  • Eddine-Bentebibel S*, Lopez, S*, Obermoser G*, Khurana S, Blankenship D, Xu H, Schmitt N, Banchereau J, Golding H, Palucka A.K., Ramilo O#, Ueno H#. Induction of ICOS+CXCR3+CXCR5+ Th Cells Correlates with Antibody Responses to Influenza Vaccination. Science Translational Medicine. 2013 Mar; 5(176): 176ra 32. PMCID: PMC3621097
  • Cao RG, Suarez NM, Obermoser G, Lopez S, Flano E, Mertz SE, Albrecht RA, Garcia-Sastre A, Mejias A, Xu H, Qin H, Blankenship D, Palucka K, Pascua V, Ramilo O. Differences in Antibody Responses 2 between TIV and LAIV Influenza Vaccines Correlate with the Kinetics and Magnitude of Interferon Signaling in Children. The Journal of Inf. Diseases. 2014 Feb; 210(2): 224-233. PMC4092249
  • Suarez-Arrabal, Mella C, Lopez SM, Brown N, Hall MW, Hammond S, Shiels W, Groner J, Marcon M, Ramilo O, Mejias A. Nasopharyngeal Bacterial Burden and Antibiotics: Influence on Inflammatory Markers and Disease Severity in Infants with Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis. Journal of Infection. J Infection. 2015 Oct;71(4):458-69. PMID: 26149186.
  • Bradley S. Podd, Dennis W. Simon, Santiago Lopez, Andrew Nowalk, Rajesh Aneja and Joseph A. Carcillo. Rationale for adjunctive therapies targeting inflammation pathobiology based phenotypes in pediatric sepsis; from Meningococcemia/atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, to H1N1 Influenza/Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, to Critical Pertussis, to Epstein Barr Virus Lymphoproliferative Disease, to Ebola and other Viral Hemorrhagic Fever. Pediatric clinics of North America. 2017. PMDI: 28941536
  • Lopez SMC, Michaels MG, Green M. Adenovirus infection in pediatric transplant recipients: Are effective antiviral agents coming our way? Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation. 2018. PMID: 29846196.
  • Lopez SMC, Brian C, Nowalk A. Oral management for Pediatric Lyme Meningitis. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2018. PMID: 30169816.

Idea of Care

I learned from both of my parents and mentors the passion of doing what you love. My mentors and education taught me the importance of research in improving care and training the next generation of physicians.

Personal Interests

I learned from both of my parents and mentors the passion of doing what you love. My mentors and education taught me the importance of research in improving care and training the next generation of physicians.

Awards and Distinctions

  • Honors Program in Pediatrics Research, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Pediatric Residency program (2015)
  • TL1 Clinical and Translational Science (CTS) Fellowship, offered by the Institute for Clinical Research Education, University of Pittsburgh (2016 and 2017)
  • Career Education and Enhancement for Health Care Research Diversity (CEED) Program, University of Pittsburgh (2017)
  • IDWeek 2018 TM Trainee Travel Award (2018)

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