Nahir Cortes Santiago, MD, PhD
- Pathology

Pediatric Pathology
Assistant Professor of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine
Phone:
832-824-2250
Languages: English
Departments:
Get to know Nahir Cortes Santiago, MD, PhD
As a pediatric pathologist, Dr. Cortes Santiago is dedicated to the highest level of patient care, with the goal of providing accurate and timely diagnoses so that patients can receive the care they need. She is also committed to advancing the field of pathology through her research and contributions to medical literature.
Clinical Interests
Pediatric lung pathology, pathology of solid organ and bone marrow transplantation
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Research interests
Pathology of pediatric pulmonary hypertension, pathology of lung disease after lung and bone marrow transplantation
Cortes-Santiago N, Leung DH, Castro E, Finegold M, Wu H, Patel K. (2019) Hepatic Steatosis is Prevalent following Orthotopic Liver Transplantation in Children with Cystic Fibrosis. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 1; 96-103.
Cortes-Santiago N, Schady DA. (2017) Kappa restricted Russell body gastroenteritis in two pediatric patients. Human Pathology Case Reports 11, 65-67.
Cortes-Santiago, N., Hossain, M.B., Gabrusiewicz, K, Fan, X., Gumin, J., Marini, F., Alonso, M., Lang, F., Yung, W.K., Fueyo, J., Gomez-Manzano, C. (2016) Soluble Tie2 overrides the heightened invasion induced by anti-angiogenesis therapies in gliomas. Oncotarget 7; 16146-16157. Pubmed URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=cortes-santiago.