Overview
Dr. Maria Cecilia Melendres is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include pediatric pulmonary medicine and pediatric sleep medicine. Dr. Melendres earned her medical degree from the University of the Philippines Manila. She completed residencies at the University of the Philippines and Johns Hopkins. She performed a fellowship in pediatric pulmonary medicine at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Melendres’ research interests include obstructive sleep apnea and narcolepsy.
Dr. Melendres is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cerebral Hypoxia. Her top areas of expertise are Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Cerebral Hypoxia, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and Central Sleep Apnea.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 2 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 1 article in the study of Cerebral Hypoxia.
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Locations
200 North Wolfe Street, Rubenstein BLDG Lower Level, Rubenstein BLDG Lower Level, Baltimore, MD 21287
1708 West Rogers Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21209
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Melendres has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
Gregg Semenza is a Pediatrics provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Semenza is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cerebral Hypoxia. His top areas of expertise are Cerebral Hypoxia, Pulmonary Hypertension, Hypertension, and Anemia.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Dr. Eric McCollum is a pediatric pulmonologist at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He has expertise in global child respiratory health with more than ten years of clinical and research experience in low-resource settings in southern Africa and south Asia. After having lived in Malawi for five years as a clinician with the Baylor Pediatric AIDS Corps and as a NIH Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellow, Dr. McCollum is now primarily based in the countries of Lesotho and Bangladesh. He is the principal investigator of a NIH K01 International Research Scientist Development Award, through the Fogarty International Center, examining the role of pulse oximetry in Bangladeshi children with clinical pneumonia. Dr. McCollum is also a co-investigator for a study comprehensively examining the effectiveness of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in rural Bangladeshi children. In the southern African country of Malawi Dr. McCollum is the principal investigator of a randomized controlled trial investigating the effectiveness of bubble continuous positive airway pressure in children hospitalized with severe clinical pneumonia. He has successfully designed, led, or co-led several multi-site studies in developing countries throughout Africa and Asia including the novel application of pulse oximetry for children with clinical pneumonia by rural Malawian frontline health workers and digital auscultation as a respiratory diagnostic in six low-resource countries participating in the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health study. Dr. McCollum has been recognized globally for his contributions to child respiratory health. He has won multiple early career investigator awards and is currently a member of the World Health Organization Technical Support Network for pneumococcal conjugate vaccine impact studies and a member of the World Health Organization expert global working group for the World Health Organization chest radiograph guidelines for children. He holds a joint faculty appointment in the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Dr. Mccollum is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cerebral Hypoxia. His top areas of expertise are Cerebral Hypoxia, Malnutrition, HIV/AIDS, and Infantile Pneumothorax.
Panagiotis Kratimenos is a Neonatologist and a Pediatrics provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Kratimenos is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cerebral Hypoxia. His top areas of expertise are Cerebral Hypoxia, Hypothermia, Increased Head Circumference, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), and Liver Embolization.
Areas of Expertise
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Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Advanced
- Duchenne Muscular DystrophyDr. Melendres isAdvanced. Learn about Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
- Experienced
- Central Sleep ApneaDr. Melendres isExperienced. Learn about Central Sleep Apnea.
- Cerebral HypoxiaDr. Melendres isExperienced. Learn about Cerebral Hypoxia.
- DrowsinessDr. Melendres isExperienced. Learn about Drowsiness.
- Excessive Daytime SleepinessDr. Melendres isExperienced. Learn about Excessive Daytime Sleepiness.
- NarcolepsyDr. Melendres isExperienced. Learn about Narcolepsy.
- Obstructive Sleep ApneaDr. Melendres isExperienced. Learn about Obstructive Sleep Apnea.