Department of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
The Department of Pediatrics

Faculty Biography

The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston is dedicated to improving the health and welfare of all infants, children, and adolescents.


Monesha Gupta, M.D., FAAP, FACC

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Education:

Medical Degree in Medicine & Surgery (M.B,B.S), Grant Medical College, Bombay University, India

Residency, Pediatrics, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Michigan

Fellowship, Pediatric Cardiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital,Cornell & Columbia Universities, New York City, New York

Certifications:

  • American Board of Peiatrics (1996, 2004)
  • American Board of Pediatrics - Pediatric Cardiology (2000, 2008)

Clinical and Research Interests:

  1. Congenital Heart Disease and Echocardiography
  2. Pediatric Hypertension
  3. Fetal Cardiology
  4. Kawasaki Disease
  5. Anthracycline cardiotoxicity

Honors & Awards:

  • Marquis Who’s Who in America (2007, 2008)
  • Marquis Who’s Who in the World (2007, 2008)
  • Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering (2006, 2007, 2008)
  • Marquis Who’s Who in American Education (7th Edition)
  • Marquis Who’s Who of American Women (25th Edition)
  • Marquis Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare (4th Ed, 5th Ed, 6th Ed, 7th Ed)
  • “America’s Top Pediatricians” (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) by Consumer’s Research Council of America
  • Commendations in Communication, Pediatric Intensive Care and Ambulatory Pediatric Care

Publications (selected):

  • Gupta M, Johann-Liang R, Quaegebeur J, Friedman DM. Relation of early pleural effusion after pediatric open heart surgery to cardiopulmonary bypass time and systemic inflammation as measured by serum Interleukin-6. The American Journal of Cardiology, 2001, vol 87: 1220-1223
  • Gupta M, Noel GJ, Schafer M, Friedman DM, Bussel JB, Johann-Liang R. Cytokine modulation with immune -globulin in peripheral blood of normal children and its implications in Kawasaki disease treatment. Journal of Clinical Immunology, 2001, vol 21( 3): 208-214
  • Gupta M, Lent R, Kaplan ELK, Zabriskie JB. Serum cardiac troponin I in acute rheumatic fever. The American Journal of Cardiology, March, 2002, vol 85: 779-782
  • Ermis C, Zadeii G, Gupta M, Benditt DG. Transaortic His bundle ablation with permanent ventricular pacing via the coronary sinus in L-transposition of great arteries with classic Fontan procedure. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, 2002, 7(3): 257 -260
  • Gupta M, Johann-Liang R, Bussel JB, Gersony WM, Lehman TJA. Elevated IgA and IgM anticardiolipin antibodies in acute Kawasaki disease. Cardiology, 2002, vol 97 (4): 180-182
  • Gupta M, Thaler HT, Steinherz L. Presence of prolonged dispersion of QT intervals in late survivors of childhood anthracycline therapy. Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 2002, 19(8), 533-542
  • Gupta M, Steinherz PG, Cheung N, Steinherz L. Late cardiotoxicity after bolus versus infusion anthracycline therapy for childhood cancers. Medical and Pediatric Oncology, 2003, 40:343-347
  • Gupta-Malhotra M, Cooper R, Levine D, Zabriskie JB. Decreased serum levels of cystatin C, a cysteine protease inhibitor, in Kawasaki disease. Cardiology, 2003, 99:121-125
  • Ermis C, Gupta M, Titus J. Obstructive bicuspid aortic valve in Tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia. Cardiology in the Young 2004;14:99-101
  • Gupta-Malhotra M, Viteri-Jackson A, Thomas W, Zabriskie JB. Antibodies to highly conserved peptide sequence of staphylococcal and streptococcal superantigens in Kawasaki disease. Experimental and Molecular Pathology, 2004, 76(2): 117-121
  • Gupta M, Syamasundar Rao P. Editorial: Cardiac function in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. J Postgrad Med 2004;50:266-267
  • Gupta-Malhotra M, Steinherz LJ, Ewer MS. Chapter 16: Pediatric Cardiac Neoplasia and Cancer Therapy-Related Cardiovascular Disease. Textbook "Cancer and the Heart". Ed. Ewer and Yeh. Publisher B C Decker Inc; 2006, pages 233-269
  • Gupta-Malhotra M, Portman R. Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Children and Adolescents. In:White WB (Ed.): Blood Pressure Monitoring in Cardiovascular Medicine and Therapeutics, 2nd edition. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, 2007, pages 339 – 367
  • Gupta-Malhotra M, Hamilton R. Atrioventricular Block, Third Degree, Congenital http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2496.htm
  • Gupta-Malhotra M, Vaughan DJ, Zimmerman J, Grifka R. Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2522.htm
  • McNiece KL, Gupta-Malhotra M, Samuels J, Bell C, Garcia K, Poffenbarger T, Sorof JM, Portman RJ; National High Blood Pressure Education Program Working Group. Left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive adolescents: analysis of risk by 2004 National High Blood Pressure Education Program Working Group staging criteria. Hypertension. 2007 Aug; 50(2):392-5.
  • Gupta-Malhotra M, Dave A, Sturhan BC, McNiece K, Syamasundar Rao P, Portman R. Prevalence of undiagnosed congenital cardiac defects in older children. Cardiol Young. 2008 Aug;18(4):392-6.
  • Hartas GA, Tsounias E, Gupta-Malhotra M. Approach to diagnosing congenital cardiac disorders. Crit Care Nurs Clin N Am 2009; 21:27-36
  • Gupta-Malhotra M. Cardiovascular End-Organ Damage in Children with Hypertension, US Special Populations Pediatrics Review 2007 - ISSUE II.  US Pediatrics Review www.touchbriefings.com

Faculty Biography

Dr. Monesha Gupta, MD
  • Dr. Monesha Gupta, MD
    Assistant Professor
  • Department of Pediatrics
    Division of Pediatric Cardiology
  • University of Texas-Houston Medical School
    6411 Fannin Street, UPB 425
    Houston, Texas 77030
  • phone: (713) 500-5738
    fax: (713) 500-5751
    e-mail: monesha.gupta@ uth.tmc.edu
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