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.


Dr. Ruben E. Quiros

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Education:

M.D., National University of Panama - School of Medicine

Residency, Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Panama, Panama

Residency, Pediatrics, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

Fellowship, Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

Advanced Clinical Fellowship, Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition: Transplant Hepatology and Parenteral Nutrition, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

Clinical and Research Interests:

  1. Pediatric Liver Disease and Transplantation
  2. Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)
  3. Short Bowel Syndrome
  4. Intestinal Failure & Rehabilitation
  5. Intestinal Transplantation
  6. Parenteral Nutrition

Publications (selected):

  • Quiros-Tejeira RE, Rivera CA, Ziba TT, Mehta N, Smith CW, Butte NF. Risk for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Hispanic Youth with BMI > or =95th percentile. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2007;44(2):228-236.
  • Savoldo B, Goss JA, Hammer MM, Zhang L, Lopez T, Gee AP, Lin YF, Quiros-Tejeira RE, Reinke P, Schubert S, Gottschalk S, Finegold MJ, Brenner MK, Rooney CM, Heslop HE. Treatment of Solid Organ Transplant Recipients with Autologous Epstein Barr Virus-Specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes (CTL). Blood 2006; 108(9):2942-2949.
  • Quiros-Tejeira RE, Chang I, Bristow LJ, Karpen SJ and Goss JA. Treatment of Acute Tacrolimus Serum Elevation with Phenobarbital in the Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipient. Pediatr Transplant 2005;9(6):792-796
  • Crill CM, Wassil SK and Quiros-Tejeira RE. Liver Disease and Parenteral Nutrition in an Adolescent with Cystic Fibrosis. J Pediatr Pharmacol Ther 2005;9(4):274-279.
  • Quiros-Tejeira RE, Molina RA, Katzir L, Lie A, Vargas JH, Ament ME, McDiarmid SV and Martin MG. Resolution of hypophosphatemia is associated with recovery of hepatic function in children with fulminant hepatic failure. Transpl Int 2005; 18(9):1061-1066.
  • Quiros-Tejeira RE, Chang I, Scott JD, Goss JA and Teruya J. Management of Post-Liver Transplant Alloimmune Haemolytic Anaemia with Mycophenolate Mofetil after A Non-Identical Recipient/Donor Blood Type Match. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2005;41(1):125-128.
  • Savoldo B, Rooney CM, Quiros-Tejeira RE, Caldwell Y, Wagner HJ, Lee T, Finegold MJ, Dotti G, Heslop HE, Goss JA. Cellular Immunity to Epstein-Barr Virus in Liver Transplant Recipients Treated with Rituximab for Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disease. Am J Transplant 2005;5(3):566-572.
  • Quiros-Tejeira RE, Ament ME, Reyen L, Herzog F, Merjanian M, Olivares-Serrano N and Vargas JH. Long-term parenteral nutritional support and intestinal adaptation in children with short bowel syndrome: a 25-year experience. J Pediatr 2004; 145(2): 157-163.
  • Clark BS, Chang IF, Karpen SJ, Herrera L, Scott JD, Bristow LJ, Quiros-Tejeira RE and Goss JA. Valganciclovir for the Prophylaxis of Cytomegalovirus Disease in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients. Transplantation 2004; 77(9): 1480.
  • Quiros-Tejeira RE, Ament ME and Vargas JH. Induction of remission in a child with autoimmune enteropathy using Mycophenolate Mofetil. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2003;36(4):482-485.
  • Carter BA, Karpen SJ, Quiros-Tejeira RE, Chang I, Clark BS, Demmler GJ, Heslop HE, Scott JD, Seu P and Goss JA. Intravenous Cidofovir Therapy for Disseminated Adenovirus in a Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipient. Transplantation 2002; 74(7): 1050-1052.
  • Quiros-Tejeira RE, Ament ME, McDiarmid SV, Gonzalez M, Chong R, Vargas JH and Martin MG. Late-onset bacteremia in uncomplicated pediatric liver transplant recipients after a febrile episode. Transpl Int 2002; 15(9-10): 502-507.
  • Thakur A, Chiu C, Quiros-Tejeira RE, Reyen L, Ament ME, Atkinson JB and Fonkalsrud EW. Morbidity and Mortality of Short-Bowel Syndrome in infants with abdominal wall defects. Am Surg 2002;68(1):75-79.
  • Quiros-Tejeira RE, Vargas JH and Ament ME. Early-onset liver disease complicated with acute liver failure in Alstrom syndrome. Am J Med Genet 2001;101(1):9-11.
  • Quiros-Tejeira RE, Ament ME, Heyman MB, Martin MG, Rosenthal P, Gornbein JA, McDiarmid SV and Vargas JH. Does liver transplantation affect growth pattern in Alagille syndrome? Liver Transpl 2000;6(5):582-587.
  • Quiros-Tejeira RE, Ament ME, Heyman MB, Martin MG, Rosenthal P, Hall TR, McDiarmid SV and Vargas JH. Variable morbidity in Alagille syndrome: A review of 43 cases. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 1999; 29(4): 431-437.
  • Quiros-Tejeira RE. Overview of Hepatitis A virus infection in Children. In: UpToDate, Rose BD (Editor), UpToDate, Wellesley MA 2004.

 

Faculty Biography

Dr. Ruben E. Quiros
  • Dr. Ruben E. Quiros
    Associate Professor
  • Department of Pediatrics
    Division of Gastroenterology & Nutrition
  • Director, Pediatric Hepatology
  • Medical Director, Pediatric Liver & Intestinal Transplantation
  • University of Texas-Houston Medical School
    6431 Fannin Street, MSB 3.226A
    Houston, Texas 77030
  • phone: (713) 500-5663
    fax: (713) 500-5057
    e-mail: Ruben.e.quiros@ uth.tmc.edu
  • Administrative Assistant:
    Susan Ramos | (713) 500-5663
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