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Email

jesus.vallejo@bcm.edu

Positions

Senior Associate Dean of Admissions

School of Medicine
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Houston, Texas, United States

Professor

Pediatrics and Medicine
Infectious Diseases
91¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Houston, Texas, United States

Regional Dean - Temple Campus

91¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Houston, Texas, United States

Addresses

Pediatric Infectious Diseases (Clinic)

Texas Children's Clinical Care Center
6701 Fannin St., 16th Floor
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 824-4330

Education

Clinical Fellowship at Baylor College Of Medicine Affiliate Hospitals

06/1996 - Houston, Texas, United States

Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Residency at Baylor College Of Medicine Affiliate Hospitals

06/1992 - Houston, Texas, United States

Pediatrics

Internship at Baylor College Of Medicine Affiliate Hospitals

06/1990 - Houston, Texas, United States

Pediatrics

MD from Baylor College Of Medicine

05/1989 - Houston, Texas, United States

BS from University Of Texas At San Antonio

01/1985 - San Antonio, Texas, United States

Biology

Certifications

(11/01/1997 - 10/31/2004)

American Board of Pediatrics-Infectious Diseases

(11/01/2004 - 10/31/2014)

American Board of Pediatrics-Infectious Diseases

(11/01/2014 - 10/31/2024)

American Board of Pediatrics-Infectious Diseases

Honors & Awards

Medical Faculty Development Award

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (07/1996 - 06/2000)

Young Investigator Award

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (05/2003)

Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching/Evaluation

91¹ú²úÊÓƵ (05/2012)

Research Mentor Award

Dept. of Pediatrics, 91¹ú²úÊÓƵ (08/2013)

Professional Interests

• Sepsis, Myocarditis, LVAD infections, Clinical trials

Websites

Selected Publications

• Gorbea C, Makar KA, Pauschinger M, Pratt G, Bersola JLF, Varela J, David RM, Banks L, Huang CH, Schultheiss HP, Towbin JA, Vallejo JG, Bowles NE. " " J Biol Chem.. 2010 ; 285 (30) : 23208-23.
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• Vallejo J, Mann DL. " " Curr. Opin. Cardiol.. 2003 May ; 18 (3) : 189-93.
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• Desai MS, Mariscalco MM, Tawil A, Vallejo JG, Smith CW. " " J. Leukoc. Biol.. 2008 Jun ; 83 (6) : 1336-44.
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• Knuefermann P, Nemoto S, Baumgarten G, Misra A, Sivasubramanian N, Carabello BA, Vallejo JG. " " Chest. 2002 Apr ; 121 (4) : 1329-36.
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• Knuefermann P, Nemoto S, Misra A, Nozaki N, Defreitas G, Goyert SM, Carabello BA, Mann DL, Vallejo JG. " " Circulation. 2002 Nov 12; 106 (20) : 2608-15.
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• Vallejo JG, Ong LT, Starke JR. " " Pediatrics. 1994 Jul ; 94 (1) : 41281.
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• Vallejo JG, Baker CJ, Edwards MS. " " J. Clin. Microbiol.. 1994 Sep ; 32 (9) : 2041-5.
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• Gorbea C, Rechsteiner M, Vallejo JG, Bowles NE.. " " Sci Signal. 2013 Oct 1; 6 (295) : ra86.
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• Ghose R, Guo T, Vallejo JG, Gandhi A. " " Drug Metab. Dispos.. 2011 May ; 39 (5) : 874-81.
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• Nemoto S, Vallejo JG, Knuefermann P, Misra A, Defreitas G, Carabello BA, Mann DL. " " Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol.. 2002 Jun ; 282 (6) : H2316-23.
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• Vallejo JG, Nemoto S, Ishiyama M, Yu B, Knuefermann P, Diwan A, Baker JS, Defreitas G, Tweardy DJ, Mann DL. " " Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol.. 2005 Mar ; 288 (3) : H1272-7.
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• Vallejo JG, Englund JA, Garcia-Prats JA, Demmler GJ. " " Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 1994 Mar ; 13 (3) : 239-41.
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• Vallejo JG, Knuefermann P, Mann DL, Sivasubramanian N. " " J. Immunol.. 2000 Jul 1; 165 (1) : 419-25.
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• Vallejo JG, Stevens AM, Dutton RV, Kaplan SL. " " Clin. Infect. Dis.. 1996 Mar ; 22 (3) : 485-9.
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• Baumgarten G, Knuefermann P, Nozaki N, Sivasubramanian N, Mann DL, Vallejo JG. " " J. Infect. Dis.. 2001 Jun 1; 183 (11) : 1617-24.
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• Cabrera AG, Khan MS, Morales DL, Chen DW, Moffett BS, Price JF, Dreyer WJ, Denfield SW, Jeewa A, Fraser CD, Vallejo JG. " " J. Heart Lung Transplant.. 2013 May ; 32 (5) : 518-24.
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• Dong JW, Vallejo JG, Tzeng HP, Thomas JA, Mann DL. " " Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol.. 2010 Mar ; 298 (3) : H1079-87.
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• Vallejo JG, Baker CJ, Edwards MS. " " J. Infect. Dis.. 1996 Aug ; 174 (2) : 332-7.
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• Vallejo JG, Starke JR. " " Semin Respir Infect. 1996 Sep ; 11 (3) : 184-95.
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• Breinholt JP, Vallejo JG, Gates CM, Clunie SK, Kearney DL, Dreyer WJ, Towbin JA, Bowles NE. " " J. Heart Lung Transplant.. 2008 Mar ; 27 (3) : 317-24.
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• Tzeng HP, Fan J, Vallejo JG, Dong JW, Chen X, Houser SR, Mann DL. " " Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol.. 2008 Mar ; 294 (3) : H1490-6.
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• Albanyan EA, Vallejo JG, Smith CW, Edwards MS. " " Infect. Immun.. 2000 Apr ; 68 (4) : 2053-60.
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• Misra A, Haudek SB, Knuefermann P, Vallejo JG, Chen ZJ, Michael LH, Sivasubramanian N, Olson EN, Entman ML, Mann DL. " " Circulation. 2003 Dec 23; 108 (25) : 3075-8.
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• Syed FM, Hahn HS, Odley A, Guo Y, Vallejo JG, Lynch RA, Mann DL, Bolli R, Dorn GW. " " Circ. Res.. 2005 May 27; 96 (10) : 1103-9.
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• Ghose R, White D, Guo T, Vallejo J, Karpen SJ. " " Drug Metab. Dispos.. 2008 Jan ; 36 (1) : 95-101.
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• Huang CH, Vallejo JG, Kollias G, Mann DL. " " Basic Res. Cardiol.. 2009 May ; 104 (3) : 228-37.
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• Vallejo JG. " " Clin. Sci.. 2011 Jul 1; 121 (1) : 41284.
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• Vallejo JG, Baker CJ, Edwards MS. " " Infect. Immun.. 1996 Dec ; 64 (12) : 5042-6.
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• Robinson P, Garza A, Moore J, Eckols TK, Parti S, Balaji V, Vallejo J, Tweardy DJ. " " 2009 ; 2 (1) : 76-86.
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• Ramabadran RS, Chancey A, Vallejo JG, Barger PM, Sivasubramanian N, Mann DL. " " Tex Heart Inst J. 2008 ; 35 (1) : 16-21.
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• Knuefermann P, Vallejo J, Mann DL. " " Trends Cardiovasc. Med.. 2004 Jan ; 14 (1) : 41281.
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• Knuefermann P, Sakata Y, Baker JS, Huang CH, Sekiguchi K, Hardarson HS, Takeuchi O, Akira S, Vallejo JG. " " Circulation. 2004 Dec 14; 110 (24) : 3693-8.
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• Sakata Y, Dong JW, Vallejo JG, Huang CH, Baker JS, Tracey KJ, Tacheuchi O, Akira S, Mann DL. " " Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol.. 2007 Jan ; 292 (1) : H503-9.
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• Hardarson HS, Baker JS, Yang Z, Purevjav E, Huang CH, Alexopoulou L, Li N, Flavell RA, Bowles NE, Vallejo JG. " " Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol.. 2007 Jan ; 292 (1) : H251-8.
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• Moghimpour Bijani F, Vallejo JG, Rezaei N. " " Int. Rev. Immunol.. 2012 Oct ; 31 (5) : 379-95.
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• Vallejo JG, Kaplan SL, Mason EO. " " Rev. Infect. Dis.. ; 13 (2) : 197-200.
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• Vallejo JG, Starke JR. " " Clin. Chest Med.. 1992 Dec ; 13 (4) : 693-707.
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• Vallejo JG, Ong LT, Starke JR. " " Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 1995 Jun ; 14 (6) : 542-6.
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• Albanyan EA, Morad AB, Vallejo JG. " " Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 1997 Aug ; 16 (8) : 818-20.
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• Bowles NE, Vallejo J. " " Curr. Opin. Cardiol.. 2003 May ; 18 (3) : 182-8.
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• Patel A, Mao KR, McNeil JC, Kaplan SL, Vallejo JG. " " Pediatr Infect Disease J. 2015 Aug ; 34 (8) : 849-50.
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• McNeil JC, Kok EY, Forbes A, Lamberth L, Hulten KG, Vallejo JG, Mason EO, Kaplan SL. " " Pediatr Infect Dis J.. 2015 ;
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• McNeil JC, Kok E, Vallejo JG, Campbell JR, Hulten KG, Mason EO, Kaplan SL. " " Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015 Dec ;
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• 38. Xu Z, Desai M, Philip J. Subramanian N, Bowles NE, Vallejo, JG. " Conditional Transgenic Expression of TIR-domain-containing adaptor-inducing interferon-β (TRIF) in the Adult Mouse Heart is Protective in Acute Viral Myocarditis.. " Basic Res Cardiol. 2011 ; 106 (6) : 1159-71.
• Philip J. Xu Z, Bowles NE, Vallejo, JG. " Cardiac-Specific Overexpression of Melanoma Differentiation Associated Gene-5 Protects Mice from Lethal Viral Myocarditis.. " Circ Heart Fail.. 2013 ; 6 (2) : 326-34.
• McNeil JC, Kaplan SL, Vallejo JG. " The influence of the route of antibiotic administration, methicillin-susceptibility, vancomycin duration and serum trough concentration on outcomes of pediatric Staphylococcus aureus bacteremic osteoarticular infection. " Pediatr Infect Dis J.. 2017 ; 36 (6) : 572-577.
• Vallejo JG, Cain AN, Mason EO, Kaplan SL, Hulten KG. " Staphylococcus aureus central nervous system infections in children. " Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2017 ; 36 (10) : 947-951.
• McNeil JC, Vallejo JG, Hulten KG, Kaplan SL. " Osteoarticular Infections Following Open or Penetrating Trauma in Children in the Post-Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Era: The Impact of Enterobacter cloacae. " Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018 ; 37 (12) : 1204-1210.
• Kok EY, Vallejo JG, Sommer LM, Rosas L, Kaplan SL, Hulten KG, McNeil JC. " Association of vancomycin MIC and molecular characteristics with clinical outcomes in methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus acute hematogenous osteoarticular infections in children. " Antimicrob Agents Chemother.. 2018 ; 26 (62(5))
• Gibson A, Kaplan SL, Vallejo JG. " Impact of Serum Vancomycin Trough Levels in the Treatment of Central Nervous System Shunt Infections caused by Coagulase Negative Staphylococci. " Pediatr Neurosurg. 2018 ; 53 (4) : 243-246.
• Vallejo JG, McNeil JC, Hulten KG, Sommer LM, Dunn JJ, Kaplan SL. " Invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease at Texas Children’s Hospital, 2011-2018. " Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2019 ; 38 (9) : 900-905.
• Kralik SF, Kukreja MK, Paldino MJ, Desai NK, Vallejo JG. " Comparison of CSF and MRI Findings among Neonates and Infants with E coli or Group B Streptococcal Meningitis. " AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2019 ; 40 (8) : 1413-1417.
• Kaplan J, Ikeda S, McNeil JC, Kaplan SL, Vallejo JG. " Microbiology of Osteoarticular Infections in Patients with Sickle Hemoglobinopathies at Texas Children's Hospital, 2000-2018. " Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2019 ; 38 (12) : 1251-1253.
• McNeil JC, Dunn JJ, Kaplan SL, Vallejo JG. " Complications of Otitis Media and Sinusitis Caused by Streptococcus anginosus Group Organisms in Children. " Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 ; 39 (2) : 108--113.
• Orman G, Kukreja MK, Paladini MF, Vallejo JG, Desai N, Huisman T, Kralik S. " Accuracy of cochlear magnetic resonance imaging in predicting sensorineural hearing loss in infants with bacterial meningitis. " AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2020 ; 41 (6) : 1081-1086.

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Memberships

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Member

Infectious Diseases Society of America

Fellow

Society for Pediatric Research

Member

American Academy of Pediatrics

Fellow

Languages

Spanish