Rodrigo Mejía, M.D., FCCM
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatrics
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Professor, Department of Pediatrics Patient Care, Division of Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Section Chief Pediatric Intensive Care Service, Department of Pediatrics Patient Care, Division of Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
1984 | Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora Del Rosario, Bogotá, COL, MD, Medicine and Surgery |
Postgraduate Training
1992-1995 | Pediatric Critical Care Fellow, Children’s National Medical Center, The George Washington University, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington |
1991-1992 | Pediatric Chief Resident, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY |
1988-1991 | Pediatrics PL 1-3, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY |
Board Certifications
1998 | American Board of Pediatrics, Sub-board of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine |
1992 | American Board of Pediatrics |
1990 | Federation of State Medical Boards |
Experience & Service
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Deputy Division Head, Deputy Division Head ad interim, Department of Pediatrics Patient Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2013 - 2015
Institutional Committee Activities
Vice Chair, CPR Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2008 - 2018
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Hayes-Jordan A, Green HL, Lin H, Owusu-Agyemang P, Fitzgerald N, Arunkumar R, Mejia R, Okhuysen-Cawley R, Mauricio R, Fournier K, Ludwig J, Anderson P. Complete cytoreduction and HIPEC improves survival in desmoplastic small round cell tumor. Ann Surg Oncol 21(1):220-4, 2014. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24046124.
Book Chapters
- Mejia, R. Oncologic Emergencies and Complications. In: Current Concepts in Pediatric Critical Care 2010. Society of Critical Care Medicine: Mount Prospect, IL, 2010.
- Mejia R. Electrolyte Disturbances. In: Atualizaçao Em Medicina Intensiva: Sao Paulo, Brazil, 121-124, 2010.
- Mejia, R., Greenwald, B.. Oncologic Emergencies and Complications. In: In: Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support. Society of Critical Care Medicine: Mount Prospect, Illinois, 19-19.16, 2008.
- Mejia R, Serrao Karl. Assessment of Critically Ill Children. In: Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support. First. Society of Critical Care Medicine: Mount Prospect, Illinois, 1.1-121, 2008.
- Mejia R., King, C., Cortes J., Brown D., Quezada G., Rytting M., Fields A.. Oncologic Emergencies and Complications. In: Rogers Textbook of Pediatric Intensive Care. Fourth. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins: United States, 1710-1724, 2008.
Books (edited and written)
- Mejia R, Greenwald B, Fields A, Madden M et al. Pediatric Fundamentals of Critical Care Support. Ed(s) Mejia, R; Fields, A; Greenwald, B; Stein, F. First. Society of Critical Care Medicine: Mount Prospect, IL 60056, 2008.