Marissa Cantu, M.D.

• Professional Background

  Training

  • 2016 - Pediatric Emergency Medicine / Child Abuse Pediatrics Dual Fellowship - Washington University School of Medicine
  • 2015 - Pediatric Intership and Residency - Tulane-Ochsner Pediatric Residency Program
  • 2012 - Doctor of Medicine - University of Nebraska Medical Center
  • 2008 - Bachelor of Science in Biology - University of Nebraska at Lincoln

  Highlights

  2004-2008: Dean's List; University of Nebraska at Lincoln.

  2004: National Hispanic Scholarship, University of Nebraska at Lincoln.

  Appointments

  • 2020 - Assistant Professor / Clinical - UT Health San Antonio

• Instruction & Training

  • 2018, Pediatric Advanced Life Support Instructor, American Board of Pediatrics
  • 2016, ChildFirst Missouri Certification
  • 2016, Missour SAFE-CARE Provider
  • 2016, Advanced Trauma Life Support
  • 2015, Certification in General Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics
  • 2012, Pediatric Advanced Life Support

• Research & Grants

  2005-2008: Undergraduate Research Assistant with Gwen Bachman, PhD
  Identifying and counting blood cells of Beldings ground squirels.
  Research project of my own design involving the effects of social stress on immune function in rodents.

   

• Publications

  • Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Fluid Refractory Hypotension