Gabriel Castano-Heredia
Clinical Assistant Professor
Current Positions
- Clinical Assistant Professor - Pediatrics
Education
- Pediatric Residency; University of Texas Health Science Center; San Antonio, TX
- Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship; Texas Children’s Hospital Baylor College of Medicine; Houston, TX
- MD; Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) “Ignacio A Santos” School of medicine; Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Research Interests
- GLP-1 Analogs retrospective analysis on weight loss in a large academic center
- Ovotesticular syndrome case series, ethical and medical considerations for sex assignment
- Denosumab use for hypercalcemia, weight base dose and children case series
- Standardizing hyperglycemia and ketosis phone management in patients with type 1 diabetes with and without pump
Licenses & Certifications
- Iowa Board of Medicine
- American Board of Pediatrics
Selected Publications
- Mada PK, Castano G, Gutierrez-Roberts MG, Chandranesan ASJ. A Case of Rhizopus Keratitis. Clin Med Rev Case Rep 5:224. doi:10.23937/2378-3656/1410224
- Mada PK, Malus ME, Parvathaneni A, Chen B, Castano G, et al. Impact of Treatment with Direct Acting Antiviral Drugs on Glycemic Control in Patients with Hepatitis C and Diabetes Mellitus. doi:10.1155/2020/6438753
- Mada PK, Castano G, Joel Chandranesan AS. Invasive Group B Streptococcal Infection with Toxic Shock-Like Syndrome in a Postsplenectomy Patient. Case Rep Infect Dis. 2020; 2020:4048610. doi:10.1155/2020/4048610
- Mada PK, Castano G, Chandranesan ASJ. Necrotizing Neck Mass in a Young Female. Clin Med Rev Case Rep 5:202. doi: 10.23937/2378-3656/1410202
- Mada PK, Saldaña Koppel DA, Castano G, et al. Influenza outbreaks with a focus on closed psychiatric units: A review article. Global Journal of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Research,. doi: 10.17352/2455-5363.000017
- Mada PK, Sneed P, Castano G, Moore M, Joel Chandranesan AS. Retrospective descriptive analysis of West Nile neuroinvasive disease (WNND) in Northwest Louisiana. Int J Microbiol. 2020; 2020:3513859. doi:10.1155/2020/3513859