Email

knlopez@bcm.edu

Positions

Tenured Associate Professor

Pediatrics-Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Inclusion and Equity Ambassador

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Addresses

TCH-West Tower (Clinic)

Room: TXWT-19345
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 826-5604

Education

Postdoctoral Training at University of Texas Center for Clinical Research

Houston, Texas United States

Clinical Research Curriculum Health Services Research, 2014

Postdoctoral Training at Columbia Summer Research Institute

New York, New York United States

Comparative Effectiveness Research Summer Training Program, 2013

Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas United States

Pediatric Cardiology Advanced Imaging Fellow, 2012

Fellowship at Baylor College Of Medicine

Houston, Texas United States

Pediatric Cardiology, 2011

MPH from Harvard School Of Public Health

Boston, Massachusetts United States

Commonwealth Fund Fellow, Minority Health Policy, 2008

Residency at University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital

Chicago, Illinois United States

Chief Resident, Pediatrics, 2007

Residency at University Of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital

Chicago, Illinois United States

Pediatrics, 2006

Postdoctoral Training at Mayo Clinic Clinical Research Training Program

06/2002 - Rochester, Minnesota United States

MD from Rush Medical College

Chicago, IL United States

2003

BA from University Of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Urbana, Illinois United States

Biology, 1998

Certifications

General Pediatrics

American Board of Pediatrics

2010

Pediatric Cardiology

American Board of Pediatrics

2014

Honors & Awards

Top Doctor, Pediatric Cardiology

2016, 2017

Houstonia Magazine

Award Recipient

Health Disparities Research Loan Repayment Program, 2010 & 2013

National Institutes of Health (07/2010 - 06/2015)

Norton Rose Fullbright Teaching and Evaluation Award

Baylor College of Medicine (09/2020)

Public Health and Medical Subcommittee member, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner’s Health Equity Response (HER) Task Force

City of Houston (04/2020)

Member, Department of Pediatrics Diversity Executive Steering Committee

Texas Children's Hospital (09/2020)

Faculty-At-Large representative, TCH Medical Executive Committee

Texas Children's Hospital (01/2020 - 01/2022)

Dan McNamara Teacher of the year Award, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics

Texas Children's Hospital (06/2020 - 06/2020)

Young investigator award, Department of Pediatrics

Baylor College of Medicine (03/2020)

Research Mentorship Award (Assistant Professor), Department of Pediatrics

Baylor College of Medicine (11/2019)

Building Mobile Technologies to Reduce Health Disparities in Congenital Heart Disease

K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health (09/2016 - 09/2021)

Websites

Professional Development

Determining transition readiness in congenital heart disease: Assessing the utility of the Transition Readiness Questionnaire

Conference (Participant, 2017)

Sponsor: American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference

Primary mentor for cardiology fellow poster presentation

Neurocognitive and Health Disparities in Congenital Heart Disease

Conference (Presenter, 2017)

Sponsor: Health Disparities, Education, Awareness, Research & Training (HDEART) Consortium,

Oral Presentation

@CHDTRANSITION: #PATIENTCENTERED #TAILOREDLEARNING #MOBILEREADY #EMRFRIENDLY

Conference (Presenter, 2017)

Sponsor: 6th Annual BCM Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference

Poster presentation

Tackling Health Disparities in Congenital Heart Disease: The Quest for Improving Pediatric to Adult Care Transition

Conference (Presenter, 2017)

Sponsor: Texas Children's Research Seminar

Oral presentation

Association of Fractures with Furosemide Therapy in Pediatric Medicaid Patients with Congenital Heart Disease

Conference (Participant, 2017)

Sponsor: American College of Cardiology

Mentor for oral presentation

Selected Publications

• Kranjac AW, Kimbro RT, Denney JT, Osiecki KM, Moffett BS, Lopez, KM "Comprehensive Neighborhood Portraits and Child Asthma Disparities." Matern Child Health J. 2017 Jul;21(7):1552-1562. Pubmed PMID: 28181157
• Lopez KN, Marengo LK, Canfield MA, Belmont JW, Dickerson HA "Racial Disparities in Heterotaxy Syndrome." Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2015 Nov;103(11):941-50. Pubmed PMID: 26333177
• Lopez KN, Morris SA, Sexson Tejtel S, Espaillat A, Salemi JL. "US Mortality Due to Congenital Heart Disease Across the Lifespan from 1999-2017 Exposes Persistent Racial/Ethnic Disparities.." CIRC. 2020 Aug; Pubmed PMID: 32795094
• Lopez KN "Transitioning the Adolescent with Congenital Heart Disease: The Quest to Improve Long-Term Care." American College of Cardiology.;

Memberships

Baylor College of Medicine

Fetal Heart Society

American College of Cardiology Adult Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology Quality Work group on Adolescent Transition and Transfer Metrics

Committee leader

American College of Cardiology Adult Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology Quality Work group on Development of Transition Tools

Committee member

Texas Children’s Policy and Advocacy Center

Co-Investigator

Research in Fellow Training (RIFT) program at Texas Children’s Hospital

Founding member

National Birth Defects Prevention Network

Data Committee member

American Society of Echocardiography

Member

National Hispanic Medical Association

Policy Committee member

Kinder Institute for Urban Research

Faculty Affiliate

Congenital Heart Public Health Consortium

Committee member

American Heart Association

Member

Academy Health

Member

American College of Cardiology

Member

American Academy of Pediatrics

Member