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Pedro Alejandro Mendez-Tellez

Pedro Alejandro Mendez-Tellez, MD

Critical Care Medicine

Anesthesiology

Highlights

Languages

  • Spanish
  • English

Gender

Male

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:

  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

About Pedro Alejandro Mendez-Tellez

Professional Titles

  • Medical Director of Respiratory Care Services

Primary Academic Title

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Johns Hopkins Physician

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Background

Dr. Pedro A. Mendez-Tellez is an assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine and surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He also serves as medical director of Respiratory Care Services at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. His areas of clinical expertise include acute care surgery, trauma and critical care trauma.

Dr. Mendez-Tellez received his medical degree from the Juan N. Corpas School of Medicine in Colombia. He completed his residency in anesthesiology at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, and then performed a fellowship in critical care medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Additional Academic Titles

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Lab Website

Pedro Alejandro Mendez-Tellez Lab

  • Work in the Pedro Alejandro Mendez-Tellez Lab focuses on critical care medicine and acute lung injury. Recent studies include evaluating demographic and clinical factors associated with self-reported dysphagia after oral endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation in patients with acute lung injury. We've also analyzed orticosteroids and their relationship with delirium in critically ill patients.

Selected Publications

    1. Brodsky MB, Gellar JE, Dinglas VD, Colantuoni E, Mendez-Tellez PA, Shanholtz C, Palmer JB, Needham DM. “Duration of oral endotracheal intubation is associated with dysphagia symptoms in acute lung injury patients.” J Crit Care. 2014 Aug;29(4):574-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.02.015. Epub 2014 Feb 27.
    2. Schreiber MP, Colantuoni E, Bienvenu OJ, Neufeld KJ, Chen KF, Shanholtz C, Mendez-Tellez PA, Needham DM. “Corticosteroids and transition to delirium in patients with acute lung injury.” Crit Care Med. 2014 Jun;42(6):1480-6. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000247.
    3. Fan E, Dowdy DW, Colantuoni E, Mendez-Tellez PA, Sevransky JE, Shanholtz C, Himmelfarb CR, Desai SV, Ciesla N, Herridge MS, Pronovost PJ, Needham DM. “Physical complications in acute lung injury survivors: a two-year longitudinal prospective study.” Crit Care Med. 2014 Apr;42(4):849-59. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000040.
    4. Mendez-Tellez PA, Dinglas VD, Colantuoni E, Ciesla N, Sevransky JE, Shanholtz C, Pronovost PJ, Needham DM. “Factors associated with timing of initiation of physical therapy in patients with acute lung injury.” J Crit Care. 2013 Dec;28(6):980-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2013.06.001. Epub 2013 Jul 9.
    5. Bienvenu OJ, Gellar J, Althouse BM, Colantuoni E, Sricharoenchai T, Mendez-Tellez PA, Shanholtz C, Dennison CR, Pronovost PJ, Needham DM. “Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms after acute lung injury: a 2-year prospective longitudinal study.” Psychol Med. 2013 Dec;43(12):2657-71. doi: 10.1017/S0033291713000214. Epub 2013 Feb 26.

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  1. The Johns Hopkins Hospital
    • 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287

    Expertise

    Education

    University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

    Fellowship, Critical Care Medicine, 1993

    Buffalo Niagara Medical Center

    Residency, Anesthesiology, 1992

    Juan N Corpas School of Medicine

    Medical Education, MD, 1984

    Board Certifications

    Critical Care Medicine

    American Board of Anesthesiology, 1995

    Anesthesiology

    American Board of Anesthesiology, 1994

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