MD - Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito-Ecuador
Pediatrics - Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Pediatric Cardiology - The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
Pediatric Cardiology – American Board of PediatricsPediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics
Attending Cardiologist
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Lopez KN, Allen KY, Baker-Smith CM, Bravo-Jaimes K, Burns J, Cherestal B, Deen JF, Hills BK, Huang JH, Lizano Santamaria RW, Lodeiro CA, Melo V, Moreno JS, Nuñez Gallegos F, Onugha H, Pastor TA, Wallace MC, Ansah DA. Health Equity and Policy Considerations for Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Disease Care among Minoritized Populations in the United States. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis. 2024 Jan 25;11(2):36.
Bruins, B, Chiotos K, Same R, Lizano Santamaria R. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Recommendations for Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis (SBE). Clinical Pathway for Internal Use. February 2023.
Lizano Santamaria R, Conall Morgan, Jeewa Aamir, Dragulescu Andreea. Cardiac Ischemia in Pediatrics. Pediatrics in Review. March 2023.2
Pitt S, Chen J, White A, Lizano Santamaria R. Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava and Inferior Vena Cava Dual Drainage to Coronary Sinus: A Case Report. Pediatr Cardiol. 2022 Oct 5
Aly S, Lizano Santamaria R, Devlin P, et al. Negative Impact of Obesity on Ventricular Size and Function and Exercise Performance in Children and Adolescents With Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot. Can J Cardiol. 2020 Sep; 36(9):1482-1490.
Lizano Santamaria R, Cohen M, Atkins M, Collazo L. Left Ventricular Aneurysm in a Child After Recovering From Dilated Cardiomyopathy. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2020 Jul;11(4):515-517.
Aly S, Lizano Santamaria R, Yoo Shi-Joon. Anomalous Origin of Left Coronary Artery From Right Pulmonary Artery in Association With Scimitar Syndrome. JACC: Case Reports. 2020 Feb; 2 (2):319-323.
Lizano Santamaria R, Jeewa A, Cedars A, Buchholz H, Conway J. Mechanical Circulatory Support in Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Disease. Can J Cardiol. 2020 Feb; 36 (2):223-233.
Lizano Santamaria R, Hickey E, Haller C, Guerra V. Unusual Presentation of Congenital Pseudoaneurysm of Mitral Aortic Intervalvular Fibrosa in a Healthy Child. CASE. 2018 May.
O'Byrne M, Rome J, Lizano Santamaria R, et. al. Intra-procedural Bronchoscopy to Prevent Bronchial Compression During Pulmonary Artery Stent Angioplasty. Pediatr Cardiol. 2016 Mar; 37(3):433-41.
Lizano Santamaria R, Gillespie M, Dori Y, et. al. Palliative Balloon Pulmonary Valvuloplasty for Infants with Unrestrictive Ventricular Septal Defect or Single Ventricle Associated with Severe Pulmonary Valve Stenosis. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Nov; 86(5):829-33.
Lizano Santamaria R, Fornasini M, Sisa, I. Prevalencia de factores de riesgo cardiovascular en adolescentes del Distrito Metropolitano de Quito-Ecuador. Revista Ecuatoriana de Medicina Eugenio Espejo. Volumen 3 Numero 5 Oct 2014.
Lizano Santamaria R. Poster presentation: Indications for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy in Children with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. American Heart Association (AHA), Chicago, IL, November 2018.
Lizano Santamaria R. Poster presentation: Do Abnormal Maternal Serum Biomarkers Predict Morbidities in Preterm Infants? Eastern Society for Pediatric Research (ESPR), Philadelphia, PA, March 2016 and Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS), Baltimore, MD, May 2016.
Lizano Santamaria R. Poster presentation: Palliative Balloon Pulmonary V alvuloplasty for Infants with Unrestrictive Ventricular Septal Defect or Single Ventricle Associated with Severe Pulmonary Valve Stenosis. Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS), San Diego, CA, May 2015.
Lizano Santamaria R. Poster presentation: Postnatal Renal Ultrasound in Near Term and Term Newborns: Indications and Findings. Eastern Society for Pediatric Research (ESPR) Philadelphia, PA, March 2014 and Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS), Vancouver BC, May 2014.
Lizano Santamaria R. Guest lecture: Board Review Series. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Cardiology, Fellows Lecture Series, October 17, 2023.
Lizano Santamaria R. Guest lecture: Cardiology Emergencies in the ED. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Cardiology, Fellows Lecture Series, October 3, 2023.
Lizano Santamaria R. Guest lecture: Physical Activity Recommendations in Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Cardiology, Fellows Lecture Series, September 19, 2023.
Lizano Santamaria R. Guest lecture: Effects of Obesity in Congenital Heart Disease Patients. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Cardiology, Fellows Lecture Series. August 22, 2023.
Lizano Santamaria R. Guest lecture: Common Cardiology Consult Questions. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Cardiology, Fellows Lecture Series, August 15, 2023.
Lizano Santamaria R. Guest lecture: Introduction to Congenital Heart Disease Surgical Procedures. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Cardiology, Fellows Lecture Series, July 13, 2023.
Lizano Santamaria R. Guest lecture: Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Cardiology, Fellows Lecture Series, June 13, 2023.
Lizano Santamaria R. Guest lecture: Hipercolesterolemia. Sociedad Colombiana de Pediatría, Atlántico. Evento Internacional del Caribe en Pediatría. Barranquilla, Colombia, May 26, 2023.
Lizano Santamaria R. Guest lecture: Manejo del Conducto Arterioso Persistente en Neonatos, Niños y Adolescentes. Sociedad Colombiana de Pediatría, Atlántico. Evento Internacional del Caribe en Pediatría. Barranquilla, Colombia, May 25, 2023.
Lizano Santamaria R. Guest lecture: Miocarditis y Síndrome Inflamatorio Multisistémico en Niños (MIS-C). Sociedad Colombiana de Pediatría, Atlántico. Evento Internacional del Caribe en Pediatría. Barranquilla, Colombia, May 25, 2023.
Lizano Santamaria R. Guest lecture: Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Cardiology, Professor Rounds, May 25, 2023.
Lizano Santamaria R. Guest lecture: Long-Term Outcome After Arterial Switch Operation: What can go wrong? Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Cardiology, 3rd Annual Cardiac Center Education Lecture Series, May 15, 2023.
Lizano Santamaria R. Guest lecture: Miocarditis y Síndrome Inflamatorio Multisistémico en Niños (MIS-C). 27 Jornadas Pediátricas de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia April 27, 2023.
Lizano Santamaria R. Guest lecture: Subaortic Membrane. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Cardiology, Outpatient Cardiology Curriculum, April 26, 2023.
Lizano Santamaria R. Guest lecture: Effects of Obesity in Congenital Heart Disease Patients. CME Accredited. Texas Children’s Hospital, Heart Center Lecture Series. March 23, 2023.
Lizano Santamaria R. Guest lecture: L-TGA Management less is more, isn’t it?. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Cardiology, Outpatient Cardiology Curriculum, February 1, 2023.
Lizano Santamaria R. Guest lecture: Board Review Series. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Cardiology, Fellows Lecture Series, November 22, 2022.
Lizano Santamaria R. Guest lecture: Long Term Management of Pressure Restrictive Conoventricular VSD with Moderate Shunt. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Cardiology, Outpatient Cardiology Curriculum, September 28, 2022.
Lizano Santamaria R. Guest lecture: Infectious Endocarditis Key Facts. Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, Family and Community Medicine Residency Program, Morning Report, September 28, 2022.
Lizano Santamaria R. Guest lecture: Physical Activity Recommendations in Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Cardiology, Fellows Lecture Series, September 20, 2022.
Lizano Santamaria R. Guest lecture: Everything is about the heart, isn’t it? Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Cardiology, Fellows Lecture Series, August 16, 2022.
Lizano Santamaria R. Guest lecture: Infectious Endocarditis Key Facts. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Cardiology, Fellows Lecture Series, June 21, 2022.
Lizano Santamaria R. Guest lecture: Cyanotic Heart Disease, beyond the 5Ts. Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics, Grand Rounds, March 1, 2022.
Lizano Santamaria R. Guest lecture: Dyslipidemias, Pediatric Residents Academic Day. Inova Children’s Hospital, Jan 19, 2021.
Lizano Santamaria R. Guest lecture: Neonatal tachycardia, CME accredited. Novant Prince William Medical Center, OBGYN Morbi-mortality rounds, June 10, 2020.
Lizano Santamaria R. Guest lecture: Dyslipidemias, CME accredited. Inova Children’s Hospital, May 27, 2020.
Lizano Santamaria R. Panel discussion: Update on Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Associated with Coronavirus Disease, CME accredited. Novant Prince William Medical Center, May 22, 2020.
Lizano Santamaria R. Guest Lecture: Acyanotic Congenital Heart Disease. Pediatric Residents Academic Day. Einstein Medical Center, April 22, 2020.
Lizano Santamaria R. Guest Lecture: Acyanotic Congenital Heart Disease. Pediatric Residents Academic Day. Inova Children’s Hospital, March 31, 2020.
2023, Paul M. Weinberg Award for Excellence in Teaching, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Cardiology
2023, Visiting Scholar, Congenital Heart Early Career Exchange Program, Texas Children’s Hospital, Division of Cardiology
2018-2021, Recipient, J1 visa waiver position for the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health, Specialty: Pediatric Cardiology
2010, Third best graduate student, Medical School Class 2010, Universidad San Francisco de Quito
2010, Cum Laude, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
2005-2010, Medical School Dean’s Honor List, Universidad San Francisco de Quito
2003-2005, University Chancellor’s Honor List, Universidad San Francisco de Quito
2003-2010, Academic Scholarship, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Medical School
2020-present, Peer-reviewer, Cardiology in the Young
2020-present, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, School of Medicine Associate Visiting Professor of Pediatrics
International Medical Graduate Advisor Network
- Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
International Federation of Medical Student Associations-Ecuador (Alumni)
American College of Cardiology (AAC)
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
American Heart Association (AHA)
Alliance of Minority Physicians, University of Pennsylvania
Lead, Cardiac Center Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee
Co-Director, Cardiac Center, Outpatient Cardiology Curriculum
Member, Cardiac Center Outpatient APP Program Working Group
Member, Cardiac Center Outpatient Morbi-Mortality Review Committee
Member, Cardiac Center Patient-Family Experience Steering Committee
Member, Cardiac Center Outpatient Cardiology Operations Work Group
Member, Cardiology Fellowship Program Selection Committee
Member, Cardiac Center Innovation Award Steering Committee
Member, Clinical Competency Committee, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program