Department of Pediatrics

Education

• BS, St. John’s University, Jamaica Estates, 1987
• MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1991

Training

• Leave of absence, 1991 - 1992
• Residency, Mount Sinai Hospital, 1992 - 1995
• Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Mount Sinai Hospital , 1995 - 1996
• Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Medical University of South Carolina , 1997 - 1999
• Senior Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine , 1999 - 2000
• Intermediate Improvement Science Series , Cincinnati Childrens Hospital, 2016 - 2017
• Leadership Development Program, Washington University School of Medicine, 2018 - 2018
• Mid-Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar, UC San Diego School of Medicine, 2018 - 2018
• Improving Patient safety with Human Factors Methods, John Hopkins University, 2019 - 2019

Licensure and Board Certification

• IL, Illinois
• NJ, New Jersey
• NY, New York
• SC, South Caroline
• TN, Tennessee
• TX, Texas
• 2000American Board of Pediatrics, Subboard of Pediatric Cardiology, #1507
• 2007American Board of Pediatrics, Subboard of Pediatric Cardiology; Recertification
• 2016 - PresMO, Missouri Division of Professional Registration
• 2017American Board of Pediatrics, Subboard of Pediatric Cardiology; Recertification

Honors and Awards

• Magna Cum Laude, 1992
• Excellence in Teaching Award, 1995

Recent Publications view all (12)

Publication Co-Authors

Charles Canter, M.D.

Aimée Baumann-Dudenhoeffer, M.D.

Gordon R. Bloomberg, M.D.

Todd N. Wylie

Leonard B. Bacharier, M.D.

S. Celeste Morley, M.D., Ph.D.

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Mayte Figueroa, MD, FACC

1. Brandon M. Henry, Santiago Borasino, Laura Ortmann, Mayte Figueroa, A.K.M. Fazlur Rahman, Kristal M. Hock, Mario Briceno-Medina and Jeffrey A. Alten. Perioperative serum albumin and its influence on clinical outcomes in neonates and infants undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass: a multi-centre retrospective study Cardiology in the Young. 2019. doi:10.1017/S1047951119000738  
2. Kumar TKS, Subramanian S, Tansey JB, Figueroa M, Zurakowski D, Allen J. Optimum position of transthoracic intracardiac line following cardiac surgery ICVTS. 2017. doi:10.1093/icvts/ivx204  
3. Figueroa, M. Work-Life Balance Does Not Mean an Equal Balance Front Pediatr. 2016;4(18). 
4. Kumar TK, Kashyap P, Figueroa M, Zurakowski D, Allen J, Ballweg JA, Sathanandam S, Ali M, Knott-Craig CJ. Vasopressin After the Fontan Operation. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2016;7(1):43-48. doi:10.1177/2150135115614574  PMID:26714993 
5. Alten JA, Rhodes LA, Tabbutt S, Cooper DS, Graham EM, Ghanayem N, Marino BS, Figueroa MI, Chanani NK, Jacobs JP, Donohue JE, Yu S, Gaies M. Perioperative feeding management of neonates with CHD: analysis of the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC4) registry. Cardiol Young. 2015;25(8):1593-601. doi:10.1017/S1047951115002474  PMID:26675610 
6. McCallister KM, Chhim RF, Briceno-Medina M, Shelton CM, Figueroa M, Rayburn M. Bumetanide continuous infusions in critically ill pediatric patients. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2015;16(2):e19-22. doi:10.1097/PCC.0000000000000303  PMID:25560424 
7. Perez M, Kumar TK, Figueroa M, Johnson J, Absi MA. Case 2: Acute-onset tachypnea, tachycardia, and reduced activity in a 16-month-old girl. Pediatr Rev. 2015;36(1):33-5. doi:10.1542/pir.36-1-33  PMID:25554110 
8. Figueroa MI, Sepanski R, Goldberg SP, Shah S. Improving teamwork, confidence, and collaboration among members of a pediatric cardiovascular intensive care unit multidisciplinary team using simulation-based team training. Pediatr Cardiol. 2013;34(3):612-9. doi:10.1007/s00246-012-0506-2  PMID:22972517 
9. Chan SY, Figueroa M, Spentzas T, Powell A, Holloway R, Shah S. Prospective assessment of novice learners in a simulation-based extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) education program. Pediatr Cardiol. 2013;34(3):543-52. doi:10.1007/s00246-012-0490-6  PMID:22923030 
10. Goldberg SP, Knott-Craig CJ, Joshi VM, Figueroa MI, Ballweg JA, Chin TK. Apical Left Ventriculotomy is Safe in Infants and Young Children Requiring Cardiac Surgery. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2012;3(4):459-62. doi:10.1177/2150135112450038  PMID:23804909 
11. Connor JA, Arons RR, Figueroa M, Gebbie KM. Clinical outcomes and secondary diagnoses for infants born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Pediatrics. 2004;114(2):e160-5. PMID:15286252 
12. Figueroa MI, Balaguru D, McClure C, Kline CH, Radtke WA, Shirali GS. Experience with use of multiplane transesophageal echocardiography to guide closure of atrial septal defects using the amplatzer device. Pediatr Cardiol. 2002;23(4):430-6. doi:10.1007/s00246-002-1510-8  PMID:12170361