Overview
Skills
Summary
Work History
Education
Affiliations
Certification
Languages
HONORS AND AWARDS
PUBLICATIONS: ABSTRACTS
CITIZENSHIP
Timeline
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Elizabeth Andrea Aguilera MD CCRP

Katy,TX

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
2
2
Languages

Skills

  • ICH-GCP
  • Clinical Trial Management
  • Clinical Research
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Patient Recruitment & Retention
  • Protocol Compliance
  • Research Ethics
  • Site Management
  • Academic Research
  • Safety Management
  • Pharmaceutical Research
  • Trial oversight

Summary

International Medical Doctor (MD) with academic credentials verified in the United States and a medical degree homologated in Spain, and CCRP-certified Clinical Research Professional with more than 20 years of experience advancing high-quality clinical research, clinical trial operations, and evidence-based medical programs. Extensive background in clinical trials and research studies, with specialized experience in Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Infectious Diseases.
Skilled from start to end clinical trial operations, including ICH-GCP compliance, regulatory and IRB requirements, research ethics, protocol implementation, participant recruitment and retention, data quality oversight, and audit readiness and preparation. Known for combining strong clinical judgment with operational discipline to support ethical, compliant, and efficient study execution.
Author and Co-author of peer-reviewed scientific publications and contributor to clinical research manuscripts, helping disseminate research findings and support evidence-based medicine.
I bring together my medical background, clinical research expertise, scientific experience, regulatory knowledge, and leadership skills to advance high-quality clinical research and improve patient care.

Work History

Instructor

McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
Houston, TX
12.2021 - Current

Research Coordinator

McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
Houston, TX
06.2012 - 11.2021
  • Department of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases

Clinical Research Coordinator

McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
Houston, TX
11.2009 - 05.2012
  • Department of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases

Research Coordinator

Albert Einstein Medical Center
Philadelphia, PA
07.2007 - 11.2009
  • Department of Emergency Medicine

Research Assistant

Albert Einstein Medical Center
Philadelphia, PA
08.2005 - 06.2007

Clinical Research Observership

The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
12.2003 - 03.2005
  • Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control & Employee Health

Attending Physician

SaludCoop, Health Company
Villavicencio, Colombia
03.2002 - 12.2002

Attending Physician

Martha Clinic
Villavicencio, Colombia
02.2002 - 12.2002

Rural Physician

Villavicencio Health Department
Villavicencio, Colombia
01.2001 - 01.2002

Education

Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP) -

The Society of Clinical Research Associates
03-2026

Licenciada -

Ministerio De Educación, España
España
11-2008

Doctor in Medicine -

World Education Services
02-2022

Doctor in Medicine -

SpanTran Educational Services
07-2005

Medical Doctor -

School of Medicine Juan N. Corpas
Bogota, Colombia
01-2000

Affiliations

  • The Latin American Medical Association of Houston (LAMAH) 2026-Present
  • Member Pediatric Infectious Disease Society 2024-Present
  • Member, Learning Collaborative for HIV Prevention Best Practices in ED Texas Health Department. 2019 - Present
  • Member Infectious Diseases Society of America 2019-Present
  • The Society of Clinical Research Associates (SOCRA) 2011 - Present

Certification

  • GCP CITI Training

Issued Sep 2024 · Expires Sep 2027 Credential ID 63239769

  • Establishing a Clinical Research Program CITI Training

Issued Jul 2026 · Expires Jul 2027 Credential ID 78415550

  • ICH E6(R3) An Introduction CITI Program

Issued Jul 2026 · Expires Jul 2027 Credential ID 78279931

  • GDPR for Research and Higher Ed CITI Program

Issued Jul 2026 · Expires Jul 2027 Credential ID 78279930

  • Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs) CITI Program

Issued Jul 2026 · Expires Jul 2027 Credential ID 78415548

  • Data Management for Biomedical Research CITI Program

Issued Jul 2026 · Expires Jul 2027 Credential ID 78415549

  • Group 1 Biomedical Researcher and Key Personnel CITI Program

Issued Mar 2025 · Expires Mar 2028 Credential ID 66765308

Languages

Spanish
English

HONORS AND AWARDS

1. Certificate of Recognition from the Texas Public Health Association and the Texas Department of State Health Services for exemplary contributions to public health research and scholarship to advance the understanding of HIV and STD among the public health, research, and services communities. 2016 Texas HIV/ STD Conference.

2. Per review scientific merit, poster award in the category of innovative program. Promoting early intervention for substance use disorder in the ED using SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment). C. Chudnofsky, MD., P. Giraldo, MD., R. Agolia, BS., M. Verma, MD., C. Lares, MD., E. Aguilera, MD., C. Machado, MD and P. Dominici, MD, 2008, 

3. 1st Place Clinical Research Award. Influenza Infection in Adult Patients with Leukemia: The Impact of Neuraminidase Inhibitors. Abstracts of the 1st Annual Symposium of Infections in Cancer. Houston, Texas, Aguilera EA, Torres HA, Mattiuzzi G, Cabanillas M, Kantarjian H, Gonzalez V, Raad II, Chemaly RF, 2005.

PUBLICATIONS: ABSTRACTS

ABSTRACTS

  • 1. Chemaly RF, Torres HA, Hachem RY, Raad II., Younes A, Luna MA, Rodriguez G, Aguilera EA. Cytomegalovirus Pneumonia in Patients with lymphoma. International Symposium on Infections in the Immunocompromised Host. June 2004, Granada, Spain. Int J Infect Dis. 2004;8 Suppl: S41.
  • 2. Elizabeth A. Aguilera, Hagop Kantarjian, Harrys A. Torres et al. Roy F Chemaly. Influenza Infection in Adult Patients (Pts) with Leukemia: The Impact of Neuraminidase Inhibitors (NIs). IDSA, San Francisco, USA 2005
  • 3. H.A. Torres, E.A. Aguilera, G. Mattiuzzi, M. Cabanittas, N. Rohatgi, C. Sepulveda, H. Kantarjian, I.I. Raad, R.E Chemaly. Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection in Patients with Leukemia: To Treat or Not to Treat? International journal of infectious diseases: IJID: official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases, July 2006.
  • 4. O'Malley GF, Williams E, Dominici P, Romans D, Lares C, Verma M, Aguilera E, Mok M, tenaglia N, Giraldo P. Packing simple Cutaneous Abscesses after incision and drainage is painful and probably unnecessary. ACEP Research Forum Ann. Emerg. Med. 2007 Sep; 50(3): Suppl:S58
  • 5. Rowden AK, Deitch KR, Aguilera E, Fasano CJ. The Incidence of Respiratory Depression during Emergency Department Chemical Restraint of Agitated Patients. North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, USA. September 2009
  • 6. Aguilera EA, O'Malley GF. Survey of Caregiver Preference, Dosage Familiarity and Toxicity Knowledge of Common OTC Analgesics. North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, USA, September 2009
  • 7. O'Malley GF, Giraldo P, Cadar S, Oqroshidze N, Pedroza M.A. Aguilera EA, Lares, Verma M, Chudnofsky C. Results of a Novel Emergency Department-Based Program of Community Consultation and Public Disclosure In Support of Emergency Medicine Research Requiring Waiver of Consent ACEP Research Forum, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2010
  • 8. Wootton,S.H., Jewell,A., Sreenivasula,S., Aguilera,E., Wanger,A., Murphy,J., Piedra,P. Detection of Human Influenza Virus in Non-Respiratory Sites. IDSA Annual Conference, Vancouver, October 21–24, 2010.
  • 9. Elizabeth A. Aguilera, Alan M JewellAlan M Jewell, Kirtida Patel, Kirtida Patel, et al Susan Wootton Viral Dynamics in Children Hospitalized with Influenza Infection, Infectious Diseases Society of America Meeting, Boston, MA ,2011.
  • 10. Zakhour,R., Aguilera,E., Hasbun,R., Wootton,S. Predictive Criteria and Role of Enterovirus Infection in Children with Community-acquired Gram-stain negative Meningitis. Pediatric Academic Society Meeting, Boston, MA, 2012.
  • 11. Elizabeth A. Aguilera, MD; Lucrecia Salazar, MD; Alejandra Soriano, MD, Rolando Ulloa-Gutierrez, MD; Kattia Camacho, MD; Marcela Hernández, MD; Rodrigo Hasbun, MD; Susan Wootton, MD Meningitis with a Negative Cerebrospinal Fluid Gram Stain in Children: A Tale of Two Cities. ID Week, San Francisco,CA 2013.
  • 12. Wootton, S.H., Aguilera,E.A., Salazar,L., Hemmert, A.C. Enhancing Pathogen Identification Using a Comprehensive PCR System in Adult and Pediatric Patients with Meningitis and a Negative Gram Stain. ID Week 2014 Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 2014.
  • 13. Srihawan, C., Lopez, R., Salazar, L., Aguilera, E., Wootton, S., Ostrosky-Zeichner, L., Hasbun, R. Healthcare-associated meningitis or ventriculitis: An analysis of 231 adult and pediatric patients. Oral Presentation ID Week, San Diego, CA, 2015
  • 14. Vanichanan, J., Salazar, L., Aguilera, E., Wootton, S.H., Hasbun, R. Under Utilization of West Nile Virus Testing in Meningitis with a Negative Gram Stain., ID Week 2015, San Diego, CA, 2015.
  • 15. Prayag,P., Wootton, S.H., Salazar, L., Aguilera, E., Hasbun, R. Prognostic Factors Among Hospitalized Children with Healthcare-associated Meningitis and Ventriculitis. ID Week 2016, New Orleans, LA, 2016.
  • 16. Parra, L., Salazar, L., Aguilera, A., Wootton, S.H., Hasbun, R. Herpes simplex virus CSF PCR testing in adults and children with meningitis and encephalitis. ID Week 2017, San Diego, CA,2017.
  • 17. Rachel Quick, RN, MSN, CNS, Dawn Mcelvain, RN, MSN, CPNP, et al , Elizabeth Aguilera, MD, CCRP, Susan Wootton, MD, Luis Castagnini, MD, Sarmistha Hauger, MD, 2358. Acute Flaccid Myelitis Among Hospitalized Children in Texas, 2016, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 5, Issue suppl_1, November 2018, Page S702 ID Week San Francisco 2018.
  • 18. Mohammed Samannod, Michael Hansen, Elizabeth A. Aguilera, Rodrigo Hasbun. Compliance to Standard of Care in the Diagnosis and Management of Suspected Encephalitis.ID Week, San Francisco November 2018 Open Forum Infectious Diseases 5(suppl_1):S136-S136
  • 19. Del Bianco G, Aguilera E, Murphy D, Murphy J, Rodriguez G, Heresi G, McCarthy J, Prater S. HIV Stigma is a Major Barrier. Texas HIV/STD Conference; November 2018; Austin, Texas 2018.
  • 20. Murphy D, Del Bianco G, Aguilera E, Rodriguez G, Murphy J, McCarthy J, Prater S, Heresi G. Routine HIV Screening in an Emergency Department Texas HIV/STD Conference; Austin, Texas 2018.
  • 21. Daniel Murphy, Elizabeth A. Aguilera, Gabriela del Bianco, Gilhen Rodriguez, James R. Murphy, Gloria Heresi, MD, Samuel J. Prater. Stable Housing is critical to linkage of the newly HIV diagnosed patients to medical care. HIV & Hepatitis in the Americas,2019. Bogota,Colombia.
  • 22. Rodriguez G, Aguilera E, Del Bianco G, Murphy J, Heresi G, Prater S. Bundled HIV/Hep C testing 4 Years of Implementation at 9 Emergency Departments in the Houston Metropolitan Area. IDSA 2019 .Open forum infectious diseases. 2019. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6809437
  • 23. Aguilera E, Del Bianco G, Murphy D, Rodriguez G, Heresi G, Murphy J, Prater S. Should HIV Disclosure at ED Based on Preliminary Results? Washington, DC, ID Week 2019, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 6(Suppl 2):S467-S467
  • 24. Elizabeth A. Aguilera, Shelby Simar, Susan H Wootton, Rodrigo Hasbun. Potential Impact of the Biofire Film Array Meningitis and Encephalitis (ME) Panel in Reducing Repeat Lumbar Punctures in Patients with Meningitis and Encephalitis. Washington, DC, ID Week 2019, Open Forum Infectious Diseases 6 (Supplement_2):S512- S512
  • 25. Gilhen Rodriguez, Samuel Prater, Gloria Heresi, James Murphy, Audrey Wanger, Daniel Murphy, Gabriela P Del Bianco, Elizabeth A Aguilera, James McCarthy. Bundled HIV/Hep C testing 4 Years of Implementation at 9 Emergency Departments in the Houston Metropolitan Area. Washington, DC IDSA Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 6, Issue Supplement_2, October 2019, Page S466
  • 26. HIV Burden in a Major US Metropolitan Region: Cost Effective Case Finding. Del Bianco G, Aguilera E, Rodriguez G, , Murphy D, Steen A, Murphy J, Heresi G, Prater. HIV & Hepatitis in the Americas,2020. Buenos Aires, Argentina 2020.
  • 27. Rodriguez G, Aguilera E, Del Bianco G, Murphy J, Heresi G, Prater S. Antibody Response to HPV Vaccination in Pediatric and Adolescent People Living with HIV (PLWH). ID Week 2020.
  • 28. Aguilera E, Rodriguez G, Del Bianco G, Heresi G, Murphy J, Prater S. Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Routine HIV Screening in an Emergency Department. Open forum infectious diseases. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8643948 ID week 2021.
  • 29. Elizabeth A. Aguilera, MD, Shelby Simar, MPH, Susan H Wootton, MD, Rodrigo Hasbun, MD, MPH, Rodrigo Hasbun, MD, MPH, Impact of a Multiplex Meningitis and Encephalitis PCR on the Management of CNS Infections in Adults and Children. ID week 2021.
  • 30. Heresi G, Del Bianco G, Aguilera E, Kleinosky M, Rodriguez G, Murphy J, Prater S. Fast Track City Emergency Department HIV Screening Amid COVID-19. Fast Track City Emergency Department HIV Screening Amid COVID-19. Fast-Track Cities 2021. Lisbon October 2021.
  • 31. Elizabeth A. Aguilera MD, Gabriela Del Bianco MD, Gilhen Rodriguez MD, Norma Perez, DO, Gloria Heresi, MD MSc, James Murphy, Ph.D. Samuel J. Prater, Impact of Indeterminate HIV Test Results on Efficacy of Emergency Department Routine HIV Screening. ID Week Washington, 2022.
  • 32. Gabriela P Del Bianco, Roukaya Al Hammoud, Mary E Aitken, Anoma Somasundaram, Stacy Gomez Hernandez, Gilhen Rodriguez, Elizabeth A. Aguilera, James Murphy, Gloria .Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in a Medical School Department of Pediatrics. ID Week Washington, 2022.
  • 33. Contreras GA, Del Bianco GP, Aguilera E, M L Chang, Murphy JR, Heresi GP. “A Multicenter Study of Covid19 Infection in Pediatric Intensive Care Units In The USA” Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, CROI. Seattle, 2023.
  • 34. Daniel Moussa, PharmD; Jessica Babic, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP ; Ty Drake, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP ; Elizabeth Aguilera MD, CCRP; Rodrigo Hasbun , MD, MPH Impact of the Biofire Meningitis and Encephalitis Panel In Adults And Children With Meningitis And Encephalitis. TSHP Annual Seminar, Round Rock, Texas, 2024
  • 35. Elizabeth A. Aguilera, MD; Audrey Wanger, PHD; Daniel Moussa, PharmD; Rodrigo Hasbun, MD, MPH. Implementation of Film Array Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel on diagnostic stewardship program in Memorial Hermann Health System, Houston, TX. ID Week Los Angeles, 2024.
  • 36. Yara Neaimah, MD, Elizabeth Aguilera, MD, Henry Welch, MD, Lydia Aoun Barakat, MD, Christiane Hadi, MD, Gloria Heresi, MD1, Rodrigo Hasbun, MD. Predictors of Adverse Clinical Outcomes in Children with Community-Acquired Bacterial Meningitis. ID Week Atlanta, 2025
  • 37. Caroline Reckart, BS; Elizabeth Aguilera, MD; Audrey Wanger, PhD; Rafael Bravos-Santos, PhD; Rodrigo Hasbun, MD. Does Antibiotic Therapy Affect Multiplex PCR Results in Community-Acquired Bacterial Meningitis? ID Week Atlanta, 2025

ORIGINAL ARTIICLES IN JOURNALS

  • 1. Chemaly RF, Torres HA, Hachem RY, Nogueiras GM, Aguilera EA, Younes A, Luna MA, Rodriguez G, Tarrand JJ, Raad II. Cytomegalovirus Pneumonia in Patients with lymphoma. Cancer. 2005; 104(6):1213-1220.
  • 2. Torres HA, Kontoyiannis DP, Aguilera EA, Younes A, Luna MA, Tarrand JJ, Nogueiras GM, Raad II, Chemaly RF. Cytomegalovirus infection in patients with lymphoma: an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma. 2006 Mar;6(5):393-8.
  • 3. Torres HA, Chemaly RF, Storey R, Aguilera EA, Nogueiras GM, Safdar A, Rolston KV, Raad II, Kontoyiannis DP. Influence of type of cancer and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation on clinical presentation of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in cancer patients. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2006 Jun;25(6):382-8
  • 4. Roy F. Chemaly, MD, MPH; Shubhra Ghosh, MD; Gerald P. Bodey, MD; Nidhi Rohatgi, MD; Amar Safdar, MD; Michael J. Keating, MD; Richard E. Champlin, MD; Elizabeth A. Aguilera, MD; Jeffrey J. Tarrand, MD; Issam I. Raad, MD. Respiratory Viral Infections in Adults with Hematologic Malignancies and Human Stem Cell Transplantation Recipients: A Retrospective Study at a Major Cancer Center. Medicine (Baltimore). 2006 Sep;85(5):278-87
  • 5. Chemaly RF, Torres HA, Aguilera EA, Mattiuzzi G, Cabanillas M, Kantarjian H, Gonzalez V, Safdar A, Raad II. Neuraminidase inhibitors improve outcome of patients with leukemia and influenza: an observational study. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2007 Apr 1;44(7):964-7
  • 6. Torres HA, Aguilera EA, Mattiuzzi GN, Cabanillas ME, Rohatgi N, Sepulveda CA, Kantarjian HM, Jiang Y, Safdar A, Raad II, Chemaly RF. Characteristics and outcome of respiratory syncytial virus infection in patients with leukemia. Haematologica. 2007 Sep; 92(9):1216-23
  • 7. Fasano, CJ, O'Malley G, Dominici, P, Aguilera, E, Latta DR. Comparison of Octreotide and Standard Therapy versus Standard Therapy Alone for the Treatment of Sulfonylurea Induced Hypoglycemia. Ann. Emerg. Med. 2008 Apr;51(4):400-6
  • 8. O'Malley GF, Fasano C, Dominici P, Aguilera E. Eye irrigation is more comfortable with a lidocaine: containing irrigation solution compared with normal saline. J Trauma. 2008 May; 64(5):1360-2
  • 9. Charles J. Fasano, DO, Elizabeth Aguilera, MD, Gerald O'Malley, DO. In Reply .Letter to the Editor in reply refers to article: Comparison of Octreotide and Standard Therapy versus Standard Therapy Alone for the Treatment of Sulfonylurea induced hypoglycemia. Ann. Emerg. Med. 2008 June ;51(6):796-7
  • 10. Torres HA, Aguilera E, Safdar A, Rohatgi N, Raad II, Sepulveda C, Luna M, Kontoyiannis DP, Chemaly RF. Fatal cytomegalovirus pneumonia in patients with haematological malignancies: an autopsy-based case-control study. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2008 Dec; 14(12):1160-6. Epub 2008 Nov 25.
  • 11. O'Malley GF, Dominici P, Giraldo P, Aguilera E, Verma M, Lares C, Burger P, Williams E. Routine packing of simple cutaneous abscesses is painful and probably unnecessary. Acad Emerg Med. 2009 May;16(5):470-3.
  • 12. Bebarta VS, Kao L, Froberg B, Clark RF, Lavonas E, Qi M, Delgado J, McDonagh J, Arnold T, Odjebe O, O'Malley G, Lares C, Aguilera E, Dart R, Heard K, Stanford C, Kokko J, et al. A multicenter comparison of the safety of oral versus intravenous acetylcysteine for treatment of acetaminophen overdose. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2010 Aug;48(7):770.
  • 13. Fasano CJ, Rowden AK, O'Malley GF, Aguilera E, Heard K. Quantitative insulin and C-peptide levels among ED patients with sulfonylurea-induced hypoglycemia -a prospective case series. The American journal of Emergency Medicine. 2010 Oct;28(8):952-5
  • 14. Wootton,S.H., Aguilera,E.A., Wanger,A., Jewell,A., Patel,K., Murphy,J., Piedra,P. Detection of hN1N1 in Non-respiratory sites Among Children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 33:95-6, Jan 2014.(PMID:24346599)
  • 15. Deitch K, Rowden A, Damiron K, Lares C, Oqroshidze N, Aguilera E. Unrecognized hypoxia and respiratory depression in emergency department patients sedated for psychomotor agitation: pilot study. West J Emerg Med. 2014 Jul;15(4):430-7. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2014.2.19102. PMID: 25035749; PMCID: PMC4100849.
  • 16. Wootton, S.H., Aguilera, E., Salazar, L., Hemmert, A.C., Hasbun, R. Enhancing Pathogen Identification in Patients with Meningitis and a Negative Gram Stain Using the BioFire FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel. Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob 15:26, Apr 2016. (PMID: 27101869 / PMCID: 4839114
  • 17. Srihawan, C., Castellblanco, R.L., Salazar, L., Wootton, S.H., Aguilera, E., Ostrosky-Zeichner, L., Sandberg D.I., Choi H.A., Lee, K., Kitigawa R., Tandon, N., Hasbun, R. Clinical characteristics and predictors of adverse outcome in adult and pediatric patients with healthcare-associated ventriculitis and meningitis. Open Forum Infect Dis 3(2):ofw077, Apr 2016. (PMID: 27419154 / PMCID: PMC943569)
  • 18. Kaewpoowat, Q., Salazar, L., Aguilera, E., Wootton, S.H., Hasbun, R. Herpes simplex and varicella zoster CNS infections: clinical presentations, treatments and outcomes. Infection 44(3):337-45, Jun 2016. (PMID: 26680781)
  • 19. Vanichanan, J., Salazar, L., Wootton, S.H., Aguilera, E., Garcia, M.N., Murray, K.O., Hasbun, R. Use of Testing for West Nile Virus and Other Arboviruses. Emerg Infect Dis 22(9):1587-1593, Sep 2016 (PMID: 27537988).
  • 20. Jaijakul, S., Salazar, L., Wootton, S.H., Aguilera, E., Hasbun, R. The Clinical Significance of Neutrophilic Pleocytosis in Cerebrospinal Fluid in Patients with Viral Central Nervous System Infections. Int J Infect Dis 59: 77-81, Jun 2017 (PMID: 28419350).
  • 21. Shukla, B., Aguilera, E., Salazar, L., Wootton, S.H., Kaewpoowat, Q., Hasbun, R. Aseptic Meningitis in Adults and Children: Diagnostic and management challenges. J Clin Virol 94:110-114, Sept 2017 (PMID: 28806629)
  • 22. O'Malley GF, Giraldo P, Deitch K, Aguilera EA, Cadar S, Lares C, O'Malley RN, Oqroshidze N, Verma M, Chudnofsky C. A Novel Emergency Department-based Community Notification Method for Clinical Research Without Consent. Acad Emerg Med. 2017 Jun;24(6):721-731
  • 23. Jaijakul S, Salazar L, Wootton SH, Aguilera E, Hasbun R. The clinical significance of neutrophilic pleocytosis in cerebrospinal fluid in patients with viral central nervous system infections. Int J Infect Dis. 2017 Jun; 59:77-81
  • 24. Zakhour R, Aguilera E, Hasbun R, Wootton SH. Risk Classification for Enteroviral Infection in Children With Meningitis and Negative Gram Stain. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2018 Nov;34(11):791-796.
  • 25. Morouge M, Alramadhan, Ankur A, Kamdar, Meaghan Lafferty-Prather, Elizabeth A. Aguilera, and Susan H. Wootton, MD. Incomplete Kawasaki Disease Associated with Human Herpes Virus-6 Variant B Infection and Aseptic Meningitis. Glob Pediatr Health. July 2020.
  • 26. Rachel Downey, Dawn McElvain, Donald K Murphey, Ann Bailey, Bhairav Patel, Marisol Fernandez, Laura Loftis, Carla Garcia Carreno, Lynne Eger, Elizabeth A Aguilera, Susan Wootton, Luis A Castagnini, Sarmistha B Hauger. Acute Flaccid Myelitis Among Hospitalized Children in Texas, 2016. Pediatr Neurol 2020 May;106:50-55
  • 27. Rogers T, Sok K, Erickson T, Aguilera E, Wootton SH, Murray KO, Hasbun R. The comparison of Gram-positive and Gram-negative healthcare-associated ventriculitis and meningitis in adults and children. Intensive Care Med 2020 Jan;46(1):128-131
  • 28. Elizabeth A. Aguilera, MD; Gilhen Rodriguez, MD; Gabriela P. Del Bianco, MD; Gloria Heresi, MD; James Murphy, PhD; Samuel Prater, MD; Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Routine HIV Screening in an Emergency Department. Open Forum Infectious Diseases Volume 8, Issue Supplement 1, November 2021.
  • 29. Elizabeth A. Aguilera, MD; Shelby Simar, MPH; Susan H. Wootton, MD; Rodrigo Hasbun, MD, MPH. Impact of a Multiplex Meningitis and Encephalitis PCR on the Management of CNS Infections in Adults and Children, Houston, Texas. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 8, Issue Supplement_1, November 2021.
  • 30. Elizabeth A Aguilera, MD, CCRP, Gabriela P Del Bianco, MD, Gilhen Rodriguez, MD, Norma Perez, DO, Gloria Heresi, MD. Impact of Indeterminate HIV Test Results on Efficacy of Emergency Department Routine HIV Screening Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 9, Issue Supplement_2, December 2022.
  • 31. Reckart C, Aguilera E, Wanger A, Bravo-Santos R, Hasbun R. Does antibiotic therapy affect multiplex PCR results in community-acquired bacterial meningitis? Diagnostic Microbiology Infectious Diseases. 2026 Mar 3;115(3):117354.

CITIZENSHIP

United States, Colombia

Timeline

Instructor

McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
12.2021 - Current

Research Coordinator

McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
06.2012 - 11.2021

Clinical Research Coordinator

McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
11.2009 - 05.2012

Research Coordinator

Albert Einstein Medical Center
07.2007 - 11.2009

Research Assistant

Albert Einstein Medical Center
08.2005 - 06.2007

Clinical Research Observership

The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
12.2003 - 03.2005

Attending Physician

SaludCoop, Health Company
03.2002 - 12.2002

Attending Physician

Martha Clinic
02.2002 - 12.2002

Rural Physician

Villavicencio Health Department
01.2001 - 01.2002

Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP) -

The Society of Clinical Research Associates

Licenciada -

Ministerio De Educación, España

Doctor in Medicine -

World Education Services

Doctor in Medicine -

SpanTran Educational Services

Medical Doctor -

School of Medicine Juan N. Corpas