Flor Munoz | |
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 Flor Munoz | |
| Born | September 27, 1966 |
| Alma mater | Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala Residency |
| Occupation | Pediatric-Infectious Diseases |
| Years active | 1992-present |
| Spouse | Juan Antonio Moreno |
| Website | [[1]] |
Flor Munoz Rivas edit
Flor Munoz Rivas is a Pediatric Infectious Diseases doctor. She works mainly at Baylor College Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, she does also go to other big hospitals to work. She takes care of chidden, mainly toddlers and infants, that have very serious infections. Her main focus is research, she has been published in many medical magazines and gives talks all over the country.
Personal Life edit
In addition to working in a hospital, she has a family of her own. She was born in 1966 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. She is the oldest of 3 kids. Her sister is Ana Carolina Munoz, and her brother is Juan Miguel Munoz. She married Juan Antonio Moreno in 1990. She moved to Houston, Texas to persue her life long dream, working as a doctor. Four years after her marriage, she had her first daughter, Andrea Marie Moreno. In 1998, four years after her first daughter, she had another daughter, Christina Moreno. When each of her daughters were old enough, she entered them in The Awty International School in Houston.
Publications edit
Munoz FM, Englund JA, Cheesman CC, Maccato ML, Pinell PM, Nahm MH, Mason EO, Kozinetz CA, Thompson RA, Glezen WP. Maternal Immunization with pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in the third trimester of gestation. Vaccine 20 (2002): 826-837.
Munoz FM, Ong LT, Seavey D, Medina D, Correa A, Starke JR. Tuberculosis among adult visitors of children with suspected tuberculosis and employees at a children’s hospital. Infect Contr Hosp Epidemiol 2002, 23(10): 1-5.
Piedra, PA, Yan Lihan, Kotloff K, Zangwill MD, Bernstein DI, King J, Treanor J, Munoz FM, Wolff M, Cho I, Mendelman PM, Cordova J, Belshe RB. Safety of the Trivalent, Cold-Adapted Influenza Vaccine (CAIV-T) in Pre-school Aged Children. Pediatrics 2002, 110:662-672.
O’Donnell, FT, Munoz FM, Atmar RL, Hwang LY, Demmler GJ, Glezen WP. Epidemiology and molecular characterization of co-circulating influenza A/H3N2 virus variants in children: Houston, Texas, 1997-98. Epidemiology and Infection 2003, 130:521-531.
Healy CM, Munoz FM, Rench MA, Halasa N, Edwards KM, Baker CJ. Low levels of maternal antibodies to pertussis: A predictos of infant susceptibility? Submitted to New Engl J Med, 2003.
Sources edit
-http://www.bcm.edu/molvir/index.cfm?pmid=15210
-Flor Munoz, interview.