Biography
Dr. Teixeira received a B.A. with honors in the Biological Basis of Behavior in 2003 from University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and his medical degree in 2008 from Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, NH. He followed that with Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle, Chief Medical Residency at the Boise VA, nephrology fellowship at the University of Colorado in Denver, and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital in Saint Louis.
Personal Statement
As an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine (DOIM) in the clinician-educator track and as the sole critical care nephrologist at the University of New Mexico (UNM), I am extensively involved in the education of residents and fellows at UNM. I am an assistant program director in the nephrology fellowship, key faculty in the internal medicine-critical care fellowship, and the director of the critical care nephrology fellowship training track. In addition to resident education and lectures in other venues at UNM, I assist my colleagues in developing the curricula for both fellowships and frequently partake in fellow education as a lecturer in both the nephrology and pulmonary/critical care divisional conferences. I serve as a faculty mentor for the fellows in the critical care nephrology training track and have also mentored other trainees interested in the areas of critical care and/or nephrology, generating a series of abstracts/publications co-authored by myself and the trainees. As a critical care nephrologist, my academic interests lie in all areas of overlap between the two fields but center on the realm of acute kidney injury (AKI). Despite advances in the provision of renal replacement therapy (RRT), AKI remains, with a mortality rate of approximately 50%, one of the deadliest conditions commonly encountered in the ICU. To better understand what mediates this persistently high mortality, my scholarly work has focused on the non-traditional effects of AKI. As the institution's first dual-boarded critical care nephrologist, I have worked during time as a junior faculty member to use the research resources in the DOIM at UNM to develop a series of research projects centered on AKI and RRT in the ICU. I am also working with industry to bring several trials of diagnostics and therapeutics for AKI and other critical illness to UNM as a site PI.
Areas of Specialty
Critical Care Medicine Nephrology Acute Kidney Injury Renal Replacement Therapy Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine (2019) American Board of Internal Medicine, Nephrology (2018) American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine (2011)
Achievements & Awards
Fellow-in-Training Bowl Champion, Nephron Challenge (National Fellow Team Jeopardy Competition), American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week, 2017 National Finalist and Washington State Champion, American College of Physicians' Doctor's Dilemma (National Medical Jeopardy) Resident Team Competition, 2011 Resident Excellence in Teaching Award Nomination, UW Internal Medicine Residency Program, 2011 Dean’s Medal, Dartmouth Medical School, 2008 Alpha Omega Alpha, 2007 Thomas P. Almy Chapter of the national Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society, Dartmouth Medical School, 2007 “Academic Activist” Student Award, Dartmouth Medical School, 2005 Edward N. Pugh, Jr. Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence in Biological Basis of Behavior Program, University of Pennsylvania, 2003 “Distinguished Tutor” Award, Organic Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 2003 Phi Beta Kappa, 2003
Gender
Male
Languages
- English
- Portuguese
- Spanish
Research and Scholarship
1. Teixeira JP, Van Sant LM, Nielsen ND. Pharmacology and clinical use of plasma expanders. Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine. 2020 Aug;21(8):427-433. 2. Griffin BR, Liu KD, Teixeira JP. Critical Care Nephrology: Core Curriculum 2020. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2020 Mar;75(3):435-452. 3. Griffin BR, Teixeira JP, Ambruso S, Bronsert M, Pal JD, Cleveland JC, Reece TB, Fullerton DA, Faubel S, Aftab M. Stage 1 Acute Kidney Injury is Independently Associated with Infection Following Cardiac Surgery. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2019 Nov 25. pii: S0022-5223(19)33070-3. 4. Teixeira JP, Ambruso S, Griffin BR, Faubel S. Pulmonary Consequences of Acute Kidney Injury. Seminars in Nephrology. 2019 Jan;39(1):3-16. 5. Teixeira JP, You Z, Griffin B, Hiroyasu K, Holmen J, Srinivas T, Chonchol M, Faubel S, Jovanovich A. Acute kidney injury followed by complete recovery is associated with higher stroke risk. American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week, San Diego, CA. October 2018.