Specialty

Cardiology

Organization

Rady Children's Specialists of San Diego

Medical Group / IPA

CPMG/RCHN/RCSSD

Other Languages

Spanish

Medical School

University of California Davis

Residency

Stanford University School of Medicine

Fellowship

Rady Children's Hospital of San Diego, UC San Diego

Board Certifications

Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatrics

Gender

M

Bio

Dr. Alejandro Borquez is a pediatric and congenital electrophysiologist at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego and an assistant clinical professor at UC San Diego School of Medicine. He earned his undergraduate degree at Dartmouth College and his medical degree at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine. After completing a residency in pediatrics at Stanford, he returned home to the San Diego/Tijuana region to complete a fellowship in pediatric cardiology at Rady Children's Hospital/UC San Diego. He then stayed on to complete an advanced fellowship in pediatric and congenital electrophysiology.

Dr. Borquez specializes in the diagnosis and management of cardiac rhythm disturbances from fetal to adult life, including advanced monitoring and diagnostic techniques, antiarrhythmic medications, catheter-based therapies for arrhythmias, heritable arrhythmia syndromes, rhythm disturbances associated with congenital heart disease, as well as pacemaker and ICD implantation. His research interests include the study of novel antiarrhythmic medications and implantable devices. He is actively involved in mentoring and teaching medical students, residents and fellows in pediatric cardiology.

Outside of medicine, Dr. Borquez enjoys hiking, surfing and cooking for his friends and family.

Publications

Novel variants in TECRL leading to catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia.
Jones D, Hartung J, Lasalle E, Borquez A, Murillo V, Guidugli L, James KN, Kingsmore SF, Coufal NG

Pharmacological Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias in the Fetal and Neonatal Periods: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association: Endorsed by the Pediatric & Congenital Electrophysiology Society (PACES).
Batra AS, Silka MJ, Borquez A, Cuneo B, Dechert B, Jaeggi E, Kannankeril PJ, Tabulov C, Tisdale JE, Wolfe D, American Heart Association Clinical Pharmacology Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences, Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing, Council on Genomic and Precision Medicine, and Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young

Transcatheter Leadless Pacing in Children: A PACES Collaborative Study in the Real-World Setting.
Shah MJ, Borquez AA, Cortez D, McCanta AC, De Filippo P, Whitehill RD, Imundo JR, Moore JP, Sherwin ED, Howard TS, Rosenthal E, Kertesz NJ, Chang PM, Madan N, Kutalek SP, Hammond BH, Janson CM, Ramesh Iyer V, Williams MR

Transjugular liver biopsy for Fontan associated liver disease surveillance: Technique, outcomes and hemodynamic correlation.
Borquez AA, Silva-Sepulveda J, Lee JW, Vavinskaya V, Vodkin I, El-Sabrout H, Towbin R, Perry JC, Moore JW, El-Said HG

Essentials of Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia for the Pediatrician.
Borquez AA, Williams MR

Antiarrhythmic Treatment Duration and Tachycardia Recurrence in Infants with Supraventricular Tachycardia.
Aljohani OA, Herrick NL, Borquez AA, Shepard S, Wieler ME, Perry JC, Williams MR

Intravenous Sotalol in the Young: Safe and Effective Treatment With Standardized Protocols.
Borquez AA, Aljohani OA, Williams MR, Perry JC

Non-anastomotic failure of woven Dacron tube grafts in the thoracic aorta in young adults.
Aurigemma D, Borquez A, Lee J, Newbury R, Moore JW, Lamberti J, Murthy R, El-Said H

Pulmonary reinterventions after complete unifocalization and repair in infants and young children with tetralogy of Fallot with major aortopulmonary collaterals.
Bauser-Heaton H, Borquez A, Asija R, Wise-Faberowski L, Zhang Y, Downey L, Perry SB, Koth A, Peng LF, Algaze CA, Hanley FL, McElhinney DB

Programmatic Approach to Management of Tetralogy of Fallot With Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries: A 15-Year Experience With 458 Patients.
Bauser-Heaton H, Borquez A, Han B, Ladd M, Asija R, Downey L, Koth A, Algaze CA, Wise-Faberowski L, Perry SB, Shin A, Peng LF, Hanley FL, McElhinney DB

Rapid modification of the insect elicitor N-linolenoyl-glutamate via a lipoxygenase-mediated mechanism on Nicotiana attenuata leaves.
VanDoorn A, Kallenbach M, Borquez AA, Baldwin IT, Bonaventure G

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