Dr. Ballesteros trained in Bogota, Columbia and at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Miami, Florida. She then took her Pediatric Fellowship and Pediatric Neuroradiology Fellowship at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, where she joined the staff in 1996. She is board certified in Diagnostic Radiology with a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Pediatric Radiology and Neuroradiology.

Publications

Mora, J., Ramos, C., Ballesteros, M. (2013). Internal carotid artery thrombosis due to an unusual soft palate injury in a child. JAAPA, 26(10), 1-3. View in Pubmed

Medina L.S., Jaramillo D., Pacheco-Jacome, E., Ballesteros, M.C., Young-Poussaint, T., Grottkau, B.E. (2010). "Imaging of Spine Disorders in Children: Dysraphism and Scoliosis". New York, NY. Springer. Evidence-Based Imaging in Pediatrics.

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