Louis. Following a residency in pediatrics at the University of South Florida, he completed training in pediatric critical care medicine at Duke University, including research training at the Multidisciplinary Neuroprotection Laboratory. Pineda joined the faculty of the Department of Pediatrics and the McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida, where he conducted laboratory and clinical research studies of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Pineda was recruited to Washington University because of his expertise as a pediatric intensivist and his clinical experience and interest in pediatric TBI. His research focuses on the mechanisms of TBI and potential new treatments for brain injury. He holds an MD from the Universidad Francisco Marroquin School of Medicine in Guatemala.