Faridis Serrano Forty, PhD, CCRP
Assistant Professor, Section of Critical Care Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Certified Clinical Research Professional
Phone:
832-826-6278
Idiomas: English, Spanish
Get to know Faridis Serrano Forty, PhD, CCRP
Dr. Serrano is a dedicated team scientist with a strong background in both basic and clinical research. Her mission is to provide essential research expertise to clinicians and academic investigators, accelerating productivity and enabling the development of innovative, high-impact studies. She has contributed to numerous initiatives at Texas Children’s Hospital, including the Heart Center, the Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Program (CDOP), the Pediatric Heart Network (PHN) and the Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Consortium (CNOC).
Educacion
| School | Education | Degree | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor College of Medicine | Postgraduate Training | (From the Molecular Physiology and Biophysic’s Dept.) | 2005 |
| University of Pittsburgh | PhD | Doctor of Philosophy - Neuroscience | 2001 |
| University of Puerto Rico | Masters | Masters of Science - Biology | 1994 |
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Research interests
My research interests focus on understanding the impact of heart defects and disease on the neurodevelopmental outcomes of children. The Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Program (CDOP) at Texas Children’s Hospital Heart Center monitors the development of children born with congenital heart disease who have undergone cardiac surgery. As part of this program, I manage a clinical database and collaborate with scientists to address research questions aimed at improving neurodevelopmental outcomes. Additionally, I coordinate multi-center research studies in collaboration with other pediatric institutions across the nation that are part of the Pediatric Heart Network.
Serrano F, Willen EJ, de Thomas EM, Guffey D, Plummer S, Goldberg CS,Monteiro S. Perceived barriers to neurodevelopmental follow-up among cardiac neurodevelopmental outcome collaborative institutional and affiliated members. Cardiology in the Young, 2025 Apr;35(4):756-762. doi:10.1017/S1047951125001295. Epub 2025 Mar 10.PMID: 40059531
Serrano F, Guffey D, Shekerdemian L, Noll L, Voigt RG, Monteiro S. Early identification of autism spectrum disorder in children with CHD attending a Cardiac Developmental Outcomes Program. Cardiology in the Young, 2024 Mar;34(3):483-488. doi: 10.1017/S1047951123001701. Epub 2023 Jul 19.PMID: 37466015
Gutiérrez-Sacristán A, Makwana S, Dionne A, Mahanta S, Dyer KJ, Serrano F, Watrin C, Pages P, Mousavi S, Degala A, Lyons J, Pillion D, Zachariasse JM, Shekerdemian LS, Truong DT, Newburger JW, Avillach P. Development and validation of an open-source pipeline for automatic population of case report forms from electronic health records: a pediatric multi-center prospective study. EBioMedicine, 2024 Oct;108:105337. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105337. Epub 2024 Sep 16.PMID: 39288532
Elias MD, Truong DT, Oster ME, Trachtenberg FL, Mu X, Jone PN, Mitchell EC, Dummer KB, Sexson Tejtel SK, Osakwe O, Thacker D, Su JA, Bradford TT, Burns KM, Campbell MJ, Connors TJ, D'Addese L, Forsha D, Frosch OH, Giglia TM, Goodell LR, Handler SS, Hasbani K, Hebson C, Krishnan A, Lang SM, McCrindle BW, McHugh KE, Morgan LM, Payne RM, Sabati A, Sagiv E, Sanil Y, Serrano F, Newburger JW, Dionne A. Examination of Adverse Reactions After COVID-19 Vaccination Among Patients With a History of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children. Pediatric Heart Network MUSIC Study Investigators. JAMA Network Open. 2023 Jan 3;6(1):e2248987. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.48987.PMID: 3659529
Monteiro S, Serrano F, Guffey D, Lopez KN, De Thomas EM, Voigt RG, Shekerdemian L, Morris SA. Factors affecting rates of neurodevelopmental follow-up in infants with congenital heart disease. International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease, 2022 Sep 9;10:100419. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcchd.2022.100419. eCollection 2022 Dec
Ancillary referral patterns in infants after initial assessment in a cardiac developmental outcomes clinic. Monteiro SA, Serrano F, Tsang R, Smith Hollier E, Guffey D, Noll L, Voigt RG, Ghanayem N, Shekerdemian L. Congenital Heart Disease, 2019 Sep;14(5):797-802. doi: 10.1111/chd.12789. Epub 2019 May 21.PMID: 31112369
Holst LM, Serrano F, ShekerdemianL, Ravn HB, Guffey D, Ghanayem NS, Monteiro S. Impact of feeding mode on neurodevelopmental outcome in infants and children with congenital heart disease. Congenital Heart Disease, 2019 Nov;14(6):1207-1213. doi: 10.1111/chd.12827. Epub 2019 Aug 2.PMID: 31373176