Lara Shekerdemian, MB ChB, MD, FRCPCH, FCICM, MHA, FA

Dr. Lara Shekerdemian is a globally recognized leader in pediatric healthcare with more than 25 years of experience across three continents. She serves as Pediatrician-in-Chief at Texas Children’s Hospital and Chair of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, leading the nation’s largest academic pediatrics department—approximately 1,300 faculty and medical staff dedicated to excellence in patient care, research, and education.

A pediatric intensivist and physician-scientist, she previously led pediatrics critical care services for over a decade, expanding subspecialty intensive care programs and advancing care for children with complex heart disease. She has authored more than 160 peer-reviewed publications and remains deeply committed to developing the next generation of pediatric clinicians and scientists.

At the heart of her work is a belief that medicine is both a science and a human calling—that caring for children requires not only technical excellence, but humility, teamwork, and a profound respect for the trust families place in those who serve them.

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Honors and awards

2025

Distinguished Career Award, Section of Critical Care, American Academy of Pediatrics

2022

Anthony Chang Award for contributions to Cardiac Critical Care, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society 

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Sur M, Typpo K, Shekerdemian L, Thammasitboon S. Toward Antifragility-Calling Health Care Systems to Evolve. JAMA Pediatr. 2025 Dec. (Epub ahead of print)

Truong DT, Trachtenberg FL, Hu C, Pearson GD, Friedman K, Sabati AA, et al for the MUSIC Study Investigators. Six-Month Outcomes in the Long-Term Outcomes After the Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Study. JAMA Pediatr. 2025;179(3):293-301.

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 Sep 16;108:105337. Epub ahead of print.

Ontaneda AM, Coss-Bu JA, Kennedy C, Akcan-Arikan A, Fernandez E, Lasa JJ, Price JF, Shekerdemian LS. Post-operative dysnatremia is associated with adverse early outcomes after surgery for congenital heart disease. Pediatr Res. 2023 Aug;94(2):611-617.

Ross CE, Burns JP, Grossestreuer AV, Bhattarai P, McKiernan CA, Franks JD, Lehmann S, Sorcher JL, Sharron MP, Wai K, Al-Wahab H, Boukas K, Hall MW, Ru G, Sen AI, Rajasekhar HR, Kleinman LC, McGuire JK, Arrington AS, Munoz-Rivas F, Osborne CM, Shekerdemian LS. Trends in Disease Severity Among Critically Ill Children with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2: A Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Study in the United States. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2023 Jan 1;24(1):25-33.

Pande CK, Noll L, Afonso N, Serrano F, Monteiro S, Guffey D, Puri K, Achuff BJ, Akcan-Arikan A, Shekerdemian L. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Infants With Cardiac Surgery Associated Acute Kidney Injury. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Dec;114(6):2347-2354. 7. Erklauer JC, Thammasitboon S, Shekerdemian LS, Riviello JJ, Lai YC. Creating a Robust Community of Practice as a Foundation for the Successful Development of a Pediatric Neurocritical Care Program. Pediatr Neurol. 2022 Nov;136:1-7.

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