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Texas Medical Center
Specialty
Critical Care, Cardiology, Anesthesiology
Phone: 832-824-2233
Address
West Tower
6651 Main Street, W1980
Houston , TX 77030
Lara Shekerdemian, MD, MHA
Pediatrician-in-Chief
Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
Education
| School | Education | Degree | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London | Fellowship | Pediatric Intensive Care | 1999 |
| Hospital for Sick Children | Fellowship | Pediatric Intensive Care | 1998 |
| Lewisham Hospital | Fellowship | Adult Intensive Care | 1997 |
| Royal Brompton Hospital, London | Fellowship | Research Fellowship | 1997 |
| Hillingdon Hospital | Residency | General & Neonatal Pediatrics | 1994 |
| Royal Brompton Hospital, London | Residency | Pediatrics | 1994 |
| Central Middlesex Hospital, London | Residency | Pediatrics | 1993 |
| Hammersmith Hospital-England | Residency | Pediatrics | 1993 |
| Central Middlesex Hospital, London | Internship | General & Neonatal Pediatrics | 1992 |
| Central Middlesex Hospital, London | Internship | Emergency Medicine | 1992 |
| East Birmingham Hospital | Internship | General Surgery | 1991 |
| Queen Elizabeth Hospital | Internship | General Medicine | 1991 |
| University of Birmingham | Medical School | MB, ChB | 1990 |
About
Research Interests:
Cardiovascular physiology, mechanical cardiopulmonary support and long-term outcomes after critical care admission, particularly after surgery for heart disease.
Organizations
| Organization Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Collaborative | Member |
| College of Intensive Care Medicine | Member |
| International Journal of Pediatric Cardiology | Editorial Board Member |
| Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society | Member |
| Society of Critical Care Medicine | Member |
Selected Publications
Pande CK, Akcan-Arikan A, Shekerdemian L. Fat Emboli: Clue to Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Infants with Cardiac Surgery Acute Kidney Injury? Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Aug 10:S0003-4975(22)01099-2. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.08.001. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35963438.
Lasa JJ, Alali A, Anders M, Tume SC, Muscal E, Tejtel SKS, Shekerdemian L. Cardiovascular sequelae from COVID-19: perspectives from a paediatric cardiac ICU. Cardiol Young. 2022; 24:1-8.
Jeffries H, Thiagarajan RR, Shekerdemian L, Bembea MM, Zimmerman JJ, Kissoon N; Pediatric Organ Dysfunction Information Update Mandate (PODIUM) Collaborative. Cardiovascular Dysfunction Criteria in Critically Ill Children: The PODIUM Consensus Conference. Pediatrics. 2022; 149(1 Suppl 1): S39-S47.
Truong DT, Trachtenberg FL, Pearson GD, Dionne A, Elias MD, Friedman K, Hayes KH, Mahony L, McCrindle BW, Oster ME, Pemberton V, Powell AJ, Russell MW, Shekerdemian LS, Son MB, Taylor M, Newburger JW; MUSIC Study Investigators (Supplement 1). The NHLBI Study on Long-terM OUtcomes after the Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome In Children (MUSIC): Design and Objectives. Am Heart J. 2022; 243:43-53.
Spinner JA, Denfield SW, Puri K, Morris SA, Costello JM, Moffett BS, Wang Y, Shekerdemian LS, Tunuguntla HP, Price JF, Heinle JS, Adachi I, Dreyer WJ, Cabrera AG. Hospital outcomes for pediatric heart transplant recipients undergoing tracheostomy: A multi-institutional analysis. Pediatr Transplant. 202;25(3): e13904
Shekerdemian LS, Mahmood NR, Wolfe KK, Riggs BJ, Ross CE, McKiernan CA, Heidemann SM, Kleinman LC, Sen AI, Hall MW, Priestley MA, McGuire JK, Boukas K, Sharron MP, Burns JP; International COVID-19 PICU Collaborative. Characteristics and Outcomes of Children With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infection Admitted to US and Canadian Pediatric Intensive Care Units. JAMA Pediatr. 2020 May 11.
Coleman RD, Chartan CA, Qureshi AM, Shekerdemian LS. Left Atrial Decompression on Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Getting to the Heart of the Matter. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2019 Aug;20(8):780-781.
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