Shyam M. Sivasankar, MD

Personal Statement

Dr. Shyam Sivasankar is a pediatric emergency medicine physician whose interests lie within the intersection of medicine and media, global pediatric emergency medicine education, child abuse pediatrics and medical student education.

From Dr. Sivasankar:

My passion is to provide family-centered care to children and their families in the central Texas region. I hope to not only provide appropriate and exceptional treatment, but also to reassure and educate patients and their families.

Education

Medical School - University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Doctor of Medicine, 2014

Residency - Stanford University School of Medicine, Pediatrics, 2017

Fellowship - Dells Children Medical Center of Central Texas, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 2019

Organizations

* Texas Children’s Hospital physicians’ licenses and credentials are reviewed prior to practicing at any of our facilities. Sections titled From the Doctor, Professional Organizations and Publications were provided by the physician’s office and were not verified by Texas Children’s Hospital.

Lee, M. O., Sivasankar, S., Pokrajac, N., Smith, C., Lumba-Brown, A. Emergency department treatment of asthma in children: A review. JACEP Open, 2020

Feltes, M. N., Becker, J. N., McCall, N. N., Mbanjumucyo, G. N., Sivasankar, S. N., Wang, N. E. Teaching How to Teach in a Train-the-Trainer Program. Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 2019; 11 (4 Suppl): 202–4

Imler, D., Keller, C., Sivasankar, S., Wang, N. E., Vasanawala, S., Bruzoni, M., Quinn, J. MRI vs. Ultrasound as the initial imaging modality for pediatric and young adult patients with suspected appendicitis. Academic emergency medicine, 2017