Lara Sevanne Shekerdemian, MB ChB, MRCP, FRCPCH, FCICM, MHA
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Lara Sevanne Shekerdemian, MB ChB, MRCP, FRCPCH, FCICM, MHA
Professor and Chair
Positions
- Professor and Chair
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Ralph D. Feigin Endowed Chair of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States
- Pediatrician In-Chief
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Pediatrics
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas United States
Addresses
- TCH - West Tower (Office)
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6621 Fannin st.
Houston77030
United States
Education
- Fellowship at Hospital for Sick Children
- Toronto, Ontario Canada
- Pediatric Intensive Care
- Fellowship at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
- London, England
- Pediatric Intensive Care
- M.B.,Ch.B. from Birmingham University
- 01/1990 - England, United Kingdom
- MHA from La Trobe University
- 06/2009 - Melbourne, Victoria Australia
- Research Fellowship at Royal Brompton Hospital
- London, England
- Pediatric Cardiology and Critical Care
Certifications
- FCICM
- College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand
- FRCPCH
- Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
- MRCP
- Royal College of Physicians of the UK
- FRACP
- Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Honors & Awards
- 2022 Anthony Chang Award for contributions to Cardiac Critical Care
- Pediatrics Cardiac Intensive Care Society
- 2025 Distinguished Career Award, Section of Critical Care
- American Academy of Pediatrics
Professional Interests
- Long term outcomes after critical illness
- Extracorporeal life support
- Cardiac Intensive Care
- Brain Injury and Neurodevelopmental impairment after cardiac surgery
Websites
Videos
Selected Publications
- 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. Pubmed PMID: 36707662
- O'Connor TM, Guaman MC, Randell KA, Keenan HT, Snowden J, Mack JW, Camp EA, Perez O, Chang ML, Myers AL, Nigrovic LE, O'Toole J, Reed JL, Reese J, Rosenberg AR, Slater AC, Wootton SH, Ziniel SI, Yost HJ, Murray KO, Shekerdemian L, Chumpitazi CE. "Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric faculty: a report from nine academic institutions." Pediatr Res.. 2023 Jul 15; Pubmed PMID: 37454186
- 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, Kl, Munoz-Rivas F, Osborne CMeinman LC, McGuire, Arrington, 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. Pubmed PMID: 36516349
- 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. Pubmed PMID: 35346625
- 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. Pubmed PMID: 36029730
- Krennerich EC, Graf JM, Shekerdemian LS, D'Ambrosio D, McPherson ML. "Enhanced Efficiency in Pediatric Interfacility Transport Through a Centralized Hospital System Communication Center.." Pediatr Crit Care Med.. 2022 Sep 1;23(9):e408-e415. Pubmed PMID: 36053040
- Alali A, O'Neil E, Anders M, Abella J, Shekerdemian LS, Vogel TP, Sexson Tejtel K, Tume SC. "Vasoplegic Shock Represents a Dominant Hemodynamic Profile of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Following COVID-19 in Children and Adolescents." Pediatr Crit Care Med.. 2022 Jul 1;23(6):e295-e299. Pubmed PMID: 35357347
- 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 May;37(4):385-393. Pubmed PMID: 35197133
- Kanthimathinathan HK, Pollak U, Shekerdemian L. "Paediatric intensive care challenges caused by indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic." Intensive Care Med.. 2021 Jun;47(6):698-700. Pubmed PMID: 33904948
- Bavare A, Rissmiller B, Devaraj S, Guffey D, Rajapakshe D, Weiner H, Caldarone C, Shekerdemian L "Perioperative Procalcitonin in Predicting Infection in Children Undergoing Surgical Procedures." J Surg Res. 2021;258:332-338. Pubmed PMID: 33131765
- 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 Sep 1;174(9):868-873.. Pubmed PMID: 32392288
- Alexander PMA, Akcan-Arikan A, Shekerdemian LS. "Another Outcome Lost to the Benefits of Levosimendan?." Pediatr Crit Care Med.. 2019 Oct;20(10):992-994. Pubmed PMID: 31580276
Memberships
- Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK)
- Fellow
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Member
- Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society
- Member
- College of Intensive Care Medicine
- Member
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Fellow
- Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Collaborative
- Member
Funding
- Pediatric Heart Network Co Principal Investigator
- ( 01/01/2011 - 12/31/2023 ) Grant funding from National Institutes of Health
Languages
Armenian, French
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