Lara Sevanne Shekerdemian, M.B. Ch.B, M.D., M.H.A.
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Lara Sevanne Shekerdemian, M.B. Ch.B, M.D., M.H.A.
Professor and Chair
Positions
- Professor and Chair
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Pediatrics
Critical Care
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States
- Chief of Critical Care
-
Pediatrics
Critical Care Medicine
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas United States
Addresses
- TCH - Legacy Tower (Office)
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6651 Main Street
Houston77030
Phone: (832) 826-6230
Education
- Residency at Central Middlesex Hospital
- London, England
- Pediatrics
- Residency at Hammersmith Hospital
- London, England
- Pediatrics
- Residency at Royal Brompton Hospital
- London, England
- Pediatrics
- Fellowship at Royal Brompton Hospital
- London, England
- Pediatric Intensive Care
- 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
- Advanced Training from Hospital For Sick Children
- 01/1998 - Toronto, Canada
- MBChB from University of Birmingham Medical School
- 06/1990 - Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Advanced Training from University Of London Brompton Hospital
- 01/1994 - London, United Kingdom
- Advanced Training from Hammersmith Hospital
- 01/1993 - London, United Kingdom
- Advanced Training from Central Middlesex Hospital
- 01/1993 - London, United Kingdom
- M.B.,Ch.B. from Birmingham University
- 01/1990 - England, United Kingdom
- MHA from La Trobe University
- 06/2009 - Melbourne, Victoria Australia
Websites
Professional Development
- Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Collaborative
- Conference (Organizer, 2020)
- Sponsor: TCH
- Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society
- Conference (Organizer, 2015)
- Sponsor: PCICS
- World Congress of Pediatric Intensive Care
- Conference (Organizer, 2011)
- American Society of Artificial Internal Organs
- Conference (Organizer, 2015)
- Sponsor: ASAIO
- Targeting 50:50 - Gender Equity
- Seminar (Organizer, 2020)
- Sponsor: SCCM
- This was a CME accredited 2hr session that included presentations and panel discussion that focused on creating equity in Critical Care Medicine
- Pandemic
- Conference (Presenter, 2020)
- Sponsor: CCCF
- Talk on Repurposing PICUs to care for Adults during the COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 in Children: Myths, Facts, Figures and the Future
- Conference (Presenter, 2020)
- COVID
Selected Publications
- Sivarajan VB, Best D, Brizard CP, Shekerdemian LS, d'Udekem Y, Butt W "Duration of resuscitation prior to rescue extracorporeal membrane oxygenation impacts outcome in children with heart disease.." Intensive Care Med. 2011 May;37(5):853-60. Pubmed PMID: 21369812
- Namachivayam P, Crossland DS, Butt WW, Shekerdemian LS "Early experience with Levosimendan in children with ventricular dysfunction.." Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2006 Sep;7(5):445-8. Pubmed PMID: 16885788
- Shekerdemian LS, Penny DJ, Novick W "Early extubation after surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot.." Cardiol Young. 2000 Nov;10(6):636-7. Pubmed PMID: 11117398
- Namachivayam P, Shann F, Shekerdemian L, Taylor A, van Sloten I, Delzoppo C, Daffey C, Butt W "Three decades of pediatric intensive care: Who was admitted, what happened in intensive care, and what happened afterward.." Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2010 Sep;11(5):549-55. Pubmed PMID: 20124947
- Guerguerian AM, Ogino MT, Dalton HJ, Shekerdemian LS "Setup and maintenance of extracorporeal life support programs.." Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2013 Jun;14(5):S84-93. Pubmed PMID: 23735991
- Beca J, Gunn JK, Coleman L, Hope A, Reed PW, Hunt RW, Finucane K, Brizard C, Dance B, Shekerdemian LS "New white matter brain injury after infant heart surgery is associated with diagnostic group and the use of circulatory arrest.." Circulation. 2013 Mar 5;127(9):971-9. Pubmed PMID: 23371931
- Fallon SC, Shekerdemian LS, Olutoye OO, Cass DL, Zamora IJ, Nguyen T, Kim ES, Larimer EL, Lee TC "Initial experience with single-vessel cannulation for venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in pediatric respiratory failure*.." Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2013 May;14(4):366-73. Pubmed PMID: 23548959
- "Characteristics and Outcomes of Children With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infection Admitted to US and Canadian Pediatric Intensive Care Units." ; Pubmed PMID: 32392288
- "An Analysis of Hospital Mortality After Cardiac Operations in Children With Down Syndrome." ; Pubmed PMID: 32621963
- "Paediatric intensive care challenges caused by indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic." ; Pubmed PMID: 33904948
- "Epidemiology and Outcomes of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure in Children." ; Pubmed PMID: 32301336
- "Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for COVID-19: Updated 2021 Guidelines from the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization." ; Pubmed PMID: 33657573
- "Derangement of Arginine and Related Amino Acids in Children Undergoing Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease With Cardiopulmonary Bypass." ; Pubmed PMID: 32766551
- "Altered metabolic and inflammatory transcriptomics after cardiac surgery in neonates with congenital heart disease." ; Pubmed PMID: 33654130
Funding
- Principal Investigator (01/01/2019 - 01/01/2020) Grant funding from National Institutes of Health
Languages
Armenian, French
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