Yi-Chen Lai, M.D.

Associate Professor

(832) 826-6291

Email

ylai@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor: Pediatrics-Critical Care
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Addresses

TCH - Legacy Tower (Hospital): 6651 Main Street
Houston, 77030
Phone: (832) 826-6230

Education

Fellowship at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States; Pediatric Intensive Care, 2004

Residency at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States; Pediatrics, 2001

MD from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States; 1988

Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics

American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Honors & Awards

Alpha Omega Alpha

Young Investigator Award: Society of Critical Care Medicine

Annual Scientific Award: Society of Critical Care Medicine

Professional Interests

Pediatric Neurocritical Care
Epilepsy-associated cardiac comorbidity
Febrile-infection related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES)

Selected Publications

Lai YC, Muscal E, et al.. " Anakinra usage in febrile infection related epilepsy syndrome: an international cohort " Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2020 ; 7 : 2467-2474.
Pubmed PMID: 33506622.
Chan SW, Dervan L, Watson RS, Anderson AE, Lai YC. " Epilepsy duration is an independent factor for electrocardiographic changes in pediatric epilepsy. " Epilepsia Open. 2021 ;
Pubmed PMID: 34235879.
Levin AT, Born HA, Landstrom AP, Larson S, Lee WL, Dao AT, Wehrens XHT, Lai YC, Anderson AE. " Cardiac dysregulation following intrahippocampal kainate-induced status epilepticus " Sci Rep. 2020 ; 10 : 4043.
Pubmed PMID: 32132552.
Brewster AL, Marzec K, Hairston A, Ho M, Anderson AE, Lai Y. " Early cardiac electrographic and molecular remodeling in a model of status epilepticus and acquired epilepsy " Epilepsia. 2016 ; 57 : 1907-1915.
Pubmed PMID: 27555091.
Lai YC, Li N, Lawrence W, Wang S, Levine A, Burchhardt D, Pautler RG, Valderrábano M, Wehrens XHT, Anderson AE.. " Myocardial remodeling and susceptibility to ventricular tachycardia in a model of chronic epilepsy " Epilepsia Open. 2018 ; 3 : 213-223.
Pubmed PMID: 29881800.
Ali W, Bubolz BA, Nguyen L, Castro, Coss-Bu J, Quach MM, Kennedy CE, Anderson AE, Lai Y. " Epilepsy is associated with ventricular alterations following convulsive status epilepticus " Epilepsia Open. 2017 ; 2 : 432-440.
Pubmed PMID: 29430560.
Proposal to optimize evaluation and treatment of Febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES): A Report from FIRES workshop. " Epilepsia Open. 2021 ;
Pubmed PMID: 33681649.
1. Lai YC, Abou-El-Kheir G, Nguyen T, Hanerhoff M, Riviello JJ, Muscal E.. " Systemic inflammatory markers and EEG features of children with FIRES receiving anakinra. " Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2023 ;
Pubmed PMID: 36645080.

Memberships

American Academy of Pediatrics

Society of Critical Care Medicine

American Epilepsy Society

Neurocritical Care Society

Funding

Assessing determinants of electrocardiographic alterations and identifying exacerbating factors in pediatric epilepsy: NIH/NINDS

Languages

Chinese (Mandarin), Spanish