Email

Positions

Professor

Pediatrics
Pediatric Critical Care
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Addresses

TCH - Legacy Tower (Office)

6651 Main Street
Houston, 77030
Phone: (832) 826-6230

Education

Residency at Tufts University: New England Medical Center

06/1995 - Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Pediatric Residency

Certifications

Pediatrics

#56702

American Board of Pediatrics

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

#942

American Board of Pediatrics

Texas Medical License

#K9125

Texas Medical Board

Professional Interests

• Intensive care
• Technology dependent children
• Outcomes research
• Transport medicine

Websites

Selected Publications

• McPherson ML, Jefferson LS, Graf JM. " A validated pediatric transport survey: how is your team performing? " Air Med. J.. ; 27 (1) : 40-5.
  Pubmed PMID: 18191088.
• Graf JM, Montagnino BA, Hueckel R, McPherson ML. " Children with new tracheostomies: planning for family education and common impediments to discharge. " Pediatr. Pulmonol.. 2008 Aug ; 43 (8) : 788-94.
  Pubmed PMID: 18613098.
• McPherson ML, Sachdeva RC, Jefferson LS. " Development of a survey to measure parent satisfaction in a pediatric intensive care unit. " Crit. Care Med.. 2000 Aug ; 28 (8) : 3009-13.
  Pubmed PMID: 10966287.
• Okhuysen-Cawley R, McPherson ML, Jefferson LS. " Institutional policies on determination of medically inappropriate interventions: use in five pediatric patients. " Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2007 May ; 8 (3) : 225-30.
  Pubmed PMID: 17417128.
• Graf JM, Montagnino BA, Hueckel R, McPherson ML. " Pediatric tracheostomies: a recent experience from one academic center. " Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2008 Jan ; 9 (1) : 96-100.
  Pubmed PMID: 18477921.
• McPherson ML, Jefferson LS, Smith EO, Sitler GC, Graf JM. " Reverse transport of children from a tertiary pediatric hospital. " Air Med. J.. ; 26 (4) : 183-7.
  Pubmed PMID: 17603946.
• McPherson ML, Graf JM. " Speed isn't everything in pediatric medical transport. " Pediatrics. 2009 Jul ; 124 (1) : 381-3.
  Pubmed PMID: 19564323.
• Graf JM, Newman CD, McPherson ML. " Sutured securement of peripherally inserted central catheters yields fewer complications in pediatric patients. " JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. ; 30 (6) : 532-5.
  Pubmed PMID: 17047181.
• McPherson ML, Lairson DR, Smith EO, Brody BA, Jefferson LS. " Noncompliance with medical follow-up after pediatric intensive care. " Pediatrics. 2002 Jun ; 109 (6) : e94.
  Pubmed PMID: 12042588.

Memberships

American Academy of Pediatrics

Fellow (08/1992)

Society of Critical Care Medicine

(03/1996)