Diwakar Turaga
Assistant Professor
Positions
- Assistant Professor
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Pediatrics-Critical Care
ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
Education
- MD-PhD from Washington University School of Medicine
- 05/2012 - St. Louis
- Residency at St. Louis Children's Hospital
- 06/2015 - St. Louis
- Pediatrics
- Fellowship at University of California San Francisco
- 06/2018 - San Francisco
- Pediatric Cardiology
- Fellowship at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
- 06/2019 - Pittsburgh
- Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
Professional Statement
I am a physician-scientist dedicated to advancing precision medicine approaches for the treatment of pediatric heart failure. My clinical training culminated in a fellowship in pediatric cardiac critical care, and I currently serve as a pediatric cardiac intensivist at Texas Children’s Hospital. My research foundation was established through an MD/PhD at Washington University in St. Louis, and my current work focuses on elucidating the molecular mechanisms underlying pediatric heart failure and recovery. I have contributed to several impactful studies, including a collaborative investigation of congenital heart disease using multi-omic approaches published in Nature, and a first-author publication in Circulation identifying maladaptive macrophage responses following pediatric heart transplantation. I am the recipient of the Catalyst to Independence Award from the Additional Ventures Foundation, a K99/R00-equivalent grant supporting my transition to research independence. As a clinician who directly manages critically ill children with complex cardiac disease, I am uniquely positioned to translate scientific discoveries into targeted therapies. My dual roles in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) and laboratory have shaped a research agenda centered on delivering precise, mechanism-based interventions to improve outcomes for children with heart failure.
Websites
Selected Publications
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Tadros HJ, Turaga D, Martin JF.. " Defining the Molecular Landscape of Cardiac Injury in Congenital Heart Disease: A Comprehensive Review of the Current Literature.. " Curr Treat Options Cardio Med. 2025 ;
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1) Tadros HJ*, Turaga D*, Zhao Y, Tsai CR, Adachi IA, Li X, Martin JF.. " " Circ Genom Precis Med.. 2025 ;
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