ÌÇÐÄÊÓÆµ

Lara Sevanne Shekerdemian

Shekerdemian

Lara Sevanne Shekerdemian, MB ChB, MD, MHA

Professor and Chair

Positions

Professor and Chair
Ralph D. Feigin Endowed Chair of Pediatrics
ÌÇÐÄÊÓÆµ of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States
Pediatrician In-Chief
Pediatrics
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas, United States

Addresses

TCH - West Tower (Office)
6621 Fannin st.
Houston, 77030
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
Fellow of the College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand
FRCPCH
Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
MRCP
Member of the Royal College of Physicians of the UK
FRACP
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
FAAP
Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics

Honors & Awards

2022 Anthony Chang Award for contributions to Cardiac Critical Care
Pediatric 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.. " " Pediatr Res.. 2023 Aug ; 94 (2) : 611-617.
    Pubmed PMID: .
  • 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.. " " Pediatr Res.. 2023 Jul 15;
    Pubmed PMID: .
  • 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.. " " Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2023 Jan 1; 24 (1) : 25-33.
    Pubmed PMID: .
  • Pande CK, Noll L, Afonso N, Serrano F, Monteiro S, Guffey D, Puri K, Achuff BJ, Akcan-Arikan A, Shekerdemian L.. " " Ann Thorac Surg.. 2022 Dec ; 114 (6) : 2347-2354.
    Pubmed PMID: .

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

Languages

Armenian, French, Spanish

to edit your profile