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Lara Sevanne Shekerdemian

Shekerdemian

Lara Sevanne Shekerdemian, MB ChB, MD, MHA

Professor and Chair

Email

shekerde@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor and Chair: Ralph D. Feigin Endowed Chair of Pediatrics
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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

Moushumi Sur, Katri Typpo, Lara Shekerdemian, Satid Thammasitboon. " " 2026 Feb 1;
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Truong DT, Trachtenberg FL, Hu C, Pearson GD, Friedman K, Sabati AA, Shekerdemian LS, et al. for the MUSIC Study Investigators.. " " 2025 Mar 1;
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Gutiérrez-Sacristán A, Makwana S, Dionne A, Mahanta S, Dyer KJ, Serrano F, Watrin C, Pages P, Mousavi S, Degala A, Lyons J, Pillion D, Zachariasse JM, Shekerdemian LS, Truong DT, Newburger JW, Avillach P.. " " 2024 Sep ;
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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

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