Subhadra Shashidharan
Overview
Dr. Shashidharan received her MD from the Bangalore Medical College of Bangalore, India, in 2002. Her postgraduate medical training included a residency in general surgery at St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore and the completion of fellowships in cardiothoracic surgery and congenital cardiac surgery at the University of Southern California. She is primarily based at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston and Scottish Rite hospitals.
Dr. Shashidharan is the Director of Quality for Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA); Associate Chief of Pediatric Congenital Heart Surgery, CHOA; and Program Director of the Congenital Cardiac Surgery Fellowship, CHOA/Emory.
Her clinical specialties are cardiac transplant, congenital heart surgery, pediatric cardiac surgery, and thoracic surgery, while her primary research interests are quality improvement and clinical outcomes in congenital cardiac surgery, and aspirin resistance in children following cardiac surgery procedures.
Academic Appointment
- Associate Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
Education
Degrees
- MD from Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute
Research
Publications
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Sex-Based Disparities in Heart Transplantation in Teenagers.
Pediatr Transplant Volume: 29 Page(s): e70064
05/01/2025 Authors: John MM; Nayi P; Rosenblum J; Butto A; Shashidharan S; Chai P; Shaw F -
A Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Surgical Site Infections in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Cardiothoracic Surgery.
Pediatr Qual Saf Volume: 10 Page(s): e785
01/01/2025 Authors: Golden C; Murphy K; Rosenblum JM; Eriksson C; Dunaway P; Lukacs M; Newberry L; Gleason ME; Calamaro CJ; Basu M -
Determining the association of hyperoxia while on extracorporeal life support with mortality in neonates following Norwood operation.
J Extra Corpor Technol Volume: 56 Page(s): 174 - 184
12/01/2024 Authors: Beshish AG; Aljiffry A; Xiang Y; Evans S; Scheel A; Harriott A; Patel S; Amedi A; Harding A; Davis J -
Pulmonary Artery Banding and Arch Repair vs Norwood for Unbalanced Atrioventricular Canal Defect.
Ann Thorac Surg Volume: 118 Page(s): 1262 - 1270
12/01/2024 Authors: John MM; Chodisetty S; Wilson HC; Nayi P; Tang RC; Rosenblum JM; Shaw FR; Shashidharan S; Chai PJ -
Outcomes, mortality risk factors, and functional status post-Norwood: A single-center study.
Int J Cardiol Congenit Heart Dis Volume: 17 Page(s): 100533
09/01/2024 Authors: Aljiffry A; Harriott A; Patel S; Scheel A; Amedi A; Evans S; Xiang Y; Harding A; Shashidharan S; Beshish AG -
Neonatal heart transplantation in the United States: Trends and outcomes.
Pediatr Transplant Volume: 28 Page(s): e14792
08/01/2024 Authors: John MM; Zinyandu T; Rosenblum JM; Shashidharan S; Chai PJ; Shaw FR -
Associations between Child Opportunity Index and Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Outcomes.
J Pediatr Volume: 270 Page(s): 114000
07/01/2024 Authors: Kolwaite AR; Edwards JA; Higgins M; Kandaswamy S; Orenstein E; Boughton D; Zinyandu T; Brasher S; Shashidharan S; Thompson LM -
Short-Term Outcomes, Functional Status, and Risk Factors for Requiring Extracorporeal Life Support After Norwood Operation: A Single-Center Retrospective Study.
ASAIO J Volume: 70 Page(s): 328 - 335
04/01/2024 Authors: Beshish AG; Amedi A; Harriott A; Patel S; Evans S; Scheel A; Xiang Y; Keesari R; Harding A; Davis J -
Milrinone for treatment of elevated lactate in the pre-operative newborn with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
Cardiol Young Volume: 33 Page(s): 1691 - 1699
09/01/2023 Authors: Beshish AG; Aljiffry A; Aronoff E; Chauhan D; Zinyandu T; Basu M; Shashidharan S; Maher KO -
External airway splint placement for severe pediatric tracheobronchomalacia.
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol Volume: 169 Page(s): 111559
06/01/2023 Authors: Brooks KA; Lai AY; Tucker SJ; Ramaraju H; Verga A; Shashidharan S; Maher KO; Simon DM; Hollister SJ; Landry AM