Maeve Sheehan, M.D.

Pediatrics - Critical Care

Biography

Dr. Sheehan graduated from University College Dublin, Ireland in 1993. She undertook further training in Pediatrics and Neonatology in Ireland before completing a Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine Residency at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, and a Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Dr. Sheehan joined the pediatric faculty at UT Southwestern in 2002, and is currently a Professor of Pediatrics and Vice Chair for Clinical Operations.

Her academic interests include; sepsis, pediatric transport, patient flow and patient safety. Dr. Sheehan has a number of administrative roles as the Vice Chair for Clinical Operations at UT Southwestern and Chief Medical Officer at Children’s Medical Center Dallas.

Education & Training

Medical School - The University of Ireland (1989-1993)
Internship - St. Vincents Hospital - Dublin Ireland (1993-1994), Surgery
Residency - Boston University Medical Center (1994-1994), Internal Medicine
Residency - The Children's Hospital-Dublin, Ireland (1994-1995), Pediatrics
Residency - The National Maternity Hospital-Dublin, Ireland (1995-1995), Neonatal-perinatal Medicine
Residency - Cleveland Clinic Foundation (1996-1999), Pediatrics
Fellowship - Children's Hospital Medical Center (1999-2002), Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Professional Associations & Affiliations

Texas Pediatric Society
Society of Critical Care Medicine
American College of Physician Advisors
American Academy of Pediatrics (1996)
Air Medical Physician Association (2005)

Honors & Awards

Educational scholarship 2001, Society of Critical Care Medicine
Specialty award 2002, Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Society of Critical Care Medicine
President of Medical and Dental Staff, Children's Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 2010
D Magazine Best Pediatric Specialist 2021

Books & Publications

Books
- Interfacility Transport in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 4th edition, Schafermeyer R, Tenenbein M, Macias C, Sharieff G, Yamamoto L, eds.
  Sheehan M, Huang CJ (2014), McGraw-Hill
- Pediatric Prehospital Care; Interfacility Transport in Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Just the Facts, 2nd edition, Strange G, Ahrens W, Schafermeyer R, Wiebe R, Prendergast H, Dobiesz V, eds.
  Huang CJ, Sheehan M (2012), McGraw-Hill
- Pre-Hospital Care; Interfacility Transport in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 3rd edition, Strange G, Ahrens W, Schafermeyer R, Wiebe R, eds.
  Huang CJ, Sheehan M (2009), McGraw-Hill
Publications
- Inpatient bronchiolitis guideline implementation and resource utilization
  Mittal V, Bowens CD, Walsh B, Mehta A, Badawy MK, Morse RB, Pop R, Tidwell J, Sheehan M, McDermott S, Cannon C, Kahn J Pediatrics 2014 133 e730-e737
- Peroxisome Proliferator Activator Receptor-γ Ligands, 15-Deoxy-Δ^12,14-Prostaglandin J₂ and Ciglitazone, Reduce Systemic Inflammation in Polymicrobial Sepsis by Modulation of Signal Transduction Pathways
  Zingarelli B, Sheehan M, Hake PW, O'Connor M, Denenberg A, Cook JA Journal of Immunology 2003 Dec 171 6827-6837
- Parthenolide improves systemic hemodynamics and decreases tissue leukosequestration in rats with polymicrobial sepsis
  Sheehan M, Wong HR, Hake PW, Zingarelli B Critical care medicine 2003 Sep 31 2263-2270
- Nuclear factor-κB as a therapeutic target in critical care medicine
  Zingarelli B, Sheehan M, Wong HR Critical care medicine 2003 Jan 31 S105-S111
- Yet another potential role for nitric oxide in the pathophysiology of septic shock
  Sheehan M, Wong HR Critical care medicine 2002 Jan 30 1393-1394
- Protective effects of isohelenin, an inhibitor of nuclear factor κB, in endotoxic shock in rats
  Sheehan M, Wong HR, Hake PW, Zingarelli B Journal of Endotoxin Research 2002 8 99-107
- Parthenolide, an inhibitor of the nuclear factor-κB pathway, ameliorates cardiovascular derangement and outcome in endotoxic shock in rodents
  Sheehan M, Wong HR, Hake PW, Malhotra V, O'Connor M, Zingarelli A Molecular Pharmacology 2002 61 953-963

Research

Shock
Performance Improvement
Patient safety and quality
Interfacility Transport

Links

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