Laura M. Mercer-Rosa, MD, MSCE, FASE
Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Physician, Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director, Echolab Research Unit, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Assistant Program Director, T32 training program, Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Program Director of Research, Cardiology Fellowship Program, Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director, Cardiovascular Core, Center for Human Phenomic Science, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Director, Echocardiography Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director, Cardiovascular Institute Biorepository, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Cardiology
Suite 8NW35- Main Building
34th and Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division of Cardiology
Suite 8NW35- Main Building
34th and Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2155903354
Fax: (267) 426-9556
Fax: (267) 426-9556
Email:
mercerrosal@chop.edu
mercerrosal@chop.edu
Publications
Education:
MD
Universidade Federal do Paraná School of Medicine, 1994.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2011.
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Universidade Federal do Paraná School of Medicine, 1994.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2011.
Selected Publications
Vargas A, Galan J, Reddy K, Thomas A, Hughes N, DeCost G, Mai AD, Jones AL, Gardner MM, Mercer-Rosa L. : Exploring Serum Biomarker Levels in Tetralogy of Fallot, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, and Healthy Children. Pediatr Cardiol July 2025 Notes: Epub ahead of print.Jones AL, Xiao R, Williamson AA, Benn H, Stephens P, Bhatt SM, Mercer-Rosa L, Weiss PF. : Health Disparities in Exercise Performance in Patients with Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot. Pediatr Cardiol 46(8): 2513-2522, Dec 2025.
Numata R, Calderon-Anyosa R, Vaiyani D, Sun S, Wang Y, Mercer-Rosa L, Biko DM, Banerjee A.: Left Atrial Stiffness Identifies Children with Magnetic-Resonance-Imaging-Proven Acute Myocarditis Despite Preserved Left Ventricular Systolic Function. Pediatr Cardiol. Nov 6 2025 Notes: Epub ahead of print.
Galan JA, Faerber JA, Jones AL, Numata R, Thomas A, Mai AD, Wang Y, Himebauch AS, Gardner MM, Mercer-Rosa L.: Association of preoperative Circulating biomarkers with echocardiographic measures of right ventricular strain five years after tetralogy of fallot repair. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 41(11): 2229-2239, Nov 2025 Notes: Epub 2025 Oct 27.
Whitworth HB, Wagner KM, Avitabile CM, Blowey B, Costello RA, Davis JC, Davis DH, Ellison AM, Giglia TM, Himebauch AS, Houng K, Law CK, Mavroudis CD, Mercer-Rosa L, O'Byrne ML, Ravishankar C, Raffini LJ. : Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Pediatric Pulmonary Embolism Clinical Pathway and Pulmonary Embolism Response Team. Pediatr Crit Care Med. Oct 2025 Notes: Epub ahead of print.
Patel C, Jones AL, Thomas A, DiLorenzo M, Mondal A, Tomlinson AZ, Vaiyani D, Fogel M, Goldmuntz E, Mercer-Rosa L.: Circulating Biomarkers are Associated with Impaired Right Ventricular Circumferential and Longitudinal Strain Measured by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Children and Adolescents with Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot. Pediatr Cardiol Sep 2025.
Moore RL, Leonard J, Tomlinson AZ, Fuller S, Wang Y, Mercer-Rosa L, Kim YY: Echocardiographic Features of Right Ventricular Reverse Remodeling in Adults With Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot After Pulmonary Valve Replacement and Impact of Age at Time of Intervention. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 38(8): 730-732, Aug 2025 Notes: Epub ahead of print May 2025.
Lecointe J, Gan S, Tripathi D, Ichimura S, Clouthier KL, Kushwaha A, Mercer-Rosa L, Reddy S. : Plasma Proteomics of the Fontan Circulation Reveal Signatures of Oxidative Stress and Cell Death. Circ Heart Fail. 18(5): e012136, May 2025.
Delaney MA, Bennett L, Faerber JA, Jones AL, Mai AD, Ekhomu O, Wang Y, Goldmuntz E, Naim MY, Gardner MM, Friedberg MK, Mercer-Rosa L. : Atrial Right-to-Left Shunting After Tetralogy of Fallot Repair Is Associated With Improved Atrial Function and Shorter Hospital Length of Stay: An Echocardiographic Cohort Study. J Am Soc Echocardiogr May 2025 Notes: ePub Ahead of print.
Cavalcante RC, Mercer-Rosa L, Fuller SM. : What Is in a Name? Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 40(4): e20240221, April 2025.