Laura M. Mercer-Rosa, MD, MSCE, FASE

Associate 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: 267-426-8143
Fax: 267-425-6108
Fax: 267-425-6108
Email:
mercerrosal@chop.edu
mercerrosal@chop.edu
Publications
Education:
MD
Universidade Federal do Parana, 1994.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2011.
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Universidade Federal do Parana, 1994.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2011.
Selected Publications
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. Apr 16 2025 Notes: Epub ahead of print.Markiewitz ND, Wang Y, Berg RA, Yehya N, Dixon C, Mercer-Rosa L, Himebauch AS: Right Atrial Dysfunction is Prevalent in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Reflects Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Ventricular Dysfunction. Crit Care Explor 7(3): e1230, Mar 2025.
Mark A. Fogel, Jennifer A. Faerber, Abdullah Mahmood, Keerthi Reddy, Xuemei Zhang, Elizabeth Goldmuntz, Matthew Harris, David Biko, Sara Partington, Stephen Paridon, Michael Mcbride, Victor Ferrari, Kevin K. Whitehead, Laura Mercer-Rosa: Clinical Outcome Prediction Model In Tetralogy Of Fallot Without Pulmonary Valve Replacement Using Contraction Fraction From The SCOUT-TOF Registry. J Am Heart Assoc Page: In press, Mar 2025.
Campbell K, Wallis KE, El-Messidi Hampton L, Burnham A, Mercer-Rosa L, Miller O, Mazza L, Diekroger E, Fogler J. : Complex Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in a 4-Year-Old With Repaired Critical Congenital Heart Disease and Autism Spectrum Disorder. J Dev Behav Pediatr 41(6): e83-e86, Jan 2025.
Geva T, Wald RM, Bucholz E, Cnota JF, McElhinney DB, Mercer-Rosa LM, Mery CM, Miles AL, Moore J; American Heart Association Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young; Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia; Council on Clinical Cardiology; and Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing. : Long-Term Management of Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Dysfunction in Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation 150(25): e689-e707, Dec 2024.
Kaplinski M, Griffis H, Wang Y, Mercer-Rosa L, Banerjee A, Quartermain MD, Natarajan SS.: Left Atrial Size and Strain in Hypertensive Children Compared to Age-, Sex-, and Race/Ethnicity-Matched Controls. Pediatr Cardiol Page: doi: 10.1007, Nov 2024 Notes: epub.
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 Page: doi: 10.1007, Nov 2024 Notes: epub.
Mercer-Rosa L, Favilla E: Neurodevelopment in Patients with Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot. Front. Pediatr. 26(1): 12, Apr 2024.
Reddy KP, Ludomirsky AB, Jones AL, Shustak RJ, Faerber JA, Naim MY, Lopez KN, Mercer-Rosa LM.: Racial, ethnic, and socio-economic disparities in neonatal ICU admissions among neonates born with cyanotic CHD in the United States, 2009-2018. Cardiol Young 24(1): 1-8, Apr 2024.
Delaney M, Jones A, Bennett L, Gardner M, Duc Mai A, Ekhomu O, Wang Y, Faerber J, Friedberg M, Mercer-Rosa L : "Atrial Right to Left Shunting after Tetralogy of Fallot Repair in Infancy is Associated with Shorter Hospital Length of Stay" Poster, 27th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease, Scottsdale, AZ February 2024.