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
Core (Cardiovascular) Director| CTSA@CHOP Clinical Research Unit, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Director, Echocardiography Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director, CVI CHOP Cardiac Center 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.
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 26(12): e1501-e1509. Dec 1 2025 Notes: Epub 2025 Oct 17.
Mets G, Bitterman Y, Mercer-Rosa L, Wald R, Friedberg MK. : Noninvasive Assessment of Right Ventricular-Pulmonary Arterial Coupling in Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot by Magnetic Resonance Imaging. J Am Heart Assoc. 2(14), Dec 2025 Notes: Epub ahead of print.
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.
Naeem F, White TJ, Gaynor JW, Zhang X, Ampah S, Glatz AC, Mercer-Rosa L, Cohen MS: Risk Factors for Early Right Ventricular to Pulmonary Artery Conduit Failure in Congenital Heart Disease. JTCVS Open 30(28): 450-458, Oct 2025.
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.
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 38(8): 714-722, Aug 2025 Notes: Epub 2025 May 8.