Elizabeth Laverriere McGovern, MD, MPH

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Elizabeth Laverriere McGovern, MD, MPH, is an attending physician in the Division of Critical Care Medicine and the Division of General Anesthesiology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Locations: Main Hospital
Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467)

Education and Training

Medical School

MD - The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Internship

Pediatrics - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Residency

Pediatrics - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA (Chief Resident)
Anesthesiology - The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Fellowship

Pediatric Anesthesiology -  Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Critical Care Medicine - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Board Certification

Anesthesiology – American Board of Anesthesiology
Critical Care Medicine – American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatric Anesthesiology – American Board of Anesthesiology
Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics

Graduate Degree

MPH in Comparative Health Systems and Policies - The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD

Titles and Academic Titles

Attending Physician

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Departments and Services

Research Interests

Pediatric airway management
Pediatric difficult airway

Publications

Papers

2022

Daly Guris RJ, Toy S, Bruins BB, Hu P, Laverriere EK, Oke A, Sequera-Ramos L, Struyk BP, Ward CG, Fiadjoe JE, Garcia-Marcinkiewicz AG: Practice what you teach: An approach to integrate airway education for experienced anesthesia clinicians. Paediatr Anaesth May 2022.

Laverriere E, Fiadjoe JE, McGowan N, Bruins BB, Napolitano N, Watanabe I, Yamada NK, Walsh CM, Berg RA, Nadkarni VM, Nishisaki A: A prospective observational study of video laryngoscopy guided coaching in the PICU. Paediatr Anaesth 32(9): 1015-1023, June 2022 Notes: Online ahead of print.

Sequera-Ramos L, Laverriere EK, Garcia-Marcinkiewicz AG, Zhang B, Kovatsis PG, Fiadjoe JE, PeDI Collaborative: Sedation versus General Anesthesia for Tracheal Intubation in Children with Difficult Airways: A Cohort Study from the Pediatric Difficult Intubation Registry. Anesthesiology 137(4): 418-433, October 2022.

2020

Laverriere EK, Polansky M, French B, Nadkarni VM, Berg RA, Topjian AA: Association of duration of hypotension with survival after pediatric cardiac arrest. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 21(2): 143-149, February 2020.

Daigle CH, Fiadjoe, JE, Laverriere EK, Bruins BB, Lockman JL, Shults J, Krawiec C, Harwayne-Gidansky I, Page-Goertz C, Furlong-Dillard J, Nadkarni VM, Nishisaki A, for the National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS) Investigators and Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI): Difficult bag-mask ventilation in critical ill children is independently associated with adverse events. Critical Care Medicine 48(9): e744-e752, September 2020.

2019

Napolitano N, Laverriere EK, Craig N, Snyder M, Thompson A, Davis D, Nett S, Branca A, Harwayne-Gidansky I, Sanders R Jr, Shults J, Nadkarni V, Nishisaki A; National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS) and Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI): Apneic oxygenation as a quality improvement intervention in an academic PICU. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 20(12): e531-537, December 2019.

2018

Kojima T, Laverriere EK, Owen EB, et al. Clinical Impact of External Laryngeal Manipulation During Laryngoscopy on Tracheal Intubation Success in Critically Ill Children. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 19(2): 106-114. Feb 2018.

Books

Chapters

2022

Laverriere EK, Bruins BB, Lockman JL: Chapter 2: Critical Care Medicine. Smith's Anesthesia for Infants and Children, 10th edition. Davis PJ, Cladis FP (eds.). Page: 1413, 2022.

2021

Bruins BB, Laverriere EK, Kilbaugh TJ: Chapter 11: Anesthesia consideration for flexible bronchoscopy. Diagnostic and Interventional Bronchoscopy in Children. Goldfarb S, Piccione J (eds.). Springer Nature, New York, NY, Page: 131-135, 2021 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54924-4_11

2020

Laverriere, E & Nishisaki, A.: Sedation and Analgesia for Endotracheal Intubation. Sedation and Analgesia for the Pediatric Intensivist. Pradip P. Kamat, John W. Berkenbosch (eds.). Springer International Publishing, Page: 245-256, October 2020.

2017

Laverriere EK, Kilbaugh TJ: Atrial Septal Defect, Ostium Primum. Essence of Anesthesia Practice, 4th Edition. Fleischer, LA, Roizen, MF, Roizen JD (eds.). Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA, Page: 42, 2017.

Posters and Presentations

2021

Daigle C, Fiadjoe J, Laverriere E, Bruins B, Lockman J, Nadkarni VM, Shutes J, Nishisaki A: Mitigating difficult bag-mask ventilation for critically-ill children in the PICU. Critical Care Medicine 49(1): 459, January 2021 Notes: Research Snapshot Poster Presentation at 50th Critical Care Congress, February 2021 (Virtual).

Lenz K, Nishisaki A, Lindell RB, Yehya N, Bruins BB, Napolitano N, McGowan N, Traynor D, Fitzgerlad JC, Laverriere EK: Stem cell transplant status is not associated with adverse events. Critical Care Medicine 49(1): 462, January 2021 Notes: Research Snapshot Presentation at 50th Critical Care Congress, February 2021 (Virtual).

Renuart AJ, Laverriere EK, Elliott E, Kirschen MP, Nadkarni VM, Berg RA, Sutton R, Galvez J: Perioperative pediatric cardiac arrest: etiology, treatment, and outcomes. Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA) February 2021 Notes: Notes: Poster Presentation at the SPA, February 2021, (Virtual) 3rd prize for the AAP John J. Downes Research Award.

2020

Daigle CH, Fiadjoe JE, Laverriere EK, Bruins BB, Lockman JL, Nadkarni VM, Shults J, Nishisaki A: Difficult mask ventilation in critically ill children independently associated with adverse events. Critical Care Medicine 49(1), January 2020 Notes: Research Snapshot Presentation, 49th Critical Care Medicine Congress, February 2020, Orlando, FL.

Invited Lectures

2022

Laverriere EK. "Advanced Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship Boot Camp," Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. May 2022.

Awards and Honors

2007, Kuhlemeier Award, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2007, J. Howard Beard Fellowship, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2004, Cum Laude, Georgetown University
2004, Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society
2000-2004, Dean's List, Georgetown University

Editorial and Academic Positions

Editorial Positions

2020-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Critical Care

Academic and Institutional Committees

2018-present, Anesthesiology AirEquip Research Group
2016-present, PICU Airway Safety Committee
2016-present, PICU and Progressive Care Unit (PCU) Patient Safety and Continuous Quality Improvement Committee

Leadership and Memberships

Memberships in Professional Organizations

2018-present, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia
2015-present, Society of Critical Care Medicine
2013-present, American Society of Anesthesiologists
2009-present, American Academy of Pediatrics