Elizabeth Laverriere McGovern, MD, MPH

Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467)
MD - The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Pediatrics - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Pediatrics - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA (Chief Resident)
Anesthesiology - The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Pediatric Anesthesiology - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Critical Care Medicine - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Anesthesiology – American Board of AnesthesiologyCritical Care Medicine – American Board of PediatricsPediatric Anesthesiology – American Board of AnesthesiologyPediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics
MPH in Comparative Health Systems and Policies - The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Pediatric airway management
Pediatric difficult airway
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Laverriere EK. "Advanced Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship Boot Camp," Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. May 2022.
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
2020-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Critical Care
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
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