Shan Ward, MD
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• Certificate UCSF Foundations in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training University of California, San Francisco 02/2021
• Certificate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion University of California, San Francisco 02/2020
• MAS Clinical Research University of California, San Francisco 06/2018
• Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship University of California, San Francisco 06/2016
• Pediatric Residency Children's National Medical Center 06/2012
• MD Medicine New York Medical College 05/2009
• BS Biological Sciences University of California, Davis 06/2005

Interests

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• Mechanical ventilation
• Malnutrition
• Pediatric Critical Care
• Obesity
• Acute respiratory distress syndrome

Publications (17)

Top publication keywords:
Tidal VolumeLactic AcidRespiratory InsufficiencyRespiration, ArtificialAftercarePulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein DIdeal Body WeightCommon Data ElementsHealth Status IndicatorsIntensive Care Units, PediatricMedicinePediatric ObesityShock, SepticNutritional StatusCritical Care

• Inflammatory and coagulant responses after acute respiratory failure in children of different body habitus.
  Intensive Care Medicine – Paediatric and Neonatal 2023 Shan L. Ward, Heidi R. Flori, Mary K. Dahmer, Heidi M. Weeks, Anil Sapru, Michael W. Quasney, Martha A. Q. Curley, Kathleen D. Liu, Michael A. Matthay
• Changes in the Use of Invasive and Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation in Pediatric Asthma: 2009-2019.
  Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2023 Smith MA, Dinh D, Ly NP, Ward SL, McGarry ME, Zinter MS
• Evaluating the association between obesity and discharge functional status after pediatric injury.
  Journal of pediatric surgery 2022 Ward SL, VanBuren JM, Richards R, Holubkov R, Alvey JS, Jensen AR, Pollack MM, Burd RS
• Pediatric Organ Dysfunction Information Update Mandate (PODIUM) Contemporary Organ Dysfunction Criteria: Executive Summary.
  Pediatrics 2022 Bembea MM, Agus M, Akcan-Arikan A, Alexander P, Basu R, Bennett TD, Bohn D, Brandão LR, Brown AM, Carcillo JA, Checchia P, Cholette J, Cheifetz IM, Cornell T, Doctor A, Eckerle M, Erickson S, Farris …
• Evaluating the impact of heterogeneity on results of meta analyses evaluating nutritional status and clinical outcomes in pediatric intensive care.
  Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) 2021 Ward SL, Flori HR

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• O038 / #728: AN EXPLORATORY INVESTIGATION OF THE INFLAMMATORY AND COAGULANT RESPONSE AFTER ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE IN OVERWEIGHT, OBESE AND APPROPRIATE WEIGHT PEDIATRIC PATIENTS.
  Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2021 S. Ward, M. Dahmer, H. Weeks, A. Sapru, M. Quasney, M. Curley, K. Liu, M. Matthay, H. Flori
• P0379 / #660: AN EXPLORATORY EVALUATION OF THE SEVERITY OF ALVEOLAR EPITHELIAL INJURY IN OBESE AND NON-OBESE PEDIATRIC ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE PATIENTS.
  Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2021 S. Ward, M. Dahmer, H. Weeks, A. Sapru, M. Quasney, M. Curley, K. Liu, M. Matthay, H. Flori
• Design and Rationale for Common Data Elements for Clinical Research in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.
  Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2020 Ward SL, Flori HR, Bennett TD, Sapru A, Mourani PM, Thomas NJ, Khemani RG
• Association of patient weight status with plasma surfactant protein D, a biomarker of alveolar epithelial injury, in children with acute respiratory failure.
  Pediatric pulmonology 2020 Ward SL, Dahmer MK, Weeks HM, Sapru A, Quasney MW, Curley MAQ, Liu KD, Matthay MA, Flori HR
• Evaluation of the Association of Early Elevated Lactate With Outcomes in Children With Severe Sepsis or Septic Shock.
  Pediatric emergency care 2019 Gorgis N, Asselin JM, Fontana C, Heidersbach RS, Flori HR, Ward SL
• Variability in Pediatric Ideal Body Weight Calculation: Implications for Lung-Protective Mechanical Ventilation Strategies in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
  Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2018 Ward SL, Quinn CM, Steurer MA, Liu KD, Flori HR, Matthay MA
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  Critical care medicine 2017 Ward SL, Flori H
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  Critical care medicine 2017 Ward SL, Flori H
• Long-Term Pulmonary Function and Quality of Life in Children After Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Feasibility Investigation.
  Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2017 Ward SL, Turpin A, Spicer AC, Treadwell MJ, Church GD, Flori HR
• Impact of Weight Extremes on Clinical Outcomes in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
  Critical care medicine 2016 Ward SL, Gildengorin V, Valentine SL, Sapru A, Curley MA, Thomas N, Willson DF, Flori HR
• Poor Adherence to Lung-Protective Mechanical Ventilation in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
  Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2016 Ward SL, Quinn CM, Valentine SL, Sapru A, Curley MA, Willson DF, Liu KD, Matthay MA, Flori HR
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  Critical Care Medicine 2015 Noelle Gorgis, Cynthia Fontana, Jeanette Asselin, Robert Heidersbach, Heidi Flori, Shan Ward