Samuel Davila, M.D. Titles and Appointments Clinical Associate Professor Schools Medical School Departments Pediatrics You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Download Curriculum Vitae Dr. Davila is originally from Brownsville, Texas. He attended college at Rice University and received his medical degree from University of Texas, San Antonio. He completed his residency in Pediatrics and fellowships in Critical Care and Infectious Diseases at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. His primary clinical interest is the host response in severe sepsis. He aims to facilitate the interaction of Critical Care and the Infectious Disease services to improve delivery of care. Education Medical School University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (2005) Residency Washington University/B-JH/St. Louis Children's Hospital (2009), Pediatrics Fellowship Washington University School of Medicine/St Louis Children's Hospital (2014), Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Washington University School of Medicine (2014), Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research Interest Host response in severe sepsis Publications Does serial procalcitonin monitoring predict clinical outcomes in children with sepsis? A diagnostic stewardship study Rubbab B, Davila S, Moreland J, Firmani S, Most Z Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology 2025 Jun 5 Evaluation and treatment of infective endocarditis in children and adolescents with underlying CHD: a Paediatric Acute Care Cardiology Collaborative Clinical Practice Guideline Aldrich JB, Madsen N, Armstrong AK, Burns J, Collins M, Coward C, Davila SZ, Dimas V, Erdmann A, Fatemi Y, Goldstein BH, Harahsheh AS, Khan S, Kipps A, Kwon MH, Lyman E, Maples H, Merklinger SL, Sganga D, Stang C, Subramanyan RK, Vaikunth S, Gal D Cardiology in the Young 2025 Use of ecmo for cardiogenic shock in pediatric population Bhaskar P, Davila S, Hoskote A, Thiagarajan R Journal of Clinical Medicine 2021 Apr 10 Commentary: Remote Ischemic Preconditioning—Too Good to Be True? Davila S, Jaquiss RD Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2020 Jun 32 325-326 DNA Viremia Is Associated with Hyperferritinemia in Pediatric Sepsis Simon DW, Halstead ES, Davila S, Kernan KF, Clark RS, Storch G, Carcillo JA Journal of Pediatrics 2019 Oct 213 82-87.e2 Viral DNAemia and Immune Suppression in Pediatric Sepsis Davila S, Halstead ES, Hall MW, Doctor A, Telford R, Holubkov R, Carcillo JA, Storch GA Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2018 Jan 19 e14-e22 Use of continuous renal replacement therapy in salicylate toxicity: A case report and review of the literature Papacostas MF, Hoge M, Baum M, Davila SZ Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care 2016 Sep 45 460-463 Paragonimus kellicotti Fluke infections in Missouri, USA Lane MA, Marcos LA, Onen NF, Demertzis LM, Hayes EV, Davila SZ, Nurutdinova DR, Bailey TC, Weil GJ Emerging Infectious Diseases 2012 Aug 18 1263-1267 Thigh abscess due to haemophilus influenzae type f in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive child Watson ME, Davila SZ, Burnham CA, Nguyen V, Nelson KL, Smith AL, Storch GA Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice 2011 Nov 19 e21-e23 Human paragonimiasis after eating raw or undercooked crayfish -- Missouri, July 2006-September 2010 Patrick SL, Turabelidze G, Marx H, Grim A, Lane MA, Weil GJ, Bailey TC, Önen NF, Demertzis LM, Tuteur PG, Hayes EV, Davila SZ, Folk SM, Mitchem RE, Kammerer E, Fannon JP, Jones JL, Wilkins PP, Lo YC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2010 Dec 59 Results 1-10 of 10 1 Honors & Awards Fellow of the Year in Pediatric Critical CareSt. Louis Children's Hospital (2014-2015) Mentored Training Program in Clinical ResearchUL1TR000448 (2011) Professional Associations/Affiliations Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (2009) Society of Critical Care Medicine (2010)
