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Stephanie Hsu, M.D.

Stephanie Hsu, M.D.

Titles and Appointments

Associate Professor

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Medical School
Departments
Pediatrics

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  • Biography

    Dr. Hsu received her medical degree and completed her pediatric residency training at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.  She completed fellowship training in pediatric critical care at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas where she also served as chief fellow in her third year.  She subsequently joined the faculty at UT Southwestern upon completion of her fellowship.  Her research interests include ICU delirium, sedation, and early mobility.

  • Education
    Medical School
    Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (2013)
    Residency
    Vanderbilt University School of Medicine/Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital (2016), Pediatrics
    Fellowship
    UT Southwestern/Children's Medical Center (2019), Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
  • Research Interest
    • ICU Delirium
    • ICU Liberation and Early Mobility
    • Sedation
  • Publications
    Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment in Children Managed in Nine PICUs in the United States: A Secondary Analysis of the Death One Hour After Terminal Extubation (DONATE) Dataset, 2009–2021
    Shah SS, Laksana E, Aczon MD, Avesar M, Burkiewicz K, Chandnani HK, Fainberg NA, Hsu SC, McCrory MC, Hodge KR, Pringle CP, Ross PA, Shah JK, Siegel LB, Tripathi S, Morrison WE, Wetzel RC, Winter MC Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2026 Feb 27 146-154
    Death One Hour After Terminal Extubation in Children: Validation of a Machine Learning Model to Predict Cardiac Death After Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment in a Multicenter Cohort, 2009–2021
    Author Collaboration PD, Author Collaboration PA, Winter MC, Zhou AX, Laksana E, Aczon MD, Ledbetter DR, Avesar M, Burkiewicz K, Chandnani HK, Fainberg N, Hsu S, McCrory MC, Morrow KR, Noguchi A, O’Brien CE, Ojha A, Pringle C, Ross PA, Shah J, Shah S, Shpaner L, Siegel LB, Tripathi S, Wetzel RC Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2025 Aug 26 e997-e1008
    Ventilator Weaning and Terminal Extubation: Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Therapy in Children. Secondary Analysis of the Death One Hour after Terminal Extubation Study
    Pringle CP, Filipp SL, Morrison WE, Fainberg NA, Aczon MD, Avesar M, Burkiewicz KF, Chandnani HK, Hsu SC, Laksana E, Ledbetter DR, McCrory MC, Morrow KR, Noguchi AE, O'Brien CE, Ojha A, Ross PA, Shah S, Shah JK, Siegel LB, Tripathi S, Wetzel RC, Zhou AX, Winter MC Critical care medicine 2024 Mar 52 396-406
    Analgesia and Sedation at Terminal Extubation: A Secondary Analysis from Death One Hour after Terminal Extubation Study Data∗
    Tripathi S, Laksana E, McCrory MC, Hsu S, Zhou AX, Burkiewicz K, Ledbetter DR, Aczon MD, Shah S, Siegel L, Fainberg N, Morrow KR, Avesar M, Chandnani HK, Shah J, Pringle C, Winter MC Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2023 Jun 24 463-472
    Extracorporeal Life Support for Respiratory Failure in Patients With Electronic Cigarette or Vaping Product Use–Associated Lung Injury
    Gupta VS, Hayes D, Hsu SC, Tonna JE, Rycus PT, Bridges BC, Diaban F, Bosma KJ, Bhatt JM, Sakla NM, Han JJ, Bermudez CA, Manetta F, Garcia EI, Harting MT Critical care medicine 2022 Feb 50 E173-E182
    Review of Health Consequences of Electronic Cigarettes and the Outbreak of Electronic Cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use-Associated Lung Injury
    Cao DJ, Aldy K, Hsu S, McGetrick M, Verbeck G, De Silva I, Feng Sy Journal of Medical Toxicology 2020 Jul 16 295-310
    Clinical features of E-cigarette, or vaping, product use–associated lung injury in teenagers
    Rao DR, Maple KL, Dettori A, Afolabi F, Francis JK, Artunduaga M, Lieu TJ, Aldy K, Cao DJ, Hsu S, Feng SY, Mittal V Pediatrics 2020 Jul 146
    Severe E-Cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use Associated Lung Injury Requiring Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
    Aldy K, Cao DJ, McGetrick M, Willcutts D, Verbeck G, De Silva I, Hsu S Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2020 Apr 21 385-388
    Phase I and phase II enzyme polymorphisms and childhood cancer
    Swinney R, Hsu S, Tomlinson G Journal of Investigative Medicine 2006 Sep 54 303-320
    MDM2 promoter variation and age of diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia [5]
    Swinney RM, Hsu SC, Hirschman BA, Chen TT, Tomlinson GE Leukemia 2005 Nov 19 1996-1998
  • Honors & Awards
    • Chief Fellow
      UT Southwestern Medical Center Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Program (2018)
    • Gerber Foundation Research Grant
      Pediatric Health (2017)
    • Darlene Hoffman Pediatric Summer Scholar
      Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics (2010)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow (2013)
    • Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Member (2008)
    • Society of Critical Care Medicine, Member (2016)