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Maeve Sheehan, M.D.

Maeve Sheehan, M.D.

Titles and Appointments

Assoc VP Pediatric Group Practice

Professor

Schools
Medical School
Departments
Health System Pediatrics and Adolescent Program | Pediatrics

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  • Biography

    Dr. Sheehan graduated from University College Dublin, Ireland in 1993. She undertook further training in Pediatrics and Neonatology in Ireland before completing a Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine Residency at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, and a Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio.

    Dr. Sheehan joined the pediatric faculty at UT Southwestern in 2002, and has served a variety of roles, including Professor of Pediatrics, Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, and Chief Medical Officer at Children's Medical Center Dallas.

    Her academic interests include; sepsis, pediatric transport, patient flow and patient safety. Dr. Sheehan had number of administrative roles as the Chief of Inpatient Services and Physician Advisor at Children’s Medical Center.

  • Education
    Medical School
    The University of Ireland (1993)
    Internship
    St. Vincents Hospital - Dublin Ireland (1994), Surgery
    Residency
    Boston University Medical Center (1994), Internal Medicine
    Residency
    The Children's Hospital-Dublin, Ireland (1995), Pediatrics
    Residency
    The National Maternity Hospital-Dublin, Ireland (1995), Neonatal-perinatal Medicine
    Residency
    Cleveland Clinic Foundation (1999), Pediatrics
    Fellowship
    Children's Hospital Medical Center (2002), Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
  • Research Interest
    • Hospital administration
    • Patient flow
    • Sepsis
    • Transport
  • Publications
    Inpatient bronchiolitis guideline implementation and resource utilization
    Mittal V, Bowens CD, Walsh B, Mehta A, Badawy MK, Morse RB, Pop R, Tidwell J, Sheehan M, McDermott S, Cannon C, Kahn J Pediatrics 2014 133 e730-e737
    Peroxisome Proliferator Activator Receptor-γ Ligands, 15-Deoxy-Δ12,14-Prostaglandin J2 and Ciglitazone, Reduce Systemic Inflammation in Polymicrobial Sepsis by Modulation of Signal Transduction Pathways
    Zingarelli B, Sheehan M, Hake PW, O'Connor M, Denenberg A, Cook JA Journal of Immunology 2003 Dec 171 6827-6837
    Parthenolide improves systemic hemodynamics and decreases tissue leukosequestration in rats with polymicrobial sepsis
    Sheehan M, Wong HR, Hake PW, Zingarelli B Critical care medicine 2003 Sep 31 2263-2270
    Nuclear factor-κB as a therapeutic target in critical care medicine
    Zingarelli B, Sheehan M, Wong HR Critical care medicine 2003 Jan 31 S105-S111
    Yet another potential role for nitric oxide in the pathophysiology of septic shock
    Sheehan M, Wong HR Critical care medicine 2002 Jan 30 1393-1394
    Protective effects of isohelenin, an inhibitor of nuclear factor κB, in endotoxic shock in rats
    Sheehan M, Wong HR, Hake PW, Zingarelli B Journal of Endotoxin Research 2002 8 99-107
    Parthenolide, an inhibitor of the nuclear factor-κB pathway, ameliorates cardiovascular derangement and outcome in endotoxic shock in rodents
    Sheehan M, Wong HR, Hake PW, Malhotra V, O'Connor M, Zingarelli A Molecular Pharmacology 2002 61 953-963
  • Books

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  • Honors & Awards
    • President of Medical and Dental Staff, Children's Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
      (2010)
    • Specialty award
      Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Society of Critical Care Medicine (2002)
    • Educational scholarship
      Society of Critical Care Medicine (2001)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • Air Medical Physician Association (2005)
    • American Academy of Pediatrics (1996)
    • American College of Physician Advisors
    • Society of Critical Care Medicine
    • Texas Pediatric Society