Positions
- Associate Professor
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Pediatrics-Critical Care
Heart Center
ÌÇÐÄvlogÃÛÌÒ of Medicine
Houston, TX, US
Addresses
- TCH-West Tower (Hospital)
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Room: TXWT-B06006
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
- TCH - Legacy Tower (Hospital)
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6651 Main Street
Houston, 77030
Phone: (832) 826-6230
Education
- MS from Souther Methodist University
- 07/2022 - Dallas, Texas, United States
- Fellowship at Indiana University
- 06/2016 - Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
- Pediatric Cardiology
- Fellowship at University of Tennessee
- 06/2013 - Memphis, Tennessee, United States
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
- Fellowship at University of New York at Buffalo
- 06/2010 - Buffalo, New York, United States
- Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine
- Residency at Albert Einstein University/Bronx Lebannon Hospita
- 12/2001 - Bronx, New York, United States
- Pediatric
- MD from Universidad Nacional De Asuncion
- 04/1996 - Asuncion, Paraguay
Certifications
- Board Certify in Pediatric Cardiology
- #3155
- American Board of Pediatric
- Board Certify in Pediatric Critical Care
- #2074
- American Board of Pediatric
- Board Certify in Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine
- #5470
- American Board of Pediatric
- Board Certify in Pediatric
- #76747
- American Board of Pediatric
Honors & Awards
- Novel pseudo-differential methods to drastically increase computational speed and accuracy for biomedical ultrasound imaging and focusing.
- Funding agency: NIH. Grant number: 1R15EB035359-01A1.
- NIH (06/2024 - 07/2028)
- Young Investigator Endowment.
- Grant. Funding agency: ÌÇÐÄvlogÃÛÌÒ of Medicine. Role: Primary Recipient
- ÌÇÐÄvlogÃÛÌÒ of Medicine (04/2021 - 04/2022)
- Red Blood Cell Transfusion Induced ST Segment Variability Following the Norwood Procedure
- Best Research Abstract Award
- American Academy of Pediatrics. Session of Critical Care (10/2021 - 10/2021)
- A randomized control trial of Nitric Oxide administration during cardiopulmonary bypass in infants undergoing congenital heart surgery.
- Funding agency: Mallinckrodt Pharmaceutical. Grant number: 44435. Role: Primary investigator
- Mallinckrodt Pharmaceutical (06/2018 - 07/2020)
Professional Interests
- Data Science applied to Medicine
- Hemodynamic Monitoring
- Imaging in Cardiac Intensive Care
Professional Statement
My experience in the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, and Pediatric Cardiology fellowship has provided the thorough clinical background necessary to succeed in patient care and clinical education. Currently, my practice in cardiovascular critical care medicine at Texas Children’s Hospital/ÌÇÐÄvlogÃÛÌÒ of Medicine and the master’s degree in data science with a focus on Machine Learning at Southern Methodist University provides the tools to succeed in clinical educational research related to data science and predictive analytics in medicine. Also, it allows me most importantly to perform an excellent clinical care on patients at TCH.
I focus my current studies on the design of a model to predict extubation failure in the single ventricle population. And in the design of computer simulator of congenital heart disease (CHD) physiologic with the objective to facilitate an educational tool to learner interested in the complex physiology of CHD and patient with single ventricle physiology. I am currently mentoring fellows, BCM students, and TCH experts in data science to bring these tools to the bedside in the cardiovascular intensive care unit.
I plan to employ my vast clinical background and the tools that I learned during my master to teach data science applied to medicine to the students, fellows, instructors, and faculty in the cardiac intensive care unit at TCH / BCM.
I focus my current studies on the design of a model to predict extubation failure in the single ventricle population. And in the design of computer simulator of congenital heart disease (CHD) physiologic with the objective to facilitate an educational tool to learner interested in the complex physiology of CHD and patient with single ventricle physiology. I am currently mentoring fellows, BCM students, and TCH experts in data science to bring these tools to the bedside in the cardiovascular intensive care unit.
I plan to employ my vast clinical background and the tools that I learned during my master to teach data science applied to medicine to the students, fellows, instructors, and faculty in the cardiac intensive care unit at TCH / BCM.
Websites
Professional Development
- Big Data Base Research in Medicine
- Course (Presenter)
- I have a master's in data Science from Southern Methodist University (SMU), and I teach data science applied to medicine at ÌÇÐÄvlogÃÛÌÒ of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital.
Selected Publications
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Savorgnan F, Elhoff JJ, Guffey D, Axelrod D, Buckley JR, Gaies M, Ghanayem NS, Lasa JJ, Shekerdemian L, Tweddell JS, Werho DK, Yeh J, Steurer MA.. " " Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 ;
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Savorgnan F, Bhat PN, Checchia PA, Acosta S, Tume SC, Lasa JJ, Asadourian V, Achuff BJ, Flores S, Ahmed M, Crouthamel DI, Loomba RS, Bronicki RA. " " Crit Care Explor.. 2021 ;
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Savorgnan F, Moreira A, Moreira A, Annapragada A, Sexson Tejtel SK, Flores S, Rusin CG, Shekerdemian L, Acosta S. " " Pediatr Res. 2022 ;
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Memberships
- SCCM
- Member (07/2013)
- AAP
- Fellow (12/2001)
- American College of Cardiologic
- Fellow (07/2013)
Funding
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Novel pseudo-differential methods to drastically increase computational speed and accuracy for biomedical ultrasound imaging and focusing
#1R15EB035359-01A1 - $481,144.00 (06/30/2024 - 06/30/2028)
- Grant funding from NIH
Languages
Spanish, Italian
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