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Email

turaga@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics-Critical Care
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Education

MD-PhD from Washington University School of Medicine

05/2012 - St. Louis

Residency at St. Louis Children's Hospital

06/2015 - St. Louis

Pediatrics

Fellowship at University of California San Francisco

06/2018 - San Francisco

Pediatric Cardiology

Fellowship at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

06/2019 - Pittsburgh

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

Professional Statement

I am a physician-scientist dedicated to advancing precision medicine approaches for the treatment of pediatric heart failure. My clinical training culminated in a fellowship in pediatric cardiac critical care, and I currently serve as a pediatric cardiac intensivist at Texas Children’s Hospital. My research foundation was established through an MD/PhD at Washington University in St. Louis, and my current work focuses on elucidating the molecular mechanisms underlying pediatric heart failure and recovery. I have contributed to several impactful studies, including a collaborative investigation of congenital heart disease using multi-omic approaches published in Nature, and a first-author publication in Circulation identifying maladaptive macrophage responses following pediatric heart transplantation. I am the recipient of the Catalyst to Independence Award from the Additional Ventures Foundation, a K99/R00-equivalent grant supporting my transition to research independence. As a clinician who directly manages critically ill children with complex cardiac disease, I am uniquely positioned to translate scientific discoveries into targeted therapies. My dual roles in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) and laboratory have shaped a research agenda centered on delivering precise, mechanism-based interventions to improve outcomes for children with heart failure.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Tadros HJ, Turaga D, Martin JF. "Defining the Molecular Landscape of Cardiac Injury in Congenital Heart Disease: A Comprehensive Review of the Current Literature.." Curr Treat Options Cardio Med. 2025;
• 1) Tadros HJ*, Turaga D*, Zhao Y, Tsai CR, Adachi IA, Li X, Martin JF. "." Circ Genom Precis Med.. 2025; Pubmed PMID: