Section of Pediatric Neurocritical Care
Division of Pediatric & Developmental Neurology
Our section strives for excellence in patient care, research and education. Our clinical program at St. Louis Children’s Hospital is comprised of a multidisciplinary team who care for direct and indirect brain injuries along the entire longitudinal care continuum from initial presentation to rehabilitation and return home.
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Our Neurocritical Care Follow-up Program ensures patients and their families can transition from the overwhelming challenges of the intensive care unit back to school and their communities.
Fellowship
Pediatric Neurocritical Care
The goal of our fellowship program is to equip the next generation of pediatric neurologists, intensivists and neurosurgeons to be leaders in the field of pediatric neurocritical care. We emphasize training across a spectrum of critical illness, include direct and indirect brain injury, and along the entire longitudinal care continuum. We aim to provide a rich and rigorous academic environment that is individualized to a fellow’s career goals.
Conference
Pediatric Neurocritical Care Symposium
An annual conference bringing together the multidisciplinary pediatric neurocritical care community for a day of talks that crosses the spectrum of neurocritical care from the field, prior to admission to rehabilitation and follow-up.
Our research endeavors have formed strong collaborations across Washington University and include pediatric stroke, neuroimaging, cardiac arrest, traumatic brain injury, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG).
Labs
Cerebral Oxygen Metabolism in Children (COMIC) Brain Imaging Research Lab
Kristin Guilliams, MD MSCI
The COMIC lab uses non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques to understand how blood flow and oxygen use changes as the brain is growing and developing throughout the first several decades of life.
Dang Lab
Mai Dang, MD, PhD
The primary research goal of my laboratory is to uncover novel ways to alter the pediatric brain tumor microenvironment to enhance the efficacy of existing treatments and make treatments safer for children.
Recent publications
- Tenecteplase for the Treatment of Pediatric Arterial Ischemic Stroke: A Safety Surveillance Reportas the International Pediatric Stroke Study and the Pediatric Neurocritical Care Research Group, Feb 11 2025, In: Neurology. 104, 3, p. e210310Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Brain Age Modeling and Cognitive Outcomes in Young Adults With and Without Sickle Cell AnemiaFord, A., Fellah, S., Wang, Y., Unger-Levinson, K., Hagan, M., Reis, M., Mirro, A., Lewis, J. B., Ying, C., Guilliams, K. P., Fields, M. E., An, H., King, A. & Chen, Y., Jan 2 2025, In: JAMA Network Open. 8, 1, p. e2453669Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Multiorgan Dysfunction in a 7-Month-Old Boy With Developmental Delay and Poor GrowthMcCormick, A. E., Atzemis, A., Guilliams, K. & Butler, D. F., Jan 1 2025, In: Pediatrics in Review. 46, 1, p. 44-48 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Cerebral Oxygen Metabolic Stress in Children and Adults With Large Vessel Vasculopathy Due to Sickle Cell DiseaseWang, Y., Fellah, S., Reis, M., Guilliams, K. P., Fields, M. E., Steger-May, K., Mirro, A. E., Lewis, J. B., Ying, C., Cohen, R. A., Hulbert, M. L., King, A. A., Chen, Y., Lee, J. M., An, H. & Ford, A. L., Dec 10 2024, In: Neurology. 103, 11, p. e210032Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Definitions of adverse events associated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in children: results of an international Delphi process from the ECMO-CENTRAL ARCExtracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO), International ECMO Network (ECMONet), Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI), Pediatric ECMO subgroup of PALISI and ELSO (PediECMO), European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC), Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Paediatric Study Group (ANZICS PSG), Intensive Care Society (ICS), Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society (PCICS), Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network (ACTION), Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium (CHNC), American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA), Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) & Society […]
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Leadership
Kristin Guilliams, MD
Chief, Section of Pediatric Neurocritical Care
Associate Professor of Neurology
Patient Appointments
Voice: 314-454-6120