Positions
- Associate Professor
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Pediatrics-Critical Care
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
Addresses
- TCH - Legacy Tower (Hospital)
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6651 Main Street
Houston77030
Phone: (832) 826-6230
Education
- Fellowship at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States
- Pediatric Intensive Care, 2004
- Residency at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States
- Pediatrics, 2001
- MD from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States
- 1988
Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Honors & Awards
- Alpha Omega Alpha
- Young Investigator Award
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Annual Scientific Award
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
Professional Interests
- Pediatric Neurocritical Care
- Epilepsy-associated cardiac comorbidity
- Febrile-infection related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES)
Selected Publications
- Lai YC, Muscal E, et al. "Anakinra usage in febrile infection related epilepsy syndrome: an international cohort." Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2020;7:2467-2474. Pubmed PMID: 33506622
- Chan SW, Dervan L, Watson RS, Anderson AE, Lai YC "Epilepsy duration is an independent factor for electrocardiographic changes in pediatric epilepsy.." Epilepsia Open. 2021; Pubmed PMID: 34235879
- Levin AT, Born HA, Landstrom AP, Larson S, Lee WL, Dao AT, Wehrens XHT, Lai YC, Anderson AE "Cardiac dysregulation following intrahippocampal kainate-induced status epilepticus." Sci Rep. 2020;10:4043. Pubmed PMID: 32132552
- Brewster AL, Marzec K, Hairston A, Ho M, Anderson AE, Lai Y "Early cardiac electrographic and molecular remodeling in a model of status epilepticus and acquired epilepsy." Epilepsia. 2016;57:1907-1915. Pubmed PMID: 27555091
- Lai YC, Li N, Lawrence W, Wang S, Levine A, Burchhardt D, Pautler RG, Valderrábano M, Wehrens XHT, Anderson AE. "Myocardial remodeling and susceptibility to ventricular tachycardia in a model of chronic epilepsy." Epilepsia Open. 2018;3:213-223. Pubmed PMID: 29881800
- Ali W, Bubolz BA, Nguyen L, Castro, Coss-Bu J, Quach MM, Kennedy CE, Anderson AE, Lai Y "Epilepsy is associated with ventricular alterations following convulsive status epilepticus." Epilepsia Open. 2017;2:432-440. Pubmed PMID: 29430560
- "Proposal to optimize evaluation and treatment of Febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES): A Report from FIRES workshop.." Epilepsia Open. 2021; Pubmed PMID: 33681649
- 1. Lai YC, Abou-El-Kheir G, Nguyen T, Hanerhoff M, Riviello JJ, Muscal E. "Systemic inflammatory markers and EEG features of children with FIRES receiving anakinra.." Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2023; Pubmed PMID: 36645080
Memberships
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
- American Epilepsy Society
- Neurocritical Care Society
Funding
- Assessing determinants of electrocardiographic alterations and identifying exacerbating factors in pediatric epilepsy NIH/NINDS
Languages
Chinese (Mandarin), Spanish
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