David Werho, M.D.

Bio

Dr. David Werho is a board-certified pediatric cardiologist at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego and an associate clinical professor of pediatrics at UC San Diego School of Medicine. He is the program director for the Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship.

He specializes in pediatric cardiac critical care and devotes the majority of his clinical time to the care of patients in the cardiovascular intensive care unit.

Dr. Werho earned his bachelor's and his medical degree at the University of Arizona. He then completed his pediatric residency at New York University, where he served as chief resident following his training. He completed dual-fellowship training in pediatric cardiology at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital - University of Michigan and in pediatric critical care medicine at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital - Stanford University prior to joining the team at Rady Children's.

Dr. Werho's research interests include studying cardiac intensive care unit outcomes, including duration of ventilation and ECMO complications, to help improve the outcomes of future patients with critical heart disease. He also performs medical education research to contribute to the training and education of future cardiologists and intensivists and is an expert in assessment and curriculum development as well as communications and social media. He leads several national committees in his field and serves on the board of directors and leadership committees of several international organizations in cardiology and cardiac critical care.

Publications

Risk Factors Associated With Central Venous Catheter-Associated Deep Vein Thrombosis After Pediatric Congenital Heart Surgery: An Analysis of the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium Registry.
Patregnani JT, Ankola AA, Kim JS, Downey L, Klugman D, Baltagi S, Linder J, Banerjee M, Zhang W, Mikesell K, Schumacher K, Giglia T, Werho DK

Good Practice Concepts in Pediatric Critical Care Point-of-Care Ultrasound: A Modified Delphi Consensus Initiative.
Penk JS, Bhargava V, Chandnani H, Chong G, Conlon T, DeSanti RL, Diddle JW, Floh A, Flores S, Hsieh A, Kantor D, Kaplan D, Kozyak B, Li B, Lumpkin C, MacDonald J, Maxson I, Nishisaki A, Patel MD, Riggs BJ, Rivera ML, Martinez M, Mills M, Ramírez M, Tripathi S, Veten A, Vijayakumar N, Wenger J, Werho DK, Su E, Al-Subu A, Pediatric Research Collaborative on Critical Ultrasound (PeRCCUS), Subgroup of Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI)

Part 6: Pediatric Basic Life Support: 2025 American Heart Association and American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.
Joyner BL Jr, Dewan M, Bavare A, de Caen A, DiMaria K, Donofrio-Odmann J, Fosse G, Haskell S, Mahgoub M, Meckler G, Requist J, Schexnayder SM, Smith MO, Werho D, Raymond TT

Central Venous Catheter Selection, Management, and Treatment of Catheter-Associated Deep Vein Thrombosis in Children Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Survey of Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium Centers.
Kim JS, Patregnani JT, Ankola AA, Schumacher K, Klugman D, Giglia TM, Baltagi SA, Baylor JG, Bressler E, Downey LA, Linder J, Marcus BS, Yeh J, Zhang W, Werho DK, PC4 Thrombosis Working Group

Unplanned reinterventions after congenital cardiac surgery and hospital mortality: A report from the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC(4)).
Reddy RK, Schumacher KR, Ghanayem NS, Zhang W, Mikesell K, Alten JA, Bailly DK, Bertrandt RA, Blinder JJ, Buckley JR, Chan T, Chanani NK, DeWitt AG, Diddle JW, Gauntt J, Harmon WG, Jacobs JP, Kelly RB, Lin JI, Lion RP, Raymond TT, Riley CM, Schwartz SM, Shin AY, Simsic JM, Sinha A, Smith AH, Tabbutt S, Werho DK, Zaccagni HJ, Costello JM

Part 6: Pediatric Basic Life Support: 2025 American Heart Association and American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.
Joyner BL Jr, Dewan M, Bavare A, de Caen A, DiMaria K, Donofrio-Odmann J, Fosse G, Haskell S, Mahgoub M, Meckler G, Requist J, Schexnayder SM, Olech Smith M, Werho D, Raymond TT

Extubation Practices and Outcomes During Pediatric Respiratory Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Analysis of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry, 2018-2022.
Rufener CR, Boulil Z, Suttner DM, Werho DK, Harvey HA, Bak EI, O'Brien N, Kudchadkar SR, Coufal NG

Ventilator Liberation Practices in Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care.
Romer AJ, Abu-Sultaneh S, Gaies MG, Klein RV, Mastropietro CW, Todd Tzanetos DR, Werho DK, Zaccagni HJ, Loberger JM

Best practice peri-extubation bundle reduces neonatal and infant extubation failure after cardiac surgery.
Todd Tzanetos D, Bassi H, Furlong-Dillard J, Mastropietro C, Olive M, Klugman D, Werho D

Sustained Performance of Cardiac Arrest Prevention in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Units.
Mueller D, Bailly DK, Banerjee M, Bertrandt RA, Borasino S, Briceno-Medina M, Chan T, Diddle JW, Domnina Y, Clarke-Myers K, Connelly C, Florez A, Gaies M, Garza J, Ghassemzadeh R, Lane J, McCammond AN, Olive MK, Ortmann L, Prodhan P, Raymond TT, Sasaki J, Scahill C, Schroeder LW, Schumacher KR, Werho DK, Zhang W, Alten J, PC4 CAP Collaborators

Clinical Outcomes After Tracheostomy in Children With Single Ventricle Physiology: Collaborative Research From the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society Multicenter Cohort, 2010-2021.
Mastropietro CW, Sassalos P, Riley CM, Piggott K, Allen KY, Prentice E, Safa R, Buckley JR, Werho DK, Wakeham M, Smerling A, Yates AR, Iliopoulos I, Sandhu H, Chiwane S, Beshish A, Kwiatkowski DM, Flores S, Narashimhulu SS, Loomba R, Capone CA, Pike F, Costello JM, Collaborative Research from the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society (CoRe-PCICS) Investigators

Cardiac Critical Care Fellowship Training in the United States and Canada: Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society-Endorsed Subcompetencies to the 2022 Entrustable Professional Activities.
Chlebowski MM, Migally K, Werho DK, Sznycer-Taub N, Rhodes LA, Szadkowski A, Hupp S, Sacks LD, Chen J, Zyblewski SC

Development of an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee for a collaborative quality improvement network: Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC(4)) Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee: white paper 2023.
Tjoeng YL, Werho DK, Algaze C, Nawathe P, Benjamin S, Schumacher KR, Chan T

Measuring Critical Care Unit Performance Using a Postoperative Mechanical Ventilation Quality Metric.
Werho DK, Fisk A, Yeh J, Rooney S, Wilkes R, Shin AY, Zhang W, Banerjee M, Gaies M

Risk Factors for Extubation Failure After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and Impact on Outcomes: A Multicenter Analysis.
Byrnes J, Bailly D, Werho DK, Rahman F, Esangbedo I, Hamzah M, Banerjee M, Zhang W, Maher KO, Schumacher KR, Deshpande SR

Operational Definitions Related to Pediatric Ventilator Liberation.
Abu-Sultaneh S, Iyer NP, Fernández A, Gaies M, González-Dambrauskas S, Hotz JC, Kneyber MCJ, López-Fernández YM, Rotta AT, Werho DK, Baranwal AK, Blackwood B, Craven HJ, Curley MAQ, Essouri S, Fioretto JR, Hartmann SMM, Jouvet P, Korang SK, Rafferty GF, Ramnarayan P, Rose L, Tume LN, Whipple EC, Wong JJM, Emeriaud G, Mastropietro CW, Napolitano N, Newth CJL, Khemani RG, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network

Virtual reality curriculum increases paediatric residents' knowledge of CHDs.
Lim TR, Wilson HC, Axelrod DM, Werho DK, Handler SS, Yu S, Afton K, Lowery R, Mullan PB, Cooke J, Owens ST

A multimedia paediatric cardiology assessment tool for medical students and general paediatric trainees: development and validation.
Wilson HC, Lim TR, Axelrod DM, Werho DK, Handler SS, Mullan PB, Cooke JM, Owens ST

Executive Summary: International Clinical Practice Guidelines for Pediatric Ventilator Liberation, A Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network Document.
Abu-Sultaneh S, Iyer NP, Fernández A, Gaies M, González-Dambrauskas S, Hotz JC, Kneyber MCJ, López-Fernández YM, Rotta AT, Werho DK, Baranwal AK, Blackwood B, Craven HJ, Curley MAQ, Essouri S, Fioretto JR, Hartmann SMM, Jouvet P, Korang SK, Rafferty GF, Ramnarayan P, Rose L, Tume LN, Whipple EC, Wong JJM, Emeriaud G, Mastropietro CW, Napolitano N, Newth CJL, Khemani RG

Assessment of physician training and prediction of workforce needs in paediatric cardiac intensive care in the United States.
Horak RV, Marino BS, Werho DK, Rhodes LA, Costello JM, Cabrera AG, Cooper DS, Bai S, Tabbutt S, Rao I, Scheinker D, Shin AY, Krawczeski CD

Preventing Cardiac Arrest in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Through Multicenter Collaboration.
Alten J, Cooper DS, Klugman D, Raymond TT, Wooton S, Garza J, Clarke-Myers K, Anderson J, Pasquali SK, Absi M, Affolter JT, Bailly DK, Bertrandt RA, Borasino S, Dewan M, Domnina Y, Lane J, McCammond AN, Mueller DM, Olive MK, Ortmann L, Prodhan P, Sasaki J, Scahill C, Schroeder LW, Werho DK, Zaccagni H, Zhang W, Banerjee M, Gaies M, PC4 CAP Collaborators

Workforce demographics and unit structure in paediatric cardiac critical care in the United States.
Horak RV, Bai S, Marino BS, Werho DK, Rhodes LA, Costello JM, Cabrera AG, Cooper DS, Tan Y, Tabbutt S, Krawczeski CD

Establishing Entrustable Professional Activities in Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care.
Werho DK, DeWitt AG, Owens ST, McBride ME, van Schaik S, Roth SJ

Relationship Between Gestational Age and Outcomes After Congenital Heart Surgery.
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

Aortic Root Thrombosis on ECMO-A Novel Management Strategy.
Aljohani OA, Singh RK, Nageotte SJ, Do T, Ratnayaka K, Nigro JJ, Werho DK

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