Shan Ward, MD

Dr. Shan Ward is a pediatric critical care specialist who treats children who are hospitalized in potentially life-threatening condition due to injury, infection, cancer, other illnesses or complications from surgery. She serves as the lead doctor working with the respiratory therapy team to care for children with acute lung illness or injury. She has a special interest in optimizing nutrition for her patients.

Ward's research focuses on strategies for safely supporting sick children who can't breathe on their own. She is also studying how obesity affects outcomes for critically ill children.

After earning her medical degree from New York Medical College, Ward completed a residency in pediatrics at Children's National Hospital. She completed a fellowship in pediatric critical care medicine and a master of advanced study degree in clinical research at UCSF.
Education
Certificate, 02/2021 - UCSF Foundations in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training, University of California, San Francisco
Certificate, 02/2020 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion, University of California, San Francisco
MAS, 06/2018 - Clinical Research, University of California, San Francisco
06/2016 - Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco
06/2012 - Pediatric Residency, Children's National Medical Center
MD, 05/2009 - Medicine, New York Medical College
BS, 06/2005 - Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis

  1. Shan L. Ward, Heidi R. Flori, Mary K. Dahmer, Heidi M. Weeks, Anil Sapru, Michael W. Quasney, Martha A. Q. Curley, Kathleen D. Liu, Michael A. Matthay. Inflammatory and coagulant responses after acute respiratory failure in children of different body habitus. Intensive Care Medicine – Paediatric and Neonatal 2023. PMID:


  2. Smith MA, Dinh D, Ly NP, Ward SL, McGarry ME, Zinter MS. Changes in the Use of Invasive and Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation in Pediatric Asthma: 2009-2019. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2023. PMID: 36315585


  3. Ward SL, VanBuren JM, Richards R, Holubkov R, Alvey JS, Jensen AR, Pollack MM, Burd RS. Evaluating the association between obesity and discharge functional status after pediatric injury. 2022. PMID: 35090717


  4. Bembea MM, Agus M, Akcan-Arikan A, Alexander P, Basu R, Bennett TD, Bohn D, Brandão LR, Brown AM, Carcillo JA, Checchia P, Cholette J, Cheifetz IM, Cornell T, Doctor A, Eckerle M, Erickson S, Farris RWD, Faustino EVS, Fitzgerald JC, Fuhrman DY, Giuliano JS, Guilliams K, Gaies M, Gorga SM, Hall M, Hanson SJ, Hartman M, Hassinger AB, Irving SY, Jeffries H, Jouvet P, Kannan S, Karam O, Khemani RG, Kissoon N, Lacroix J, Laussen P, Leclerc F, Lee JH, Leteurtre S, Lobner K, McKiernan PJ, Menon K, Monagle P, Muszynski JA, Odetola F, Parker R, Pathan N, Pierce RW, Pineda J, Prince JM, Robinson KA, Rowan CM, Ryerson LM, Sanchez-Pinto LN, Schlapbach LJ, Selewski DT, Shekerdemian LS, Simon D, Smith LS, Squires JE, Squires RH, Sutherland SM, Ouellette Y, Spaeder MC, Srinivasan V, Steiner ME, Tasker RC, Thiagarajan R, Thomas N, Tissieres P, Traube C, Tucci M, Typpo KV, Wainwright MS, Ward SL, Watson RS, Weiss S, Whitney J, Willson D, Wynn JL, Yeyha N, Zimmerman JJ. Pediatric Organ Dysfunction Information Update Mandate (PODIUM) Contemporary Organ Dysfunction Criteria: Executive Summary. 2022. PMID: 34970673


  5. Ward SL, Flori HR. Evaluating the impact of heterogeneity on results of meta analyses evaluating nutritional status and clinical outcomes in pediatric intensive care. Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) 2021. PMID: 34653821


  6. S. Ward, M. Dahmer, H. Weeks, A. Sapru, M. Quasney, M. Curley, K. Liu, M. Matthay, H. Flori. O038 / #728: AN EXPLORATORY INVESTIGATION OF THE INFLAMMATORY AND COAGULANT RESPONSE AFTER ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE IN OVERWEIGHT, OBESE AND APPROPRIATE WEIGHT PEDIATRIC PATIENTS. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2021. PMID:


  7. S. Ward, M. Dahmer, H. Weeks, A. Sapru, M. Quasney, M. Curley, K. Liu, M. Matthay, H. Flori. P0379 / #660: AN EXPLORATORY EVALUATION OF THE SEVERITY OF ALVEOLAR EPITHELIAL INJURY IN OBESE AND NON-OBESE PEDIATRIC ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE PATIENTS. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2021. PMID:


  8. Ward SL, Flori HR, Bennett TD, Sapru A, Mourani PM, Thomas NJ, Khemani RG. Design and Rationale for Common Data Elements for Clinical Research in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2020. PMID: 32639472


  9. Ward SL, Dahmer MK, Weeks HM, Sapru A, Quasney MW, Curley MAQ, Liu KD, Matthay MA, Flori HR. Association of patient weight status with plasma surfactant protein D, a biomarker of alveolar epithelial injury, in children with acute respiratory failure. Pediatric pulmonology 2020. PMID: 32725941


  10. Gorgis N, Asselin JM, Fontana C, Heidersbach RS, Flori HR, Ward SL. Evaluation of the Association of Early Elevated Lactate With Outcomes in Children With Severe Sepsis or Septic Shock. Pediatric emergency care 2019. PMID: 28072671


  11. Ward SL, Quinn CM, Steurer MA, Liu KD, Flori HR, Matthay MA. Variability in Pediatric Ideal Body Weight Calculation: Implications for Lung-Protective Mechanical Ventilation Strategies in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2018. PMID: 30277896


  12. Ward SL, Flori H. The authors reply. Critical care medicine 2017. PMID: 28410326


  13. Ward SL, Flori H. The authors reply. Critical care medicine 2017. PMID: 28291115


  14. Ward SL, Turpin A, Spicer AC, Treadwell MJ, Church GD, Flori HR. Long-Term Pulmonary Function and Quality of Life in Children After Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Feasibility Investigation. Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2017. PMID: 28060170


  15. Ward SL, Gildengorin V, Valentine SL, Sapru A, Curley MA, Thomas N, Willson DF, Flori HR. Impact of Weight Extremes on Clinical Outcomes in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Critical care medicine 2016. PMID: 27355525


  16. Ward SL, Quinn CM, Valentine SL, Sapru A, Curley MA, Willson DF, Liu KD, Matthay MA, Flori HR. Poor Adherence to Lung-Protective Mechanical Ventilation in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2016. PMID: 27513687


  17. Noelle Gorgis, Cynthia Fontana, Jeanette Asselin, Robert Heidersbach, Heidi Flori, Shan Ward. 1033. Critical care medicine 2015. PMID: