Sepehr Sekhavat, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Biography
Sepehr Sekhavat, MD, is a pediatric cardiologist at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston Children’s Hospital, specializing in congenital heart defects, echocardiography, transthoracic and transesophageal 3D echocardiography, and fetal echocardiography. Dr. Sekhavat is also an assistant professor of pediatric cardiology at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and the clinical lead for ambulatory and inpatient implementation of Epic EHR at Boston Medical Center (eMERGE). After receiving his medical degree at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dr. Sekhavat completed his residency in pediatrics at Boston Floating Hospital for Children and his fellowships at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Boston Children’s Hospital.
Education
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, MD
- Brown University, BS
Publications
- Published on 5/22/2024
Fernandez-Cisneros A, Feins E, Newburger J, Sekhavat S, Quinn B, Quinonez L. Repeat Repair After Translocation of an Anomalous Left Coronary Artery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2024 Aug; 118(2):506-509. PMID: 38621655.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/13/2024
Ajayi O, Alizadeh F, Sekhavat S, Bonello K, Beroukhim RS, Ghelani SJ. Morphology, Clinical Associations, and Pathologic Follow-up of Quadricuspid Aortic Valves in Children. Pediatr Cardiol. 2025 Mar; 46(3):599-603. PMID: 38478047.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/28/2023
Liberman RF, Heinke D, Lin AE, Nestoridi E, Jalali M, Markenson GR, Sekhavat S, Yazdy MM. Trends in Delayed Diagnosis of Critical Congenital Heart Defects in an Era of Enhanced Screening, 2004-2018. J Pediatr. 2023 Jun; 257:113366. PMID: 36858148.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/1/2022
Perez MT, Bucholz E, Asimacopoulos E, Ferraro AM, Salem SM, Schauer J, Holleman C, Sekhavat S, Tworetzky W, Powell AJ, Sleeper LA, Beroukhim RS. Impact of maternal social vulnerability and timing of prenatal care on outcome of prenatally detected congenital heart disease. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2022 Sep; 60(3):346-358. PMID: 35061294.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/18/2021
Javalkar K, Robson VK, Gaffney L, Bohling AM, Arya P, Servattalab S, Roberts JE, Campbell JI, Sekhavat S, Newburger JW, de Ferranti SD, Baker AL, Lee PY, Day-Lewis M, Bucholz E, Kobayashi R, Son MB, Henderson LA, Kheir JN, Friedman KG, Dionne A. Socioeconomic and Racial and/or Ethnic Disparities in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome. Pediatrics. 2021 05; 147(5). PMID: 33602802.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/24/2020
Binder ZW, O'Brien SE, Boyle TP, Cabral HJ, Sekhavat S, Pare JR. Novice Physician Ultrasound Evaluation of Pediatric Tricuspid Regurgitant Jet Velocity. West J Emerg Med. 2020 Jun 24; 21(4):1029-1035. PMID: 32726279.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/1/2014
Liberman RF, Getz KD, Lin AE, Higgins CA, Sekhavat S, Markenson GR, Anderka M. Delayed diagnosis of critical congenital heart defects: trends and associated factors. Pediatrics. 2014 Aug; 134(2):e373-81. PMID: 25070301.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/1/2010
Sekhavat S, Kishore N, Levine JC. Screening fetal echocardiography in diabetic mothers with normal findings on detailed anatomic survey. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Feb; 35(2):178-82. PMID: 20101639.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/15/2009
Vassileva CM, Bautista-Hernandez V, Sekhavat S, Marshall A, Pigula FA. Neonatal closure of a large coronary-cameral fistula in a case of single coronary artery: the utility of intraoperative angiography. J Card Surg. 2010 Mar; 25(2):228-30. PMID: 20021512.
Read at: PubMed