Sepehr Sekhavat, MD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

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.

Publications

  • Published 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.

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  • Published 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.

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  • Published 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.

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  • Published 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.

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  • Published 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.

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Education

  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, MD
  • Brown University, BS