Shreya Moodley

MD

Investigator and Fetal and Pediatric Cardiologist, BC Children's Hospital

Despite improvements in survival, children with congenital heart disease (CHD) remain at risk for a range of neurological, cognitive, and psychosocial challenges that can impact their overall development and affect their quality of life. There are many factors that may influence the neurodevelopmental trajectory of a patient, with the role of intrinsic factors like genetics now known to be of great significance. Though intrinsic patient-specific factors often cannot be altered, there are many psychosocial and perioperative factors that can be manipulated and modified. My research focuses on improving neurodevelopmental outcomes in children with CHD through interventions that begin in the prenatal stage, continue throughout the newborn period, and into childhood and adolescence.

Academic Affiliations

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Research Theme: Evidence to Innovation
  • Research Group(s): Clinical Practice, Outcomes and Innovation; Implementing Knowledge for Equity and System Change

Contact Information

Location

4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6H 3N1

The Role of Medical Therapy in Management of Bicuspid Aortic Valve"Associated Aortopathy in Children

Cjc Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Hussain, A. and Roy, L.-O. and Dahdah, N. and Cavalle-Garrido, T. and Alfuraian, H.A.O. and Houde, C. and Grattan, M. and Mackie, A. and Moodley, S. and Penslar, J. and Wong, D. and Dhillon, S.S. and Dallaire, F.

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjcpc.2024.11.003

Left ventricular dysfunction in the immediate post-natal period

Translational Pediatrics

Vijayashankar, S.S. and Sanatani, G. and Franciosi, S. and Moodley, S. and Ting, J.Y.

DOI: 10.21037/tp-22-301

Replicating Anatomical Teaching Specimens Using 3D Modeling Embedded Within a Multimodal e-Learning Course: Pre-Post Study Exploring the Impact on Medical Education During COVID-19 (Preprint)

Chelsea Stunden and Sima Zakani and Avery Martin and Shreya Moodley and John Jacob

DOI: 10.2196/preprints.30533

05 / 2021

Replicating anatomical teaching specimens using 3d modeling embedded within a multimodal e-learning course: Pre-post study exploring the impact on medical education during covid-19

JMIR Medical Education

Stunden, C. and Zakani, S. and Martin, A. and Moodley, S. and Jacob, J.

DOI: 10.2196/30533

First antenatally confirmed case of arterial tortuosity syndrome

Cardiology in the Young

Saravu Vijayashankar, S. and Culham, J.A.G. and Moodley, S.

DOI: 10.1017/S1047951120002644

Maternal arterial stiffness and fetal cardiovascular physiology in diabetic pregnancy

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Moodley, S. and Arunamata, A. and Stauffer, K.J. and Nourse, S.E. and Chen, A. and Quirin, A. and Selamet Tierney, E.S.

DOI: 10.1002/uog.17528

Severe Malaria in African Children: Unraveling Issues of the Heart

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Moodley, S. and Kissoon, N.

DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000001437

Echocardiography-Derived Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Gradient and Left Ventricular Posterior Wall Thickening Are Associated with Outcomes for Anatomic Repair in Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Moodley, S. and Balasubramanian, S. and Tacy, T.A. and Chan, F. and Hanley, F.L. and Punn, R.

DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2017.03.019

Levoatriocardinal vein in D-transposition of the great arteries

Cardiology in the Young

Moodley, S. and Duncan, W. and Gandhi, S.

DOI: 10.1017/S1047951116000652

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome: Diagnosis, care and management from fetal life and beyond

NeoReviews

Moodley, S. and Tacy, T.A.

DOI: 10.1542/neo.16-2-e109

Subtotal obstruction of a tube fenestrated fontan conduit

Heart

Moodley, S. and K Gandhi, S. and Harris, K.C.

DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304377

Postnatal outcome in patients with fetal tachycardia

Pediatric Cardiology

Moodley, S. and Sanatani, S. and Potts, J.E. and Sandor, G.G.S.

DOI: 10.1007/s00246-012-0392-7

Golden Hour in Congenital Heart Disease

Golden hour involves delayed cord clamping, skin-to-skin contact between mother and newborn, early initiation of breastfeeding, and mother-newborn togetherness, all within 1 hour of birth. Newborns with CHD may be deprived of this practice due to challenges related to patient acuity and a general lack of awareness regarding these practices and their benefits. We are conducting a quality improvement project to increase the implementation of Golden Hour in newborns with CHD by promoting innovation in service delivery, educating staff on golden hour importance and safety, and empowering caregivers through education during the peripartum period.

Developmental Care for Patients and Families with Congenital Heart Disease

Children with congenital heart disease are at risk for poor neurodevelopmental outcomes. Family-centered developmental care practices may promote healthy brain development in neonates with CHD. Developmental care practices include kangaroo care, breastfeeding, oral immune therapy, oral stimulation, mitigating noxious environmental stimuli, and facilitating pain management. Through our quality improvement project, we hope to increase the frequency of developmental care implementation in our intensive care unit and inpatient wards, as well as empower caregivers to implement these practices during and after hospital discharge.

Comprehensive Cardiology Follow-up Program

We are working to create a Comprehensive Cardiac Follow-up Program (CCFP) for children with CHD to facilitate developmental surveillance, screening, evaluation, and re-evaluation throughout childhood. The goal of this program is to enhance academic, behavioral, psychosocial, and adaptive functioning. For children with low-risk CHD, we will facilitate developmental surveillance in the community by building stronger partnerships with community general practitioners and pediatricians in order to assist care standardization and education. Children identified as high-risk will be invited to the CCFP clinic for sequential developmental and medical evaluation, and will receive early intervention in the community. This program will recognize the long-term needs of our patients into childhood and adolescence, addressing the unique social, mental, and academic challenges that occur at these different points of development. The information collected prospectively through the clinic will allow us to look at outcomes and risk factors in this patient population.

Our Research

At BC Children’s, we are making discoveries that save lives and transform health care for children in our province and around the world. Our research portfolio includes basic, clinical, population, and public health research.

EXPLORE OUR RESEARCH

Stay in the Know

Sign up for compelling stories about innovative science, the doctors and researchers who turn ideas into discoveries and treatments, and the kids and families whose lives are changed.

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.