SarkisChristopherDerderianMDFAAP

ECMO, Fetal Surgery, Pediatric Bariatric Surgery

Pediatric and Fetal Surgeon

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Dr. S Christopher Derderian is a Pediatric and Fetal Surgeon in Denver Colorado and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Children's Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado Hospital. He received his medical degree from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine. He completed general surgery at Emory University and has completed multiple fellowships to include pediatric surgery, fetal surgery, pediatric critical care, and minimally invasive surgery . He specializes in fetal surgery as well as congenital diaphragmatic hernias, giant omphaloceles, and CPAMs. He has a strong interest in ECMO and has a basic science lab focused on fetal pathophysiology. He has more than 50 publications and over 350 citings.

University of ColoradoFellowship, Pediatric Surgery, 2019 - 2021
University of ColoradoFellowship, Minimally Invasive Surgery, 2018 - 2019
University of Colorado School of Medicine/Children's Hospital of ColoradoFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 2017 - 2018
Emory University School of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 2010 - 2017
University of California, San FranciscoResearch Fellowship, Fetal Surgery, 2012 - 2014
Medical University of South CarolinaClass of 2010

2022 Children’s Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship Teacher of the Year Award University of Colorado, 2022

PubMed

microRNAs in congenital diaphragmatic hernia: insights into prenatal and perinatal biomarkers and altered molecular pathways.
James R Bardill, Anis Karimpour-Fard, Courtney C Breckenfelder, Carmen C Sucharov, Caitlin R Eason
American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM. 2024-12-01
3 citations
Fetal lung volumes measured by MRI predict pulmonary morbidity among infants with giant omphaloceles.
Lauren T Gallagher, Bailey D Lyttle, Mariana L Meyers, Jason Gien, Michael V Zaretsky
Prenatal Diagnosis. 2023-11-01
8 citations
Glycerol as a precursor for hepatic de novo glutathione synthesis in human liver.
Eunsook S Jin, Craig R Malloy, Gaurav Sharma, Erin Finn, Kelly N Z Fuller
Redox Biology. 2023-07-01

Surgical or Medical Treatment for Pediatric Type 2 Diabetes ST2OMP)NIH/NIDDK Co-I2019–2024
Ponzio Research AwardChildren's Hospital Colorado2021–2023

Member, American Pediatric Surgical Association Committee on Outcomes and Evidence-Based Practice 2020 - 2023
Member, Children’s Hospital Colorado Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Committee 2020 - 2023
Member, American Pediatric Surgical Association Committee on Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment 2020 - 2022