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Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware1600 Rockland RoadWilmington, DE 1980339.7787000-75.5588020Primary
Appointment: (800) 416-4441
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Nemours Children's Health, Rockland II1801 Rockland RoadWilmington, DE 1980339.7815562-75.5547754Secondary
Appointment: (800) 416-4441
Get to Know Me
Erica Sood, PhD is a pediatric psychologist in the Nemours Cardiac Center at duPont Hospital for Children. Her clinical care and research focuses on improving the developmental and psychological outcomes of children with congenital heart disease. She directs the Nemours Cardiac Learning and Early Development (LEAD) Program and trains psychology trainees in the specialty area of cardiac neurodevelopment.Why I Treat Children
I treat infants and children because of the opportunity to identify challenges (and strengths) early, and to promote positive developmental and psychological outcomes through early intervention. I often see infants and children thrive through early detection of emerging challenges and the support of developmental specialists in the home, community and school.
What I'm Passionate About
I am passionate about improving the care and outcomes of patients with congenital heart disease and their families by integrating developmental and psychosocial interventions into cardiac care. My medical interests include: assessing early childhood development after heart surgery promotion of healthy social, emotional, and behavioral functioning in pediatric cardiac patients cardiac neurodevelopment psychosocial interventions for congenital heart disease
Make A Difference
I try to make a difference by providing clinical care that is patient- and family-centered, conducting research to identify optimal models of neurodevelopmental and psychosocial care, and training students and junior faculty in the specialty area of cardiac neurodevelopment care.
Make A Difference I try to make a difference by providing clinical care that is patient- and family-centered, conducting research to identify optimal models of neurodevelopmental and psychosocial care, and training students and junior faculty in the specialty area of cardiac neurodevelopment care.
Education & Training
Fellowship
Pediatric Psychology - Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, 2010
Internship
Pediatric Psychology - Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, 2009
Medical/Dental School
Doctor of Philosophy - Temple University, 2009
Awards & Recognition
- 2019 Donald K. Routh Early Career Award, Society of Pediatric Psychology – American Psychological Association
- 2019 Excellence in Scholarship Award, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
Insurance Accepted
- Aetna Better Health PA Kids HMO
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna PPO/POS/EPO
- Amerigroup NJ Medicaid/Healthy Kids
- Amerihealth Caritas Delaware
- Cigna Behavioral Health
- Community Care Behavioral Health
- Compsych DE
- Devon Health Services
- Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware Traditional
- Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delware HMO PPO POS EPO
- Highmark Medicaid Health Options
- Horizon NJ Health
- INTEGRA Administrative Group (ClaimsBridge)
- Insurance Administrators of America
- Interlink Transplant
- Keystone First Medicaid HMO
- Lifetrac Transplant
- Maryland Medicaid
- Multiplan PPO
- National Transplant (Humana)
- New Jersey Medicaid
- Pennsylvania Medicaid
- Plan Vista/NPPN PPO
- Preferred Healthcare PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
- Qualcare HMO/POS/PPO
- Star Healthcare Network
- Three Rivers Provider Network
- Tricare/Humana Military Health Services
- Wellcare of NJ Medicaid HMO
- Anxiety Disorders
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Disruptive Behavior
- Demianczyk, A. C., Bechtel Driscoll, C. F., Karpyn, A., Shillingford, A., Kazak, A. E., & Sood, E. (2022). Coping strategies used by mothers and fathers following diagnosis of congenital heart disease. Child: Care, Health and Development, 48(1), 129-138. doi:10.1111/cch.12913
View Full Publication - Demianczyk, A. C., Bechtel Driscoll, C. F., Karpyn, A., Shillingford, A., Kazak, A. E., & Sood, E. (2022). Coping strategies used by mothers and fathers following diagnosis of congenital heart disease. Child: Care, Health and Development, 48(1), 129-138. doi:10.1111/cch.12913
View Full Publication - Levy, C., Drouin, K., Dorsett, A., & Sood, E. (2021). Supporting transition to the bereaved community after the death of a child. Pediatrics, 148(5). doi:10.1542/peds.2021-052943
View Full Publication - Baker-Smith, C. M., Sood, E., Prospero, C., Zadokar, V., & Srivastava, S. (2021). Impact of Social Determinants and Digital Literacy on Telehealth Acceptance for Pediatric Cardiology Care Delivery during the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Pediatrics, 237, 115-124.e2. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.06.036
View Full Publication - Sanz, J. H., Anixt, J., Bear, L., Basken, A., Beca, J., Marino, B. S., & Ilardi, D. (2021). Characterisation of neurodevelopmental and psychological outcomes in CHD: A research agenda and recommendations from the cardiac neurodevelopmental outcome collaborative. Cardiology in the Young, 31(6), 876-887. doi:10.1017/S1047951121002146
View Full Publication - Sood, E., Jacobs, J. P., & Marino, B. S. (2021). Optimising neurodevelopmental and psychosocial outcomes for survivors with CHD: A research agenda for the next decade. Cardiology in the Young, 31(6), 873-875. doi:10.1017/S1047951121002171
View Full Publication - Sood, E., Lisanti, A. J., Woolf-King, S. E., Wray, J., Kasparian, N., Jackson, E., & Brosig, C. L. (2021). Parent mental health and family functioning following diagnosis of CHD: A research agenda and recommendations from the Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative. Cardiology in the Young, 31(6), 900-914. doi:10.1017/S1047951121002134
View Full Publication - Cassidy, A. R., Butler, S. C., Briend, J., Calderon, J., Casey, F., Crosby, L. E., & Butcher, J. L. (2021). Neurodevelopmental and psychosocial interventions for individuals with CHD: A research agenda and recommendations from the Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative. Cardiology in the Young, 31(6), 888-899. doi:10.1017/S1047951121002158
View Full Publication - Kazak, A. E., Alderfer, M., Enlow, P. T., Lewis, A. M., Vega, G., Barakat, L., & Phan, T.-L. (2021). COVID-19 Exposure and Family Impact Scales: Factor Structure and Initial Psychometrics. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 46(5), 504-513. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsab026
View Full Publication - Franklin, M. K., Karpyn, A., Christofferson, J., McWhorter, L. G., C Demianczyk, A., L Brosig, C., & Sood, E. (2021). Barriers and facilitators to discussing parent mental health within child health care: Perspectives of parents raising a child with congenital heart disease. Journal of Child Health Care. doi:10.1177/13674935211058010
- McWhorter, L. G., Christofferson, J., Neely, T., Hildenbrand, A. K., Alderfer, M. A., Randall, A., & Sood, E. (2021). Parental post-traumatic stress, overprotective parenting, and emotional and behavioural problems for children with critical congenital heart disease. Cardiology in the Young. doi:10.1017/S1047951121002912
- Hoff, A., Hughes-Reid, C., Sood, E., & Lines, M. (2020). Utilization of Integrated and Colocated Behavioral Health Models in Pediatric Primary Care. Clinical Pediatrics, 59(14), 1225-1232. doi:10.1177/0009922820942157
View Full Publication - Marino, B. S., Sood, E., Cassidy, A. R., Miller, T. A., Sanz, J. H., Bellinger, D., & Goldberg, C. S. (2020). The origins and development of the cardiac neurodevelopment outcome collaborative: Creating innovative clinical, quality improvement, and research opportunities. Cardiology in the Young, 30(11), 1597-1602. doi:10.1017/S1047951120003510
View Full Publication - Sood, E., Jacobs, J. P., & Marino, B. S. (2020). The Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative: A new community improving outcomes for individuals with congenital heart disease. Cardiology in the Young, 30(11), 1595-1596. doi:10.1017/S1047951120003509
View Full Publication - Miller, T. A., Sadhwani, A., Sanz, J., Sood, E., Ilardi, D., Newburger, J. W., & Marino, B. S. (2020). Variations in practice in cardiac neurodevelopmental follow-up programs. Cardiology in the Young, 30(11), 1603-1608. doi:10.1017/S1047951120003522
View Full Publication - Gramszlo, C., Karpyn, A., Christofferson, J., McWhorter, L. G., Demianczyk, A. C., Lihn, S. L., & Sood, E. (2020). Supporting parenting during infant hospitalisation for CHD. Cardiology in the Young, 30(10), 1422-1428. doi:10.1017/S1047951120002139
View Full Publication - Gramszlo, C., & Sood, E. (2020). Reply. Journal of Pediatrics, 222, 265. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.03.019
View Full Publication - Klug, J., Hall, C., Delaplane, E. A., Meehan, C., Negrin, K., Mieczkowski, D., & Sood, E. (2020). Promoting Parent Partnership in Developmentally Supportive Care for Infants in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. Advances in Neonatal Care, 20(2), 161-170. doi:10.1097/ANC.0000000000000679
View Full Publication - Hoffman, M. F., Karpyn, A., Christofferson, J., Neely, T., McWhorter, L. G., Demianczyk, A. C., & Sood, E. (2020). Fathers of Children with Congenital Heart Disease: Sources of Stress and Opportunities for Intervention. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, E1002-E1009. doi:10.1097/PCC.0000000000002388
View Full Publication - Gramszlo, C., Karpyn, A., Demianczyk, A. C., Shillingford, A., Riegel, E., Kazak, A. E., & Sood, E. (2020). Parent Perspectives on Family-Based Psychosocial Interventions for Congenital Heart Disease. Journal of Pediatrics, 216, 51-57.e2. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.09.059
View Full Publication - Demianczyk, A. C., Behere, S. P., Thacker, D., Noeder, M., Delaplane, E. A., Pizarro, C., & Sood, E. (2019). Social Risk Factors Impact Hospital Readmission and Outpatient Appointment Adherence for Children with Congenital Heart Disease. Journal of Pediatrics, 205, 35-40.e1. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.09.038
View Full Publication - Kasparian, N. A., Kan, J. M., Sood, E., Wray, J., Pincus, H. A., & Newburger, J. W. (2019). Mental health care for parents of babies with congenital heart disease during intensive care unit admission: Systematic review and statement of best practice. Early Human Development, 139. doi:10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2019.104837
View Full Publication - Sood, E., Karpyn, A., Demianczyk, A. C., Ryan, J., Delaplane, E. A., Neely, T., & Kazak, A. E. (2018). Mothers and fathers experience stress of congenital heart disease differently: Recommendations for pediatric critical care. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 19(7), 626-634. doi:10.1097/PCC.0000000000001528
View Full Publication - Mussatto, K. A., Hollenbeck-Pringle, D., Trachtenberg, F., Sood, E., Sananes, R., Pike, N. A., & Pemberton, V. L. (2018). Utilisation of early intervention services in young children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Cardiology in the Young, 28(1), 126-133. doi:10.1017/S104795111700169X
View Full Publication - Pizarro, C., & Sood, E. (2017). Invited Commentary. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 104(2), 686-687. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.01.016
View Full Publication - Noeder, M. M., Logan, B. A., Struemph, K. L., Condon, N., Mueller, I., Sands, B., & Sood, E. (2017). Developmental screening in children with CHD: Ages and Stages Questionnaires. Cardiology in the Young, 27(8), 1447-1454. doi:10.1017/S1047951117000415
View Full Publication - Sood, E., Pinder, W., Pendley, J. S., Fisher, A. O., Wali, P. D., & Del Rosario, F. (2016). Provider Communication Regarding Psychosocial Factors Predicts Pain Beliefs in Parent and Child. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 37(3), 205-212. doi:10.1097/DBP.0000000000000277
View Full Publication - Sood, E., Berends, W. M., Butcher, J. L., Lisanti, A. J., Medoff-Cooper, B., Singer, J., & Butler, S. (2016). Developmental care in North American pediatric cardiac intensive care units: Survey of current practices. Advances in Neonatal Care, 16(3), 211-219. doi:10.1097/ANC.0000000000000264
View Full Publication - Alderfer, M. A., & Sood, E. (2016). Using qualitative research methods to improve clinical care in pediatric psychology. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology, 4(4), 358-361. doi:10.1037/cpp0000164
- Sood, E., & Gidding, S. S. (2016). Childhood Psychosocial Determinants of Cardiovascular Health. Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports, 10(5). doi:10.1007/s12170-016-0499-0
- Struemph, K. L., Barhight, L. R., Thacker, D., & Sood, E. (2016). Systematic psychosocial screening in a paediatric cardiology clinic: Clinical utility of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist 17. Cardiology in the Young, 26(6), 1130-1136. doi:10.1017/S1047951115001900
View Full Publication - Gidding, S. S., & Sood, E. (2015). Preventing Cardiovascular Disease Going beyond Conventional Risk Assessment. Circulation, 131(3), 230-231. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.013886
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