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Division of Pediatric Critical Care Department of Pediatrics in the College of Medicine
Lara Nicolas

Lara Nicolas, M.D.

Interim Chief And Medical Director

Department: MD-PEDS-CRITICAL CARE DIVISION
Business Phone: (352) 265-0462
Business Email: lnicolas@ufl.edu

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About Lara Nicolas

I am an Associate Professor in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care. I received my Doctorate of Medicine from University of Balamand, Lebanon. I completed a pediatric residency at Southern Illinois University. Then, I completed a pediatric critical care fellowship at the University of Florida and joined the UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital faculty July of 2016.

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught

  1. PAS5702L – Intensive Care Med 2

    College of Medicine

Board Certifications

  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
    American Board of Pediatrics
  • Pediatrics
    American Board of Pediatrics

Clinical Profile

Specialties

  • Pediatrics

Subspecialties

  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Areas of Interest

  • Sepsis

Research Profile

Areas of Interest

  • Thenar StO2 for Sepsis Management in PCCM

Publications

Academic Articles

  1. Critical Organ Dysfunction in Newborns with Gastroschisis.

    Journal
    American journal of perinatology.
    [DOI]
    10.1055/a-2677-7102.
    [PMID]
    40780285.
    PubMed Publisher’s Site

  2. Utility of the neonatal and pediatric sequential organ failure assessment scores in critically ill term neonates.

    Journal
    Frontiers in pediatrics.
    Volume/Issue
    13
    [DOI]
    10.3389/fped.2025.1546408.
    [PMID]
    40364811.
    PubMed Publisher’s Site

  3. Severe Neonatal Purpura Fulminans Caused by Staphylococcus aureus.

    Journal
    Clinical pediatrics.
    Volume/Issue
    56(8):776-780
    [DOI]
    10.1177/0009922816660693.
    [PMID]
    27449990.
    1 citation PubMed Publisher’s Site

  4. Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) derived tissue oxygenation in critical illness.

    Journal
    Clinical and investigative medicine. Medecine clinique et experimentale.
    Volume/Issue
    38(5):E285-95
    [PMID]
    26854890.
    25 citations PubMed

Grants

  1. Blood-analysis & technologies for identifying MIS-C in the context of SARS-CoV-2 exposure

    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding:
    MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM via BIOMEDICAL ADVANCED RES & DEVLPMT AUTHOR

Education

  1. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

    University of Florida

  2. Pediatric Residency

    Southern Illinois University, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics

  3. Medical School

    University of Balamand, Lebanon

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 265-0462
Emails:
Business:
lnicolas@ufl.edu
Addresses: