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Claire McMahon

Claire McMahon, FAAP, FACC, MD

Languages spoken: English
  • Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Cardiology)
  • Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pediatrics -Primary
    Board Certification
    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Cardiology)

    Education history

    Fellowship Pediatric Cardiology - North Shore University Hospital Fellow
    Pediatrics - NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital Resident
    Professional Medical Medicine - State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse School of Medicine M.D.
    Chemistry - Princeton University Postgraduate Studies
    Undergraduate Major: Chemistry; Minor: Biology - State University of New York at Oneonta B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Kalyanaraman M, DeCampli WM, Campbell AI, Bhalala U, Harmon TG, Sandiford P, McMahon CK, Shore S, Yeh TS (2008). Serial blood lactate levels as a predictor of mortality in children after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 9(3), 285-8.
    2. McMahon CK, Klein I, Ojamaa K (2003). Interleukin-6 and thyroid hormone metabolism in pediatric cardiac surgery patients. Thyroid, 13(3), 301-4.
    3. Chowdhury D, Ojamaa K, Parnell VA, McMahon C, Sison CP, Klein I (2001). A prospective randomized clinical study of thyroid hormone treatment after operations for complex congenital heart disease. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 122(5), 1023-5.
    4. Staiano-Coico L, Wong R, Ngoi SS, Jacobson I, Morrissey KP, Lesser ML, Gareen IF, McMahon C, Cennerazzo W, DeCosse JJ (1989). DNA content of rectal scrapings from individuals at low and high risk for the development of colorectal cancer. A feasibility study. Cancer, 64(12), 2579-84.
    5. Staiano-Coico L, Helm RE, McMahon CK, Pagan-Charry I, LaBruna A, Piraino V, Higgins PJ (1989). Sodium-N-butyrate induces cytoskeletal rearrangements and formation of cornified envelopes in cultured adult human keratinocytes. Cell Tissue Kinet, 22(5), 361-75.
    6. Staiano-Coico L, Darzynkiewicz Z, McMahon CK (1989). Cultured human keratinocytes: discrimination of different cell cycle compartments based upon measurement of nuclear RNA or total cellular RNA content. Cell Tissue Kinet, 22(3), 235-43.

    Case Report

    1. Murillo J, McMahon C, Starr J (2008). Large vegetations in Staphylococcus lugdunensis endocarditis. Heart Lung, 37(6), 479-80.
    2. Sunheimer RL, Finck C, Mortazavi S, McMahon C, Pincus MR (1994). Primary lupus-associated protein-losing enteropathy. Ann Clin Lab Sci, 24(3), 239-42.
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