Dr. Seda Tierney is the Director of Research and Co-Director of QI in the Pediatric Echo Laboratory at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. She is a Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University in the Division of Pediatric Cardiology.
Dr. Tierney a Pediatric Cardiologist subspecialized in Echocardiography and a Physician Scientist with expertise in noninvasive assessment of vascular health and tele-health interventions in children with cardiac conditions. Dr. Tierney’s research in echocardiography has most recently focused on quality improvement including different approaches to capture diagnostic errors, adherence to current imaging guidelines in congenital heart disease, and cardiac complexity scoring in pediatric echocardiography. She has a strong interest in utilization of echocardiography to help fine-tune patient management and improve outcomes and has also been able to merge her expertise in pediatric vascular imaging with outcomes/interventions research in children with congenital and acquired heart disease.
Dr. Tierney has volunteered in several committees including the International Relations, Research, and Guideline and Standards Committees over the years. She has been serving on the Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Council Steering Committee as a Member-at-Large since 2021. With her other Member-at-Large colleagues in the Steering Committee, they have been contributing an article on behalf of the Council to the ASE Echo magazine on a monthly basis. These articles have highlighted several interesting topics and updates in our field, including History of Pediatric Cardiology, Lifetime Achievement and Teaching Awardees, Annual Scientific Sessions, Inaugural Virtual Course, Sonographer Education and Wellness, and Ergonomics.
Dr. Tierney completed her Pediatric Cardiology Core Fellowship as well as her Advanced Imaging year at Columbia University, NY. She started her academic career at Boston Children’s Hospital as Imaging Faculty where she stayed on for seven years before moving to Stanford where she has been faculty for 12 years. She is a fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Cardiology, and the American Heart Association. She is board certified in Pediatric Cardiology by the American Board of Pediatrics.