Current Environment:

Medical Services

Specialties

Programs & Services

Languages

  • English

Education

Undergraduate School

Brown University

1997, Providence, RI

Medical School

Tufts University School of Medicine

2001, Boston, MA

Residency

Pediatrics

Tufts University School of Medicine/The Floating Hospital for Children

2001, Boston, MA

Residency

Neurology

Tufts Medical Center/The Floating Hospital for Children & Boston Children's Hospital (Affiliated Neurology Resident)

2004, Boston, MA

Fellowship

Adult Vascular and Critical Care Neurology

Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham & Women's Hospital

2007, Boston, MA

Fellowship

Pediatric Critical Care

Boston Children's Hospital

2008, Boston, MA

Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics Certifying Examination
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Child and Adolescent Neurology)
  • American Society of Neuroimaging Certifying Examination (Neurosonology)
  • General Pediatrics Maintenance of Certification Examination
  • Registered Physician in Neurovascular Interpretation (RPNI)
  • United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (UCNS) Certifying Examination (Neurocritical Care)

Professional History

Kerri LaRovere, MD, RPNI, MMSc is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and Chief of the Neurocritical Care Neurology Program in Neurology at Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr. LaRovere is Editor-in-Chief of Neurocritical Care ON CALL® and serves on the editorial board of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Her clinical and research interests focus on: 1) promoting the implementation of pediatric neurocritical care as a clinical service that may improve outcomes for critically ill children; and 2) the development and implementation of diagnostic and point of care neuroultrasound in the pediatric intensive care unit to better understand mechanisms of acute neurologic injury and guide therapies.

Publications

I was raised to be an honest person, and treat everyone with respect and dignity. I bring this philosophy to every child and family I encounter. I am an outstanding listener and truly care about my patients and their families.

I grew up with several close family members who had epilepsy, and I learned first hand how to care for children with seizures. Throughout medical school, I was always drawn to learning about anatomy of the brain, and the effects of illness on the brain. Shortly after finishing residency, a severe neurologic illness affected my mother-in-law, and this solidified my lifelong desire to learn about and care for individuals with neurological conditions.