Veronica Siljehav | Karolinska Institutet

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About me

Veronica Siljehav, MD, PhD, is a pediatric cardiology and neonatology subspecialist at Karolinska University Hospital and a postdoctoral researcher at Karolinska Institutet, with experience in clinical care, research, and medical education.
Awards
2025: Best Oral Presentation, AEPC
2024: Young Investigator Award, Acta Paediatrica
Commission of trust
2025–present: Pediatric Cardiology Expert, SKR’s National Program Area for Children and Adolescents
2025–present: Steering Committee Member, SWEDCON National Registry
2024–present: Board Member and Secretary, Swedish Pediatric Cardiology Association
2023–present: Member, SWEDCON Working Group

Research

Main interest in longterm outcome on children born preterm or with congenital heart defects.

Teaching

Current:
Course director for the doctoral course: "Early Child Development: Extended Interactions Between Neural Networks, Body and Environment"
Supervisor for medical students in their degree projects
Mentor at the medical programme
Organizer of the KBH/Astrid seminars
Previous:
Teacher at the midwifery programme, KI
Lecturer at the medical programme, KI

Articles

Article: BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY. 2025
Five-Minute Apgar Scores and Its Prognostic Value for Mortality and Severe Morbidity in Very Preterm Infants: A Multinational Cohort Study
Ehrhardt H; Behboodi S; Maier RF; Aubert AM; Aden U; Draper ES; Gudmundsdottir A; Siljehav V; Varendi H; Weber T; Zemlin M; Zeitlin J
Article: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 2025;97(5):1711-1721
Health-related quality of life at 5 years of age for children born very preterm with congenital anomalies: a multi-national cohort study
Kim SW; Tian X; Andronis L; Maier RF; Varendi H; Seppanen A-V; Siljehav V; Draper ES; Zeitlin J; Petrou S; SHIPS Res Grp J
Article: BMC PEDIATRICS. 2024;24(1):369
The early educational environment at five years of age in a European cohort of children born very preterm: challenges and opportunities for research
Smith-Longee A; Johnson S; Aubert AM; Seppanen A-V; Pierrat V; Zemlin M; Lebeer J; Sarrechia I; Siljehav V; Zeitlin J; Sentenac M
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2024;113(3):461-470
Treating very preterm European infants with inhaled nitric oxide increased in-hospital mortality but did not affect neurodevelopment at 5 years of age
Siljehav V; Gudmundsdottir A; Tjerkaski J; Aubert AM; Cuttini M; Koopman C; Maier RF; Zeitlin J; Aden U
Article: FRONTIERS IN PEDIATRICS. 2022;10:921444
The cerebrospinal fluid proteome of preterm infants predicts neurodevelopmental outcome
Leifsdottir K; Jost K; Siljehav V; Thelin EP; Lassaren P; Nilsson P; Haraldsson A; Eksborg S; Herlenius E
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2022;111(5):961-970
Proteomic profiles in cerebrospinal fluid predicted death and disability in term infants with perinatal asphyxia: A pilot study
Leifsdottir K; Thelin EP; Lassaren P; Siljehav V; Nilsson P; Eksborg S; Herlenius E
Article: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS. 2015;167(6):1207-13.e3
Prostaglandin E₂ Mediates Cardiorespiratory Disturbances during Infection in Neonates
Siljehav V; Hofstetter AM; Leifsdottir K; Herlenius E
Article: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY. 2014;117(9):1027-1036
Il-1β and prostaglandin E₂ attenuate the hypercapnic as well as the hypoxic respiratory response via prostaglandin E receptor type 3 in neonatal mice
Siljehav V; Shvarev Y; Herlenius E
Article: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 2012;72(5):460-467
mPGES-1 and prostaglandin E₂: vital role in inflammation, hypoxic response, and survival
Siljehav V; Hofstetter AO; Jakobsson P-J; Herlenius E
Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2007;104(23):9894-9899
The induced prostaglandin E₂ pathway is a key regulator of the respiratory response to infection and hypoxia in neonates
Hofstetter AO; Saha S; Siljehav V; Jakobsson P-J; Herlenius E

All other publications

Preprint: ARXIV. 2017
Large Neural Network Based Detection of Apnea, Bradycardia and Desaturation Events
Honoré A; Siljehav V; Chatterjee S; Herlenius E
Doctoral thesis: 2014
Neonatal respiratory control : inspiration, inflammation and the prostaglandin E2 pathway
Siljehav V

Grants

Children with congenital heart disease, longitudinal neurodevelopment during their first years of life
Promobilia
1 January 2025 - 31 December 2026
Children with congenital heart disease, longitudinal neurodevelopment thier first years of life
The Swedish Heartchild Foundation
1 January 2025
Long-term follow up of neurodevelopment in children with congenital heart disease
The DAMP foundation at the Karolinska University Hospital
1 October 2024
Queen Silvia's Jubilee Fund
Drottning Silvias Jubileumsfond
1 December 2012
ST-forskartjänst
Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm Regions research council
31 May 2010 - 31 December 2014
KID-medel
Karolinska Institutet
1 May 2009

Employments

Affiliated to Research, 2025-2026

Degrees and Education

Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, 2014
University Medical Degree, 2007

Committee work

Member, Swedish society for paediatric cardiology, 2024-

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