60865-Coughlin, Megan

Megan A. Coughlin, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

Surgical Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Riley Children's Health

Email
megacoug@iu.edu
Phone
317-944-4681
Address
705 Riley Hospital Dr. (RI 2500)
Suite 2500
Indianapolis, IN 46202
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Bio

Dr. Coughlin currently serves as Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Pediatric Surgery. She received her medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine.

Prior to joining as faculty at Indiana University, Dr. Coughlin completed her Pediatric Surgery and Surgical Critical Care fellowships in Houston, TX.

Her clinical interests include bariatric surgery, quality initiatives, surgical critical care, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, and extracorporeal life support (ECLS).  She helped to develop and is active in the Adolescent Weight Loss Surgery program at IU North.  She also represents Riley Hospital for Children as the Surgeon Champion for National Surgical Quality Improvement Program - Pediatrics (NSQIP-P). 

Dr. Coughlin is invested in trainee education and serves as the site coordinator for general surgery residents on their pediatric surgery rotation.  She has won multiple resident teaching awards.

She has published more than 20 peer reviewed papers relating to a number of surgical topics including ECLS, the artificial placenta and congenital diaphragmatic hernia. 

 Doximity Profile 

Key Publications

  1. Lee J, Cromeens B, Coughlin MA.  Kaposiform Hemangioendothelioma of the Pancreas Requiring Biopsy for Diagnosis.  Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports 2023 January;88.

 

  1. Coughlin MA, Gupta V, Ebanks A, Harting MT, Lally KP.  Incidence and Outcomes of Patients with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and Pulmonary Sequestration. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2021 June;56(6):1126-1129.  PMID: 33752909

 

  1. Aiello SR, Flores S, Coughlin MA, Villarreal EG, Loomba RS.  Antithrombin use during Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Admission: Insights from a National Database.  Perfusion 2021 Mar;36(2):138-145.  PMID 32650697

 

  1. Coughlin MA, Werner NL, Church JT, Bryner B, Perkins EM, Barks JD, Bentley JK, Hershenson M, Rabah R, Bartlett RH, Mychaliska GB.  An Artificial Placenta Protects against Lung Injury and Promotes Continued Lung Development.  ASAIO Journal 2019 Sep.Oct:65(7)690-697.  PMID: 30585874

 

  1. McLeod JS, Church JT, Coughlin MA, Carr B, Poling C, Sarosi E, Perkins EM, Caceres Quinones C, Hala P, Rabah R, Freiheit E, Rojas-Pena A, Bartlett RH, Mychaliska GB. Splenic Development and Injury in Premature lambs Supported by the Artificial Placenta. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2019 Jun:54(6):1147-1152.  PMID: 30902457

 

  1. Church JT, Coughlin MA, Bergin IL, Perkins E, Hoffman H, Rojas-Pena A, Treadwell MC, Berman DR, Jarboe MD, Mychaliska GB, Perrone EE.  An Early Investigation into Possible Alternatives to Stapled Hysterotomy in Open Fetal Surgery. American Journal of Perinatology 2019 Jun;36(7):742-750. PMID: 30372770

 

  1. Church JT, Coughlin MA, Perkins EM, Hoffman HR, Barks JD, Rabah R, Bentley JK, Hershenson MD, Bartlett RH, Mychaliska GB.  The Artificial Placenta: Continued Lung Development During Extracorporeal Support in a Preterm Lamb Model. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2018 Oct;53(10):1896-1903. PMID: 29960740

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