Erica Dolores Sood, PhD

Psychology

Primary Office

Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803 Appointment: (800) 416-4441

Other Offices

Get to Know Me

Erica Sood, PhD is a pediatric psychologist in the Nemours Cardiac Center at duPont Hospital for Children. Her clinical care and research focuses on improving the developmental and psychological outcomes of children with congenital heart disease. She directs the Nemours Cardiac Learning and Early Development (LEAD) Program and trains psychology trainees in the specialty area of cardiac neurodevelopment.

Why I Treat Children

I treat infants and children because of the opportunity to identify challenges (and strengths) early, and to promote positive developmental and psychological outcomes through early intervention. I often see infants and children thrive through early detection of emerging challenges and the support of developmental specialists in the home, community and school.

What I'm Passionate About

I am passionate about improving the care and outcomes of patients with congenital heart disease and their families by integrating developmental and psychosocial interventions into cardiac care.  My medical interests include: assessing early childhood development after heart surgery  promotion of healthy social, emotional, and behavioral functioning in pediatric cardiac patients  cardiac neurodevelopment psychosocial interventions for congenital heart disease

How I Try to Make A Difference

I try to make a difference by providing clinical care that is patient- and family-centered, conducting research to identify optimal models of neurodevelopmental and psychosocial care, and training students and junior faculty in the specialty area of cardiac neurodevelopment care.

Education & Training

Fellowship

  • Pediatric Psychology - Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, 2010

Internship

  • Pediatric Psychology - Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, 2009

Medical/Dental School

  • Doctor of Philosophy - Temple University, 2009

Awards & Recognition

  • 2019 Donald K. Routh Early Career Award, Society of Pediatric Psychology – American Psychological Association
  • 2019 Excellence in Scholarship Award, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Insurance Accepted

  • Aetna Better Health PA Kids HMO
  • Aetna HMO
  • Aetna PPO/POS/EPO
  • Amerihealth Caritas Delaware
  • Cigna Behavioral Health
  • Community Care Behavioral Health
  • Compsych DE
  • Delaware First Health
  • Devon Health Services
  • Fidelis Care NJ Medicaid HMO
  • Global Medical Managment DE/PA
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware
  • Highmark Medicaid Health Options
  • Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
  • Independance Blue Cross/Amerihealth/Keystone Health Plan
  • Insurance Administrators of America
  • INTEGRA Administrative Group (ClaimsBridge)
  • Interlink Transplant
  • Lifetrac Transplant
  • Maryland Medicaid
  • Multiplan PPO
  • National Transplant (Humana)
  • New Jersey Medicaid
  • Pennsylvania Medicaid
  • Plan Vista/NPPN PPO
  • Preferred Healthcare PPO
  • Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
  • Qualcare HMO/POS/PPO
  • Star Healthcare Network
  • Three Rivers Provider Network
  • Tricare/Humana Military Health Services

  • Adjustment to Medical Illness
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Autism
  • Depressive Disorders
  • Disruptive Behavior
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

  • Development of the data registry for the Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative; Cardiology in the Young; (2023).

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  • Normalize-Ask-Pause-Connect: A Clinical Approach to Address the Emotional Health of Pediatric Patients with Chronic Conditions and Their Families; The Journal of Pediatrics; (2023).

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  • Prevalence and associated factors of post-traumatic stress disorder in parents whose infants have single ventricle heart disease; Cardiology in the Young; (2023).

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  • Parental post-traumatic stress, overprotective parenting, and emotional and behavioural problems for children with critical congenital heart disease; Cardiology in the Young; (2022).

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  • Coping strategies used by mothers and fathers following diagnosis of congenital heart disease; Child: Care, Health and Development; (2022).

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  • Partnering With Stakeholders to Inform the Co-Design of a Psychosocial Intervention for Prenatally Diagnosed Congenital Heart Disease; Journal of Patient Experience; (2022).

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  • COVID-19 Exposure and Family Impact Scales for Adolescents and Young Adults; Journal of pediatric psychology; (2022).

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  • Establishing a Valid, Reliable, and Efficient Chart Review Process for Research in Pediatric Integrated Primary Care Psychology; Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings; (2022).

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  • Opportunities to enhance parental well-being during prenatal counseling for congenital heart disease; Seminars in Perinatology; (2022).

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  • Validation of the COVID-19 Exposure and Family Impact Scales; Journal of Pediatric Psychology; (2022).

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  • Parent mental health and family functioning following diagnosis of CHD: a research agenda and recommendations from the Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative; Cardiology in the Young; (2021).

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  • Barriers and facilitators to discussing parent mental health within child health care: Perspectives of parents raising a child with congenital heart disease; Journal of Child Health Care; (2021).

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  • COVID-19 Exposure and Family Impact Scales: Factor Structure and Initial Psychometrics; Journal of Pediatric Psychology; (2021).

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  • Supporting transition to the bereaved community after the death of a child; Pediatrics; (2021).

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  • Neurodevelopmental and psychosocial interventions for individuals with CHD: A research agenda and recommendations from the Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative; Cardiology in the Young; (2021).

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  • Optimising neurodevelopmental and psychosocial outcomes for survivors with CHD: a research agenda for the next decade; Cardiology in the Young; (2021).

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  • Impact of Social Determinants and Digital Literacy on Telehealth Acceptance for Pediatric Cardiology Care Delivery during the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic; Journal of Pediatrics; (2021).

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  • Characterisation of neurodevelopmental and psychological outcomes in CHD: A research agenda and recommendations from the cardiac neurodevelopmental outcome collaborative; Cardiology in the Young; (2021).

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  • Meeting Parents' Needs for Education and Preparation Following Congenital Heart Disease Diagnosis: Recommendations from a Crowdsourced Study; American Journal of Perinatology; (2021).

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  • Topical Review: Crowdsourcing as a Novel Approach to Qualitative Research; Journal of pediatric psychology; (2021).

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  • Promoting Parent Partnership in Developmentally Supportive Care for Infants in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit; Advances in Neonatal Care; (2020).

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  • Erratum: The Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative: A new community improving outcomes for individuals with congenital heart disease (Cardiology in the Young (2020) 30:11 (1595-1596) DOI: 10.1017/S1047951120003509); Cardiology in the Young; (2020).

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  • Erratum: The origins and development of the Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative: Creating innovative clinical, quality improvement, and research opportunities (Cardiology in the Young (2020) 30:11 (1597-1602) DOI: 10.1017/S1047951120003510); Cardiology in the Young; (2020).

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  • Variations in practice in cardiac neurodevelopmental follow-up programs; Cardiology in the Young; (2020).

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  • Fathers of Children with Congenital Heart Disease: Sources of Stress and Opportunities for Intervention; Pediatric Critical Care Medicine; (2020).

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  • Parent Perspectives on Family-Based Psychosocial Interventions for Congenital Heart Disease; Journal of Pediatrics; (2020).

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  • Utilization of Integrated and Colocated Behavioral Health Models in Pediatric Primary Care; Clinical Pediatrics; (2020).

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  • Reply; Journal of Pediatrics; (2020).

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  • Supporting parenting during infant hospitalisation for CHD; Cardiology in the Young; (2020).

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  • The Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative: A new community improving outcomes for individuals with congenital heart disease; Cardiology in the Young; (2020).

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  • The origins and development of the cardiac neurodevelopment outcome collaborative: Creating innovative clinical, quality improvement, and research opportunities; Cardiology in the Young; (2020).

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  • Social Risk Factors Impact Hospital Readmission and Outpatient Appointment Adherence for Children with Congenital Heart Disease; Journal of Pediatrics; (2019).

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  • Mental health care for parents of babies with congenital heart disease during intensive care unit admission: Systematic review and statement of best practice; Early Human Development; (2019).

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  • Mothers and fathers experience stress of congenital heart disease differently: Recommendations for pediatric critical care; Pediatric Critical Care Medicine; (2018).

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  • Utilisation of early intervention services in young children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome; Cardiology in the Young; (2018).

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  • Developmental screening in children with CHD: Ages and Stages Questionnaires; Cardiology in the Young; (2017).

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  • Invited Commentary; Annals of Thoracic Surgery; (2017).

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  • Childhood Psychosocial Determinants of Cardiovascular Health; Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports; (2016).

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  • Developmental care in North American pediatric cardiac intensive care units: Survey of current practices; Advances in Neonatal Care; (2016).

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  • Provider Communication Regarding Psychosocial Factors Predicts Pain Beliefs in Parent and Child; Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics; (2016).

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  • Systematic psychosocial screening in a paediatric cardiology clinic: Clinical utility of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist 17; Cardiology in the Young; (2016).

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  • Using qualitative research methods to improve clinical care in pediatric psychology; Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology; (2016).

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  • Preventing Cardiovascular Disease Going beyond Conventional Risk Assessment; Circulation; (2015).

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  • Factors associated with neurodevelopment for children with single ventricle lesions; Journal of Pediatrics; (2014).

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  • Monitoring developmental risk and promoting success for children with congenital heart disease: Recommendations for cardiac neurodevelopmental follow-up programs; Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology; (2014).

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  • Neurodevelopmental outcomes after infant cardiac surgery with circulatory arrest and intermittent perfusion; Annals of Thoracic Surgery; (2014).

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  • Supporting development in children with congenital heart disease; Circulation; (2014).

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  • A predictive model for neurodevelopmental outcome after the norwood procedure; Pediatric Cardiology; (2013).

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  • Predictive value of perioperative near-infrared spectroscopy for neurodevelopmental outcomes after cardiac surgery in infancy; Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery; (2013).

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  • Mother-father informant discrepancies regarding diabetes management: Associations with diabetes-specific family conflict and glycemic control; Health Psychology; (2012).

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  • Early developmental outcome in children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and related anomalies: The single ventricle reconstruction trial; Circulation; (2012).

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  • Acculturation, Religiosity, and Ethnicity Predict Mothers' Causal Beliefs About Separation Anxiety Disorder and Preferences for Help-Seeking; Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology; (2012).

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  • Predictive value of near-infrared spectroscopy on neurodevelopmental outcome after surgery for congenital heart disease in infancy; Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery; (2012).

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  • Anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders in parents of children with anxiety disorders; Child Psychiatry and Human Development; (2009).

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  • Changes in emotion regulation following cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxious youth; Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology; (2009).

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  • "I'd Rather Not Talk About It": Emotion Parenting in Families of Children With an Anxiety Disorder; Journal of Family Psychology; (2008).

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  • Flexibility within fidelity; Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; (2008).

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  • Assessing anxious self-talk in youth: The negative affectivity self-statement questionnaire-anxiety scale; Cognitive Therapy and Research; (2007).

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  • Positron emission tomography imaging of risperidone augmentation in serotonin reuptake inhibitor-refractory patients; Neuropsychobiology; (2006).

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  • Pharmacological treatments of pathological gambling; Journal of Gambling Studies; (2005).

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  • Imaging monetary reward in pathological gamblers; World Journal of Biological Psychiatry; (2005).

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  • Does sustained-release lithium reduce impulsive gambling and affective instability versus placebo in pathological gamblers with bipolar spectrum disorders?; American Journal of Psychiatry; (2005).

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  • Diagnosis and treatment of pathologic gambling; Current Psychiatry Reports; (2003).

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  • Risperidone augmentation in treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder: A double-blind, placebo-controlled study; International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology; (2003).

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  • Lithium and valproate treatment of pathological gambling: A randomized single-blind study; Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry; (2002).

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  • Lithium and valproate treatment of pathological gambling: A randomized single-blind study; Journal of Clinical Psychiatry; (2002).

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  • Nefazodone treatment of pathological gambling: A prospective open-label controlled trial; Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry; (2002).

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  • Nefazodone treatment of pathological gambling: A prospective open-label controlled trial; Journal of Clinical Psychiatry; (2002).

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