Department of Pediatrics

Education

• BS, summa cum laude, University of Georgia, 2006
• MD, Medical College of Georgia, 2010

Training

• Pediatrics Internship & Residency, St. Louis Children's Hospital/Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, 2010 - 2013
• Clinical Fellow Researcher, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, 2013 - 2016
• Neonatal/Perinatal Fellow, St. Louis Children's Hospital/Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, 2013 - 2016
• Clinical Bioethics, Harvard Medical School, 2017 - 2017
• Pediatric Leadership Development Program, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, 2018 - 2018
• Pediatric Educational Spring Program, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, 2019 - 2019
• Epic Physician Builder Basic Training - CLN150, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2020 - 2020
• Epic Physician Builder Advanced Training - CLN160, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2021 - 2021

Licensure and Board Certification

• 2013 - PresMO, State of Missouri Medical License
• 2013 - 2015Basic Life Support
• 2013 - 2016Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• 2013 - PresDiplomat of the American Board of Pediatrics
• 2014 - 2016Pediatric Advanced Life Support
• 2014 - PresNeonatal Resuscitation Program
• 2014 - 2018Neonatal Resuscitation Program - Hospital Based Instructor (rank retired)
• 2017 - PresAAP NRP Instructor Mentor
• 2017 - PresIL, State of IL Medical License
• 2018 - PresNeonatal and Perinatal Medicine Board Certified

Honors and Awards

• James P. Keating, M.D. Outstanding Resident Award, 2014

Recent Publications view all (5)

Publication Co-Authors

Ina E. Amarillo, PhD FACMG ErCLG

Jennifer A Wambach, M.D.

Nuri B. Farber

Caroline K. Lee, M.D.

Francis Sessions Cole, III, M.D.

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Shawn O'Connor

1. Darrah N. Haffner, Shawn O'Connor, John Zempel. A Rare Presentation of Congenital TORCH Infection Pediatr Neurol. 2020;105:71-72. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2019.11.018  PMID:31917101 
2. Cabrera, Omar H., O'Connor, Shawn D., Swiney, Brant S., Salinas-Contreras, Patricia, Manzella, Francesca M., Taylor, George T., Noguchi, Kevin K.. Caffeine Combined with Sedative/Anesthetic Drugs Triggers Widespread Neuroapoptosis in a Mouse Mode of Prematurity J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016. doi:10.1080/14767058.2016.1261400  
3. O’Connor SD, Cabrera OH, Dougherty JD, Singh S, Swiney BS, Salinas-Contreras P, Farber NB, Noguchi KK. Dexmedetomidine Protects Against Glucocorticoid Induced Progenitor Cell Apoptosis in Neonatal Mouse Cerebellum J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016. doi:10.1080/14767058.2016.1241763  PMID:27677376 
4. Ng BG, Shiryaev SA, Rymen D, Eklund EA, Raymond K, Kircher M, Abdenur JE, Alehan F, Midro AT, Bamshad MJ, Barone R, Berry GT, Brumbaugh JE, Buckingham KJ, Clarkson K, Cole FS, O'Connor S, Cooper GM, Van Coster R, Demmer LA, Diogo L, Fay AJ, Ficicioglu C, Fiumara A, Gahl WA, Ganetzky R, Goel H, Harshman LA, He M, Jaeken J, James PM, Katz D, Keldermans L, Kibaek M, Kornberg AJ, Lachlan K, Lam C, Yaplito-Lee J, Nickerson DA, Peters HL, Race V, Régal L, Rush JS, Rutledge SL, Shendure J, Souche E, Sparks SE, Trapane P, Sanchez-Valle A, Vilain E, Vøllo A, Waechter CJ, Wang RY, Wolfe LA, Wong DA, Wood T, Yang AC, University of Washington Center for Mendelian Genomics, Matthijs G, Freeze HH. ALG1-CDG: Clinical and Molecular Characterization of 39 Unreported Patients. Hum Mutat. 2016. doi:10.1002/humu.22983  PMID:26931382 
5. Ina E. Amarillo, Shawn O'Connor, Caroline K. Lee, Marcia Willing and Jennifer A. Wambach. De novo 9q gain in an infant with tetralogy of Fallot with absent pulmonary valve: Patient report and review of congenital heart disease in 9q duplication syndrome American Journal of Medical Genetics. 2015;167(12):2966-2974. PMID:26768185