Deepika (Kedia) Thacker MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Jefferson Medical College-Thomas Jefferson Univ
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1600 Rockland RdWilmington, DE 19803
Phone+1 302-651-6212
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Summary
- Dr. Deepika (Kedia) Thacker is a Pediatric Cardiology specialist based in Wilmington, DE. She completed her Pediatrics Residency at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University from 2003 to 2006, followed by a Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia from 2006 to 2010. She is a 1998 graduate of Seth G.S. Medical College. Dr. Thacker has been notably active in research, publishing several pieces related to pediatric cardiology and disorders such as Kawasaki Disease and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children associated with COVID-19 in reputable journals such as BMC Infectious Diseases, Medrxiv, Pediatric Cardiology, JAMA Network Open, and Scientific Reports. Her current research focuses on improving parent/ caregiver comfort with the care of their child and improving discharge safety. She is also the Director of Quality of Quality Improvement for the Nemours Cardiac Center.
Education & Training
Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaFellowship, Pediatric Cardiology, 2006 - 2010
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityResidency, Pediatrics, 2003 - 2006
Seth G.S. Medical CollegeClass of 1998
Certifications & Licensure
DE State Medical License 2010 - 2027
PA State Medical License 2006 - 2026
MD State Medical License 2010 - 2025
NJ State Medical License 2010 - 2013
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Cardiology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Corrigendum to "Cardiac manifestations and outcomes of COVID-19 vaccine-associated myocarditis in the young in the USA: longitudinal results from the Myocarditis After...Supriya S Jain, Steven A Anderson, Jeremy M Steele, Hunter C Wilson, Juan Carlos Muniz
Eclinicalmedicine. 2025-06-01 - Systemic Arterial Aneurysms in Kawasaki Disease: An Important Evidence Gap.William B Orr, Marianna Fabi, Michael Khoury, Frederic Dallaire, Deepika Thacker
Pediatric Cardiology. 2025-05-12 - 2 citationsCardiovascular post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 in children and adolescents: cohort study using electronic health records.Bingyu Zhang, Deepika Thacker, Ting Zhou, Dazheng Zhang, Yuqing Lei
Nature Communications. 2025-04-11
Press Mentions
- VIDEO: Cardiologists Share the Latest Details on COVID-Related MIS-CJanuary 26th, 2023
- Heart Function Recovers Quickly in Children with COVID-19 Related MIS-CJanuary 19th, 2022
- Q&A: Inflammatory Response to COVID-19 Infection in Children May Affect CV, Other SystemsMarch 10th, 2021
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