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Erin M. Sadler, PsyD, PMH-C

Director, Early Childhood Trauma Services

Erin M. Sadler, PsyD, PMH-C, is a licensed clinical psychologist in the Division of Psychology and Behavioral Health and a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences. Dr. Sadler specializes in treating depression, trauma and anxiety disorders using evidence-based therapies including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavior therapy for adolescents. Additionally, she is a certified provider of trauma-focused CBT and child-parent psychotherapy.

Key Studies

February 2025 Lagoski M, Soghier L, Lagata J, Shivers M, Sadler E, Fischer E, Borschuk A, House M; Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium Perinatal Mood Anxiety Disorder Focus Group. Mental Health Support and Screening for Mood Disorders for Caregivers in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Is the Call to Arms Being Answered? American Journal of Perinatology. 2025 Feb;42(3):320-326. doi: 10.1055/a-2353-0993. Epub 2024 Jun 26. PMID: 38925161
June 2023 Sadler EM, Okito O, Soghier L. Addressing Caregiver Mental Health in the Neonatal ICU. Current Opinion in Pediatrics. 2023 Jun 1;35(3):390-397. doi: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000001242. Epub 2023 Mar 28. PMID: 36974450 view

Date: April 2022
Seed M, Limperopoulos C. In Utero Brain Growth Matters for Fetuses With Congenital Heart Disease. Circulation. 2022 Apr 12;145(15):1120-1122. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.058683. Epub 2022 Apr 11. PMID: 35404677
View: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35404677

Date: January 2010
Limperopoulos C, Tworetzky W, McElhinney DB, Newburger JW, Brown DW, Robertson RL Jr, Guizard N, McGrath E, Geva J, Annese D, Dunbar-Masterson C, Trainor B, Laussen PC, du Plessis AJ. Brain Volume and Metabolism in Fetuses With Congenital Heart Disease: Evaluation With Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy. Circulation. 2010 Jan 5;121(1):26-33. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.865568. Epub 2009 Dec 21. PMID: 20026783; PMCID: PMC2819908
View: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2819908

Date: February 2024
Wu Y, De Asis-Cruz J, Limperopoulos C. Brain Structural and Functional Outcomes in the Offspring of Women Experiencing Psychological Distress During Pregnancy. Molecular Psychiatry. 2024 Jul;29(7):2223-2240. doi: 10.1038/s41380-024-02449-0. Epub 2024 Feb 28. PMID: 38418579; PMCID: PMC11408260
View: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38418579


Date: April 2022
Wu Y, Espinosa KM, Barnett SD, Kapse A, Quistorff JL, Lopez C, Andescavage N, Pradhan S, Lu YC, Kapse K, Henderson D, Vezina G, Wessel D, du Plessis AJ, Limperopoulos C. Association of Elevated Maternal Psychological Distress, Altered Fetal Brain, and Offspring Cognitive and Social-Emotional Outcomes at 18 Months. JAMA Network Open. 2022 Apr 1;5(4):e229244. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.9244. PMID: 35486403; PMCID: PMC9055453
View: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35486403