Dr. Laura Tasan MD, an assistant professor of pediatric rheumatology at Children’s of Mississippi has recently joined Memorial Hospital System at the Dysautonomia Center of Mississippi with Southern Mississippi Heart Center.

Tasan attended Boston University for her undergraduate training in psychology and premedical studies. She attended Ross University for medical school where she met her husband, pediatric residency training at the University of Kentucky and pediatric rheumatology training at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in 2018.
She is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric rheumatology. She is an active member of several professional organizations, including the Childhood Arthritis Research and Rheumatology Alliance, the American College of Rheumatology, and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Tasan began treating patients with hypermobility syndrome and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome  in fellowship, following which she began to see these patients not only have joint pain but also many symptoms of dysautonomia. As a rheumatologist, she works closely with pain management, genetics, cardiology, and psychiatry, therefore it was only natural for her to also help care for these patients.

Following COVID pandemic, knowledge regarding dysautonomia (particularly POTs) exploded, which helped fuel her husband’s (Ed Tasan) passion in regards to caring for adult patients with dysautonomia. In 2023, then Dysautonomia Center of Mississippi was established.

Tasan has brought more awareness of the how the connective tissue and immune systems play into dysautonomia particularly in pediatric patients.