Dr. DeMaso's clinical research focuses on the responses of children and their families to the psychological stresses associated with chronic illness, especially cardiac disease. He also investigates and assesses issues in the practice of pediatric medicine, such as those surrounding support staff, care of children in ICU and other difficult situations, and in the uses of newer technologies to communicate with families.

He also investigates and assesses issues in the practice of child and adolescent psychiatry, such as those surrounding coping and adaptation to physical illnesses and in the uses of newer technologies to communicate with families. He has developed the Experience Journal, an innovative computer-based intervention that uses the reflections of children, parents, and healthcaregivers on the experience of pediatric heart disease, childhood depression, organ transplants, and inflammatory bowel disease.

David DeMaso received his MD degree from the University of Michigan Medical School. He completed an internship in pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital, a residency in general psychiatry residency at Duke, and residency in child and adolescent psychiatry at Children's Hospital Boston.

Dr. DeMaso is also Director of the Office of Clinician Support, an innovative assistance program for employees and trainees who do clinical work with patients at Children's.