Margaret A. Priestley, MD
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Attending Physician, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania
Physician Operation Leader, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Senior Medical Director, Critical Care Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Diversity Search Advisor, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/ Perelman School of Medicine
Associate Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Chief of Operations and Strategy, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-1872
Fax: 267-426-5574
Fax: 267-426-5574
Email:
priestley@chop.edu
priestley@chop.edu
Education:
BA (Biology)
Columbia College, 1988.
MD (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania, 1992.
Permanent linkBA (Biology)
Columbia College, 1988.
MD (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania, 1992.
Description of Clinical Expertise
critical assessment teamspreventing codes outside the ICU
capacity management & operations
Selected Publications
Dorfman AT, Marino BS, Wernovsky G, Tabbutt S, Ravishankar C, Godinez RI, Priestley MA, Dodds KM, Rychik J, Gruber PJ, Gaynor JW, Levy RJ, Nicolson SC, Montenegro LM, Spray TL, Dominguez TE: Critical heart disease in the neonate: presentation and outcome at a tertiary care center. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 9(2): 193-202, March 2008.Ravishankar C, Dominguez TE, Kreutzer J, Wernovsky G, Marino BS, Godinez R, Priestley MA, Gruber PJ, Gaynor WJ, Nicolson SC, Spray RL, Tabbutt S: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after stage I reconstruction for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 7(4): 319-323, July 2006.
Galinkin JL, Kurth CD, Shi H, Priestley MA, Loepke AW, Adamson PC: The plasma pharmacokinetics and cerebral spinal fluid penetration of intravenous topiramate in newborn pigs. Biopharmaceutics & Drug Disposition 25(6): 265-271, September 2004.
Ditsworth D, Priestley MA, Loepke AW, Ramamoorthy C, McCann J, Staple L, Kurth CD: Apoptotic neuronal death following deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in piglets. Anesthesiology 98(5): 1119-1127, May 2003.
Loepke AW, Priestley MA, Schultz SE, McCann J, Golden J, Kurth CD: Desflurane improves neurologic outcome after low-flow cardiopulmonary bypass in newborn pigs. Anesthesiology 97(6): 1521-1527, December 2002.
Kurth CD, Priestley MA, Watzman HM, McCann J, Golden J: Desflurane confers neurologic protection for deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in newborn pigs. Anesthesiology 95(4): 959-964, October 2001.
Schultz TR, Durning SM, Napoli LA, Schear G, Godinez RI, Costarino A, O’Rourke M, Priestley MA, Helfaer MA: Airway Pressure Release Ventilation in Pediatrics Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2(3): 243-246, July 2001.
Priestley MA, Golden JA, O'Hara IB, McCann J, Kurth CD: Comparison of neurologic outcome after deep hypothermic circulatory arrest with alpha-stat and pH-stat cardiopulmonary bypass in newborn pigs. Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery 121(2): 336-343, February 2001.
Kurth CD, Priestley MA, Golden J, McCann J, Raghupathi R: Regional patterns of neuronal death after deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in newborn pigs. Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery 118(6): 1068-1077, December 1999.