Oscar Henry Mayer, MD
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Pulmonary Medicine)
Pulmonologist, Neuromuscular Disorders Clinic, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Medical Director, Pulmonary Function Testing Laboratory, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Center for Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia,
Lead Pulmonologist
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Division of Pulmonary Medicine
14564 HUB Building
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3501 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
14564 HUB Building
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3501 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-3749
Fax: 215-590-3500
Fax: 215-590-3500
Email:
mayero@chop.edu
mayero@chop.edu
Education:
BA (Biology)
Middlebury College, 1990.
MD
University of Pittsburgh, 1995.
Permanent linkBA (Biology)
Middlebury College, 1990.
MD
University of Pittsburgh, 1995.
Description of Research Expertise
Chest wall mechanicsAssessment of chest wall and spinal disorders
The pulmonary manifestations of neuromuscular disease
Optimal management of patients with neuromuscular disease
Pediatric Pulmonary Function Testing
Description of Clinical Expertise
Treatment of chest wall and spinal disordersAssessment of chest wall and spinal disorders
Treatment of pediatric neuromuscular disorders
Assessment of pediatric neuromuscular disorders
Selected Publications
Hao Y, Udupa JK, Tong Y, Wu C, Gogel S, DM, Mayer OH, McDonough JM, Cahill PJ, Torigian DA, Anari JB: Respiratory volume prediction for pediatric TIS patients with MAGEC rod treatment from pre-operative dynamic MRI and chest radiographs. Proc. SPIE April 2025.Castro D, T Sejersen, L Bello, F Buccella, A Cairns, J Carranza-Del Río, IJM de Groot, L Elman, I Inzani, A Klein, OH Mayer, H Miller, A Onofri, APQC Araújo, U Schara-Schmidt, K Vanden Wyngaert , LM Ward, JM Wilmshurst, R Quinlivan: Transition of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy from paediatric to adult care: An international Delphi consensus study. Eur J Paediatr Neurol 54, January 2025.
Akhtar Y, Udupa JK, Tong Y, Wu C, Liu T, Tong L, Hosseini M, Al-Noury M, Chodvadiya M, McDonough JM, Mayer OH, Biko DM, Anari JB, Cahill P, Torigian DA. : Auto-segmentation of hemi-diaphragms in free-breathing dynamic MRI of pediatric subjects with thoracic insufficiency syndrome. medRxiv September 2024.
Hosseini M, JK Udupa, Y Hao, Y Tong, C Wu, Y Akhtar, M Al-Noury, S Shaghaghi, JM McDonough, DM Biko, S Gogel, OH Mayer, PJ Cahill, DA Torigian, JB Anari. : Assessment of 3D hemi-diaphragmatic motion via free-breathing dynamic MRI in pediatric thoracic insufficiency syndrome. medRxiv May 2024.
Tong Y, Udupa JK, McDonough JM, Xie L, Wu C, Akhtar Y, Hosseini M, Alnoury M, Shaghaghi S, Gogel S, Biko DM, Mayer OH, Torigian DA, Cahill PJ, Anari JB: Do Rib-Based Anchors Impair Chest Wall Motion in Early Onset Scoliosis (EOS)? medRxiv May 2024.
Hao Y, JK Udupa, Y Tong, C Wu, JM McDonough, S Gogel, OH Mayer, M Alnoury, PJ Cahill, JB Anari, DA Torigian. : Quantifying Normal Diaphragmatic Motion and Shape and their Developmental Changes via Dynamic MRI. medRxiv May 2024.
Foley AR, Yun P, Leach ME, Neuhaus SB, Averion GV, Hu Y, Hayes LH, Donkervoort S, Jain MS, Waite M, Parks R, Bharucha-Goebel DX, Mayer OH, Zou Y, Fink M, DeCoster J, Mendoza C, Arévalo C, Hausmann R, Petraki D, Cheung K, Bönnemann CG. : Phase 1 Open-Label Study of Omigapil in Patients With LAMA2- or COL6-Related Dystrophy. Neurol Genet 10(3), May 2024.
Tong Y, JK Udupa, JM McDonough, L Xie, Y Hao, Y Akhtar, C Wu, CS Rajapakse, S Gogel, OH Mayer, JB Anari, DA Torigian, PJ Cahill. : Virtual Growing Child (VGC): A general normative comparative system via quantitative dynamic MRI for quantifying pediatric regional respiratory anomalies with application in thoracic insufficiency syndrome (TIS). bioRxiv April 2024.
Tong Y, JK Udupa, JM McDonough, C Wu, L Xie, CS Rajapakse, S Gogel, S Sarkar, OH Mayer, JB Anari, DA Torigian, PJ Cahill.: Characterizing Lung Parenchymal Aeration via Standardized Signal Intensity from Free-breathing 4D Dynamic MRI in Phantoms, Healthy Children, and Pediatric Patients with Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome. Radiol Cardiothorac Imaging 6(4), 2024.
Mayer OH, R Amin, H Sawnani, R Shell, SL Katz. : Respiratory Insufficiency in Neuromuscular Disease (RIND): A Delphi Study to Establish Consensus Criteria to Define and Diagnose Hypoventilation in Pediatric Neuromuscular Disease. Journal of Neuromuscular Disorders 10(6), September 2023.