Akira Nishisaki, MD, MSCE
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Physician, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Co-Medical Director, Center for Simulation, Advanced Education and Innovation, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Division of Critical Care
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Division of Critical Care
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-5505
Fax: 215-590-4327
Fax: 215-590-4327
Email:
nishisaki@email.chop.edu
nishisaki@email.chop.edu
Education:
MD (Medicine)
Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan, 1995.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2011.
Permanent linkMD (Medicine)
Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan, 1995.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2011.
Selected Publications
Peebles PJ, Reiter JG, Wildenhain PJ, Shults J, Herrick HM, Brajkovic I, DeMartino C, DeMeo SD, Glass KM, Hodgson KA, Iben S, Jung P, Kim JH, May LA, McKanna J, Moussa A, Narvey M, Pouppirt N, Puia-Dumitrescu M, Rumpel JA, Shay RLM, Tyler MD, Wagner M, Nishisaki A, Foglia EE: Procedural Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Surfactant Therapy: An International Matched Cohort Study. Journal of Pediatrics 293: 115045, June 2026 Notes: Online ahead of print.Wing R, Albanese AM, Prieto MM, Greenwald E, Harwayne-Gidansky I, Nagler J, Goldman MP, Tanzer JR, Miller K, Napolitano N, Nishisaki A: Development of implementation strategies for the National Emergency Airway Registry for Pediatric Emergency Medicine (NEAR4PEM) pre-intubation checklist: a prospective, pre-implementation planning study. Implementation Science Communications April 2026 Notes: Online ahead of print.
Weiss SL, Peters MJ, Oczkowski SJW, Belley-Cote E, Buysse C, Choong KLM, Deep A, Inwald DP, Flori HR, Kneyber MCJ, Menon K, Murthy S, Nunnally ME, Parker MM, Schlapbach LJ, Oliveira CF, Sorce LR, Agus M, Argent AC, Balamuth F, Bansal A, Bem RA, Brierley J, Burns KEA, Carlton EF, Carroll EN, Carroll CL, Carter MJ, Conlon TW, Daniels R, De Luca D, Di Nardo M, Dulfer K, Faust SN, Fernandez-Sarmiento J, Fitzgerald JC, Hall M, Hsu BSH, Javouhey E, Joosten K, Karam O, Kelly SP, Lang HJ, Lee JH, Lemson J, MacLaren G, Manning JC, Mehta N, Morin L, Morrow BM, Nadel S, Nishisaki A, Pong S, Raman S, Randolph AG, Ranjit S, Ray S, Remy KE, Scott HF, Sick-Samuels AC, Souza DC, Swan T, Tibby SM, Valla FV, Watson RS, Wiens MO, Wolf J, Zimmerman JJ, Tissieres P, Kissoon N: Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for the Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock in Children 2026. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 27(4): 379–434, April 2026.
Mehta SD, Tweedy E, Ruiz VM, Shi HL, Morgan RW, Sutton RM, Nishisaki A, Tsui FR: Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Critical Deterioration in the PICU. Critical Care Explorations 8(4): e1397, April 2026.
Ishizuka M, Conlon TW, Glau CL, Keim G, Riley AF, Nishisaki A, Su E, Himebauch AS: Validation of Lung Ultrasound Score for Disease Severity and Outcomes in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Failure. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 27(4): 474–482, April 2026.
Weiss SL, Peters MJ, Oczkowski SJW, Belley-Cote E, Buysse C, Choong KLM, Deep A, Inwald DP, Flori HR, Kneyber MCJ, Menon K, Murthy S, Nunnally ME, Parker MM, Schlapbach LJ, Oliveira CF, Sorce LR, Agus M, Argent AC, Balamuth F, Bansal A, Bem RA, Brierley J, Burns KEA, Carlton EF, Carroll EN, Carroll CL, Carter MJ, Conlon TW, Daniels R, De Luca D, Di Nardo M, Dulfer K, Faust SN, Fernandez-Sarmiento J, Fitzgerald JC, Hall M, Hsu BSH, Javouhey E, Joosten K, Karam O, Kelly SP, Lang HJ, Lee JH, Lemson J, MacLaren G, Manning JC, Mehta N, Morin L, Morrow BM, Nadel S, Nishisaki A, Pong S, Raman S, Randolph AG, Ranjit S, Ray S, Remy KE, Scott HF, Sick-Samuels AC, Souza DC, Swan T, Tibby SM, Valla FV, Watson RS, Wiens MO, Wolf J, Zimmerman JJ, Tissieres P, Kissoon N: Executive Summary: Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for the Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock in Children 2026. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 27(4): 494–513, April 2026.
Dominick C, Oldehoff L, Rolfe A, Griffin R, Alemayehu D, Oxenreiter A, Traynor D, Nishisaki A: Identifying Patients at Risk for Unplanned Extubation in a Pediatric ICU. Respiratory Care March 2026 Notes: Online ahead of print.
Weiss SL, Peters MJ, Oczkowski SJW, Belley-Cote E, Buysse C, Choong KLM, Deep A, Inwald DP, Flori HR, Kneyber MCJ, Menon K, Murthy S, Nunnally ME, Parker MM, Schlapbach LJ, Oliveira CF, Sorce LR, Agus M, Argent AC, Balamuth F, Bansal A, Bem RA, Brierley J, Burns KEA, Carlton EF, Carrol ED, Carroll CL, Carter MJ, Conlon TW, Daniels R, De Luca D, Di Nardo M, Dulfer K, Faust SN, Fernandez-Sarmiento J, Fitzgerald JC, Hall M, Hsu BSH, Javouhey E, Joosten K, Karam O, Kelly SP, Lang HJ, Lee JH, Lemson J, MacLaren G, Manning JC, Mehta N, Morin L, Morrow BM, Nadel S, Nishisaki A, Pong S, Raman S, Randolph AG, Ranjit S, Ray S, Remy KE, Scott HF, Sick-Samuels AC, Souza DC, Swan T, Tibby SM, Valla FV, Watson RS, Wiens MO, Wolf J, Zimmerman JJ, Tissieres P, Kissoon N: Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for the Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock in Children 2026. Intensive Care Medicine March 2026 Notes: Online ahead of print.
Shepard LN, Napolitano N, Dominick C, Nickel AJ, Shults J, Laverriere McGovern E, Bruins BB, O'Halloran A, Huh J, Topjian A, Kirschen MP, Morgan RW, Sutton RM, Nadkarni VM, Nishisaki A: Quality of Bag-Mask Ventilation for Children Before Intubation: Single-Center PICU Pilot Observational Study, 2019-2022. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine March 2026 Notes: Online ahead of print.
Rogerson CM, Brown SR, Badke C, Dziorny A, Farris RWD, Bennett TD, Tawfik D, Cornell TT, Wetzel RC, Nishisaki A, Heneghan JA: Change in vasoactive inotropic score following hydrocortisone administration in the pediatric intensive care unit: a PICU data collaborative study, 2010-2022. Frontiers in Pediatrics 14: 1741717, March 2026.