Robert A Berg, M.D.
Professor CE of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Contact information
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Division of Critical Care
34th Street & Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Division of Critical Care
34th Street & Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399
Office: 267-426-3014
Fax: 215-590-4327
Fax: 215-590-4327
Email:
bergra@email.chop.edu
bergra@email.chop.edu
Education:
B.S. (Literature, Science, and Arts)
University of Michigan, 1971.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, 1975.
Permanent linkB.S. (Literature, Science, and Arts)
University of Michigan, 1971.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, 1975.
Selected Publications
Gardner MM, McKelvey A, Wang Y, Feng R, Morgan RW, Graham K, Berg RA, Mercer-Rosa L, Yehya N, Topjian AA: Worsening Myocardial Function and Impaired Global Longitudinal Strain May Be Associated with Hospital Mortality after Pediatric Cardiac Arrest: Preliminary Results from a Prospective Study. European Resuscitation Council Annual Congress October 2025 Notes: Oral Presentation at: European Resuscitation Council Annual Congress 2025. Rotterdam, Netherlands. October 2025.Siems A, Naim MY, Berg RA, Reeder RW, Ahmed T, Bell MJ, Bishop R, Bochkoris M, Burns C, Carcillo JA, Carpenter TC, Dean JM, Diddle JW, Federman M, Fernandez R, Fink EL, Franzon D, Frazier AH, Friess SH, Graham K, Hall M, Harding ML, Hehir DA, Horvat CM, Huard LL MD, Kilbaugh TJ, Maa T, Manga A, McQuillen PS, Meert KL, Mourani PM, Nadkarni VM, Notterman D, Pollack MM, Qunibi DW, Sapru A, Schneiter C, Sharron MP, Srivastava N, Tabbutt S, Tilford B, Viteri S, Wessel D, Wolfe HA, Yates AR, Zuppa AF, Morgan RW, Sutton RM: Association of Early Epinephrine with Hemodynamics and Outcome in Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Secondary Analysis of a Multi-center, Cluster-randomized Clinical Trial (ICU-RESUS). Annals of the American Thoracic Society 22(9): 1361-1371, September 2025.
Ullman N, Reeder R, Topjian AA, Morgan R, Berg R, Nadkarni VM, Palmer C, Sutton R, Press C, Kirschen MP: Severe hemorrhage or ischemia associated with unfavorable outcomes after pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest. Neurocritical Care Society September 2025 Notes: Poster Presentation 2025 Neurocritical Care Society Annual meeting in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Kirschen MP, Schneider ALC, Majmudar T, Hsu JY, Burnett R, Douglas R, Sawhney S, Graham K, Agarwal K, Whelan C, Ko T, Morgan RW, Nadkarni VM, Diaz-Arrastia R, Berg RA, Topjian A: Association Between Deviations From Cerebral Autoregulation-Derived Optimal Blood Pressure and Outcome After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest. Neurology 105(5): e214019, September 2025.
Morgan RW, Reeder RW, Carcillo JA, Carpenter TC, Fitzgerald JC, Graham K, Kilbaugh TJ, Meert KL, Nadkarni VM, Palmer CA, Sharron MP, Weiss SL, Wolfe HA, Ahmed T, Bell MJ, Bishop R, Burns C, Diddle JW, Fink EL, Franzon D, Frazier AH, Friess SH, Hehir DA, Horvat CM, Huard LL, Maa T, McQuillen PS, Mourani PM, Naim MY, Pollack MM, Sapru A, Srivastava N, Yates AR, Berg RA, Sutton RM; ICU-Resuscitation Project (ICU-RESUS) Investigators and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network Investigators: Outcomes, Characteristics, and Physiology of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Children With Sepsis. Critical Care Medicine 53(8): e1529-e1541, August 2025.
Sriram A, Kernan KF, Qin Y, Aldewereld Z, Walton AH, Cabler S, Storch G, Cheynet V, Brengel-Pesce K, Canna S, Carcillo JA, Berg RA, Meert KL, Pollack M, Hall M, Newth K, Harrison R, Shanley T, Remy KE, Park HJ: Epstein-Barr Virus Seropositivity, Immune Dysregulation, and Mortality in Pediatric Sepsis. Jama Network Open 8(8), August 2025.
Morgan RW, Berg RA: The Hemodynamic Response to Epinephrine during CPR: A Renewed Call for Precision Resuscitation. Resuscitation 212: 110635, July 2025.
Gathers CL, Morgan RW, Alvey JS, Reeder R, Goldberger ZD, Fowler J, Naim MY, O'Halloran A, Merchant RM, Kienzle M, Nadkarni V, Berg RA, Sutton RM; American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Resuscitation Investigators: Race is not associated with medical emergency team evaluation prior to in-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 211(110609), June 2025.
Kirschen MP, Li J, Elmer J, Manteghinejad A, Arefan D, Graham K, Morgan RW, Nadkarni V, Diaz-Arrastia R, Berg R, Topjian A, Vossough A, Wu S: Machine learning to identify hypoxic-ischemic brain injury on early head CT after pediatric cardiac arrest. Resuscitation Online ahead of print, June 2025.
Gathers CL, Rossano JW, Griffis H, McNally B, Al-Araji R, Berg RA, Chung S, Nadkarni VM, Tobin JM, Naim MY: Sociodemographic Disparities in Incidence and Survival for Pediatric Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in the United States. Resuscitation 110607, June 2025.