Matthew P Kirschen, MD, PhD, MSCE
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Director, Pediatric Neurocritical Care, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director, Pediatric Neurocritical Care Fellowship Program, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399
Office: 215-590-7430
Email:
kirschenm@chop.edu
kirschenm@chop.edu
Education:
BS (Neuroscience)
Brandeis University , 2000.
PhD (Neuroscience)
Stanford University School of Medicine , 2006.
MD (Medicine)
Stanford University School of Medicine, 2007.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2025.
Permanent linkBS (Neuroscience)
Brandeis University , 2000.
PhD (Neuroscience)
Stanford University School of Medicine , 2006.
MD (Medicine)
Stanford University School of Medicine, 2007.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2025.
Selected Publications
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.Hyland A, Lewis A, Agarwal S, Bellussi F, Berghella V, Flibotte J, Kumar M, Nelson O, Shutter L, Greer D, Kirschen MP: Safety of Apnea Testing in Pregnant Persons Undergoing Evaluation for Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria. Neurocritical Care Society September 2025 Notes: Distinguished Poster presented at the 2025 Neurocritical Care Society Annual meeting in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Mazzio E, Catenaccio E, Liu R, Alcamo A, Huh J, Chen S, Topjian A, Press C, Kirschen MP: Association Between EEG Responsiveness to Hypertonic Saline Administration and Favorable Neurologic Outcome After Pediatric Acute Brain Injury. Neurocritical Care Society September 2025 Notes: Distinguished Poster presented at the 2025 Neurocritical Care Society Annual meeting in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Agarwal K, Lydon A, Cieplinski-Robertson JA, Graff T, Huh J, Kirschen MP, Lourie K, Whelan C, Topjian AA: Nursing Knowledge Acquisition After Neurocritical Care Targeted Education in a Pediatric Neurocritical Care Unit. Neurocritical Care Society September 2025 Notes: Poster Presentation at the 2025 Neurocritical Care Society Annual meeting in Montréal, Québec.
Hyland A, Lewis A, Agarwal S, Bellussi F, Berghella V, Fibotte J, Kumar M, Nelson O, Shutter L, Greer D, Kirschen MP: Safety of Apnea Testing in Pregnant Persons Undergoing Evaluation for Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria. Neurology 105(5): e214010, September 2025.
Becker AE, Abend NS, Benedetti GM, Buttram SDW, Chung MG, Erklauer JC, Friess SH, Hong SJ, Huh J, Kirschen MP, LaRovere KL, Lovett ME, Schober ME, Smith KA, Wolfe K, Zurca AD, Topjian AA, Boyer DL: Neurocritical Care Entrustable Professional Activities for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Education and Professional Development: Standardizing Curriculum, Training, and Assessment. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Online ahead of print, 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 at the 2025 Neurocritical Care Society Annual meeting in Montréal, Québec.
Moore J, Moyer E, Moberg R, Smielewski P, Beqiri E, Topjian AA, Kirschen MP: Comparison of NIRS-derived MAPopt Between ICM+ and Moberg Analytics in Pediatric Post-Cardiac Arrest Patients. Neurocritical Care Society September 2025 Notes: Poster presented at the 2025 Neurocritical Care Society Annual meeting in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Lewis A, Landau D, Kirschen MP, Greer D: State Acknowledgement of the 2023 Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria Guidelines as the “Accepted Medical Standards”: 1-year of Advocacy. Neurocritical Care Society. Distinguished Poster presented at the 2025 Neurocritical Care Society Annual meeting in Montréal, Québec, September 2025.
Agarwal K, Blowey B, Stinson H, Whelan C, Topjian A, Kirschen M, Huh J: Waste Not, Want Not, Continued Interdisciplinary Initiatives to Decrease 3% Hypertonic Saline Wastage in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Neurocritical Care Society September 2025 Notes: Poster presented at 2025 Neurocritical Care Society Annual Meeting, Montréal, Québec.