Tiffany Ko
Research Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Visiting Scholar, Department of Physics and Astronomy, , University of Pennsylvania
Senior Research Scientist, Resuscitation Science Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email:
tiko@upenn.edu
tiko@upenn.edu
Education:
BSE (Electrical Engineering)
Princeton University, 2009.
MS (Bioengineering)
University of California, Berkeley – University of California, San Francisco, 2012.
PhD (Bioengineering)
University of Pennsylvania, 2018.
Permanent linkBSE (Electrical Engineering)
Princeton University, 2009.
MS (Bioengineering)
University of California, Berkeley – University of California, San Francisco, 2012.
PhD (Bioengineering)
University of Pennsylvania, 2018.
Selected Publications
Silva LE, Balcarcel D, Ko TS, Morgan RW, Berg RA, Topjian A, Tsui FR, Kirschen MP: Prediction of Neurological Outcome After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Using Heart Rate Variability and Machine Learning. Resuscitation 218: 110961, January 2026.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(105): e214019, September 2025.
Ko TS, Greenwood JC, Morgan RW, Abella BS, Shofer FS, Mason M, Weintraub D, Bungatavula D, Lewis A, Ranieri NR, Yodh AG, Baker WB, Forti RM, Kao SH, Shin SS, Kilbaugh TJ, Jang DH: Attenuation of mitochondrial dysfunction in a ventricular fibrillation swine model of cardiac arrest treated with carbon monoxide. Resuscitation 213: 110647, August 2025.
Zuckerberg JC, Ko T, Weeks MK, Widmann NJ, Kienzle MF, Gaudio HA, Silva LEV, Reeder RW, Sutton RM, Berg RA, Kilbaugh TJ, Morgan RW: Evaluation of coronary perfusion pressure and diastolic blood pressure calculation methods in a swine model of pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Resusc Plus 14(23): 100928, March 2025.
Ko TS, Anderson D, Senthil K, Herrmann J, Silva L, Sueishi T, Forti RM, Seeney A, Bayle B, Schulz A, Crozier A, Kenna S, Zuckerberg G, Mazandi V, Kirschen M, Baker W, Kilbaugh T, Morgan RW : Differences in Cerebral and Somatic Hemodynamics during Asphyxia and Cardiac Arrest and Associations with Return of Spontaneous Circulation. AHA Resusc Sci Symp, New Orleans, LA 2025 Notes: Poster Presentation.
Malick E, Crozier A, Schulz A, Seeney A, Andersen D, Bayle B, Fairman A, Kirschen M, Lynch JM, Kilbaugh TJ, Regan M, Ko TS: Changes in Cerebral and Peripheral Oxygenation and Blood Flow Following VA to VAV ECMO Conversion in the Setting of Pediatric Differential Hypoxemia. 36th Annual Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) Conference, Oxon Hill, MD 2025 Notes: Oral Presentation.
Andersen K, Yao S, White B, Jacobwitz M, Breimann J, Jahnavi J, Schmidt A, Baker W, Ko TS, Gaynor JW, Vossough A, Xiao R, Licht D, Shih E: Cerebral microhemorrhages in children with congenital heart disease: Prevalence, risk factors, and impact on neurodevelopmental outcomes. J Am Heart Assoc 14(3): e035359, 2025.
Baker WB, Mcintosh C, Anderson D, Zhao H, Davis C, Bayle B, Hurlock A, Goto R, Schulz A, Mulvihill C, Forti RM, Ko T, White B, Lynch J: Optically-Measured Critical Closing Pressure is a Non-invasive Proxy of Central Venous Pressure in Children with Single-Ventricle Congenital Heart Disease. AHA Sci Sessions, New Orleans, LA 2025 Notes: Poster Presentation.
Sueishi T, Herrman JR, Silva LEV, Ko TS, Zuckerberg J, Senthil K, Berg RA, Sutton RM, Morgan RW, Kilbaugh TJ: The physiologic response to sequential epinephrine administration during CPR is as associated with survival in a pediatric cardiac arrest model. AHA Resusc Sci Symp, New Orleans, LA 2025 Notes: Poster Presentation.
Anderson DE, Herrmann J, Senthil K, Crozier A, Mason M, Seeney A, Ranieri NR, Goto R, Krishna A, Gaudio H, Kenna S, Forti RM, Baker WB, Kilbaugh TJ, Morgan RW, Ko TS: Association of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Strategies with Diffuse Optical Measurements of Cerebral Hemodynamic. AHA Resusc Sci Symp, New Orleans, LA 2025 Notes: Oral Presentation.