Amanda O'Halloran, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Physician, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Member, University of Pennsylvania Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics
Resuscitation Committee Physician Co-Chair, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Division of Critical Care Medicine
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Division of Critical Care Medicine
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email:
ohallorana@chop.edu
ohallorana@chop.edu
Education:
BS, BA (Biology, Honors)
Villanova University, 2010.
MD (Medicine)
University of Massachusetts Medical School, 2014.
MSHP (Health Policy Research)
University of Pennsylvania, 2024.
Permanent linkBS, BA (Biology, Honors)
Villanova University, 2010.
MD (Medicine)
University of Massachusetts Medical School, 2014.
MSHP (Health Policy Research)
University of Pennsylvania, 2024.
Description of Clinical Expertise
pediatric critical care medicineDescription of Research Expertise
pediatric cardiac arrest; pediatric resuscitation; implementation scienceSelected Publications
Loaec M, Bailey C, Manzi A, Kienzle M, Erbayri J, Faulkner E, Schacter M, O’Halloran A: First Try at First Five: Implementing Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice in a Large PICU. IPSSW Poster Presentation June 2026.Firn ET, Walls T, Wolfe H, Woods-Hill CZ, Donoghue A, O’Halloran A: Determinants of Pediatric Cardiac Arrest and Post-Arrest Care in Community Emergency Departments. Crit Care Med 54(3S), March 2026 Notes: SCCM Congress. Star Research Award.
Shepard LN, Napolitano N, Dominick C, Nickel AJ, Shults J, McGovern EL, 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.
Firn E, O’Halloran A: Using implementation science to avoid SNAP judgments. J Hosp Med 21(2): 220–221, February 2026.
Anandakrishnan A, O’Halloran A, Diamond T: Successful Heat Stroke-Induced Pediatric Acute Liver Failure Treatment With N-Acetylcysteine Case Report. Crit Care Explor 8(2): e1371, February 2026.
O’Halloran AJ, Fowler JC: Implementation Challenges in Emergency Cardiovascular Care. Crit Care Clin 42(1): 23–38, January 2026 Notes: Epub 2025 Oct 13.
Sutton RM, Bender D, Reeder R, Alvey J, Graham K, O’Halloran A, Shepard L, Nadkarni V, Berg R, Nataraj C, Morgan R: Airway Opening Index: Novel Description and Association with Cardiac Arrest Physiology and Outcomes. Circulation 152(3), November 2025 Notes: American Heart Association Resuscitation Science Symposium.
O'Halloran AJ, Gray J, Gray S, Kienzle MF, Ross CE, Acworth J, Nuthall G, Christoff A, Rossano JW, Morrison LJ, Scholefield BR, Topjian AA: Bradycardia with haemodynamic compromise in children: A scoping review. Resusc Plus 26: 101155, November 2025.
Scholefield BR, Acworth J, Ng KC, Tiwari LK, Raymond TT, Christoff A, Katzenschlager S, Escalante-Kanashiro R, Bansal A, Topjian A, Kleinman M, Kurosawa H, Myburgh MC, Del Castillo J, Rossano J, Djakow J, Guerguerian A, Nadkarni VM, Couto TB, Schexnayder SM, Nuthall G, Tijssen JA, Ong GYK, Gray JM, Lopez-Herce J, Ambunda ES, Nolan JP, Berg KM, Morrison LJ, Atkins DL, de Caen AR; Pediatric Life Support Task Force Collaborators: Pediatric Life Support: 2025 International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Consensus on Science With Treatment Recommendations. Circulation 152(16_suppl_1): S116–S164, October 2025.
Loaec M, Keim G, Graham K, Kienzle MF, O’Halloran A, Shepard LN, Mehta S, Sawhney S, Donoghue M, Cooper K, Kilbaugh TJ, Nadkarni V, Topjian AA, Berg RA, Sutton RM, Morgan RW: Comparison of vasopressin to epinephrine during pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest: survival and physiologic responsiveness. Pediatr Res October 2025 Notes: Online ahead of print.