Madiha Raees, MD

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Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Scholar, Center for Global Health, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Attending Physician, Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director, International Education Program, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care

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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Division of Critical Care Medicine
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2674269967
Education:
BS (Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology)
Emory University , 2009.
MD (Medicine)
Medical College of Georgia, 2014.
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Selected Publications

Obrien NF, Raees MQ, Wynkoop HJ, Yu M, Small D, Seydel KB, Gushu MB, Phiri T, June S, Taylor TE: Advancing Understanding of Cerebrovascular Hemodynamic Perturbations in Pediatric Cerebral Malaria Using a Modified Critical Closing Pressure Evaluation- A Prospective, Observational Study. Neurocritical Care April 2025.

Ray STJ, Fuller CE, Boubour A, Tshimangani T, Kafoteka E, Muiruri-Liomba A, Malenga A, Tebulo A, Pensulo P, Gushu MB, Nielsen M, Raees M, Stockdale E, Langton J, Birbeck GL, Waithira N, Bonnett LJ, Henrion MY, Fink EL, Postels DG, O'Brien N, Page AL, Baron E, Gordon SB, Molyneux E, Dondorp A, George EC, Maitland K, Michael BD, Solomon T, Chimalizeni Y, Lalloo DG, Moxon CA, Taylor T, Mallewa M, Idro R, Seydel K, Griffiths MJ: The aetiologies, mortality, and disability of non-traumatic coma in African children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Global Health 109X(25): 00055-5, April 2025.

Raees, M, Albahri, A, Shraim, R, Hasan, R, Barakat, L, Bixon, J, Wilson, J, McDonnell, P, Davis, G, Butler, M, Gilmore, A, Zope, M, Menko, S, Akhter, S, Grollman, P: Creating Unity in Crisis: CHOP Hope Across Nations for Children (CHANCE) Committee, a model of intersectional advocacy for children worldwide. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Breakthrough Makers Summit March 2025 Notes: Presented at CHOP DEI Breakthrough Makers Summit.

Chandra M, Nfonoyim B, Ngaba L, Junior AE, Bate B, Miller K, Yazdani S, Shukla N, Toledo L, Ekoube CE, Steenhoff A, Raees M: Epidemiology and Outcomes of Children with Respiratory Distress at a Referral Hospital in Cameroon. Critical Care Congress February 2025 Notes: Presented at SCCM 2025, Orlando, Florida.

Chandra, M, Nfonoyim, B, Ngaba, L, Junior, AE, Bate, B, Miller, K, Yazdani, S, Shukla, N, Toledo, L, Ekoube, CE, Steenhoff, A, Raees, MQ: Epidemiology and Outcomes of Children with Respiratory Distress at a Referral Hospital in Cameroon. 16th Annual CHOP Global Health Conference October 2024 Notes: Presented at both 16th Annual CHOP Global Health conference in October 2024, Philadelphia, PA and 55th Critical Care Congress in February 2025, Orlando, FL.

Wynkoop HJ, Bevan A, Galeano X, Raees M, Haque MR, Taylor T, O'Brien NF: Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome in Malawian Children with Cerebral Malaria. Am J Trop Med Hyg Epub ahead of print, October 2024.

Raees, MQ, Fink, EL, Soko, M, Vidal, LM, Chetcuti, K, Goyal, MS, Zavez, A, Mondal, A, O’Brien, NF, Postels, DG, Seydel, KB, Taylor, TE : Blood-Based Neurologic Biomarkers in Pediatric Cerebral Malaria. 12th Congress of WFPICCS June 2024 Notes: Presented at 12th Congress of WFPICCS, June 2024, Cancun, Mexico.

Raees MQ, Gushu MB, Taylor TE, Seydel KB, Wynkoop HJ, O'Brien NF: Optic nerve sheath diameter and its association with brain swelling in pediatric cerebral malaria: a retrospective study. Frontiers in Pediatrics 12: 1295254, February 2024.

Bacha T, Obremskey A, Buxton J, Fink EL, von Saint Andre-von Arnim A, Raees M: Practice patterns in pediatric infectious encephalopathy in four centers in Africa. Front Pediatr February 2024.

Bartlett ES, Lim A, Kivlehan S, Losonczy LI, Murthy S, Lowsby R, Papali A, Raees M, Seth B, Cobb N, Brotherton J, Dippenaar E, Nepal G, Shrestha GS, Kuo SE, Skrabal JR, Davis M, Lay C, Yi S, Jaung M, Chaffay B, Sefa N, Yang ML, Stephens PA, Rashed A, Benzoni N, Velasco B, Adhikari NK, Reynolds T: Critical care delivery across health care systems in low-income and low-middle-income country settings: A systematic review. J Glob Health December 2023.

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