Christopher G. Ward, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Attending Anesthesiologist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Assistant Director, Academic Mentorship and Scholarly Activity, Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship , Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director, Fellows Difficult Airway Rotation, 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
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-0581
Email:
wardc3@chop.edu
wardc3@chop.edu
Education:
BA (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania, 2000.
MD (Biology)
Jefferson Medical College, 2004.
Permanent linkBA (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania, 2000.
MD (Biology)
Jefferson Medical College, 2004.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Dr. Ward's clinical areas of expertise are in pediatric neuroanesthesia, advanced airway modalities for difficult pediatric airways, and the anesthesia care of patients with epidermolysis bullosa.Description of Research Expertise
Dr. Ward investigated anesthetic induced neurotoxicity in the developing brain using rodent models. His lab examined both histopathological changes in the brain as well as learning and behavior outcomes associated with anesthetic drug exposure in neonatal and juvenille rodents. He currently focuses on clinical trials examining techniques to improve clinical outcomes in patients with difficult airways as well as how to improve the teaching of these techniques for both trainees and established providers.Selected Publications
Daly Guris RJ, Toy S, Bruins BB, Hu P, Laverriere EK, Oke A, Sequera-Ramos L, Struyk BP, Ward CG, Fiadjoe JE, Garcia-Marcinkiewicz AG.: Practice what you teach:An approach to integrate airway education for experienced anesthesia clinicians. Paediatr Anaesth May 2022.Joshua A Spiro MD, Elizabeth Drum MD, Jonathan R Dillman MD MSc, Lisa J States MD, Christopher G Ward MD: Sedation and Anesthesia Practice Patterns for Imaging in Children under 6 Years of Age- A Survey of the Society of Chiefs of Radiology at Children's Hospitals (SCORCH). Society of Pediatric Anesthesia Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL April 2022.
Doot, R., Ward, C., Dubroff, J.: Human Blocking Study to Assess Selectivity of [18F]FTP PET for Dopamine D3 Receptors. Neuro Receptor Mapping 2021 Annual Conference (Virtual) December 2021.
Dillman J, Gee M, Ward C, Drum E, States L: Imaging Sedation and Anesthesia Practice Patterns in Pediatric Radiology Departments - a Survey of the Society of Chiefs of Radiology at Children's Hospitals (SCORCH). Pediatr Radiol 51(8): 1497-1502, Feb 2021.
States LJ, Gee MS, Servaes S, Jaimes C, Ward CG, Drum E, Dillman JR: Imaging Sedation and Anesthesia Practice Patterns in Children under 6 months of age: A Survey of the Society of Chairs of Radiology at Children's Hospitals (SCORCH). Society of Pediatric Radiology Annual Meeting June 2020 Notes: Poster Presentation (online only due to COVID 19).
Doot RK, Young AJ, Dominguez TL, Ward CG, Li S, Helili Z, Sheffer R, Lee H, Schubert EK, Mach RH, Dubroff JG: Human Blocking Study to Assess Selectivity of [18F]FTP PET for Dopamine D3 Receptors. NRM 2020 June 2020 Notes: Poster Presentaion (online only due to COVID-19).
Jablonka D, Sutherland J, Bostanic H, Scheu E, Ward C, Weintraub A, Patel A, Subramanyam R: Reducing Remifentanil Waste in Pediatric Anesthesia: a Quality Improvement Project. Society of Pediatric Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, Houston, TX March 2019 Notes: Poster Presentation.
Yuan I, Topjian AA, Kurth CD, Kirschen MP, Ward CG, Zhang B, Mensinger JL: Guide to the statistical analysis plan. Paediatric Anaesthesia 29(3): 237-242, 2019.
Dubroff J, Doot R, Ward C, Labban K, Cai J, Lee H, Schubert E, O’Sullivan F, Mach R: Greater dopamine D3 receptor availability in males than females as determined by [18F] Fluortriopride, a D3 receptor selective radiotracer. Neuro Receptor Mapping 2018 Annual Meeting, London, England July 2018 Notes: Conference Paper.
Hayes S, Ward C: Anesthesia and Neurodevelopment: Do Parents Want the Topic of Anesthetic Neurotoxicity to be Discussed During Anesthesia Consent? Society of Pediatric Anesthesia Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ March 2018 Notes: Conference Paper.