Akira Nishisaki, MD, MSCE
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Physician, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Co-Medical Director, Center for Simulation, Advanced Education and Innovation, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Division of Critical Care
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Division of Critical Care
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-5505
Fax: 215-590-4327
Fax: 215-590-4327
Email:
nishisaki@email.chop.edu
nishisaki@email.chop.edu
Education:
MD (Medicine)
Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan, 1995.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2011.
Permanent linkMD (Medicine)
Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan, 1995.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2011.
Selected Publications
Wing R, Albanese AM, Prieto MM, Greenwald E, Harwayne-Gidansky I, Nagler J, Goldman MP, Tanzer JR, Miller K, Napolitano N, Nishisaki A: Creation of an Implementation Blueprint for the National Emergency Airway Registry for Pediatric Emergency Medicine (NEAR4PEM) Pre-Intubation Checklist. Research Square January 2026 Notes: Preprint.Jariyasakoolroj T, Kojima T, Godara S, Kharayat P, Napolitano N, Graham K, Shepard L, Nadkarni V, Donoghue A, Nishisaki A: Apneic time during intubation in critically ill children. Pediatric Research January 2026 Notes: Online ahead of print.
Trinh C, Hodgson KA, Downes M, Manley BJ, Thio M, Assad MA, Bibl K, Chabra S, DeMartino C, DeMeo S, Glass K, Herrick H, Quek BH, Iben S, Jung P, Kim J, Abou Mehrem A, Moussa A, Narvey M, O'Shea J, Pouppirt N, Puia-Dumitrescu M, Rumpel J, Shay R, Tingay D, Tyler M, Unrau J, Wagner M, Wildenhain P, Nishisaki A, Foglia EE, NEAR4NEOS investigators: Impact of attending neonatologist presence on neonatal intubation success and adverse events: a cohort study. Journal of Perinatology January 2026 Notes: Online ahead of print.
Greenwald E, Miller K, Wing R, Prieto M, Nagler J, Napolitano N, Polikoff L, Goldman M, Sterrett E, Jackson J, Melchionne Miseo C, Dean P, Nti B, Losito E, Caperell K, Kennedy C, Patel D, Deanehan JK, Bharath A, Killion J, Judge P, Joseph D, Ikeyama T, Nishisaki A, Kerrey BT: Site-Level Variation in Tracheal Intubation in the Pediatric Emergency Department A Report From the National Emergency Airway Registry for Pediatric Emergency Medicine (NEAR4PEM). Pediatr Emerg Care 41(11): 883–890, November 2025.
Geisser DL, Feder J, Rotman C, Lipsitz S, Ferguson LP, Hames D, Nishisaki A, Mills KI, Moynihan KM: Oral Versus Nasal Intubation in Infants and Young Children with Heart Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Pediatr Cardiol November 2025 Notes: Online ahead of print.
Alcamo AM, Lindell RB, Sheetz SA, Ham SD, Strayer A, Weiss SL, Nishisaki A, Pinto NP, Topjian AA, Fitzgerald JC: New sepsis-associated morbidity and mortality in pediatric oncology patients. Frontiers in Oncology August 2025.
Nishisaki A: Eliminating Preventable Harms During Pediatric Intubation. AHRQ August 2025 Notes: Grantee Profile.
O'Halloran A, Sannino J, Dominick C, Bailey C, Boyle L, Shepard LN, Nadkarni V, Wolfe H, Morgan RW, Nishisaki A, Lane-Fall M, Sutton R: Development of a Novel Cardiac Arrest Ventilation Rate Metronome: A Human Factors and Implementation Science Mixed-Methods Approach. Pediatr Crit Care Med Epub ahead of print, August 2025.
Shepard LN, Shults J, Nishisaki A: Sodium Bicarbonate in Cardiac Arrest: A True Harm or a Bystander of Prolonged Resuscitation? Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 26(6): e835-e838, June 2025.
Stein ML, Nagle JH, Templeton TW, Staffa SJ, Flynn SG, Bordini M, Nykiel- Bailey S, Garcia-Marcinkiewicz AG, Padiyath F, Matuszczak M, Lee AC, Peyton JM, Park RS, von Ungern-Sternberg BS, Olomu PN, Hunyady AI, Matava C, Fiadjoe JE : Comparing Videolaryngoscopy and flexible bronchoscopy to rescue failed direct laryngoscopy in children: a propensity score matched analysis of the Pediatric Difficult Intubation Registry Anesthesia 80(6): 625-635, June 2025.