Maria Fraga, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Attending Neonatologist, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Director, Neonatal Point of Care Ultrasound Program, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Neonatology, 2 Main, Room 2NW13
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division of Neonatology, 2 Main, Room 2NW13
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2674264977
Email:
fragam@email.chop.edu
fragam@email.chop.edu
Education:
MD
University of Buenos Aires Medical School, 1999.
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University of Buenos Aires Medical School, 1999.
Selected Publications
Stewart DL, Elsayed Y, Fraga MV, Coley BD, Annam A, Sarvis Milla S, AAP Committee on Fetus and Newborn and Section on Radiology: Technical Report: Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasonography in the NICU for Diagnostic and Procedural Purposes. Pediatrics 150(6): e2022060053, December 2022.Stewart DL, Elsayed Y, Fraga MV, Coley BD, Annam A, Sarvis Milla S, AAP Committee on Fetus and Newborn and Section on Radiology: Clinical Report: Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasonography in the NICU for Diagnostic and Procedural Purposes. Pediatrics 150(6): e2022060052, December 2022.
Rahde Bischoff A, Bhombal S, Altman CA, Fraga MV, Punn R, Rohatgi RK, Lopez L, McNamara PJ: Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography in Patients With Hemodynamic Instability. Pediatrics 1(150 (Suppl 2)): e2022056415I, November 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1542/peds.2022-056415I.
Elsayed Y, Wahab MGA, Mohamed A, Fadel NB, Bhombal S, Yousef N, Fraga MV, Afifi J, Suryawanshi P, Hyderi A, Katheria A, Kluckow M, De Luca D, Singh Y: Point‑of‑care ultrasound (POCUS) protocol for systematic assessment of the crashing neonate—expert consensus statement of the international crashing neonate working group. Eur J Pediatr October 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1007/s00431-022-04636-z. Epub ahead of print.
Conlon TW, Yousef N, Mayordomo-Colunga J, Tissot C, Fraga MV, Bhombal S, Suryawanshi P, Villanueva AM, Siassi B, Singh Y: Establishing a risk assessment framework for point-of-care ultrasound. Eur J Pediatr 181(4): 1449-1457, April 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1007/s00431-021-04324-4. Epub 2021 Nov 30.
Kozyak BW, Fraga MV, Juliano CE, Bhombal S, Munson DA, Brandsma E, Stoller JZ, Jain A, Kesman R, Meshkati M, Noh CY, Dewitt AG, Costarino AT, Hehir DA, Groves AM: Real-Time Ultrasound Guidance for Umbilical Venous Cannulation in Neonates With Congenital Heart Disease. Pediatr Crit Care Med 23(5): e257-e266, March 2022.
Singh Y, Bhombal S, Anup Katheria A, Tissot C, Fraga M: The evolution of cardiac point of care ultrasound for the neonatologist. European Journal of Pediatrics. 180(12): 3565-3575, December 2021.
Jensen E, Fraga M, Biko D, Raimondi F, Kirpalani H: Imaging: Radiography, Lung Ultrasound, and Other Imaging Modalities, Chapter 9. Goldsmith's Assisted Ventilation of the Neonate An Evidence-Based Approach to Newborn Respiratory Care. Keszler M, Suresh G, Goldsmith JP (eds.). Elsevier, 7th ed: 001-019, October 2021.
Stoller JZ, Fraga MV: Real-Time Ultrasound-Guided Lumbar Puncture in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. J Perinatol 41(10): 2495-2498, July 2021.
Pawlowski TW, Stoller JZ, Rintoul NE, Hedrick HL, Quartermain MD, Fraga MV: Point-of-care ultrasound for the evaluation of venous cannula position in neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. J Perinatol 41(7): 1645-1650, April 2021.