Maria Fraga, MD
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Neonatology & Newborn Services)
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
Fraga MV, Dysart KC, Stoller JZ, Huber M, Fedec A, Mercer-Rosa L, Kirpalani K: Echocardiographic assessment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension following Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Infants with Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Neonatology 2023 Notes: In press.Lakshminrusimha S, Fraga MV: Longitudinal Trajectory of Ventricular Function and Pulmonary Hypertension in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. Journal of Pediatrics 2023 Notes: In press.
Singh Y, Tissot C, Fraga MV, Conlon TW: Point-of-Care Ultrasound for the Neonatal and Pediatric Intensivist. Springer 2023 Notes: In press.
Corder W, Stoller JZ, Fraga MV: A retrospective observational study of real-time ultrasound-guided arterial cannulation in infants. The journal of Vascular Access 2023 Notes: In press.
Jain A, Ruoss JL, Fraga MV, McNamara P: Clarification of Boundaries and Scope of Cardiac POCUS versus Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography. Journal of Perinatology 2023 Notes: In press.
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.