Matthew P Kirschen, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Director, Pediatric Neurocritical Care, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director, Pediatric Neurocritical Care Fellowship Program, 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 19104-4399
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399
Office: 215-590-7430
Education:
BS (Neuroscience)
Brandeis University , 2000.
PhD (Neuroscience)
Stanford University School of Medicine , 2006.
MD (Medicine)
Stanford University School of Medicine, 2007.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2025.
Permanent linkBS (Neuroscience)
Brandeis University , 2000.
PhD (Neuroscience)
Stanford University School of Medicine , 2006.
MD (Medicine)
Stanford University School of Medicine, 2007.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2025.
Selected Publications
Gabriel ED, Kumar N, Lacoul A, Hejazi-Garcia C, Wang C, Wannasarnmetha M, Bhatia A, Zhao C, Flanders T, Heuer G, Kirschen MP, Topjian AA, Kim CT, Huh JW, Lang S: Non-invasive Near-infrared Spectroscopy Correlates in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury. American Association of Neurological Surgeons April 2025.McSherry ML, Zhang B, Louderback L, Little A, Walsh K, Graham K, Press C, Mcguire J, Ichord R, Douglas R, Morgan RW, Kirschen M, Woods-Hill C, Topjian AA: Prognostic Predictions After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest: A Single-Center Prospective Study. Critical Care Congress February 2025 Notes: SCCM 2025, Orlando, Florida.
Hyde E, Mehta SD, Tsui FR, Silva LV, Nadkarni VM, Napolitano N, Shepard LN, Bruins BB, Kirschen M, Topjian AA, Laverriere EL, Nickel AJ, Dominick C, Nishisaki A: Novel Predictive Model for Pediatric Bag Mask Ventilation Breath Quality Using Capnography Waveforms. Critical Care Congress February 2025 Notes: Star Research Project presented at SCCM 2025, Orlando, Florida.
Lacoul A, Gabriel E, Giannotti A, Kumar N, Kaur J, Kumaran S, Mazandi V, Press C, Kirschen M, Topjian A, Kim CT, Kilbaugh T, Lang SS, Huh J : Severe Pediatric TBI and Transport to a Quaternary Facility: An Outcome Analysis. Critical Care Congress February 2025 Notes: Presented at SCCM 2025, Orlando, Florida.
Landau D, Kirschen MP, Greer D, Lewis A: States Do Not Delineate the "Accepted Medical Standards" for Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria Determination. Neurocritical Care January 2025.
Liu R, Topjian AA, Nadkarni VM, Berg RA, Kirschen MP: The authors reply. Critical Care Medicine 53(1): e205-e206, January 2025.
Kirschen MP, Ullman NL, Reeder RW, Ahmed T, Bell MJ, Berg RA, Burns C, Carcillo JA, Carpenter TC, Diddle J, Federman M, Fink EL, Frazier AH, Friess SH, Graham K, Horvat CM, Huard LL, Kilbaugh TJ, Maa T, Manga A, McQuillen PS, Meert KL, Morgan RW, Mourani PM, Nadkarni VM, Naim MY, Notterman D, Palmer CA, Pollack MM, Sapru A, Sharron MP, Srivastava N, Tilford B, Viteri S, Wolfe HA, Yates AR, Topjian A, Sutton RM, Press CA: Practice patterns for acquiring neuroimaging after pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 207: 110506, January 2025.
Bach AM, McKinnon NK, Zhuang H, Kaufman E, Kirschen MP: Nuclear Medicine Cerebral Perfusion Studies as an Ancillary Test to Support Evaluation of Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria: Single-Center Experience in Infants, 2005-2022. Pediatr Crit Care Med 25(12): 1089-1095, December 2024.
Li J, Kirschen MP, Vossough A, Manteghinejad A, Arefan D, Elmer J, Topjian AA, Wu S: Deep Learning of Brain CT Scans to Identify Pediatric Cardiac Arrest and Predict Outcome. Radiological Society of North America December 2024.
Bach AM, Walsh K, Fung FW, Press CA, Kirschen MP, Topjian AA, Abend NS: Post-Anoxic Myoclonus After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest: Clinical Features, EEG Characteristics, and Outcomes. American Epilepsy Society December 2024.