Vanessa Mazandi, MD

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Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Physician, Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care

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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BA (English)
Yale University, 2005.
MD (Medicine)
Jefferson Medical College, 2014.
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Selected Publications

Mazandi VM, Kilbaugh TJ, Huh JW, Senthil K: Therapeutic Potential of Ketamine After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Intensive Medicine April 2026 Notes: In Press, Corrected Proof.

Senthil K, Mazandi V, Resendiz K, Lang SS: Safety of Short-term Continuous Propofol Infusion for Severe Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury. Society of Critical Care Medicine March 2026.

Mazandi VM, Grachen A, Senthil K: Analgesia and sedation in mechanically ventilated critically ill children. BJA Education February 2026.

Senthil K, Bruins BB, Mazandi VM, Lockman J: Videolaryngoscopy is becoming omnipresent – Should we worry about the future? Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day December 2025.

Shin SS, Browne KD, Viaene AN, Keim G, Han DJ, Degani R, Mazandi V, Morton S, Starr J, Weeks K, Widmann N, Hobson L, Gaudio H, Ko TS, Menezes‑Forti R, Jang DH, Cullen DK, Kilbaugh TJ, Kao S‑H: Plasma and Imaging Biomarker Changes Following Rotational and Contusional Models of Traumatic Brain Injury in Adolescent Pigs. J Neurotrauma December 2025 Notes: Online ahead of print.

Mazandi V, Templeton TW, Muhly TW: Thoracic Surgery. Smith’s Anesthesia for Infants and Children, 11th Edition September 2025 Notes: Submitted September, 2025.

Bartoli CR, Wong R, Mazandi VM, Fairman AS, Maffei FA: Ice Water Drowning Survival After 147‑Minute Submersion and 7 °C Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest. JACC Case Reports 30(25): 104885, August 2025.

Katz AJ, Patel BM, Mazandi VM, Grant LMC, Corcoran A, Phinizy P, Wannes Daou A, Keim G, Magee PM, Allukian M, Kilbaugh TJ, Tran S, Himebauch AS, Piccione J, Senthil K: Endobronchial Valves for Severe Air Leak in Critically Ill Children With Necrotizing Pneumonia Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Perfusion August 2025 Notes: Online ahead of print.

Mazandi V, Boggs K, Senthil K, Gabriel E, Kumar N, Glau C, Himebauch A, Kim CT, Kilbaugh TJ, Lang SS, Conlon T, Huh JW: Association of left ventricular systolic dysfunction with outcome following pediatric traumatic brain injury. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics 16: 1-7, May 2025 Notes: STAR Research Presentation SCCM Conference, January 23, 2024 Phoenix, AZ.

Banigan M, Zoraian L, Mazandi V, Henderson A: A Liver for Christmas. Society for Pediatric Anesthesiology Meeting, Orlando FL March 2025 Notes: Poster Presentation.

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