Allan F. Simpao, MD, MBI
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Anesthesiologist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Faculty Member, Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Senior Scholar, Penn Center for Perioperative Outcomes Research and Transformation, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Associate Division Chief for Research, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Division of General Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director, Biomedical Informatics Program, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Co-Director of Anesthesia Services, King of Prussia Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Division of General Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-1858
Publications
Links
Search PubMed for articles
LinkedIn
Web of Science - Publons
Anesthesiology Editorial Board
Society for Technology in Anesthesia
Journal of Medical Systems Editorial Board
CHOP Clinician Profile
ResearchGate
Pediatric Anesthesia Editorial Board
Google Scholar
CHOP Researcher Profile
Search PubMed for articles
Web of Science - Publons
Anesthesiology Editorial Board
Society for Technology in Anesthesia
Journal of Medical Systems Editorial Board
CHOP Clinician Profile
ResearchGate
Pediatric Anesthesia Editorial Board
Google Scholar
CHOP Researcher Profile
Education:
BA (Biology, Psychology)
Johns Hopkins University, 1998.
BS (Computer and Information Sciences)
University of Delaware, 2003.
MD (Medicine)
Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, 2007.
MBI (Biomedical Informatics)
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine, 2015.
Permanent linkBA (Biology, Psychology)
Johns Hopkins University, 1998.
BS (Computer and Information Sciences)
University of Delaware, 2003.
MD (Medicine)
Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, 2007.
MBI (Biomedical Informatics)
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine, 2015.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Pediatric and maternal-fetal anesthesiaUltrasound-guided regional anesthesia and vascular access
Pediatric difficult airway management
Description of Research Expertise
Pediatric and maternal-fetal anesthesiologyAnesthesia informatics and analytics
Clinical decision support systems
Selected Publications
Chao JY, Simpao AF, Yuan I: A window into the developing brain - towards a deeper understanding of pediatric anesthesia. Anesthesiology 140(5): 863-4, May 2024.Nelson O, Rintoul NE, Tan JM, Simpao AF, Chuo J, Hedrick HL, Duran MS, Makeneni S, Devine M, Cao L, Stricker PA: Surgical neonates: a retrospective review of procedures and postoperative outcomes at a quaternary children’s hospital. Pediatr Anesth 34(4): 354-65, Apr 2024.
Berger JA, Nelson O, Staben J, Javia LR, Simpao AF, Khalek N, Oliver ER, Adzick NS, Lin EE: Immediate post-delivery airway management of neonates with prenatally diagnosed micrognathia: a retrospective observational study. Pediatr Anesth 34(3): 267-73, Mar 2024.
Tan JM, Simpao AF, Galvez JA: The future of social media, anesthesiology and the perioperative physician. Anesth Analg 138(2): 358-68, Feb 2024.
Chen CC, Massey SL, Kirschen MP, Yuan I, Padiyath A, Simpao AF, Tsui FR: Electroencephalogram-based machine learning models to predict neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest: a systematic review. Resuscitation 194: 110049, Jan 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2023.110049.
Yu H, Simpao AF, Ruiz VM, Nelson O, Muhly WT, Sutherland TN, Gálvez JA, Pushkar MB, Stricker PA, Tsui FR: Predicting pediatric emergence delirium using data-driven machine learning applied to electronic health record dataset at a quaternary care pediatric hospital. JAMIA Open 6(4), Dec 2023.
Nelson O, Greenwood ED, Simpao AF, Matava CT: Refocusing on work-based hazards for the anesthesiologist in a post-pandemic era. BJA Open 8: 100234, Dec 2023.
Simpao AF, Randazzo IR, Chittams JL, Burnham N, Gerdes M, Bernbaum JC, Walker T, Imsdahl S, DeWitt AG, Zackai EH, Gaynor JW, Loepke AW: Anesthesia and sedation exposure and neurodevelopmental outcomes in infants undergoing congenital cardiac surgery: a retrospective cohort study. Anesthesiology 139(4): 393-404, Oct 2023.
Nelson O, Khalek N, Wu L, William MS, Wohler BL, Lin EE, Tran KM, Simpao AF: Perioperative maternal fetal outcomes in the setting of minimally invasive fetal therapy for complex monochorionic pregnancies with monitored anesthesia care. Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy 50(5): 387-96, Oct 2023.
Matava CT, Tighe NT, Baerschiger R, Wilder RT, Correll L, Staffa SJ, Zurakowski D, Kato MA, Meier PM, Raman V, Reddy SK, Roque RA, Peterson MB, Zhong J, Edala T, Greer TJ, von Ungern-Sternberg BS, Cravero J, Simpao AF; PEACOC Collaborators: Patient and process outcomes among pediatric patients undergoing appendectomy during the COVID-19 pandemic – an international retrospective cohort study. Anesthesiology 139(1): 35-48, Jul 2023.