Raghuram Prasad, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Section Director for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Division of Outpatient Behavioral Health, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Behavioral Health Department Patient Safety Officer (BH DPSO), The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA
Associate Chair for Quality and Safety, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Director of Quality and Safety, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Center for Advanced Behavioral Health
4601 Market Street
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Center for Advanced Behavioral Health
4601 Market Street
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Publications
Education:
M.D. (Medicine)
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil., 1999.
Permanent linkM.D. (Medicine)
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil., 1999.
Selected Publications
4. Lu, Y., Tong, J., Zhang, D., Chen, J., Li, L, Lei, Y., Zhou, T., Aragon, L.V., Becich, M.J., Blecker, S., Blum, N.J., Christakis, D.A., Honig. M., Hornig-Rohan, M.M., Jhaveri, R., Jones, W.S., Keebler, A.B., Kelleher, K., Kim, S., Mosa, A.S.M., Pajer, K., Platt, J., Schwenk, H.T., Taylor, B.W., Utidjian, L.H., Williams, D.A., Prasad, R., Elia, J., Forrrest, C.B. & Chen, Y.: Risk of neuropsychiatric and related conditions associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection: a difference-in-differences analysis. Nature Communications 16(6829), 2025.Prasad R. (Co-Chair), Mayer L., Kiesnowski A. : AACAP October 2025 Workshop 31: Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data in Pediatrics: An Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Initiative. AACAP October 2025 Workshop 31 2025.
Faulk, C., Benecke, R., Yu, Y., Foy, J., Steinbeck, L., Zampella, C., Bennet, A., Prasad, R., & Herrington, J. : Diagnostic Overshadowing? Autistic Children Are Less Likely to Carry an Anxiety or Depression Diagnostic Code When Prescribed SSRIs [Presentation]. International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, United States(2025, April 30 – May 3). 2025.
Elia, J., Prasad, R., Pumariega, A.J.et al. : Symposium 29.4: Electronic health records identify timely trends in childhood mental health conditions. AACAP October 2024 2024.
Elia, J., Pajer, K., Prasad, R. et al. : Electronic health records identify timely trends in childhood mental health conditions. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health 17(107), 2023.
Hopkins, S., Banwell, B., McGuire, J., Kirschen, M., Prasad, R. et al. : CHOP Inpatient Pathway for Evaluation and Treatment of Children with Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis (Anti-NMDARE), January 2023. https://www.chop.edu/clinical-pathway/anti-nmda-receptor-encephalitis-clinical-pathway CHOP Pathways 2023.
Gerson, R., Malas, N., Feuer, V., Silver, G. H, Prasad, R., Mroczkowski, M. : Best Practices for Evaluation and Treatment of Agitated Children and Adolescents (BETA) in the Emergency Department: Consensus Statement of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 20(2): 409-418, March 2019.
Souders, M.C., Eriksen, W.T., Bennett, A.E., Prasad, R., Zavodny, S. : Autism Spectrum Disorder. \{Autism Spectrum Disorder. In: Accardo, J. (eds) Sleep in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities. Springer, Cham}. Accardo, J. (eds.). Springer, 2019 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98414-8_11.
Makani R and Prasad R: Assessing the concurrent validity of impairment rating scale (IRS) and PROMIS parent scale-Global Health 7 to measure global health and overall impairment in children and adolescents diagnosed with ASD. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 58(10): Supplement, S156, 2019 Notes: https://www.jaacap.org/article/S0890-8567(19)31508-4/pdf.
Bennett AE; Miller JS; Stollon N; Prasad R; Blum NJ. : Autism Spectrum Disorder and Transition-Aged Youth Curr Psychiatry Rep. 20(11): 103, September 2018.