Elizabeth Maureen O'Brien, MD, MAS, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Anesthesiologist, 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
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BA (American Studies)
University of Virginia, 2011.
MD (Medicine)
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, 2015.
MAS (Patient Safety & Healthcare Quality)
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2025.
Permanent linkBA (American Studies)
University of Virginia, 2011.
MD (Medicine)
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, 2015.
MAS (Patient Safety & Healthcare Quality)
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2025.
Selected Publications
Bordini M, Orsini L, Li S, Olsen J, Stein ML, Sarmiento Arguelloa L, Hesselink E, Lee A, Echeverry P, Lee L, O'Brien EM, Dalal P, Hunyady A, Whyte S, Brooks Peterson M, Garcia-Marcinkiewicz A, Kovatsis P, Peyton J, Von Ungern-Sternberg B, Fiadjoe J, Matava C, PeDI Collaborative Group.: Incidence of Cognitive Errors in Difficult Airway Management: An Inference Human Factors Study from the Pediatric Difficult Airway Collaborative. British Journal of Anaesthesia Online ahead of print, May 2025.Li L, O'Brien EM.: Substance abuse, Depression, Burnout. Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, Wellness Curriculum March 2025 Notes: https://pedsanesthesia.org/wellbeing-curriculum/
Doshi A, Ali A, Egbuta C, Mandler T, Pellegrino K, Kilgallon S, Fernandez A, Lazo T, O’Brien E, et al. for the PedAHL (Pediatric Anesthesiology Health Literacy) Collaborative. : Assessing Health Literacy in Pediatric Perioperative Care. British Journal of Anaesthesia In minor revisions. 2025.
Acharya U, O'Brien EM, Ozgen S, Ponde V, Quintao V, Lin E.: Point of Care Ultrasound: Applications in Pediatric Anesthesia. World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists: Anaesthesia Tutorial of the Week In minor revisions, 2025.
O'Brien EM, Muhly WT, Gmuca S.: Chapter 5. “Management of Acute and Chronic Pain.” Lovell and Winter’s Pediatric Orthopedics. 9e. Flynn J, Weinstein S (eds.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2025.
Vecchione T, Bansal V, Shore B, Veneziano G, Sunder R, Gurnaney H, Boretsky K. : Acute Compartment Syndrome Following Orthopedic Surgery in Pediatric Patients. Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Page: 1-2, 2025.
O’Brien EM, Lin EL: The power of POCUS in every pocket: Handheld ultrasound the new essential tool? Paediatric Anaesthesia 34(2): 1185-86, Dec 2024.
VanEenenaam D, Cardin S, O’Brien EM, Muhly W, Sankar W: Comparison of Suprainguinal Fascia Iliaca Nerve Block and Epidural Analgesia in Patients Undergoing Periacetabular Osteotomy. Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 32(24): 1123-1129, December 2024.
O’Brien EM, Neiswinter N, Lim K, Lynch D, Baldwin K, Profeta V, Flynn J, Muhly W: Perioperative Management and Outcomes for Posterior Spinal Fusion in Friedreich Ataxia: A Single Center, Retrospective Study. Pediatric Anesthesia 34(7): 654-661, July 2024.
O’Brien EM, Daly Guris R, Lin E: The State of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training in Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship Programs in the United States: A Survey Assessment. Pediatric Anesthesia 34(6): 544-50, June 2024.