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
Mandler T, Li G, Sadacharam K, Staffa S, Chidambaran V, O’Brien EM, et al, on behalf of the SPAIN ACL Investigators.: Regional Anesthesia and Functional Outcomes after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Surgery in Pediatric Patients—Society of Pediatric Anesthesia Improvement Network. Regional Anesthesia Pain Medicine Page: Online ahead of print. October 2025.Doshi A, Ali A, Egbuta C, Mandler T, Pellegrino K, Kilgallon S, Fernandez A, Lazo T, O’Brien E, et al.: Navigating care: A multicentre US survey of health literacy in paediatric perioperative care. British Journal of Anaethesia Page: Online ahead of print. September 2025.
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/
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, 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.
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.