Madiha Raees, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Scholar, Center for Global Health, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Attending Physician, Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Faculty Member, CHOP Global Health Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director, International Education Program, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Division of Critical Care Medicine
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Division of Critical Care Medicine
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2674269967
Education:
BS (Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology)
Emory University , 2009.
MD (Medicine)
Medical College of Georgia, 2014.
Permanent linkBS (Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology)
Emory University , 2009.
MD (Medicine)
Medical College of Georgia, 2014.
Selected Publications
Obrien NF, Raees MQ, Wynkoop HJ, Yu M, Small D, Seydel KB, Gushu MB, Phiri T, June S, Taylor TE: Advancing Understanding of Cerebrovascular Hemodynamic Perturbations in Pediatric Cerebral Malaria Using a Modified Critical Closing Pressure Evaluation- A Prospective, Observational Study. Neurocritical Care April 2025 Notes: Epub ahead of print.Ray STJ, Fuller CE, Boubour A, Tshimangani T, Kafoteka E, Muiruri-Liomba A, Malenga A, Tebulo A, Pensulo P, Gushu MB, Nielsen M, Raees M, Stockdale E, Langton J, Birbeck GL, Waithira N, Bonnett LJ, Henrion MY, Fink EL, Postels DG, O'Brien N, Page AL, Baron E, Gordon SB, Molyneux E, Dondorp A, George EC, Maitland K, Michael BD, Solomon T, Chimalizeni Y, Lalloo DG, Moxon CA, Taylor T, Mallewa M, Idro R, Seydel K, Griffiths MJ: The aetiologies, mortality, and disability of non-traumatic coma in African children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Global Health 109X(25): 00055-5, April 2025.
Raees, M, Albahri, A, Shraim, R, Hasan, R, Barakat, L, Bixon, J, Wilson, J, McDonnell, P, Davis, G, Butler, M, Gilmore, A, Zope, M, Menko, S, Akhter, S, Grollman, P: Creating Unity in Crisis: CHOP Hope Across Nations for Children (CHANCE) Committee, a model of intersectional advocacy for children worldwide. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Breakthrough Makers Summit, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA March 2025.
Chandra, M, Nfonoyim, B, Ngaba, L, Junior, AE, Bate, B, Miller, K, Yazdani, S, Shukla, N, Toledo, L, Ekoube, CE, Steenhoff, A, Raees, MQ: Epidemiology and Outcomes of Children with Respiratory Distress at a Referral Hospital in Cameroon. Critical Care Medicine 53(1): 1207, January 2025 Notes: Research Snapshot Presentation, 16th Annual CHOP Global Health Conference, October 2024, Philadelphia, PA Research Snapshot Presentation, 55th Critical Care Congress, February 2025, Orlando, FL.
Wynkoop HJ, Bevan A, Galeano X, Raees M, Haque MR, Taylor T, O'Brien NF: Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome in Malawian Children with Cerebral Malaria. Am J Trop Med Hyg 111(6): 1223-1229, October 2024.
Raees MQ, Gushu MB, Taylor TE, Seydel KB, Wynkoop HJ, O'Brien NF: Optic nerve sheath diameter and its association with brain swelling in pediatric cerebral malaria: a retrospective study. Frontiers in Pediatrics 12: 1295254, February 2024.
Bacha T, Obremskey A, Buxton J, Fink EL, von Saint Andre-von Arnim A, Raees M: Practice patterns in pediatric infectious encephalopathy in four centers in Africa. Front Pediatr 12: 1304245, February 2024 Notes: Oral Presentation, AAP Annual Meeting, October 2023, Washington, DC Oral Presentation, 15th Annual CHOP Global Health conference, October 2023, Philadelphia, PA.
Bartlett ES, Lim A, Kivlehan S, Losonczy LI, Murthy S, Lowsby R, Papali A, Raees M, Seth B, Cobb N, Brotherton J, Dippenaar E, Nepal G, Shrestha GS, Kuo SE, Skrabal JR, Davis M, Lay C, Yi S, Jaung M, Chaffay B, Sefa N, Yang ML, Stephens PA, Rashed A, Benzoni N, Velasco B, Adhikari NK, Reynolds T: Critical care delivery across health care systems in low-income and low-middle-income country settings: A systematic review. J Glob Health 13: 04141, December 2023.
Fischell SZ, Fischell J, Kliot T, Tumulty J, Thompson SJ, Raees MQ: Case report: Acute necrotizing encephalopathy: a report of a favorable outcome and systematic meta-analysis of outcomes with different immunosuppressive therapies. Frontiers in Neurology 14: 1239746, September 2023.
Raees MQ, Chimalizeni Y, Liomba AWM, Pensulo P, Gushu MB, Tebulo A, Malenga A, Sikorski MJ, Holloway AJ, Bhutta AT, Doctor A, Remy KE, O'Brien NF, Postels DG, Taylor TE: Capacity Building in Pediatric Critical Care-Global Health Research and Education: The Blantyre Experience. Am J Trop Med Hyg 109(2): 225-227, June 2023.