Raghuram Prasad
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
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
Center for Advanced Behavioral Health Care
4601 Market Street, 3rd Floor
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA 19104
4601 Market Street, 3rd Floor
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Publications
Education
M.D. (Medicine)
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil., 1999.
M.D. (Medicine)
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil., 1999.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern and Resident in Psychiatry, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Glen Oaks, NY., 2001-2005.
Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY. , 2005-2007.
Permanent linkIntern and Resident in Psychiatry, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Glen Oaks, NY., 2001-2005.
Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY. , 2005-2007.
Selected Publications
Cushing A.M., Foster A.A., Hall, M., Dalton, E.V., Doupnik, S.K., Hudgins, J., Neuman, M.I., Prasad, R., Zima, B.T., Hoffmann, J.A: Telehealth Follow Up After Pediatric Mental Health Emergency Department Visits by Publicly Insured Children. Poster session accepted for presentation at: American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition October 2026.Rockhill, C.M., Walter, H.J., Abright, A.R., Becker, T., Prasad, R., Ripperger-Suehler, J.A.: Symposium 51: From Evidence to Action: Understanding AACAP Clinical Practice Guideline Recommendations and Their Application. Accepted for presentation at: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting October 2026.
Thakkar, S., Rockhill, C.M., Prasad, R., Gupta, L., Hayek, M., Greenhill, L.L: Member Service Forum 5: AACAP Clinical Practice Guidelines and Clinical Updates: Current Processes and Future Directions for Integrating AI. Accepted for presentation at: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting October 2026.
. Zhou, T., Zhang, B., Lu, Y., Chen, J., Zang, C., Li, H., Elia, J., Prasad, R., Arnold, J., Avedissian, S.N., Bailey, L.C., Becich, M.J., Bensken, W.P., Bisyuk, Y., Bunnell, H.T., Castro, L., Chrischilles, E.A., Christakis, D.A., Cowell, L.G., Cummins, M.R., Fernandez, S., Fort, D., Gonzalez, S., Herring, S.J., Honig, M., Hwang, W., Jain, N., Jones, W.S., Kaelber, D.C., Kelleher, K., Kenney, R., Leikauf, J.E., Letts, R., Liu, M., Martinez, A.T., May, H.T., Mosa, A.S.M., Pajor, N.M., Rao, S., Salisbury, A.L., Suresh, S., Swaminathan, A.C., Taylor, B.W., Thomas, N.A., Williams, D.A., Witvliet, M.G., Kaushal, R., Wang, F., Forrest, C.B. & Chen, Y.: SSRI/SNRI and long COVID in children and adolescents with neuropsychiatric conditions: a cohort study from the RECOVER Initiative. Nature Mental Health June 2026 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-026-00675-9.
Prasad R. (Co-Chair), Mayer L., Kiesnowski A. : Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data in Pediatrics: An Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Initiative. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 64(10): S429-S430, October 2025.
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(1): 6829, July 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-61961-1.
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. International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, United States April-May 2025.
Elia, J., Pajer, K., Prasad, R., Pumariega, A., Maltenfort, M., Utidjian, L., Shenkman, E., Kelleher, K., Rao, S., Margolis, P.A., Christakis, D.A., Hardan, A.Y., Ballard, R., Forrest, C.B.: Electronic health records identify timely trends in childhood mental health conditions. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health 17(1): 107, September 2023 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-023-00650-7.
Hopkins, S., Banwell, B., McGuire, J., Kirschen, M., Prasad, R., Mircetic, M., Simon, L., Blowey, B., Deike, D., Colin, A., Black, C., Young, K., DiDonato, P.: CHOP Inpatient Pathway for Evaluation and Treatment of Children with Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis (Anti-NMDARE). CHOP Pathways January 2023 Notes: https://www.chop.edu/clinical-pathway/anti-nmda-receptor-encephalitis-clinical-pathway.
Makani, R., Prasad R.: 1.29 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, October 2019 Notes: https://www.jaacap.org/article/S0890-8567(19)31508-4/pdf.