Raghuram Prasad
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, PA
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
Quality Improvement Consultant for the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Cedar Campus, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania
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
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.
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 Notes: doi: 10.5811/westjem.2019.1.41344. Epub 2019 Feb 19. Erratum in: West J Emerg Med. 2019 May;20(3):537. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2019.4.43550. Erratum in: West J Emerg Med. 2019 Jul;20(4):688-689. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2019.4.44160.
Souders, M.C., Eriksen, W.T., Bennett, A.E., Prasad, R., Zavodny, S.: Autism Spectrum Disorder. Sleep in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: An Evidence-Based Guide. Accardo, J.A (eds.). Springer, Cham, Page: 139-154, December 2018 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98414-8_11.
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 Notes: doi: 10.1007/s11920-018-0967-y.
Levy S, Miller J, Prasad R, Gerdes M, Brown L, Bennett A, Eikov R, Everly E, Kratchman A., Guthrie W, Rosen, A, Wallis K.: CHOP Primary Care Clinical Pathway for Autism Screening, Referral and Management. CHOP Pathways 2015 Notes: revised in 2018.