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Research

A meaningful supervised research experience is an integral component of the Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at Mass General Brigham for Children. Support for the trainee’s research project begins in the first months of fellowship. First-year fellows meet with the Program Director at regular intervals to help identify an area of interest, to visit different labs and to meet with prospective mentors in the Mass General/Harvard system. Research opportunities abound throughout Mass General, Harvard Medical School, Harvard School for Public Health, as well as other academic health care centers in Boston. Offerings range from basic science and translational research to clinical investigation, ethics, international health and education. Each member of the PICU faculty is actively engaged in various types of scholarly activity, and many have acted as research mentors for past fellows. Other fellows have identified research projects and mentors beyond the PICU.

After identifying a project and research mentor, a scholarship oversight committee (SOC) is created to oversee the scholarly activity of the fellow. In addition, trainees are introduced to basic science techniques, study design, data collection, statistical analysis, and other fundamental areas of study design through seminars offered throughout the Mass General/Harvard Medical School community.

Recent PICU Faculty and Fellows

Peer-Reviewed Publications in Print or Other Media

Medeiros KJ, Valsecchi C, Winterton D, Morais CA, Delgado ED, Smith S, Safaee Fakhr B, Ranjeva S, Capriles M, Gaulton T, Li MD, Fintelmann F, Tahir I, Carroll R, Bittner EA, Hibbert KA, Thompson BT, Hardin CC, Santiago RR, La Vita CJ, Cereda M, Berra L. A Prospective Observational Study on Short and Long-Term Outcomes of COVID-19 Patients with Acute Hypoxic Respiratory Failure Treated with High-Flow Nasal Cannula. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2023; 12(4):1249. PMID: 36835785. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12041249.
Di Fenza R, Shetty NS, Gianni S, Parcha V, Giammatteo V, Tornberg D, Wall O, Harbut P, Lai PS, Li JZ, Paganoni S, Cenci S, Mueller AL, Houle TT, Akeju O, Bittner EA, Bose S, Scott LK, Carroll RW, Ichinose F, Hedenstierna M, Arora P, Berra L, on behalf of the Nitric Oxide Investigators. High-dose Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure due to COVID-19: A Multicenter Phase 2 Trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023 Sep 29. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202304-0637OC. PMID: 37774011.
Morais CCA, Glasiele A, De Santis Santiago RR, Valsecchi C, Diaz E, Wanderley H, Fakhr BS, Di Fenza R, Gianni S, Foote S, Chang MG, Bittner EA, Carroll RW, Costa ELV, Amato M, Berra L. Pronation Reveals a Heterogeneous Response of Global and Regional Respiratory Mechanics in Patients with Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure. Crit Care Explor. October 2023 2:5(10):e0983. doi: 10.1097/CCE.0000000000000983. PMID: 37795456
Paris JJ, Cummings BM. A Catholic Perspective on COVID-19. Camb Q Healthc Ethics. 2024 Apr; 33(2):285-289. PMID: 37366117.
Dephoure S, Desai B and Cummings B. Decision aids as tools to facilitate shared decision making in neonatal care: A standardization analysis [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]. Bioethics Open Res Nov 24 2023 Decision aids as tools to facilitate ... | Bioethics Open Research
Argandykov D, Raybould TA, Gervasini A, Hwabejire J, Flaherty MR. Recreational cannabis legalization and pediatric exposures in Massachusetts, United States. Inj Prev. 2024 Jan 17;ip-2023. PMID: 38233190. https://doi.org/10.1136/ip-2023- 045052. Epub 2024 Jan 17
Moran CJ, Dzara K, Frey-Vogel AS, Flaherty M, Hall D, Nelson BA, Sparger K, Stanley T, Yager P, Scott-Vernaglia S. Confidence of Faculty in Writing Letters of Recommendation for Pediatric Fellowship Applicants. Cureus. 2023 Nov;15(11):e49750. PMID: 38161882. PMCID: PMC10757671. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.49750. Epub 2023 Nov 30
Kimura S, Lok J, Gelman IH, Lo EH, Arai K. Role of A-Kinase Anchoring Protein 12 in the Central Nervous System. J Clin Neurol. 2023 Jul;19(4):329-337. doi: 10.3988/jcn.2023.0095. PMID: 37417430; PMCID: PMC10329933
Hamanaka G, Hernández IC, Takase H, Ishikawa H, Benboujja F, Kimura S, Fukuda N, Guo S, Lok J, Lo EH, Arai K. Myelination- and migration-associated genes are downregulated after phagocytosis in cultured oligodendrocyte precursor cells. J Neurochem. 2023 Nov;167(4):571-581. doi: 10.1111/jnc.15994. Epub 2023 Oct 24.

PMID: 37874764; PMCID: PMC10842993

Hoshino T, Takase H, H Hamanaka G, Kimura S, Fukuda N, Mandeville ET, Lok J, Lo EH, Arai K Transciptomic changes in oligodendrocyte lineage cells during the juvenile to adult transition in the m mouse corpus callosum. Sci Rep. 2024 Sep 27;14(1):22334. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-72311-4. PMID: 39333617; PMCID: PMC11436962
Finnegan, K., Smalley, J., Gallagher, B. et al. Enteral feeding in pediatric patients with bronchiolitis requiring non-invasive support via nasal interface. Pediatr Res (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-025-04022-z
Delsignore, L., Salt, M, Ingle, T., Allen, E. “Updates in Pediatric Critical Care” Updates in Pediatrics, Springer, October 2023
Naber, C., & Salt, M. "POCUS in the PICU: A narrative review of evidence-based bedside ultrasound techniques ready for prime-time in pediatric critical care. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine."
Taylor AM, Mannix R, Zafonte RD, Whalen MJ, Meehan WP 3rd. A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial Evaluating Transcranial Photobiomodulation as Treatment for Concussion. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2024 May 1;56(5):822-827. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000003364. Epub 2023 Dec 18. PMID: 38109202
Morais A, Chung JY, Wu L, Ayata C, Simon B, Whalen MJ. Non-Invasive Vagal Nerve Stimulation Pre-Treatment Reduces Neurological Dysfunction After Closed Head Injury in Mice. Neurotrauma Rep. 2024 Feb 29;5(1):150-158. doi: 10.1089/neur.2023.0058. PMID: 38435077; PMCID: PMC10908330
Izzy S, Yahya T, Albastaki O, Cao T, Schwerdtfeger LA, Abou-El-Hassan H, Chopra K, Ekwudo MN, Kurdeikaite U, Verissimo IM, LeServe DS, Lanser TB, Aronchik M, Oliveira MG, Moreira T, Rezende RM, El Khoury J, Cox LM, Weiner HL, Zafonte R, Whalen MJ. High-salt diet induces microbiome dysregulation, neuroinflammation and anxiety in the chronic period after mild repetitive closed head injury in adolescent mice. Brain Commun. 2024 May 3;6(4):fcae147. doi:10.1093/braincomms/fcae147. PMID: 39045090; PMCID: PMC11264151
Odetola FO, Carlton EF, Dews A, Anspach RR, Evans MC, Howell JD, Keenan H, Kolovos NS, Levin AB, Mendelson J, Ushay HM, Yager PH. A Tale of 8 Cities: Pediatric Critical Care Redeployment to Adult Care During Wave 1 of COVID-19. Hosp Pediatr. 2023 Sep 1;13(9):822-832. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2023-007187. PMID: 37646091
Benboujja F, Hartnick E, Zablah E, Hersh C, Callans K, Villamor P, Yager P*, Hartnick C* (co-senior authors). Overcoming language barriers in pediatric care: a multilingual, AI-driven curriculum for global healthcare education. Front. Public Health, 21 February 2024: vol 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1337395.
Yager PH, Callans KM, Samost-Williams A, Bonilla JA, Flores LJG, Hasbun SCA, Rodríguez AEA, Cárdenas ABA, Núñez AML, Jayawardena ADL, Zablah EJ, Hartnick CJ. Practical quality improvement changes for a low-resourced pediatric unit. Front Public Health. 2024 Jun 12;12:1411681. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1411681. PMID: 38932785; PMCID: PMC11199403.
Yager PH, Samost-Williams A, Bonilla JA, Guzman L, Hasbun SCA, Rodríguez AEA, Cárdena A, Núñez AML, Jayawardena ADL, Zablah EJ, Callans KM, Hartnick CJ. Sustainable improvement in upstream and downstream outcomes for intubated patients three years after an airway-based educational intervention in a low- resource pediatric intensive care unit. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2024 Jun 8;182:112011. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2024.112011. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38865866.
Rowan CM, LaBere B, Young CC, Zambrano LD, Newhams MM, Kucukak S, McNamara ER, Mack EH, Fitzgerald JC, Irby K, Maddux AB, Schuster JE, Kong M, Dapul H, Schwartz SP, Bembea MM, Loftis LL, Kolmar AR, Babbitt CJ, Nofziger RA, Hall MW, Gertz SJ, Cvijanovich NZ, Zinter MS, Halasa NB, Bradford TT, McLaughlin GE, Singh AR, Hobbs CV, Wellnitz K, Staat MA, Coates BM, Crandall HR, Maamari M, Havlin KM, Schwarz AJ, Carroll CL, Levy ER, Moffitt KL, Campbell AP, Randolph AG, Chou J; Overcoming COVID-19 Investigators. Pre-existing Immunocompromising Conditions and Outcomes of Acute COVID-19 Patients Admitted for Pediatric Intensive Care. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Mar 11:ciae133. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae133. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38465976.
Fernandes ND, Banik S, et al. Hepatitis C Virus Screening Among Adolescents Attending a Drug Rehabilitation Center. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2020 Sep 17;9(4):437-441.
Fernandes N, Sthapit B, et al. Evaluation of suspected neonatal herpes simplex virus infection in preterm versus term newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit. J Neonatal Perinatal Med. 2020;13(3):387-394.
Cummings BM, Fernandes ND, Parker LF, Murphy SA, Yager PH. Standardized Volume Dosing Protocol of 23.4% Hypertonic Saline for Pediatric Critical Care: Initial Experience. Ann Pharmacother. 2020 Sep;54(9):866-871.
Fernandes ND, Chung E, Salt MD, Ejiofor B, Carroll RW, Kacmarek RM. Measured CPAP in a Noninvasive Pediatric Airway and Lung Model. Respir Care. 2021 Jan;66(1):87-94.
Flaherty MR, Kim AM, Salt MD, Lee LK. Distracted Driving Laws and Motor Vehicle Crash Fatalities. Pediatrics. 2020 06; 145(6).
Kelly MS*, Valle CW*, Fernandes ND, Cummings BM, Lahoud-Rahme M, Chiu JS. Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: Cardiac Biomarker Profiles and Echocardiographic Findings in the Acute and Recovery Phases. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2020 Oct;33(10):1288-1290.
Lule S, Wu L, Sarro-Schwartz A, Edmiston Iii WJ, Izzy S, Songtachalert T, Ahn SH, Fernandes ND, Jin G, Chung JY, Balachandran S, Lo EH, Kaplan D, Degterev A, Whalen MJ. Cell-specific activation of RIPK1 and MLKL after intracerebral hemorrhage in mice. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2020 Nov.
Fernandes ND, Cummings BM, Naber CE, Salt MD, Lok J, Yager PH, Carroll RW. Adult COVID-19 Patients Cared for in a Pediatric ICU Embedded in a Regional Biothreat Center: Disease Severity and Outcomes. Health Secur. 2020 Dec 16.
Kelly MS*, Fernandes ND*, Carr A V., Lahoud-Rahme M, Cummings BM, Chiu JS. Distinguishing Features of Patients Evaluated for Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2021.
Fernandes ND, Arya K, Ward R. Congenital Herpes Simplex. 2020 Sep 22. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2020 Jan–. PMID: 29939674.
Fernandes ND, Gardner K, Paris JJ, Cummings BM. Ventilator Allocation for Pediatrics during COVID-19 - How We Avoided Drawing Lots for Tots. Am J Bioeth. 2020;20(7):147-150.
[Fernandes ND, unnamed authorship] Olson KR, Nimkin K, Carroll RW, et al. Case 9-2021: A 16-Year-Old Boy with Headache, Abdominal Pain, and Hypertension. N Engl J Med. 2021 Mar 25;384(12):1145-1155.
Neil Fernandes: Member of the ‘Overcoming COVID-19 Investigators’ cited in the appendix of the manuscript.
Feldstein LR, et al. Overcoming COVID-19 Investigators*. Characteristics and Outcomes of US Children and Adolescents With Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Compared With Severe Acute COVID-19. JAMA. 2021 Feb 24. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.2091. Epub ahead of print.
LaRovere KL, et al. Overcoming COVID-19 Investigators*. Neurologic Involvement in Children and Adolescents Hospitalized in the United States for COVID-19 or Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome. JAMA Neurol. 2021 Mar 5. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2021.0504. Epub ahead of print.
Fernandes ND, Murphy SA. Gastroptosis: An Uncommon Cause for a Deep Nasogastric Tube. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Apr 11:S1542-3565(20)30499-7.
Fernandes ND, Naber C, Paudel S, et al. Respiratory Failure Leading to Intubation in the Setting of Flibanserin Ingestion in a Toddler. Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. 2020;22(5):135-136.
Virkud YV, Fernandes ND, Lim R, Mitchell DM, Rothwell WT. Case 39-2020: A 29-Month-Old Boy with Seizure and Hypocalcemia. N Engl J Med. 2020 Dec 17;383(25):2462-2470.
Ghersin Z, Fernandes ND, Winkler A, Yager P. Pseudohyperkalemia and Pseudohyponatremia in Two Children with T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. J Pediatr. January 2021:1-5.

Ejiofor B, Carroll RW, Bortcosh W, Kacmarek R. PEEP Generated by high-flow nasal cannula in a pediatric model. Respir Care. May 2019. PMID 31088986.
Krezanoski, P, Santorino, D, Agaba, A, Dorsey, G, Bangsberg, D, Carroll, R. How are insecticide treated bednets used in Ugandan households? A comprehensive characterization of bednet adherence using a remote monitor. Am J Trop Med Hyg. July 2019: 00(0):1 – 8. PMID: 31287045.
Fernandes ND, Chung E, Salt M, Ejiofor B, Carroll RW, Kacmarek RM. Measured continuous positive airway pressure in a non-invasive pediatric airway and lung model. Respir Care. 2020 Jun 23;respcare.07864. doi: 10.4187/respcare.07864. PMID: 32576707
Cieslak JC, Evans L, Kortepeter MG, Grindle A, Aigbivbalu L, Boulter K, Carroll RW, Cumplido S, Danforth AG, Fry C, Gaensbauer J, Hume JR, Husain A, Kelleher A, Kratochvil CJ, Kunrath C, Morgan JS, Schwedhelm MM, Shane AL, Tennill P, Yager PH, Davies HD Perspectives on the management of children in a biocontainment unit: report of the NETEC pediatric workgroup. Health Security. Jan/Feb 2019; 17(1): 11 – 17. PMID: 30779612.
Bartley B, Gardner KJ, Spina S, Hurley BP, Campeau D, Berra L, Yonker LM, Carroll RW. High-dose inhaled nitric oxide as adjunct therapy in cystic fibrosis targeting Burkholderia multivorans. Case Rep Pediatr. 2020 June 24;2020:1536714. PMID: 32685229. DOI: 10.1155/2020/1536714
Switaj T, Cummings BM, Logan MS, Mort E. Adopting RCA2: the interrater reliability of severity assessment criteria. Am J Med Qual. 2019 Mar/Apr;34(2):152-157 PMID: 30182723.
Bowe SN, Colaianni CA, Yamasaki A, Cummings BM, Hartnick CJ. Reevaluating a standardized sedation weaning protocol for pediatric laryngotracheal reconstruction for continuous quality improvement. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019 Feb 14. PMID: 30763412.
Clark ME, Carleton ME, Cummings BM, Noviski N. Children's drawings with narratives in the hospital setting: insights into the patient experience. Hospital Pediatrics. 2019 Jul;9(7):495-500. PMID: 31227550.
Naureckas Li C, Sacks CA, McGregor KA, Masiakos PT, Flaherty MR. Screening for access to firearms by pediatric trainees in high-risk patients. Acad Pediatr. 2019 Aug;19(6):659-664. PMID: 30853577.
Flaherty MR, Sheridan R. Fire pit-related burn injuries in children and adolescents. J Burn Care Res. 2019 Oct 16;40)6):943-946.
Flaherty MR, Klig JE. Firearm-related injuries in children and adolescent: an emergency and critical care perspective. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2020 Jun;32(3):349-353.
Chiu JS, Lahoud-Rahme M, Schaffer D, Cohen A, Samuels-Kalow M. Kawasaki disease features and myocarditis in a patient with COVID-19. Pediatr Cardiol. 2020 Jun 15:1-3.
Benavidez OJ, He W, Lahoud-Rahme M. Readmission following congenital heart surgery in infants and children. Pediatr Cardiol. 2019 Jun;40(5):994-1000.
Ohtomo R, Kinoshita K, Ohtomo G, Takese H, Hamanaka G, Washida K, Islam MR, Wrann CD, Katsuki H, Owata A, Lok J, Lo EH, Arai K. Treadmill exercise suppresses cognitive decline and increases white matter oligodendrocyte precursor cells in a mouse model of prolonged cerebral hypoperfusion. Transl Stroke Res. 2020 Jun;11(3):496-502.
Takase H, Chou SH, Hamanaka G, Ohtomo R, Islam MR, Lee JW, Hsu L, Mathew J, Reyes-Bricio E, Hayakawa K, Xing C, Ning MM, Wang X, Arai K, Lo EH, Lok J. Soluble vascular endotheliatl-cadherin in CSF after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Neurology. 2020 Mar 24;94(12).
Egawa N, Shindo A, Hikawa R, Kinoshita H, Liang AC, Itoh K, Lok J, Maki T, Takahashi R, Lo EH, Arai K. Differential roles of epigenetic regulators in the survival and differentiation of oligodendrocyte precursor cells. Glia. 2019 Apr;67(4):718-728. PMID: 30793389.
Hamanaka G, Kubo T, Ohtomo R, Takase H, Reyes-Bricio E, Oribe S, Osumi N, Lok J, Lo EH, Arai K. Microglial responses after phagocytosis: Escherichia coli bioparticles, but not cell debris or amyloid beta, induce matrix metaolloproteinase-9 secretion in cultured rat primary microglial cells. Glia. 2020 Jul;68(7):1435-1444.
Kinoshita K, Ohtomo R, Takase H, Hamanaka G, Chung KK, Lok J, Katsuki H, Arai K. Different responses after intracerebral hemorrhage between young and early middle-aged mice. Neurosci Lett. 2020 Sep 14;735:135249.
Wu L, Chung JY, Saith S, Tozzi L, Buckley EM, Sanders B, Franceschini MA, Lule S, Izzy S, Lok J, Edmiston WJ 3rd, McAllister LM, Mebane S, Jim G, Lu J, Sherwood JS, Willwerth S, Hickman S, Khoury JE, Lo EH, Kaplan D, Whalen MJ. Repetitive head injury in adolescent mice: a role for vascular inflammation. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2019 Nov;39(11):2196-2209.
Liu N, Jiang Y, Chung JY, Li Y, Yu Z, Kim JW, Lok JM, Whalen MJ, Wang X. Annexin A2 deficiency exacerbates neuroinflammation and long-term neurological deficits after traumatic brain injury in mice. Int J Mol Sci. 2019 Dec 5;20(24):6125.
Sojar S, Goldner J, Krishnamoorthy K, Murphy S, Masiakos P, Klig J. A 17-year old male with GI illness and seizures. Pediatrics. 2019 Jan; 143(1). PMID: 30545828
Aghagoli G, Gallo Marin B, Katchur NJ, Chaves-Sell F, Asaad WF, Murphy SA. Neurological involvement in COVID-19 and potential mechanisms: a review. Neurocritc Care. 2020 Jul 13:1-1.
Chung J, Krapp N, Wu L, Lule S, McAllister L, Edmiston WJ, Martin S, Levy E, Songtachalert S, Sherwood J, Buckley E, Sanders B, Izzy S, Hickman S, Guo S, Lok J, El Khoury J, Lo EH, Kaplan D, and Whalen MJ. Interleukin-1 receptor 1 deletion in focal and diffuse experimental traumatic brain injury in mice. J Neurotrauma. 2019 Jan 15;36(2):370-379. PMID: 29768967.
Takizawa T, Qin T, Lopes de Morais A, Sugimoto K, Chung JY, Morsett L, Mulder I, Fischer P, Suzuki T, Anzabi M, Böhm M, Qu WS, Yanagisawa T, Hickman S, Khoury JE, Whalen MJ, Harriott AM, Chung DY, Ayata C. Non-invasively triggered spreading depolarizations induce a rapid pro-inflammatory response in cerebral cortex. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2019 Jun 26. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31242047.
Liaudanskaya V, Jgamadze D, Berk AN, Bischoff DJ, Gu BJ, Hawks-Mayer H, Whalen MJ, Chen HI, Kaplan DL . Engineering advanced neural tissue constructs to mitigate acute cerebral inflammation after brain transplantation in rats. Biomaterials. 2019 Feb;192:510-522. PMID: 30529870.
McGill M, Raol N, Gipson KS, Bowe SN, Fulk-Logan J, Nourmahnad A, Chung JY, Whalen MJ, Kaplan DL, Hartnick CJ. Preclinical assessment of resorbable silk splints for the treatment of pediatric tracheomalacia. Laryngoscope. 2019 Sep;129(9):2189-2194. PMID: 30408198
Izzy S, Liu Q, Fang Z, Lule S, wu L, Chung JY, Sarro-Schwartz A, Brown-Whalen A, Perner C, Hickman SE, Kaplan DL, Patsopoulos NA, El Khoury J, Whalen MJ. Time-dependent changes in microglia transcriptional networks following traumatic brain injury. Front Cell Neurosci. 2019 Aug 8;13:307.
Chung DY, Sadeghian H Qin T, Lule S, Lee H, Karakaya F, Goins S, Oka F, Yaseen MA, Houben T, Tolner EA, van den Maagdenberg AMJM, Whalen MJ, Sakadzic S, Ayata C. Determinants of optogenetic cortical spreading depolarizations. Cereb Cortex. 2019 Mar 1;29(3):1150-1161.
Tang-Schomer MD, Kaplan Dl, Whalen MJ. Film interface for drug testing for delivery to cells in culture and in the brain. Acta Biomater. 2019 Aug;94:306-319.
Liaudanskaya V, Chung JY, Mizzoni C, Rouleau N, Berk AN, Wu L, Turner JA, Georgakoudi I, Whalen MJ, Nieland TJF, Kaplan DL. Modeling controlled cortical impact injury in 3D brain-like tissue cultures. Adv Healthc Mater. 2020 Jun;9(12).
Ghersin ZJ, Yager P, Cummings BM, Hersh M C, Cayer M, Callans KM, Zablah EJ, Gallagher T, Abrego S, Bonilla J, Vela OS, Guzman L, Aguilar A, Hartnick CJ. A multidisciplinary, video-based curriculum for management of the intubated and surgical airway patient for a pediatric hospital in El Salvador. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2020 Jan;128:109732. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2019.109732.
Jayawardena ADL, Ghersin ZJ, Mirambeaux M, Bonilla JA, Quinones E, Zablah E, Callans K, Hartnick M, Sahani N, Cayer M, Hersh C, Gallagher TQ, Yager PH, Hartnick CJ. A sustainable and scalable multidisciplinary airway teaching mission: The Operation Airway 10-Year Experience. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 Jun 30:194599820935042. doi: 10.1177/0194599820935042. Online ahead of print.
Cummings BM, Fernandes ND, Parker LF, Murphy SA, Yager PH. Standardized Volume Dosing Protocol of 23.4% Hypertonic Saline for Pediatric Critical Care: Initial Experience. Ann Pharmacother. 2020 Sep;54(9):866-871. doi: 10.1177/1060028020907997.
Ghersin ZJ, Flaherty MR, Yager P, Cummings BM. Going green: decreasing medical waste in a paediatric intensive care unit in the United States. New Bioeth. 2020 Jun;26(2):98-110. doi: 10.1080/20502877.2020.1767916.
Flaherty MR, Raybould T, Savarino J, Yager P, Mooney DP, Farr BJ, Giuliano JS Jr, Neeman E, Campbell BT, Thaker S, McKiernan C, Lewis D, Epp TK, Baertschiger RM, Jackson CA, Rideout L, Shah A, Falank C, Ontengco J, Cairo S, McLoughlin RJ, Aidlen JT, Watson-Smith D, Wills H, Masiakos PT. Unintentional window falls in children and adolescents. Acad Pediatr. 2020 Jul 9:S1876-2859(20)30428-9. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2020.07.008. Online ahead of print.
Yager PH, Whalen KA, Cummings BM. Repurposing a Pediatric ICU for Adults. N Engl J Med. 2020 May 28;382(22):e80. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2014819. Epub 2020 May 15.
Lucas A, Rosovsky R, Clark M, Grabowski E, Yager P. Presentation, Management and Outcomes of Pediatric Pulmonary Embolus: A Retrospective Review. Ped Em Care. 2020 June [accepted for publication]
Cummings BM, Mercurio MR, Paris JJ. A review of approaches for resolving disputes between physicians and families on end-of-life care for newborns. J Perinatol.2020 Sep;40(9):1441-1445.
Gardner KJ, Murphy S, Parris JJ, Lantos JD, Cummings BM. Controversy about withdrawal of postresuscitation care after cardiac arrest. Pediatrics 2020 Aug:146(2).
Cummings BM, Paris JJ. From death to life: ethical issues in postmortem sperm retrieval as a source of new life. Camb Q Healthc Ethics. 2020 Jul;29(3):369-374.
Cummings BM, Carballo V, Kalibatas O, Barysauskas CM, Rao S, Jacobson JO, Sequist TD. Impact of clinical process improvement training in an integrated delivery system. Am J Med Qual 2020 Jul 31.
Fernandes ND, Gardner K, Paris JJ, Cummings BM. Ventilator allocation for pediatrics during COVID-19 – How we avoided drawing lots for tots. Am J Bioeth. 2020 Jul;20(7):147-150.
Cummings BM, Shailam R, Rosales AM, Huang MS, Nardi V. Case 37-2019: a 20-month-old boy with severe anemia. N Engl J Med. 2019 Nov 28;381(22):2158-2167.
Paris JJ, Cummings BM. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: a pioneer thinker, influential teacher and contributor to clinical ethics. Am J Bioeth. 2019 Dec;19(12):49-51.
Clark ME, Cummings BM, Kuhlthau K, Frassic N, Noviski N. Impact of pediatric intensive care unit admission on family financial status and productivity: a pilot study. J Intensive Care Med. 2019 Nov-Dec;34(11-12):973-977.

Recent Fellow Presentations

Neil Fernandes: Diagnostics and Operational Challenges in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Setting/Oral presentation, Wyss Institute, Boston, MA, 2020
Neil Fernandes: A Surge in Cases of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children/Poster presentation, MGHfC Research Day, 2021
Neil Fernandes: 41st Annual Primary Care Pediatrics Conference: Virkud Y., Lim R, Mitchell D, Rothwell W, Fernandes N.D. Clinicopathological Conference: Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital for the New England Journal of Medicine at the Boston, MA
Neil Fernandes: 11-month-old girl with recurrent croup, chronic cough and gastro-esophageal reflux: “It takes a village!”/Oral Presentation (Medicine and Innovation, Operation Airway)
Michael Salt and Neil Fernandes: Star Research Presentation at 2021 Virtual 50th Critical Care Congress meeting: Salt MD, Fernandes ND, Carroll R, Flaherty M. (2020) Non-Invasive Ventilation in Severe Bronchiolitis: Effects on Intubation Rates and Outcomes.
Michael Salt: MGHfC Clinical Research Day, “Usage of Non-Invasive Ventilation: Effects on Intubation Rates and Outcomes of Severe Bronchiolitis in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.” 2020
Erin Rescoe, MD: “Cerebral near infrared spectroscopy insensitively detects cerebral venous oxygen saturations following stage 1 palliation” Poster presentation at the American Heart Association National Conference 2016

Other peer-reviewed publications

Cummings BM, Paris JJ. Conjoined twins separation leading to the death of one twin: an expanded ethical analysis of issues facing the ICU team. J Intensive Care Med. 2019 Jan; 34(1):81-84. PMID: 30130993.
Longacre MM, Cummings BM, Bader AM. Building a bridge between pediatric anesthesiologists and pediatric intensive care. Anesth Analg 2019 Feb; 128(2):328-334. PMID: 30169412
Longacre MM, Cummings BM, Bader AM. In response. Anesth Analg 2019 Epub Jun 3; PMID: 31166227
Paris JJ, Cummings BM, Moore MP. Compassion and mercy are not helpful in resolving intractable family-physician conflicts on end-of-life care. J Perinatol. 2019 Jan; 39(1):11-17. PMID: 30470768.
Yager P. Pediatric rapid response systems beyond tertiary facilities: Is there a role for telemedicine? Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2019 Feb;20(2):198-199.
Yager P. Remote Parent Participation in Intensive Care Unit Rounds. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2020 Aug;67(4):655-659. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2020.04.008.
Carroll, RW and Carroll, WB. The Separation of Children at the US-Mexico Border: The Viewpoint of Two Global Health Pediatricians. October 16, 2019. A requested piece for the Medical School for International Health (MSIH) Migrant Health Crisis series.

https://msih.bgu.ac.il/migrant-health-crisis-separation-of-children-us-mexico-border/

Research publications without named authorship

Barmettler S, Wolfson A, Yang N, Fu X, Blumenthal K, Banerji A. Outpatient oxaliplatin desensitizations: A process improvement evaluation. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2019 Sep 03. PMID: 31491538. (acknowledgment as CPIP faculty guidance)
Nellis ME, Goel R, Karam O, Cushing MM, Davis PJ, Steiner ME, Tucci M, Stanworth SJ, Spinella PC; Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network, Pediatric Critical Care Blood Research Network (BloodNet), and the P3T Investigators; P3T Investigators. Effects of ABO matching of platelet transfusions in critically ill children. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2019 Feb;20(2):e61-e69.
Feldstein LR, Rose EB, Horwitz SM, Collins JP, Newhams MM, Son MBF, Newburger JW, Kleinman LC, Heidemann SM, Martin AA, Singh AR, Li S, Tarquinio KM, Jaggi P, Oster ME, Zackai SP, Gillen J, Ratner AJ, Walsh RF, Fitzgerald JC, Keenaghan MA, Alharash H, Doymaz S, Clouser KN, Giuliano JS Jr, Gupta A, Parker RM, Maddux AB, Havalad V, Ramsingh S, Bukulmez H, Bradford TT, Smith LS, Tenforde MW, Carroll CL, Riggs BJ, Gertz SJ, Daube A, Lansell A, Coronado Munoz A, Hobbs CV, Marohn KL, Halasa NB, Patel MM, Randolph AG; Overcoming COVID-19 Investigators and the CDC COVID-19 Response Team. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in U.S. children and adolescents. N Engl J Med. 2020 Jul 23;383(4):334-346. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2021680. Epub 2020 Jun 29.

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