Maryam Y. Naim, MD, MSCE

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Maryam Naim, MD, MSCE, is Associate Chief of Research in the Division of Cardiac Critical Care Medicine at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Areas of Expertise: Cardiac Intensive Care, Extracorporeal life support, Neuromonitoring, Neuroprotection following traumatic brain injury and cardiopulmonary bypass, Pediatric organ donation and transplantation, Resuscitation
Locations: Main Hospital
Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467)

Education and Training

Medical School

MD - Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan

Residency

Pediatrics - Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, MN

Fellowship

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Board Certification

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine – American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics

Graduate Degree

MS in Clinical Science and Epidemiology - Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Titles and Academic Titles

Associate Chief of Research, Division of Cardiac Critical Care Medicine

Attending Physician, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Departments and Services

Research Interests

Neuromonitoring
Resuscitation
Extracorporeal life support
Brain injury

Publications

Papers

2021

Thibault C, Massey SL, Abend NS, Naim MY, Zoraian A, Zuppa AF: Population Pharmacokinetics of Phenobarbital in Neonates and Infants on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and the Influence of Concomitant Renal Replacement Therapy. The Journal of Clinical PharmacologyJ Clin Pharmacol.  61(3): 378-387, March 2021.

2020

Thibault C, Massey SL, Naim MY, Abend NS, Zuppa AF: Population Pharmacokinetics of Intravenous Phenobarbital in Neonates after Congenital Heart Surgery. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 21(8): e557-e565, August 2020.

Edelson JB, Ravishankar C, Griffis H, Zhang X, Faerber J, Gardner MM, Naim MY, Macsio CE, Glatz AC, Goldberg DJ: A Comparison of Bidirectional Glenn vs. Hemi-Fontan Procedure: An Analysis of the Single Ventricle Reconstruction Trial Public Use Dataset. Pediatric Cardiology 41(6): 1166-1172, August 2020.

Naim MY, Putt M, Abend NS, Mastropietro CW, Frank DU, Chen JM, Fuller S, Gangemi JJ, Gaynor JW, Heinan K, Licht DJ, Mascio CE, Massey S, Roeser M, Smith CJ, Kimmel SE: Development and Validation of a Seizure Prediction Model in Neonates Following Cardiac Surgery  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery July 2020 Notes: Epub ahead of print.

Kudchadkar SR, Nelliot A, Awojoodu R, Vaidya D, Traube C, Walker T, Needham DM for the PARK-PICU Investigators and Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network: Physical Rehabilitation in Critically Ill Children: A Multicenter Point Prevalence Study in the United States. Critical Care Medicine 48: 634-687, May 2020.

Thibault C, Naim MY, Abend NS, Licht DJ, Gaynor JW, Xiao R, Massey SL: A Retrospective Comparison of Phenobarbital and Levetiracetam for the Treatment of Seizures following Cardiac Surgery in Neonates. Epilepsia 61(4): 627-635, April 2020.

Landis WP, Morgan RW, Reeder RW, Graham K, Siems A, Diddle JW, Pollack MM, Maa T, Fernandez RP, Yates AR, Tilford B, Ahmed T, Meert KL, Schneiter C, Bishop R, Mourani PM, Naim MY, Friess S, Burns C, Manga A, Franzon D, Tabbutt S, McQuillen PS, Horvat CM, Bochkoris M, Carcillo JA, Huard L, Federman M, Sapru A, Viteri S, Hehir DA, Notterman DA, Holubkov R, Dean JM, Nadkarni VM, Berg RA, Wolfe HA, Sutton RM; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN) Investigators the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute ICU-RESUScitation Project Investigators: Variability in Chest Compression Rate Calculations during Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Resuscitation 20(149): 127-133, April 2020.

Griffis H, Wu L, Naim MY, Bradley R, Tobin J, McNally B, Vellano K, Quan L, Markenson D, Rossano JW: Characteristics and Outcomes of AED use in Pediatric Cardiac Arrest in Public Settings: The Influence of Neighborhood Characteristics Resuscitation 146: 126-131, January 2020.

2019

Massey SL, Abend NS, Gaynor JW, Licht DJ, Nadkarni VM, Xiao R, Naim MY: Electroencephalographic Patterns Preceding Cardiac Arrest in Neonates Following Cardiac Surgery. Resuscitation 144: 67-74, November 2019.

Thibault C, Collier H, Naim MY, Heichel J, Schwartz E, Zuppa A: Patterns of Medication Exposure in Children on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; A Step in Prioritizing Future Pharmacologic Studies. Critical Care Explorations 1(9): e0045, September 2019.

Naim MY, Griffis HM, Burke RV, McNally BF, Song L, Berg RA, Nadkarni VM, Vellano K, Markenson D, Bradley RN, Rossano JW: Race/ethnicity and Neighborhood Characteristics are Associated with Bystander CPR in Pediatric Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest in the United States: A Study from The Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival. Journal American Heart Association 8(14): e012637, July 2019.

2018

Reeder RW, Girling A, Wolfe H, Holubkov R, Berg RA, Naim MY, Meert KL, Tilford B, Carcillo JA, Hamilton M, Bochkoris M, Hall M, Maa T, Yates A, Sapru A, Kelly R, Federman M, Dean JM, McQuillen PS, Franzon D, Pollack MM, Siems A, Diddle J, Wessel DL, Mourani P, Zebuhr C, Bishop R, Freiss S, Burns C, Viteri S, Hehir DA, Coleman RW, Jenkins TL, Notterman DA, Tamburro RF, Sutton RM : Improving outcomes from pediatric cardiac arrest - the ICU-RESUScitation project: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 19(1): 213, April 2018.

Lynch JM, Ko T, Busch DR, Newland JJ, Winters ME, Mensah-Brown K, Boorady TW, Xiao R, Nicolson SC, Montenegro LM, Gaynor JW, Spray TL, Yodh AG, Naim MY, Licht DJ: Preoperative cerebral hemodynamics from birth to surgery in neonates with critical congenital heart disease. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg     156(4): 1657-1664, May 2018.

2017

Naim MY, Burke RV, McNally BF, Song L, Griffis HM, Berg RA, Vellano K, Markenson D, Bradley RN, Rossano JW for the CARES Surveillance Group: Association of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation with overall and neurologically favorable survival after pediatric out of hospital cardiac arrest in the United States. JAMA Pediatrics 171(2): 133-141, February 2017.

Lin J, Banwell BL, Berg RA, Dlugos DJ, Ichord RN, Kilbaugh TJ, Kirsch RE, Kirschen MP, Licht DJ, Massey SL, Naim MY, Rintoul NE, Topjian AA, Abend NS: Electrographic seizures in children and neonates undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 18(3): 249-257, March 2017.

2016

Misfeldt AM, Kirsch RE, Goldberg DJ, Mascio CE, Naim MY, Zhang X, Mott AR, Ravishankar C, Rossano JW: Outcomes of single-ventricle patients supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine  17(3): 194-202, March 2016.

Rossano JW, Cabarera AG, Jefferies JL, Naim MY, Humlicek T: Pediatric cardiac intensive care society 2014 consensus statement: Pharmacotherapies in cardiac critical care chronic heart failure. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 17(3 Suppl 1): S20-S34, March 2016.

Morgan RW, French B, Kilbaugh TJ, Naim MY, Wolfe HA, Bratinov G, Shoap W, Hsieh TC, Nadkarni VM, Berg RA, Sutton RM: A quantitative comparison of physiologic indicators of cardiopulmonary resuscitation quality: Diastolic blood pressure versus end-tidal carbon dioxide. Resuscitation 104: 6-11, July 2016.

Naim MY, Sutton RM, Friess SH, Bratinov G, Bhalala U, Kilbaugh TJ, Lampe J, Nadkarni VM, Becker LB, Berg RA: Blood pressure and coronary perfusion pressure targeted cardiopulmonary resuscitation improves 24-Hour survival from ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest. Critical Care Medicine 44(11): e1111, November 2016.

2015

Naim MY, Gaynor JW, Chen J, Nicholson SC, Fuller S, Spray TL, Dlugos DJ, Clancy RR, Costa LV, Licht DJ, Xiao R, Meldrum H, Abend NS: Subclinical seizures identified by postoperative electroencephalographic monitoring are common after neonatal cardiac surgery. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Epub ahead of print 2015.

Marsillio LE, Ginsburg SL, Rosenbaum CH, Coffin SE, Naim MY, Priestley MA, Srinivasan V: Hyperglycemia at the time of acquiring central catheter-associated bloodstream infections is associated with mortality in critically ill children. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Epub ahead of print 2015 Epub ahead of print 2015.

2014

Sutton RM, Friess SH, Naim MY, Lampe JW, Bratinov G, Weiland TR, Garuccio M, Nadkarni VM, Becker LB, Berg RA: Patient-centric blood pressure targeted CPR improves survival from cardiac arrest. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 190(11): 1255-1262, December 2014.

Lynch JM, Buckley EM, Schwab PJ, McCarthy AL, Winters ME, Busch DR, Xiao R, Goff DA, Nicholson SC, Montenegro LM, Fuller S, Gaynor JW, Spray TL, Yodh AG, Naim, MY, Licht DJ: Time to surgery and preoperative cerebral hemodynamics predict postoperative white matter injury in neonates with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Journal of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery 148(5): 2181-2188, November 2014.

Friess SH, Sutton RM, French B, Bhalala U, Maltese MR, Naim MY, Bratinov G, Rodriguez SA, Weiland TR, Garuccio M, Nadkarni VM, Becker LB, Berg RA: Hemodynamic directed CPR improves cerebral perfusion pressure and brain tissue oxygenation. Resuscitation 85(9): 1298-1303, September 2014.

Sutton RM, Friess SH, Maltese MR, Naim MY, Bratinov G, Weiland TR, Garuccio M, Bhalala U, Nadkarni VM, Becker LB, Berg RA: Hemodynamic-directed cardiopulmonary resuscitation during in-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation. Resuscitation 85(8): 983-986, August 2014.

Schwartz SM, Lu M, Ohye RG, Hill KD, Atz AM, Naim MY, Williams IA, Goldberg CS, Lewis A, Pigula F, Manning P, Pizarro C, Chai P, McCandless R, Dunbar-Masterson C, Kaltman JR, Kanter K, Sleeper LA, Schonbeck JV, Ghanayem N; for the Pediatric Heart Network Investigators: Risk factors for prolonged length of stay after the stage 2 procedure in the single-ventricle reconstruction trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 147(6): 1791-1798, June 2014.

Jain V, Buckley E, Licht D, Lynch J, Schwab P, Naim, MY, Lavin N, Nicolson S, Montenegro L, Yodh A, Wehrli F: Cerebral oxygen metabolism in neonates with congenital heart disease quantified by MRI and optics. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 34(3): 380-388, March 2014.

2013

Sutton RM, Friess SH, Bhalala U, Maltese M, Naim, MY, Bratinov G, Niles DE, Nadkarni VM, Becker L, Berg RA: Hemodynamic directed CPR improves short-term survival from ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest. Critical Care Medicine 41(12): 2698-2704, December 2013.

Sutton RM, Friess SH, Bhalala U, Maltese MR, Naim, MY, Bratinov G, Weiland TR, Garuccio M, Nadkarni VM, Becker LB, Berg RA: Hemodynamic directed CPR improves short-term survival from asphyxia-associated cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 84(5): 696-701, May 2013.

Buckley EM, Naim, MY, Lynch JM, Goff DA, Schwab PJ, Diaz LK, Nicolson SC, Montenegro LM, Lavin NA, Durduran T, Spray TL, Gaynor JW, Putt ME, Yodh AG, Fogel MA, Licht DJ: Sodium Bicarbonate causes dose-dependent increases in cerebral blood flow in infants and children with single ventricle physiology. Pediatric Research 73(5): 668-73, May 2013.

Buckley EM, Lynch JM, Goff DA, Schwab PJ, Baker WB, Durduran T, Busch DR,  Nicolson SC, Montenegro LM, Naim, MY, Xiao R, Spray TL, Yodh AG, Gaynor JW, Licht DJ: Early postoperative changes in cerebral oxygen metabolism following neonatal cardiac surgery: Effects of surgical duration. Cardiovascular Surgery 145(1): 196-203, January 2013.

Books

Chapters

2020

Naim MY, Rossano JW, Blinder J, Nadkarni V, Berg RA: Chapter 72: Current CPR Recommendations. Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery and Intensive Care. Dunbar I (eds.). Springer, New York, NY, In Press 2020.

Naim MY, Licht DJ: Chapter 173: Stroke in Congenital Heart Disease. Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery and Intensive Care. Dunbar I (eds.). Springer, New York, NY, In Press 2020.

Blinder J, Nadkarni N, Naim MY, Berg RA, Rossano JW: Chapter 71: Epidemiology of Cardiac Arrest. Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery and Intensive Care. Dunbar I (eds.). Springer, New York, NY, In Press 2020.

2019

Tweddell JS, Bronicki R, Salvin J, Naim MY, Riley CM, Wernovsky G: Chapter 71: The Fontan "Pathway" From Birth Through Early Childhood: Surgical and Perioperative Strategies to Optimize Outcomes in Patients with a Functionally Univentricular Heart Anderson's Pediatric Cardiology, 4th Edition. Wernovsky G (eds.). Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA, Page: 1273-1306, July  2019.

2017

Yuerek M, Weiss SL, Naim MY: Chapter 33: The Failing Myocardium in Sepsis. Heart Failure in the Child and Young Adult: From Bench to Bedside. Jefferies JL, Chang AC, Rossano JW, Shaddy RE, Towbin JA (eds.). Academic Press, ELSEVIER, Philadelphia, PA, Page: 445-456, 2017.

2013

Rossano J, Naim MY, Nadkarni VM, Berg RA: Chapter 71: Epidemiology of Pediatric Cardiac Arrest. Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery and Intensive Care. Da Cruz, Ivy, Jaggers (eds.). Springer, 3: 1275-1287, September 2013.

Naim MY, Rossano J, Nadkarni VM, Berg RA: Chapter 72: Current CPR Recommendations in Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology. Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery and Intensive Care. Springer, 3: 1289-1303, September 2013.

Naim MY, Licht DJ: Chapter 173: Stroke in Congenital Heart Disease. Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery and Intensive Care Da Cruz, Ivy, Jaggers (eds.). Springer, 6: 3279-3288, September 2013.

2012

Kaufman BD, Lin KY, Patel AR, Naim MY, Shah MJ, Shaddy RE: Chapter 71: Cardiac Failure. Pediatric Cardiovascular Medicine. Moller J, Hoffman JIE (eds.). Wiley-Blackwell. Oxford, UK, Page: 1021-1032, 2012.

2010

Friess SH, Naim MY, Helfaer MA: Is pediatric neurointensive care a legitimate programmatic advancement to benefit our patients and our trainees, or others? Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 11(6): 758-760, November 2010.

2004

Jacobsen EN, Naim MY : First Aid for the Pediatric Clerkship. * Stead L, Stead M  (eds.). McGraw Hill Publications, NY, 2004.

Posters and Presentations

2020

Kim M, Ades A, Fuller S, Okunowo O, Rintoul N, Naim MY: Low Birth Weight Neonates Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: Have Outcomes Improved Over Time? Pediatric Academic Society Annual Meeting Notes July  2020 Notes: Oral Presentation at the Pediatric Academic Society Annual Virtual Meeting

Kim M, Ades A, Fuller A, Okunowo O, Rintoul N, Naim MY: Low Birth Weight Neonates Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: Have Outcomes Improved Over Time? Cardiology 2020 Notes February 2020 Notes: Poster Presentation at Cardiology 2020 Meeting, Lake Buena Vista, FL.

Brown N, Chen JM, Costarino AT, Dori Y, Natarajan S, Ravishankar C, Rome JJ, Stewart MT, Naim MY: Cardiac Intensivists, Cardiologists and Cardiac Surgeons Partner to Change the Culture of a Meeting in a Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. Cardiology 2020 Notes February 2020 Notes: Poster Presentation at Cardiology 2020 Meeting, Lake Buena Vista, FL.

Naim MY, Putt M, Abend NS, Mastropietro CW, Frank DU, Costarino AT, Chen JM, Fuller S, Gangemi JJ, Gaynor WJ, Heinan K, Licht DJ, Mascio CE, Massey S, Nicolson SC, Roeser ME, Smith CJ, Kimmel SE: Development and Validation of a Seizure Prediction Model in Neonates Following Cardiac Surgery Society of Thoracic Surgeons Meeting 2020 Notes January 2020 Notes: Poster Presentation at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

2019

Zinna SS, Abend NS, Connelly J, Ijaz N, Hedrick HL, Licht DJ, Massey S, Parikh D, Rintoul NE, Topjian A, Naim MY: Predictors of Seizures in Children on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society 15th Annual Meeting Notes November 2019 Notes: Poster Presentation at the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society 15th Annual Meeting, Westminster, London.

Ruiz VM, Galvez J, Goldsmith M, Naim MY, Lopez-Magallon A, Munoz, R, Tsui R: Leveraging Temporal Patterns in Physiologic Variables for Prediction of Critical Events in Single Ventricle Infants. American Medical Informatics Association Meeting Notes November 2019 Notes: Oral Presentation at the American Medical Informatics Association Meeting, Washington, DC.

Naim MY,  Massey S, Costarino AT, Fuller S, Gaynor JW, Kimmel SE, Licht DJ, Mascio CE, Nicolson SC, Putt M, and Abend NS: Predictors for Seizures in Neonates Following Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass American Heart Association Scientific Sessions  November 2019 Notes: Poster Presentation.

Kim M, Ades A, Fuller S, Okunowo O, Rintoul N, Naim MY: Low Birth Weight Neonates Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: Have Outcomes Improved Over Time? Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society 15th Annual Meeting Notes November 2019 Notes: Poster Presentation at the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society 15th Annual Meeting, Westminster, London.

Brown N, Chen JM, Costarino AT, Dori Y, Shobha S, Natarajan, CR, Rome JJ, Stewart MT, Naim MY: Cardiac Intensivists, Cardiologists and Cardiac Surgeons Partner to Change the Culture of a Meeting in a Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. Centile Conference Notes October 2019 Notes: Poster Presentation at the Centile Conference, Washington, DC.

Zinna SS, Abend NS, Connelly J, Ijaz N, Hedrick HL, Licht DJ, Massey S, Parikh D, Rintoul NE, Topjian AA, Naim MY: Predictors of Seizures in Children on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. 30th Annual Extracorporeal Life Support Meeting, Austin, TX September 2019 Notes: Poster Presentation.

Landis WP, Reeder RW, Morgan RW, Meert KL, Yates AR, Berger JT, Carcillo JA, McQuillen PS, Pollack MM, Carpenter TC, Notterman DA, Dean M, Naim MN, Wolfe HA, Nadkarni VM, Berg RA, Sutton RM and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN) and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute ICU RESUScitation Project Investigators:  Variability in the science of cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Compression rate calculation methods. Critical Care Medicine  47(Supplement 1), January 2019 Notes: Research Snapshot Presentation at 48th Critical Care Congress, February 2019, San Diego, CA.

Sutton R,  Morgan R., Landis W.,  Yeung T., Reeder R.,  Meert K, Yates A.,  Berger J., Carcillo J., McQuillen P., Pollack M., Carpenter T., Notterman D., Dean J.M., Naim M, Wolfe H., Nadkarni V, Berg R; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health CPCCRNNHLBI ICU-RESUScitation Investigator: End Tidal Carbon Dioxide To Identify Return of Spontaneous Circulation During Pediatric Cardiac Arrest  Critical Care Medicine  42(1): 8, January  2019 Notes: Star Research: Pediatric Shock Circulation  Presentation Society of Critical Care Medicine

2018

Demianczyk AC, Rhone C, Adenuga C, Seelhorst A, Boyle C, Walheim L, Edelson JB, Naim MY: Implementation of Universal Psychosocial Screening for Neonates Admitted to the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit  Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative  June 2018 Notes: Poster Presentation at Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative, June 7, 2018, Kansas City, MO.

Edelson JB, Griffis H, Zhang X, Faerber J, Naim Y, Macsio CE, Ravishankar C, Glatz AC, Goldberg DJ: A Comparison of Bidirectional Glenn vs. Hemi-Fontan using data from the Single Ventricle Reconstruction Trial  Circulation  138(Supplement 1), November  2018 Notes: Poster Presentation at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions Meeting, November 10-11, 2018, Chicago, IL.

Griffis H, Wu X, Naim MY, Rossano JW: Abstract 1687: The Influence of Age, Race, and Ethnicity on Public Automated External Defibrillator Use and Outcomes of Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in the United States: An Analysis of the Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES). Circulation  138(Supplement 1), November  2018 Notes: Poster Presentation at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions Meeting, November 10-11, 2018. Chicago, IL.

Naim MY, Griffis G, Berg RA, Bradley RN, Hansen ML, Markenson D, McNally BF, Nadkarni VM, Vellano K, Rossano JW: The Epidemiology of Airway Management Following Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in the United States. Circulation  138(Supplement 2), November  2018 Notes: Poster Presentation at Resuscitation Science Symposium, November 11, 2018. Chicago, IL.

Naim MY, Griffis H, Berg RA, Bradley RN, Hansen ML, Markenson D, McNally BF, Nadkarni VM, Vellano K, Rossano JW: Comparison of Tracheal Intubation Versus Supraglottic Airway Following Pediatric Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Circulation 138(2), November  2018 Notes: Poster Presentation at the Resuscitation Science Symposium, November 11, 2018. Chicago, IL.

Swendiman RA, Quatromoni JG, Quarshie W, Griffis H, Damrauer SM, Naim MY: Abstract 16896: Risk Factors and Outcomes of Acute Limb Ischemia in Infants with Congenital Heart Disease. Circulation  138(Supplement 1), November  2018 Notes: Poster Presentation at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions Meeting, November 10, 2018. Chicago, IL.

Vetter VL, Dalldorf K, Rossano J, Naim MY, Glatz A, Vellano K, McNally B, Griffis H: Abstract 22: When Laws Save Lives: Impact of Legislation Requiring Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Education in High Schools on Survival after Sudden Cardiac Arrest. Circulation  138(Supplement 2), November  2018 Notes: Oral Presentation at American Heart Association Scientific Sessions Meeting, November 10-11, 2018. Chicago, IL.

Beckett A., Dewitt A.G., Mascio C.E., Naim M.Y. : Late Norwood Operation in a Patient with Cystic Fibrosis. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society 14th Annual Meeting.  December  2018 Notes: Poster presentation at Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society 14th Annual Meeting.

Cianni A., Sorbello A., Pannich H., Ravishankar C., Naim M.Y : To Trach Or Not To Trach? A Case Of Bilateral Diaphragm Paralysis. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society 14th Annual Meeting.  December  2018 Notes: Poster presentation at Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society 14th Annual Meeting.

Eichner J., Mascio C.E., Ravishankar, C, Rossano J.W., Naim M.Y.: Heartware Ventricular Assist Device in a Single Ventricle Patient. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society 14th Annual Meeting.  December  2018 Notes: Poster presentation at Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society 14th Annual Meeting.

Ginsburg S., Naim M.Y.: Not Just a Weak Heart: Enterovirus Infection with Simultaneous Cardiac and Neurologic Involvement. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society 14th Annual Meeting.  December  2018 Notes: Poster presentation at Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society 14th Annual Meeting.

Massey SL, Abend NS, Dlugos DJ, Gaynor JW, Licht DJ, Nadkarni VM, Topjian AA, Xiao R, Naim MY: Electroencephalographic Patterns in Neonates Following Cardiac Surgery Prior To Cardiac Arrest. Resuscitation Science Symposium 2018 Notes: Poster Presentation at Resuscitation Science Symposium, November 11, 2018. Chicago, IL.

Schwartz E.,  DeWitt A.G., Pinto E., Dori Y., Naim M.Y. : Successful Management of Persistent Chylous Effusions Following Cardiothoracic Surgery Through Thoracic Duct Embolization. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society 14th Annual Meeting.  December  2018 Notes: Oral presentation at Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society 14th Annual Meeting.

Thibault C., Naim M.Y., , Abend N., Gaynor J.W., Massey S.  : Acute Management of Seizures Following Cardiac Surgery. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society 14th Annual Meeting  December 2018 Notes: Oral Presentation at Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society 14th Annual Meeting

Yin S.M., Naim M.Y., Ravishankar C. : Williams Syndrome and Coronary Artery Ostial Stenosis. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society 14th Annual Meeting.  December  2018 Notes: Poster presentation at Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society 14th Annual Meeting.

Yowell M., Burstein D., Ravishankar C., O'Connor M., Mascio C.E., Gillespie M. Rossano J.W., Mille F., Naim M.Y.: Immunosuppression and Mechanical Circulatory Support for Giant Cell Myocarditis. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society 14th Annual Meeting.  December  2018 Notes: Poster Presentation at Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society 14th Annual Meeting.

Invited Lectures

2020

"EEG Monitoring in Neonates Following Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass", Hospital Corporation of America and Methodist Children's Hospital Cardiac Webinar Series, San Antonio, TX. Aug 2020.

"Resuscitation and Rescue: State of the Art", Invited lecture at 23nd Annual Update in Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease, Orlando, FL. Feb 2020.

"Challenging Cases and Conundrums" Invited lecture, 23nd Annual Update in Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease, Orlando, FL. Feb 2020.

"Early Postoperative ICU Management: Issues and Concerns" 23nd Annual Update in Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease, Orlando, FL. Feb 2020.

2019

Naim MY. "Postoperative management of valvular heart disease" Invited Lecture at the 9th Shanghai Symposium on Pediatric Cardiovascular Disease-Management and Outcomes of Critical Heart Diseases Children's Hospital Fudan University and CHAMPs Children's Foundation, Shanghai, China. Nov 2019.

Naim MY. "ECMO Management in the Cardiac Patient" Invited lecture Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou, China. Nov 2019.

Naim MY. "Postoperative ICU Management: Issues and Concerns" Invited Lecture at Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery CME meeting, Children's Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China. Nov 2019.

Naim MY. "Postoperative ICU Management: Issues and Concerns" Invited Lecture at Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou, China. Nov 2019.

Naim MY. "Staying Alive: Improving Outcome Following Pediatric Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest", Grand Rounds, B and B Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal. Mar 2019.

Naim MY. "Timing and Optimization of Separation From ECMO." 22nd Annual Update in Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease. Huntingdon Beach, California, February 2019

Naim MY. "Risk Factors For Electroencephalographic Seizures in Neonates Following Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Multicenter Study." American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 2019

Naim MY. "International Medicine Experience: China." Anesthesiology and Critical Care Grand Rounds, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 2019

2018

Naim MY. "EEG Monitoring After Neonatal Cardiac Surgery" 21st Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease, February 24, 2018, Scottsdale, Arizona

Naim MY. "Crisis in the ICU: What to do about…..", 21st Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease, February 23, 2018, Scottsdale, Arizona

Naim MY. "Early Postoperative Management Issues and Concerns", 21st Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease, February 21, 2018, Scottsdale, Arizona

Naim MY. "Neuromonitoring on ECMO: How Do We Provide Continuous Measurements All The Time?", European Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Annual Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, May 2018

Naim MY. "Conventional Bystander CPR is Associated With Higher Neurologically Favorable Survival in Children Compared to Compression Only CPR Following Pediatric Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest", Oral Presentation at American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, November 10, 2018, Chicago, Illinois

Naim MY. "Risk Factors For Electroencephalographic Seizures in Neonates Following Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Multicenter Study" Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society Meeting, Miami, Florida, December 2018

Awards and Honors

2021, Critical Care Medicine Excellence in Fellow Educatio, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

2020, Heart of Gold Honoree, Haydens Heart

2018, Outstanding Research Award in Pediatric Cardiology, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions

2016, Best Abstract Award, Resuscitation Science Symposium, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions

2015, Outstanding Research Award in Pediatric Cardiology, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions

2015, Finalist for Outstanding Investigator Award, 18th Annual Update on Pediatric & Congenital Cardiovascular Disease

2014, Finalist for Outstanding Investigator Award, 17th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease

2007, Clinical Research Award Recipient, Fellow's Research Poster Day, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

2004, Medical Student Resident Teaching Recognition Award, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine

2004, Superior People Award, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Editorial and Academic Positions

Editorial Positions

2023-present, Reviewer ad hoc, Resuscitation Plus

2021-present, Reviewer ad hoc, Cardiology in the Young

2021-present, Reviewer ad hoc, Journal Palliative Medicine

2021-present, Reviewer ad hoc, BMJ Open

2020-present, Reviewer ad hoc, JAMA Network Open

2017-present, JAMA Pediatrics, Reviewer ad hoc

2012-present, Resuscitation, reviewer, ad hoc

2010-present, Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, reviewer, ad hoc

2009-present, Pediatrics, reviewer, ad hoc

2009-present, Reviewer ad hoc, Critical Care Medicine

2008-present, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, reviewer, ad hoc

Academic and Institutional Committees

2023-present, Member, Faculty Affairs Committee

2023-present, Lead, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Diversity

2023-present, Member, Cardiac Center Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee

2022-present, Board Member, Youth Heart Watch

2022-present, Member, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Committee on Appointments and Promotions

2022-present, Member, Center for Health Equity Research Core

2021-present, Member, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Council,

2021-present, Division Lead, Cardiac Center Wellbeing Committee

2019-present, Team Leader, Cardiac Center Family Advisory Council

2018-present, Physician Wellbeing Initiative Steering Committee

2018-present, Citizens CPR Taskforce on Sudden Cardiac Arrest

2018-present, Cardiac Center Neonatal Perioperative Guidelines Group

2018-present, Cardiac Center Culture Committee

2018-present, Team Leader, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Wellbeing Initiative

2018-present, Team Leader, Neurocardiac Electroencephalography Research Program

2017-present, Team Leader, CICU Cardiac Arrest Prevention Initiative

2017-present, Cardiac Center Research Advisory Core

2014-present, TGA and TOF Pathway Implementation Committee

2012-present, Team Leader, CICU Sedation Committee

2010-present, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Selection Committee

2009-present, Special Delivery Unit Committee

2008-present, CICU Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Committee

Leadership and Memberships

Memberships in Professional Organizations

International

2021-present, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium 

2011-present, World Health Organization Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgery

1999-present, Pakistan Medical and Dental Council

National

2024-present, Parent Heart Watch  

-Medical Advisory Committee

2023-present, Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival 

-Scientific Review Committee

2018-present, Citizens CPR Foundation

2015-present, American Heart Association

2008-present, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society

 - 2021-present, Scientific Innovation - Research Subcommittee

 - 2021-present, Diversity and Inclusion Committee

 - 2021-present, Research Committee

2004-present, Society of Critical Care Medicine

2001-present, American Academy of Pediatrics