Amanda O’Halloran, MD, FAAP
Areas of expertise: Cardiac arrest, Implementation science, Health policy
About Amanda O’Halloran, MD, FAAP
Dr. O'Halloran is a graduate of Villanova University, where she was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. She obtained her M.D. from the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine. Dr. O'Halloran completed Pediatrics Residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland and Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. In 2020, she joined the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia as an attending physician in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.
As a researcher in the CHOP Resuscitation Science Center and Senior Fellow of the University of Pennsylvania's Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Dr. O'Halloran's focus is on improving the care of children with cardiac arrest. She is particularly interested in the intersection of resuscitation science and implementation science.
Titles
Attending Physician, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Certifications
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine – American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics
Education & training
Medical Degree
MD - University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
Internship
Pediatrics - Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Residency
Pediatrics - Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Fellowship
(Clinical Fellow) - Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
(Clinical Fellow) - Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
(Chief Fellow) - Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA