Ryan Barbaro
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Service Chief, Pediatrics
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Ryan Barbaro
Clinical Associate Professor
  • About
  • Qualifications
  • Center Memberships
  • Research Overview
  • Recent Publications
    • About

    Ryan Barbaro, M.D., M.Sc., is a pediatric critical care physician, health services researcher and implementation scientist. His research seeks to improve the short- and long-term outcomes for children requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Dr. Barbaro is currently leading the NIH-funded study ASCEND (ARDS in Children and ECMO initiation strategies’ impact on Neuro-Development). ASCEND aims to characterize the one-year outcomes of ECMO-supported children and aims to address the question of if and when ECMO should be initiated in children with severe lung injury called pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome. He is a member of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) Board of Directors and Co-Chair of Pedi-ECMO.

    Qualifications
    • MS
      University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School, Ann Arbor, 2014
    • MD
      University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, 2008
    • BS
      University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2004
    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care
    • Center Member
      Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
    Research Overview

    Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
    Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
    Long-term outcomes after ECMO and ARDS

    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Executive Summary: The Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Anticoagulation CollaborativE (PEACE) Consensus Conference.
      Alexander PMA, Bembea MM, Cashen K, Cheifetz IM, Dalton HJ, Himebauch AS, Karam O, Moynihan KM, Nellis ME, Ozment C, Raman L, Rintoul NE, Said AS, Saini A, Steiner ME, Thiagarajan RR, Watt K, Willems A, Zantek ND, Barbaro RP, Steffen K, Vogel AM, Almond C, Anders MM, Annich GM, Brandão LR, Chandler W, Delaney M, DiGeronimo R, Emani S, Gadepalli SK, Garcia AV, Haileselassie B, Hyslop R, Kneyber MCJ, Baumann Kreuziger L, Le J, Loftis L, McMichael ABV, McMullan DM, Monagle P, Nicol K, Paden ML, Patregnani J, Priest J, Raffini L, Ryerson LM, Sloan SR, Teruya J, Yates AR, Gehred A, Lyman E, Muszynski JA, Pediatric ECMO Anticoagulation CollaborativE (PEACE), in collaboration with the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network, the Pediatric Critical Care Blood Research Network (BloodNet), and the Pediatric ECMO subgroup of PALISI and the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (PediECMO) . Pediatr Crit Care Med, 2024 Jul 1; 25 (7): 643 - 675. DOI:10.1097/PCC.0000000000003480
      PMID: 38959353
    • Journal Article
      Executive Summary: The Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Anticoagulation CollaborativE (PEACE) Consensus Conference*
      Alexander PMA, Bembea MM, Cashen K, Cheifetz IM, Dalton HJ, Himebauch AS, Karam O, Moynihan KM, Nellis ME, Ozment C, Raman L, Rintoul NE, Said AS, Saini A, Steiner ME, Thiagarajan RR, Watt K, Willems A, Zantek ND, Barbaro RP, Steffen K, Vogel AM, Almond C, Anders MM, Annich GM, Brandão LR, Chandler W, Delaney M, DiGeronimo R, Emani S, Gadepalli SK, Garcia AV, Haileselassie B, Hyslop R, Kneyber MCJ, Baumann Kreuziger L, Le J, Loftis L, McMichael ABV, McMullan DM, Monagle P, Nicol K, Paden ML, Patregnani J, Priest J, Raffini L, Ryerson LM, Sloan SR, Teruya J, Yates AR, Gehred A, Lyman E, Muszynski JA. Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, 2024 Jul; 25 (7): 643 - 675.
    • Journal Article
      Noninvasive Ventilation Before Intubation and Mortality in Patients Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for COVID-19: An Analysis of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry.
      Giani M, Rezoagli E, Barbaro RP, Riera J, Bellani G, Brochard L, Combes A, Foti G, Brodie D. ASAIO J, 2024 Jul 1; 70 (7): 633 - 639. DOI:10.1097/MAT.0000000000002132
      PMID: 38237635
    • Journal Article
      Priorities for Clinical Research in Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Anticoagulation From the Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Anticoagulation CollaborativE Consensus Conference.
      Muszynski JA, Bembea MM, Gehred A, Lyman E, Cashen K, Cheifetz IM, Dalton HJ, Himebauch AS, Karam O, Moynihan KM, Nellis ME, Ozment C, Raman L, Rintoul NE, Said A, Saini A, Steiner ME, Thiagarajan RR, Watt K, Willems A, Zantek ND, Barbaro RP, Steffen K, Vogel AM, Alexander PMA, Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Anticoagulation CollaborativE (PEACE), in collaboration with the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network, the Pediatric Critical Care Blood Research Network (BloodNet), and the Pediatric ECMO subgroup of PALISI and the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (PediECMO) . Pediatr Crit Care Med, 2024 Jul 1; 25 (7 Suppl 1): e78 - e89. DOI:10.1097/PCC.0000000000003488
      PMID: 38959362
    • Journal Article
      Priorities for Clinical Research in Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Anticoagulation From the Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Anticoagulation CollaborativE Consensus Conference
      Muszynski JA, Bembea MM, Gehred A, Lyman E, Cashen K, Cheifetz IM, Dalton HJ, Himebauch AS, Karam O, Moynihan KM, Nellis ME, Ozment C, Raman L, Rintoul NE, Said A, Saini A, Steiner ME, Thiagarajan RR, Watt K, Willems A, Zantek ND, Barbaro RP, Steffen K, Vogel AM, Alexander PMA. Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, 2024 Jul; 25 (7 Suppl 1): e78 - e89.
    • Presentation
      Ask the Expert: Early Mobilization In An Intubated Patient? Let's Take the Patient Out Of The Bed
      2024 Jun 3;
    • Presentation
      Brain and ECMO: Optimizing Long-Term Outcomes
      Barbaro R. 2024 Jun 3;
    • Presentation
      Lessons from a Big Dose of Critical Illness
      Barbaro R. 2024 May 21;