Michael D Ruppe, MD

Academic Title

Professor of Pediatrics

Biography/ Philosophy of Care

Recognition

Publications:

Avery RA, Mistry RD, Shah SS, Boswinkel J, Huh JW, Ruppe MD, Borasino S, Licht DJ, Seiden JA, Liu GT. Patient Position During Lumbar Puncture Has No Meaningful Effect on Cerebrospinal Fluid Opening Pressure in Children. J Child Neurol. 2010; 25; 616-619.

Avery RA, Shah SS, Licht DJ, Seiden JA, Huh JW, Boswinkel J, Ruppe MD, Chew A, Mistry RD, Liu GT. Reference Range for Cerebrospinal Fluid Opening Pressure in Children. NEJM. Vol 363(9). 2010 Aug: 891-3.

Avery RA, Licht D, Shah S, Huh J, Seiden J, Boswinkel J, Ruppe M, Mistry R, Liu. Cerebrospinal Fluid Opening Pressure in Children with Optic Nerve Head Edema. Neurology. 2011; 76; 1658-1611

Ruppe MD, Feudtner C, Hexem, KR, Morrison WE. Family Factors Affect Clinician Attitudes in Pediatric End-of-Life Decision Making: A Randomized Vignette Study. J Pain Symptom Manage May 2013 45(5):832-40.

Morrison WE, Faerber J, Hexem K, Ruppe M, Feudtner C. Children’s Hospital ICU Nurse and Physician Rankings of Important Considerations in Pediatric End-of-Life Decision Making. AJOB Empirical Bioethics. 6(3) 2015: 50-58

Gradidge E, Tellez D, Ruppe M, Baker A, Bird G, Lavin N, Tallent, S, Lee A, Nishisaki A. Impact of the pediatric Cardiac ICU on tracheal intubation procedural safety: Does Location Matter? Accepted 27 October 2017 Pediatr Crit Care Med.

Gradidge E, Baker A, Tellez D, Ruppe M, Tallent S, Bird G, Lavin N, Lee A, Nadkarni V, Nishisaki A. Safety of tracheal intubation in the presence of cardiac disease in pediatric ICUs. Accepted 2018 Cardiol Young.

Gokanapudy LR, Remy KE, Karuppiah S, Melgar-Humala EV, Abdullah I, Ruppe M, Schechter WS, Michler, R, Tobias JD. Successful Surgical Repair and Perioperative Management of 6-Month-Old with Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return in a Developing Country: Considerations for the Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension. Cardiol Res. 2018;9(1):53-58

Clinical Interests/Research

Pediatric cardiac critical care; management of postoperative single ventricle heart lesions; adult congenital heart disease; intubation safety