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
      Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
    • Center Member
      Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care
    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
      Immunomodulators in patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for COVID-19: a propensity-score adjusted analysis of the ELSO registry.
      Ling RR, Ramanathan K, Shen L, Barbaro RP, Shekar K, Brodie D, MacLaren G. Ann Intensive Care, 2024 Aug 20; 14 (1): 128 DOI:10.1186/s13613-024-01368-1
      PMID: 39162921
    • Journal Article
      ACTION-ARC Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Disease Ventricular Assist Device Adverse Event Definitions-2023.
      Lorts A, VanderPluym C, Adachi I, Perry T, Alexander PMA, Almond CS, Auerbach SR, Barbaro RP, Bhavsar S, Bourque K, Conway J, Danziger-Isakov LA, Davies RR, Eghtesady P, Hirata Y, Ichord RN, Kormos RL, Kroslowitz R, Krucoff M, Lantz J, Mehegan M, Mehran R, Morales DLS, Murray J, Niebler RA, O'Connor MJ, Pagani FD, Peng DM, Rossano JW, Spitzer E, Steiner ME, Sutcliffe DL, Taylor JM, Villa CR, Wearden PD, Rosenthal D. ASAIO J, 2024 Nov 1; 70 (11): 911 - 919. DOI:10.1097/MAT.0000000000002288
      PMID: 39330959
    • Journal Article
      OP037 Topic: AS06–Extracorporeal Organ Support: ECMO/Ventricular Assist Devices (Temporary & Durable)/MARS/Total Plasma Exchange/Plasmapheresis/Other: PEDIATRIC EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION ANTICOAGULATION COLLABORATIVE (PEACE) CONSENSUS CONFERENCE
      Alexander P, Bembea M, Cashen K, Cheifetz I, Dalton H, Himebauch A, Karam O, Moynihan K, Nellis M, Ozment C, Raman L, Rintoul N, Said A, Saini A, Steiner M, Thiagarajan R, Watt K, Willems A, Zantek N, Barbaro R, Steffen K, Vogel A, Muszynski J. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2024 Nov; 25 (11S): e14 - e14. DOI:10.1097/01.pcc.0001084600.19979.1a
    • Journal Article
      Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Outcomes in a Multicenter, Retrospective Cohort, 2009-2021.
      Mowrer MC, Lima L, Nair R, Li X, Sandhu H, Bridges B, Barbaro RP, Bhar S, Nkwantabisa R, Ghafoor S, Reschke A, Olson T, Malone MP, Shah N, Zinter MS, Gehlbach J, Hollinger L, Scott BL, Lerner RK, Brogan TV, Raman L, Potera RM. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 2024 Nov 1; 25 (11): 1026 - 1034. DOI:10.1097/PCC.0000000000003584
      PMID: 39028213
    • Journal Article
      Definitions of adverse events associated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in children: results of an international Delphi process from the ECMO-CENTRAL ARC.
      Alexander PMA, Di Nardo M, Combes A, Vogel AM, Antonini MV, Barrett N, Benedetti GM, Bettencourt A, Brodie D, Gómez-Gutiérrez R, Gorga SM, Hodgson C, Kapoor PM, Le J, MacLaren G, O'Neil ER, Ostermann M, Paden ML, Patel N, Rojas-Peña A, Said AS, Sperotto F, Willems A, Vercaemst L, Yoganathan AP, Lorts A, Del Nido PJ, Barbaro RP, Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) , International ECMO Network (ECMONet) , Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) , Pediatric ECMO subgroup of PALISI and ELSO (PediECMO) , European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC) , Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Paediatric Study Group (ANZICS PSG) , Intensive Care Society (ICS) , Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society (PCICS) , Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network (ACTION) , Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium (CHNC) , American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) , Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) , Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) . Lancet Child Adolesc Health, 2024 Oct; 8 (10): 773 - 780. DOI:10.1016/S2352-4642(24)00132-9
      PMID: 39299748
    • Journal Article
      Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A review of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry.
      Olson TL, Kilcoyne HW, Morales-Demori R, Rycus P, Barbaro RP, Alexander PMA, Anders MM. Resuscitation, 2024 Oct; 203: 110380 DOI:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2024.110380
      PMID: 39222833
    • Journal Article
      116: Temporal trends in venovenous ECMO utilisation before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: an ELSO registry analysis
      Ling R, Ramanathan K, Chen Y, Barbaro R, Shekar K, Brodie D, MacLaren G. ASAIO Journal, 2024 Sep; 70 (Supplement 4): 42 - 42. DOI:10.1097/01.mat.0001070016.24292.ca
    • Journal Article
      221: The Crescent™ Right Atrial Dual-Lumen VV-ECMO Cannula: A Review of Early Outcomes in the Neonatal and Pediatric Populations
      Sobolic M, Park Y, Chmiel M, Barbaro R, Bigelow A, Boomer L, Buoncristiani M, Byron D, Carl J, Carr NR, Chao S, Chin A, Clement KC, Dantes G, Dugal W, Gowda S, Hadid S, Henson J, Hollinger L, Joshi S, Kallas HJ, Kalvacherla V, Keene S, Kenny L, Lloyd E, Lotakis DM, Mannarino C, Mateev SN, Menkiti O, Metzler L, Middlesworth W, Molitor M, Morrison M, Mychaliska GB, Ochoa B, Peterson ME, Pranikoff T, Cardona VQ, Rellinger EJ, Ryan KR, Scheese D, Schmoke N, Gray BW. ASAIO Journal, 2024 Sep; 70 (Supplement 4): 94 - 95. DOI:10.1097/01.mat.0001070404.20159.16