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Deborah Franzon, MD

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Title(s)Professor, Pediatrics
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address550 16th Street, #5310
San Francisco CA 94158
PronounsShe/Her/Hers
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    University of California, San Francisco, CA2018Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
    University of California, BerkeleyBA05/1991Environmental Sciences
    University of California, San DiegoMD06/1996Medicine
    University of California, San Diego06/1999Pediatric Residency
    Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA06/2002Fellowship, Pediatric Critical Care
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    UCSF Health2019Patient Safety Award
    Society of Critical Care Medicine2018Fellow, College of Critical Care Medicine

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    1. Association of Early Epinephrine with Hemodynamics and Outcome in Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Secondary Analysis of a Multicenter, Cluster-randomized Clinical Trial Intensive Care Unit Resuscitation (ICU-RESUS). Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2025 Sep; 22(9):1361-1371. Siems A, Naim MY, Berg RA, Reeder RW, Ahmed T, Bell MJ, Bishop R, Bochkoris M, Burns C, Carcillo JA, Carpenter TC, Diddle JW, Federman M, Fernandez R, Fink EL, Franzon D, Frazier AH, Friess SH, Graham K, Hall M, Harding ML, Hehir DA, Horvat CM, Huard LL, Kilbaugh TJ, Maa T, Manga A, McQuillen PS, Meert KL, Mourani PM, Nadkarni VM, Notterman D, Pollack MM, Qunibi DW, Sapru A, Schneiter C, Sharron MP, Srivastava N, Tabbutt S, Tilford B, Viteri S, Wessel D, Wolfe HA, Yates AR, Zuppa AF, Morgan RW, Sutton RM. PMID: 40466056; PMCID: PMC12416153.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    2. Outcomes, Characteristics, and Physiology of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Children With Sepsis. Crit Care Med. 2025 Aug 01; 53(8):e1529-e1541. Morgan RW, Reeder RW, Carcillo JA, Carpenter TC, Fitzgerald JC, Graham K, Kilbaugh TJ, Meert KL, Nadkarni VM, Palmer CA, Sharron MP, Weiss SL, Wolfe HA, Ahmed T, Bell MJ, Bishop R, Burns C, Diddle JW, Fink EL, Franzon D, Frazier AH, Friess SH, Hehir DA, Horvat CM, Huard LL, Maa T, McQuillen PS, Mourani PM, Naim MY, Pollack MM, Sapru A, Srivastava N, Yates AR, Berg RA, Sutton RM, for the ICU-Resuscitation Project (ICU-RESUS) Investigators and the. PMID: 40558671; PMCID: PMC12286578.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    3. Epinephrine Dosing Intervals Are Associated With Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes: A Multicenter Study. Crit Care Med. 2024 Sep 01; 52(9):1344-1355. Kienzle MF, Morgan RW, Reeder RW, Ahmed T, Berg RA, Bishop R, Bochkoris M, Carcillo JA, Carpenter TC, Cooper KK, Diddle JW, Federman M, Fernandez R, Franzon D, Frazier AH, Friess SH, Frizzola M, Graham K, Hall M, Horvat C, Huard LL, Maa T, Manga A, McQuillen PS, Meert KL, Mourani PM, Nadkarni VM, Naim MY, Pollack MM, Sapru A, Schneiter C, Sharron MP, Tabbutt S, Viteri S, Wolfe HA, Sutton RM, Oxy-PICU Investigators of the Pediatric Critical Care Society Study Group. PMID: 38833560; PMCID: PMC11326980.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    4. Association of Pediatric Postcardiac Arrest Ventilation and Oxygenation with Survival Outcomes. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Jun; 21(6):895-906. Frazier AH, Topjian AA, Reeder RW, Morgan RW, Fink EL, Franzon D, Graham K, Harding ML, Mourani PM, Nadkarni VM, Wolfe HA, Ahmed T, Bell MJ, Burns C, Carcillo JA, Carpenter TC, Diddle JW, Federman M, Friess SH, Hall M, Hehir DA, Horvat CM, Huard LL, Maa T, Meert KL, Naim MY, Notterman D, Pollack MM, Schneiter C, Sharron MP, Srivastava N, Viteri S, Wessel D, Yates AR, Sutton RM, Berg RA. PMID: 38507645; PMCID: PMC11160133.
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    5. Effect of Physiologic Point-of-Care Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training on Survival With Favorable Neurologic Outcome in Cardiac Arrest in Pediatric ICUs: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2022 03 08; 327(10):934-945. ICU-RESUS and Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health, Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network Investigator Groups, Sutton RM, Wolfe HA, Reeder RW, Ahmed T, Bishop R, Bochkoris M, Burns C, Diddle JW, Federman M, Fernandez R, Franzon D, Frazier AH, Friess SH, Graham K, Hehir D, Horvat CM, Huard LL, Landis WP, Maa T, Manga A, Morgan RW, Nadkarni VM, Naim MY, Palmer CA, Schneiter C, Sharron MP, Siems A, Srivastava N, Tabbutt S, Tilford B, Viteri S, Berg RA, Bell MJ, Carcillo JA, Carpenter TC, Dean JM, Fink EL, Hall M, McQuillen PS, Meert KL, Mourani PM, Notterman D, Pollack MM, Sapru A, Wessel D, Yates AR, Zuppa AF. PMID: 35258533; PMCID: PMC8905390.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 32     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    6. Variability in chest compression rate calculations during pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Resuscitation. 2020 04; 149:127-133. 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 Pediat. PMID: 32088254; PMCID: PMC7296394.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. Improving outcomes after pediatric cardiac arrest - the ICU-Resuscitation Project: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2018 Apr 03; 19(1):213. 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 AR, Sapru A, Kelly R, Federman M, Michael Dean J, McQuillen PS, Franzon D, Pollack MM, Siems A, Diddle J, Wessel DL, Mourani PM, Zebuhr C, Bishop R, Friess S, Burns C, Viteri S, Hehir DA, Whitney Coleman R, Jenkins TL, Notterman DA, Tamburro RF, Sutton RM, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediat. PMID: 29615134; PMCID: PMC5883604.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 16     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    8. Discordant identification of pediatric severe sepsis by research and clinical definitions in the SPROUT international point prevalence study. Crit Care. 2015 Sep 16; 19:325. Weiss SL, Fitzgerald JC, Maffei FA, Kane JM, Rodriguez-Nunez A, Hsing DD, Franzon D, Kee SY, Bush JL, Roy JA, Thomas NJ, Nadkarni VM, SPROUT Study Investigators and Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network. PMID: 26373923; PMCID: PMC4572676.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 54     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    9. Variability of characteristics and outcomes following cardiopulmonary resuscitation events in diverse ICU settings in a single, tertiary care children's hospital*. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2014 Mar; 15(3):e128-41. Gupta P, Yan K, Chow V, Dao DT, Gossett JM, Leong K, Franzon D, Halamek LP, Reddy S, Berg RA, Roth SJ, Nadkarni VM. PMID: 24413318.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 7     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. Use of electronic medical record-enhanced checklist and electronic dashboard to decrease CLABSIs. Pediatrics. 2014 Mar; 133(3):e738-46. Pageler NM, Longhurst CA, Wood M, Cornfield DN, Suermondt J, Sharek PJ, Franzon D. PMID: 24567021; PMCID: PMC3934335.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 35     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    11. Improving code team performance and survival outcomes: implementation of pediatric resuscitation team training. Crit Care Med. 2014 Feb; 42(2):243-51. Knight LJ, Gabhart JM, Earnest KS, Leong KM, Anglemyer A, Franzon D. PMID: 24158170.
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    12. Embedding time-limited laboratory orders within computerized provider order entry reduces laboratory utilization. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2013 May; 14(4):413-9. Pageler NM, Franzon D, Longhurst CA, Wood M, Shin AY, Adams ES, Widen E, Cornfield DN. PMID: 23439456.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 13     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    13. Computerized physician order entry with decision support decreases blood transfusions in children. Pediatrics. 2011 May; 127(5):e1112-9. Adams ES, Longhurst CA, Pageler N, Widen E, Franzon D, Cornfield DN. PMID: 21502229.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 21     Fields:    Translation:Humans