SandraButtramMD

Pediatrics • Phoenix, AZ

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Associate Professor, Child Health, University of Arizona College of Medicine Section Chief, Pediatric Critical Care

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Office
1919 E. Thoma Rd
Phoenix, AZ 85016
Phone+1 602-933-1784

Fax+1 602-933-4298
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Education & Training

UPMC Medical EducationFellowship, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2003 - 2006
UPMC Children's Hospital of PittsburghResidency, Pediatrics, 1999 - 2003
Wayne State University School of MedicineClass of 1999

Certifications & Licensure

AZ State Medical License 2006 - 2025
TX State Medical License 2016 - 2022
MO State Medical License 2021 - 2022
IN State Medical License 2020 - 2021
ID State Medical License 2020 - 2021
PA State Medical License 2000 - 2006
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow American Academy of Pediatrics, 2007

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

9 citations
Comparative Effectiveness of Diversion of Cerebrospinal Fluid for Children With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.
Michael J Bell, Bedda L Rosario, Patrick M Kochanek, P David Adelson, Kevin P Morris, Alicia K Au, Michelle Schober, Warwick Butt, Richard J Edwards, Jerry Zimmerman, ...> ;JAMA Network Open. 2022 Jul 1
2 citations
Identifying Injury to Improve Care in Infant Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Why Autopsy Is Important.
Heidi J. Dalton, Sandra Buttram> ;Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2021 Mar 1
42 citations
Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Children With Thrombocytopenia-Associated Multiple Organ Failure: The Thrombocytopenia-Associated Multiple Organ Failure Network Prospec...
James D. Fortenberry, Trung C. Nguyen, Jocelyn R. Grunwell, Rajesh K. Aneja, Mark W. Hall, Geoffrey M. Fleming, Rod Tarrago, Sandra Buttram, Heidi J. Dalton, Yong Han,...> ;Critical Care Medicine. 2019 Mar 1
22 citations
Cerebrovascular Physiology During Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Multicenter Study Using Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography.
Nicole F. O’Brien, Sandra Buttram, Tensing Maa, Marlina E. Lovett, Karin Reuter-Rice, Kerri L. LaRovere> ;Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2019 Feb 1
16 citations
Initiating Nutritional Support Before 72 Hours Is Associated With Favorable Outcome After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Children: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomiz...
Elizabeth Meinert, Michael J. Bell, Sandra Buttram, Patrick M. Kochanek, Goundappa K. Balasubramani, Stephen R. Wisniewski, P. David Adelson> ;Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2018 Apr 1
32 citations
Age and Mortality in Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Results from an International Study
Ajit A. Sarnaik, Nikki Miller Ferguson, A M Iqbal O'Meara, Shruti Agrawal, Akash Deep, Sandra Buttram, Michael J. Bell, Stephen R. Wisniewski, James F. Luther, Adam L....> ;Neurocritical Care. 2018 Jun 1
Abusive Head Trauma and Mortality-An Analysis From an International Comparative Effectiveness Study of Children With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.
Miller Ferguson N, Sarnaik A, Miles D, Shafi N, Peters MJ, Truemper E, Vavilala MS, Bell MJ, Wisniewski SR, Luther JF, Hartman AL, Kochanek PM> ;Crit Care Med. 2017 Aug
International Survey of Critically Ill Children With Acute Neurologic Insults: The Prevalence of Acute Critical Neurological Disease in Children: A Global Epidemiologi...
Fink EL, Kochanek PM, Tasker RC, Beca J, Bell MJ, Clark RS, Hutchison J, Vavilala MS, Fabio A, Angus DC, Watson RS> ;Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2017 Apr
166 citations
Delirium in Critically Ill Children: An International Point Prevalence Study∗
Chani Traube, Gabrielle Silver, Ron W Reeder, Hannah Doyle, Emily Hegel, Heather Wolfe, Christopher Schneller, Melissa Chung, Leslie A. Dervan, Jane L. Digennaro, Sand...> ;Critical Care Medicine. 2017 Apr 1
Therapeutic Hypothermia after In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Children.
Moler FW, Silverstein FS, Holubkov R, Slomine BS, Christensen JR, Nadkarni VM, Meert KL, Browning B, Pemberton VL, Page K, Gildea MR, Scholefield BR, Shankaran S, Hutc...> ;N Engl J Med. 2017 Jan 26
Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Characteristics and Their Association With Survival and Neurobehavioral Outcome.
Meert KL, Telford R, Holubkov R, Slomine BS, Christensen JR, Dean JM, Moler FW> ;Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2016 Dec
Functional Outcome Trajectories After Out-of-Hospital Pediatric Cardiac Arrest.
Silverstein FS, Slomine BS, Christensen J, Holubkov R, Page K, Dean JM, Moler FW> ;Crit Care Med. 2016 Dec
Targeted Temperature Management After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Due To Drowning: Outcomes and Complications.
Moler FW, Hutchison JS, Nadkarni VM, Silverstein FS, Meert KL, Holubkov R, Page K, Slomine BS, Christensen JR, Dean JM> ;Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2016 Aug
Variation in Anticonvulsant Selection and Electroencephalographic Monitoring Following Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Children-Understanding Resource Availability in...
Kurz JE, Poloyac SM, Abend NS, Fabio A, Bell MJ, Wainwright MS> ;Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2016 Jul
2 citations
Feasibility Study Evaluating Therapeutic Hypothermia for Refractory Status Epilepticus in Children.
Sandra Buttram, Alicia K. Au, Joshua D. Koch, Karen Lidsky, Kristin McBain, Nicole F. O’Brien, Brandon A. Zielinski, Michael J. Bell> ;Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management. 2015 Dec 7
Therapeutic hypothermia after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in children.
Moler FW, Silverstein FS, Holubkov R, Slomine BS, Christensen JR, Nadkarni VM, Meert KL, Clark AE, Browning B, Pemberton VL, Page K, Shankaran S, Hutchison JS, Newth C...> ;N Engl J Med. 2015 May 14
28 citations
Computed Tomography Vs Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Identifying Acute Lesions in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
Sandra Buttram, Pamela Garcia-Filion, Jeffrey S. Miller, Mostafa Youssfi, S. Danielle Brown, Heidi J. Dalton, P. David Adelson> ;Hospital Pediatrics. 2015 Feb 1
53 citations
Differences in medical therapy goals for children with severe traumatic brain injury-an international study.
Michael J. Bell, P. David Adelson, James S. Hutchison, Patrick M. Kochanek, Robert C. Tasker, Monica S. Vavilala, Sue R. Beers, Anthony Fabio, Sheryl F. Kelsey, Stephe...> ;Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2013 Oct 1
Therapeutic hypothermia decreases phenytoin elimination in children with traumatic brain injury.
Empey PE, Velez de Mendizabal N, Bell MJ, Bies RR, Anderson KB, Kochanek PM, Adelson PD, Poloyac SM> ;Crit Care Med. 2013 Oct
41 citations
Hypothermia for pediatric refractory status epilepticus.
Kristin P. Guilliams, Max S. Rosen, Sandra Buttram, John M. Zempel, Jose A. Pineda, Barbara Miller, Michael Shoykhet> ;Epilepsia. 2013 Sep 1
107 citations
Multiplex Assessment of Cytokine and Chemokine Levels in Cerebrospinal Fluid following Severe Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Effects of Moderate Hypothermia
Sandra Buttram, Stephen R. Wisniewski, Edwin K. Jackson, P. David Adelson, Keri Feldman, Hülya Bayır, Rachel P. Berger, Robert S. B. Clark, Patrick M. Kochanek> ;Journal of Neurotrauma. 2007 Nov 14
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Hospital Affiliations

Phoenix Children'sPhoenix, Arizona