VirginiaSKharaschMD

Pediatric Pulmonology • Boston, MA

Pediatric Bronchoscopy, Pediatric Lung Failure and Lung Transplantation, Pediatric Respiratory Dystrophy

Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital

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Office
333 Longwood Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-355-1900
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Education & Training

Children's Hospital/Boston Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Pulmonology, 1987 - 1999
Michael Reese Hospital and Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1983 - 1985
University of the Philippines College of MedicineClass of 1981

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1988 - 2024
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Pulmonology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Post-acute day and night non-invasive respiratory intervention use and outcome: A brief report.
Jane E O'Brien, Helene M Dumas, M Laurette Hughes, Brittany Ryan, Virginia S Kharasch> ;Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine. 2024 Apr 2
Status post-ECMO: The role of point-of-care diaphragmatic ultrasound.
Sigmund J Kharasch, Pietro Miozzo, Teresa Victoria, Helene Dumas, Sivan Avramovich, Onyinyechi Eke, Virginia Kharasch> ;Pediatric Pulmonology. 2023 Jul 1
1 citations
Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Children With Medical Complexity.
Sigmund J Kharasch, Helene Dumas, Calvin Huang, Andrew Liteplo, Hamid Shokoohi, Virginia Kharasch> ;Hospital Pediatrics. 2023 May 1
2 citations
Point-of-care respiratory muscle ultrasound in a child with medical complexity.
Sigmund J. Kharasch, Lauren Ann J Selame, Helene M. Dumas, Hamid Shokoohi, Andrew S. Liteplo, Eleanor Kharasch, Virginia S. Kharasch> ;Pediatric Pulmonology. 2021 Oct 29
6 citations
Detecting Ventilator-Induced Diaphragmatic Dysfunction Using Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Children With Long-term Mechanical Ventilation.
Sigmund J. Kharasch, Helene M. Dumas, Jane E. O'Brien, Hamid Shokoohi, Ahad A. Al Saud, Andrew S. Liteplo, Jessica Schleifer, Virginia S. Kharasch> ;Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 2021 Apr 1
14 citations
Longitudinal Analysis of Ventilation Perfusion Mismatch in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Survivors.
Duy T. Dao, Ali Kamran, Jay M. Wilson, Catherine A. Sheils, Virginia S. Kharasch, Mary P. Mullen, Samuel E. Rice-Townsend, Jill M. Zalieckas, Donna Morash, Mollie Stud...> ;The Journal of Pediatrics. 2020 Apr 1
22 citations
Longitudinal Analysis of Pulmonary Function in Survivors of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.
Duy T. Dao, Lystra P. Hayden, Terry L. Buchmiller, Virginia S. Kharasch, Ali Kamran, Charles J. Smithers, Samuel E. Rice-Townsend, Jill M. Zalieckas, Ronald E. Becker,...> ;The Journal of Pediatrics. 2019 Nov 6
25 citations
Does the ex utero intrapartum treatment to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation procedure change morbidity outcomes for high-risk congenital diaphragmatic hernia surviv...
Hester F. Shieh, Jay M. Wilson, Catherine A. Sheils, C. Jason Smithers, Virginia S. Kharasch, Ronald E. Becker, Mollie Studley, Donna Morash, Terry L. Buchmiller> ;Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2017 Jan 1
7 citations
Laughter Is Not Always Funny Breath-Holding Spells in Familial Dysautonomia
Channa Maayan, Eliot S. Katz, Michal Begin, Ivelin Yuvchev, Virginia S. Kharasch> ;Clinical Pediatrics. 2015 Feb 1
2 citations
Respiratory failure.
Phuong Vo, Virginia S Kharasch> ;Pediatrics in Review. 2014 Nov 1
1 citations
Bronchoscopy findings in children and young adults with tracheostomy due to congenital anomalies and neurological impairment
Virginia S. Kharasch, Helene M. Dumas, Stephen M. Haley, Gregory S. Sawicki, Larry H. Ludlow, Erika A. Wright, Dwight T. Jones, Jane E. O'Brien> ;Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine. 2008 Jan 1
7 citations
Ventilator weaning outcomes in chronic respiratory failure in children.
Jane E. O'Brien, Helene M. Dumas, Stephen M. Haley, Barbara Ladenheim, Joelle Mast, Sharon A. Burke, David J. Birnkrant, Kathleen Whitford, Regina Palazzo, Jacob A. Ne...> ;International Journal of Rehabilitation Research. Internationale Zeitschrift Fur Rehabilitationsforschung. Revue Internationale De Recherches De Readaptation. 2007 Jun 1
45 citations
Predicting inadequate long-term lung development in children with congenital diaphragmatic hernia: an analysis of longitudinal changes in ventilation and perfusion.
Melissa J. Hayward, Virginia S. Kharasch, Catherine A. Sheils, Sandra L. Friedman, Mary-Jo Dunleavy, Sherri Utter, David Zurakowski, Russell W. Jennings, Jay M. Wilson> ;Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2007 Jan 1
12 citations
Outcomes of post-acute hospital episodes for young children requiring airway support
Jane E. O'Brien, Stephen M. Haley, Helene M. Dumas, Barbara Ladenheim, Joelle Mast, Sharon A. Burke, David J. Birnkrant, Kathleen Whitford, Daniel J. Coletti, Edwin Si...> ;Developmental Neurorehabilitation. 2007 Jan 1
10 citations
Weaning children from mechanical ventilation in a post-acute care setting.
Jane E. O'Brien, David J. Birnkrant, Helene M. Dumas, Stephen M. Haley, Sharon A. Burke, Robert J. Graham, Virginia S. Kharasch> ;Pediatric Rehabilitation. 2006 Oct 1
52 citations
A Fitness Program for Children With Disabilities
Maria A. Fragala-Pinkham, Stephen M. Haley, Jeffrey Rabin, Virginia S. Kharasch> ;Physical Therapy. 2005 Nov 1
20 citations
Tracheostomy speaking valves for children: tolerance and clinical benefits.
Ellen M. Hull, Helene M. Dumas, Ruth A. Crowley, Virginia S. Kharasch> ;Pediatric Rehabilitation. 2005 Jul 1
1 citations
Head circumference and chronic positive pressure ventilation in children: a pilot study.
Virginia S. Kharasch, Ning Tat Hamilton Hui, Helene M. Dumas, Stephen M. Haley, Linda Specht, Andrew A. Colin> ;Child's Nervous System. 2005 May 26
9 citations
Oxygen and ventilator weaning during inpatient pediatric pulmonary rehabilitation.
Virginia S. Kharasch, Stephen M. Haley, Helene M. Dumas, Larry H. Ludlow, Jane E. O'Brien> ;Pediatric Pulmonology. 2003 Apr 1
19 citations
Clinical Findings and Resource Use of Infants and Toddlers Dependent on Oxygen and Ventilators
Jane E. O'Brien, Helene M. Dumas, Stephen M. Haley, Margaret E. O'Neil, Margaret Renn, Teresa E. Bartolacci, Virginia S. Kharasch> ;Clinical Pediatrics. 2002 Apr 1
10 citations
Re-admissions to inpatient paediatric pulmonary rehabilitation.
Douglas G. Cushman, Helene M. Dumas, Stephen M. Haley, Jane E. O'Brien, Virginia S. Kharasch> ;Pediatric Rehabilitation. 2002 Jan 1
181 citations
Pulmonary morbidity in 100 survivors of congenital diaphragmatic hernia monitored in a multidisciplinary clinic.
Christopher S. Muratore, Virginia S. Kharasch, Dennis P. Lund, Catherine A. Sheils, Sandra L. Friedman, Cynthia J. Brown, Sherri Utter, Tom Jaksic, Jay M. Wilson> ;Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2001 Jan 1
95 citations
Long-term outlook for survivors of congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
Kerilyn K Nobuhara, Dennis P. Lund, Joanne Mitchell, Virginia S. Kharasch, Jay M. Wilson> ;Clinics in Perinatology. 1996 Dec 1
10 citations
Long‐term pulmonary toxicity of multiagent chemotherapy including bleomycin and cyclophosphamide in osteosarcoma survivors
Virginia S. Kharasch, Stuart R. Lipsitz, William F. Santis, Jennifer A. Hallowell, Allen M. Goorin> ;Medical and Pediatric Oncology. 1996 Aug 1
161 citations
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia: the hidden morbidity.
Dennis P. Lund, Joanne Mitchell, Virginia S. Kharasch, Sandra Quigley, Marilyn Kuehn, Jay M. Wilson> ;Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 1994 Feb 1
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Hospital Affiliations

Franciscan Children'sBrighton, Massachusetts