Dr. Polikoff is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Clinician Educator Track) at The Warren Alpert Medical School, and an Attending Physician in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Hasbro Children's Hospital. He is currently Chair of the Executive Committee for the National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS). His clinical and research interests focus on airway management of the critically ill child, Sepsis, Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, and critical bronchiolitis.
| Miller KA, Prieto MM, Wing R, Goldman MP, Polikoff LA, Nishisaki A, Nagler J. "Development of a paediatric airway management checklist for the emergency department: a modified Delphi approach." Emergency medicine journal : EMJ, vol. 40, no. 4, 2023, pp. 287-292. |
| Napolitano N, Polikoff L, Edwards L, Tarquinio KM, Nett S, Krawiec C, Kirby A, Salfity N, Tellez D, Krahn G, Breuer R, Parsons SJ, Page-Goertz C, Shults J, Nadkarni V, Nishisaki A, for National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS) Investigators and Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network. "Effect of apneic oxygenation with intubation to reduce severe desaturation and adverse tracheal intubation-associated events in critically ill children." Critical Care, vol. 27, no. 1, 2023, pp. 26. |
| Loi MV, Lee JH, Huh JW, Mallory P, Napolitano N, Shults J, Krawiec C, Shenoi A, Polikoff L, Al-Subu A, Sanders R Jr, Toal M, Branca A, Glater-Welt L, Ducharme-Crevier L, Breuer R, Parsons S, Harwayne-Gidansky I, Kelly S, Motomura M, Gladen K, Pinto M, Giuliano J Jr, Bysani G, Berkenbosch J, Biagas K, Rehder K, Kasagi M, Lee A, Jung P, Shetty R, Nadkarni V, Nishisaki A, National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS) Investigators, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury, Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network. "Ketamine Use in the Intubation of Critically Ill Children with Neurological Indications: A Multicenter Retrospective Analysis." Neurocritical Care, 2023. |
| Quirke MB, Alexander D, Masterson K, Greene J, Walsh C, Leroy P, Berry J, Polikoff L, Brenner M. "Development of a factorial survey for use in an international study examining clinicians' likelihood to support the decision to initiate invasive long-term ventilation for a child (the TechChild study)." BMC medical research methodology, vol. 22, no. 1, 2022, pp. 198. |
| Davis KF, Rosenblatt S, Buffman H, Polikoff L, Napolitano N, Giuliano JS Jr, Sanders RC Jr, Edwards LR, Krishna AS, Parsons SJ, Al-Subu A, Krawiec C, Harwayne-Gidansky I, Vanderford P, Salfity N, Lane-Fall M, Nadkarni V, Nishisaki A, National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS) and Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network. "Facilitators and Barriers to Implementing Two Quality Improvement Interventions Across 10 Pediatric Intensive Care Units: Video Laryngoscopy-Assisted Coaching and Apneic Oxygenation." American Journal of Medical Quality, vol. 37, no. 3, 2022, pp. 255-265. |
| Capone CA, Emerson B, Sweberg T, Polikoff L, Turner DA, Adu-Darko M, Li S, Glater-Welt LB, Howell J, Brown CA 3rd, Donoghue A, Krawiec C, Shults J, Breuer R, Swain K, Shenoi A, Krishna AS, Al-Subu A, Harwayne-Gidansky I, Biagas KV, Kelly SP, Nuthall G, Panisello J, Napolitano N, Giuliano JS Jr, Emeriaud G, Toedt-Pingel I, Lee A, Page-Goertz C, Kimura D, Kasagi M, D'Mello J, Parsons SJ, Mallory P, Gima M, Bysani GK, Motomura M, Tarquinio KM, Nett S, Ikeyama T, Shetty R, Sanders RC Jr, Lee JH, Pinto M, Orioles A, Jung P, Shlomovich M, Nadkarni V, Nishisaki A, National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS) Investigators, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury, Sepsis Investigators (PALISI). "Intubation practice and outcomes among pediatric emergency departments: A report from National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS)." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 29, no. 4, 2022, pp. 406-414. |
| Gonzalez-Dambrauskas S, Vasquez-Hoyos P, Camporesi A, Cantillano EM, Dallefeld S, Dominguez-Rojas J, Francoeur C, Gurbanov A, Mazzillo-Vega L, Shein SL, Yock-Corrales A, Karsies T, Critical Coronavirus and Kids Epidemiological (CAKE) Study Investigators. "Paediatric critical COVID-19 and mortality in a multinational prospective cohort." Lancet Regional Health. Americas, vol. 12, 2022, pp. 100272. |
| Faustino EVS, Raffini LJ, Hanson SJ, Cholette JM, Pinto MG, Li S, Kandil SB, Nellis ME, Shabanova V, Silva CT, Tala JA, McPartland T, Spinella PC, CRETE Trial Investigators and the Pediatric Critical Care Blood Research Network (BloodNet) of the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network (PALISI), CRETE Trial Investigators: Clinical Coordinating Center:, and, Data Coordinating Center:, and, Outcomes Adjudication Committee:, and, Data and Safety Monitoring Board:, and, Independent Safety Monitor:, and, Children’s Hospital Wisconsin:, and, Dell Children’s Medical Center:, and, Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital:, and, St. Louis Children’s Hospital:, and, University of Rochester Golisano Children’s Hospital:, and, Weill Cornell Medical Center:, and, Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital:, and, CRETE Trial Investigators and the Pediatric Critical Care Blood Research Network (BloodNet) of the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network (PALISI) and CRETE Trial Investigators: Clinical Coordinating Center: and and and Data Coordinating Center: and and and Outcomes Adjudication Committee: and and and Data and Safety Monitoring Board: and and and Independent Safety Monitor: and and and Children’s Hospital Wisconsin: and and and Dell Children’s Medical Center: and and and Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital: and and and St. Louis Children’s Hospital: and and and University of Rochester Golisano Children’s Hospital: and and and Weill Cornell Medical Center: and and and and Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital: and and. "Age-Dependent Heterogeneity in the Efficacy of Prophylaxis With Enoxaparin Against Catheter-Associated Thrombosis in Critically Ill Children: A Post Hoc Analysis of a Bayesian Phase 2b Randomized Clinical Trial." Critical care medicine, vol. 49, no. 4, 2021, pp. e369-e380. |
| Faustino EVS, Shabanova V, Raffini LJ, Kandil SB, Li S, Pinto MG, Cholette JM, Hanson SJ, Nellis ME, Silva CT, Chima R, Sharathkumar A, Thomas KA, McPartland T, Tala JA, Spinella PC, CRETE Trial Investigators and the Pediatric Critical Care Blood Research Network (BloodNet) of the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network (PALISI). "Efficacy of Early Prophylaxis Against Catheter-Associated Thrombosis in Critically Ill Children: A Bayesian Phase 2b Randomized Clinical Trial." Critical care medicine, vol. 49, no. 3, 2021, pp. e235-e246. |
| Bjornstad EC, Krallman KA, Askenazi D, Zappitelli M, Goldstein SL, Basu RK, SPARC Investigators. "Preliminary Assessment of Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Children Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Analysis." Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, vol. 16, no. 3, 2021, pp. 446-448. |
| Guillaume Emeriaud, Natalie Napolitano, Lee Polikoff , John Giuliano Jr , Iris Toedt-Pingel , Michael Miksa , Simon Li , Kris Bysani , Deyin D Hsing , Sholeen Nett , David A Turner , Ronald C Sanders Jr , Jan Hau Lee , Michelle Adu-Darko , Erin B Owen , Sandeep Gangadharan , Margaret Parker , Vicki Montgomery , Nancy Craig , Benjamin Crulli , Lauren Edwards , Matt Pinto, Fabrice Brunet , Justine Shults , Vinay Nadkarni , Akira Nishisaki. "Impact of Failure of Noninvasive Ventilation on the Safety of Pediatric Tracheal Intubation." Critical Care Me, vol. 48, no. 10, 2020, pp. 1503-1512. |
| Conway JA, Kharayat P, Sanders RC Jr, Nett S, Weiss SL, Edwards LR, Breuer R, Kirby A, Krawiec C, Page-Goertz C, Polikoff L, Turner DA, Shults J, Giuliano JS Jr, Orioles A, Balkandier S, Emeriaud G, Rehder KJ, Kian Boon JL, Shenoi A, Vanderford P, Nuthall G, Lee A, Zeqo J, Parsons SJ, Furlong-Dillard J, Meyer K, Harwayne-Gidansky I, Jung P, Adu-Darko M, Bysani GK, McCarthy MA, Shlomovich M, Toedt-Pingel I, Branca A, Esperanza MC, Al-Subu AM, Pinto M, Tallent S, Shetty R, Thyagarajan S, Ikeyama T, Tarquinio KM, Skippen P, Kasagi M, Howell JD, Nadkarni VM, Nishisaki A, National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS) and for the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI). "Ketamine Use for Tracheal Intubation in Critically Ill Children Is Associated With a Lower Occurrence of Adverse Hemodynamic Events." Critical care medicine, vol. 48, no. 6, 2020, pp. e489-e497. |
| Tala JA, Polikoff LA, Pinto MG, Li S, Trakas E, Miksa M, Gertz S, Faustino EVS, THEIA Study Investigators. "Protein biomarkers for incident deep venous thrombosis in critically ill adolescents: An exploratory study." Pediatric Blood & Cancer, vol. 67, no. 4, 2020, pp. e28159. |
| Branca A, Tellez D, Berkenbosch J, Rehder KJ, Giuliano JS Jr, Gradidge E, Shults J, Turner DA, Nett S, Krawiec C, Edwards LR, Pinto M, Harwayne-Gidansky I, Bysani GK, Shenoi A, Breuer RK, Toedt-Pingel I, Parsons SJ, Orioles A, Al-Subu A, Konyk L, Panisello J, Adu-Darko M, Tarquinio K, François T, Emeriaud G, Lee A, Meyer K, Glater-Welt LB, Polikoff L, Kelly SP, Tallent S, Napolitano N, Nadkarni V, Nishisaki A, National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS) Investigators and Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI). "The New Trainee Effect in Tracheal Intubation Procedural Safety Across PICUs in North America: A Report From National Emergency Airway Registry for Children." Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, vol. 21, no. 12, 2020, pp. 1042-1050. |
| Pinto MG, Shabanova V, Li S, Trakas E, Miksa M, Gertz S, Polikoff LA, Tala JA, Faustino EVS, THrombosis Epidemiology in Ill Adolescents (THEIA) Study Investigators. "Epidemiology of Clinically Relevant Bleeding in Critically Ill Adolescents." Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, 2019. |
| Kojima T, Laverriere EK, Owen EB, Harwayne-Gidansky I, Shenoi AN, Napolitano N, Rehder KJ, Adu-Darko MA, Nett ST, Spear D, Meyer K, Giuliano JS Jr, Tarquinio KM, Sanders RC Jr, Lee JH, Simon DW, Vanderford PA, Lee AY, Brown CA 3rd, Skippen PW, Breuer RK, Toedt-Pingel I, Parsons SJ, Gradidge EA, Glater LB, Culver K, Li S, Polikoff LA, Howell JD, Nuthall G, Bysani GK, Graciano AL, Emeriaud G, Saito O, Orioles A, Walson K, Jung P, Al-Subu AM, Ikeyama T, Shetty R, Yoder KM, Nadkarni VM, Nishisaki A, National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS) Collaborators and Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI). "Clinical Impact of External Laryngeal Manipulation During Laryngoscopy on Tracheal Intubation Success in Critically Ill Children." Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, vol. 19, no. 2, 2018, pp. 106-114. |
| Gabrani A, Kojima T, Sanders RC Jr, Shenoi A, Montgomery V, Parsons SJ, Gangadharan S, Nett S, Napolitano N, Tarquinio K, Simon DW, Lee A, Emeriaud G, Adu-Darko M, Giuliano JS Jr, Meyer K, Graciano AL, Turner DA, Krawiec C, Bakar AM, Polikoff LA, Parker M, Harwayne-Gidansky I, Crulli B, Vanderford P, Breuer RK, Gradidge E, Branca A, Grater-Welt LB, Tellez D, Wright LV, Pinto M, Nadkarni V, Nishisaki A, National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS) Collaborators and Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI). "Downward Trend in Pediatric Resident Laryngoscopy Participation in PICUs." Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, vol. 19, no. 5, 2018, pp. e242-e250. |
| Gradidge EA, Bakar A, Tellez D, Ruppe M, Tallent S, Bird G, Lavin N, Lee A, Adu-Darko M, Bain J, Biagas K, Branca A, Breuer RK, Brown C 3rd, Bysani GK, Cheifitz IM, Emeriaud G, Gangadharan S, Giuliano JS Jr, Howell JD, Krawiec C, Lee JH, Li S, Meyer K, Miksa M, Napolitano N, Nett S, Nuthall G, Orioles A, Owen EB, Parker MM, Parsons S, Polikoff LA, Rehder K, Saito O, Sanders RC Jr, Shenoi AN, Simon DW, Skippen PW, Tarquinio K, Thompson A, Toedt-Pingel I, Vanderford P, Walson K, Nadkarni V, Nishisaki A, National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS) and Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI). "Effect of Location on Tracheal Intubation Safety in Cardiac Disease-Are Cardiac ICUs Safer?." Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, vol. 19, no. 3, 2018, pp. 218-227. |
| Faustino EVS, Shabanova V, Pinto MG, Li S, Trakas E, Miksa M, Gertz S, Polikoff LA, Napolitano M, Brudnicki AR, Tala JA, Silva CT, THrombosis Epidemiology in Ill Adolescents (THEIA) Study Investigators. "Epidemiology of Lower Extremity Deep Venous Thrombosis in Critically Ill Adolescents." The Journal of Pediatrics, 2018. |
| Li S, Hsieh TC, Rehder KJ, Nett S, Kamat P, Napolitano N, Turner DA, Adu-Darko M, Jarvis JD, Krawiec C, Derbyshire AT, Meyer K, Giuliano JS Jr, Tala J, Tarquinio K, Ruppe MD, Sanders RC Jr, Pinto M, Howell JD, Parker MM, Nuthall G, Shepherd M, Emeriaud G, Nagai Y, Saito O, Lee JH, Simon DW, Orioles A, Walson K, Vanderford P, Shenoi A, Lee A, Bird GL, Miksa M, Graciano AL, Bain J, Skippen PW, Polikoff LA, Nadkarni V, Nishisaki A, for National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS) and Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network. "Frequency of Desaturation and Association With Hemodynamic Adverse Events During Tracheal Intubations in PICUs." Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, vol. 19, no. 1, 2018, pp. e41-e50. |
| Gradidge EA, Bakar A, Tellez D, Ruppe M, Tallent S, Bird G, Lavin N, Lee A, Nadkarni V, Adu-Darko M, Bain J, Biagas K, Branca A, Breuer RK, Brown C, Bysani K, Emeriaud G, Gangadharan S, Giuliano JS, Howell JD, Krawiec C, Lee JH, Li S, Meyer K, Miksa M, Napolitano N, Nett S, Nuthall G, Orioles A, Owen EB, Parker MM, Parsons S, Polikoff LA, Rehder K, Saito O, Sanders RC, Shenoi A, Simon DW, Skippen PW, Tarquinio K, Thompson A, Toedt-Pingel I, Walson K, Nishisaki A, For National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEARKIDS) Investigators and Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI). "Safety of tracheal intubation in the presence of cardiac disease in paediatric ICUs." Cardiology in the young, 2018, pp. 1-10. |
| Parker MM, Nuthall G, Brown C 3rd, Biagas K, Napolitano N, Polikoff LA, Simon D, Miksa M, Gradidge E, Lee JH, Krishna AS, Tellez D, Bird GL, Rehder KJ, Turner DA, Adu-Darko M, Nett ST, Derbyshire AT, Meyer K, Giuliano J Jr, Owen EB, Sullivan JE, Tarquinio K, Kamat P, Sanders RC Jr, Pinto M, Bysani GK, Emeriaud G, Nagai Y, McCarthy MA, Walson KH, Vanderford P, Lee A, Bain J, Skippen P, Breuer R, Tallent S, Nadkarni V, Nishisaki A, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network. "Relationship Between Adverse Tracheal Intubation Associated Events and PICU Outcomes." Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, vol. 18, no. 4, 2017, pp. 310-318. |
| Li S, Silva CT, Brudnicki AR, Baker KE, Tala JA, Pinto MG, Polikoff LA, Qin L, Faustino EV, Northeast Pediatric Critical Care Research Consortium. "Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound for catheter-related thrombosis in children." Pediatr Radiol, 2015. |
| Faustino EV, Li S, Silva CT, Pinto MG, Qin L, Tala JA, Rinder HM, Kupfer GM, Shapiro ED, Northeast Pediatric Critical Care Research Consortium. "Factor VIII May Predict Catheter-Related Thrombosis in Critically Ill Children: A Preliminary Study." Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, vol. 16, no. 6, 2015, pp. 497-504. |
| McNeer NA, Anandalingam K, Fields RJ, Caputo C, Kopic S, Gupta A, Quijano E, Polikoff L, Kong Y, Bahal R, Geibel JP, Glazer PM, Saltzman WM, Egan ME. "Nanoparticles that deliver triplex-forming peptide nucleic acid molecules correct F508del CFTR in airway epithelium." Nature Communications, vol. 6, 2015, pp. 6952. |
| Panesar R, Polikoff LA, Harris D, Mills B, Messina C, Parker MM. "Characteristics and outcomes of pediatric rapid response teams before and after mandatory triggering by an elevated Pediatric Early Warning System (PEWS) score." Hospital Pediatrics, vol. 4, no. 3, 2014, pp. 135-40. |
| Polikoff LA, Faustino EV. "Venous thromboembolism in critically ill children." Current Opinion in Pediatrics, vol. 26, no. 3, 2014, pp. 286-91. |
| Polikoff LA, McCabe ME. "End-of-life care in the pediatric ICU." Current Opinion in Pediatrics, vol. 25, no. 3, 2013, pp. 285-9. |
| Polikoff, Lee A., Giuliano, John S. "Up, Up, and Away: Aeromedical Transport Physiology." Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine, vol. 14, no. 3, 2013, pp. 223-230. |
| Toor A, Chanis RA, Polikoff LA, Fahim MM, Sinha AP, Serle JB. "Additivity of pilocarpine to bimatoprost in ocular hypertension and early glaucoma." Journal of glaucoma, vol. 14, no. 3, 2005, pp. 243-8. |
| Polikoff LA, Taglienti A, Chanis RA, Ramos-Esteban JC, Donas N, Tsong J, Gagliuso DJ, Danias J, Serle JB. "Is intraocular pressure in the early postoperative period predictive of antimetabolite-augmented filtration surgery success?." Journal of glaucoma, vol. 14, no. 6, 2005, pp. 497-503. |
| Polikoff LA, Chanis RA, Toor A, Ramos-Esteban JC, Fahim MM, Gagliuso DJ, Serle JB. "The effect of laser iridotomy on the anterior segment anatomy of patients with plateau iris configuration." Journal of glaucoma, vol. 14, no. 2, 2005, pp. 109-13. |
| Alvarez LJ, Turner HC, Candia OA, Polikoff LA. "Beta-adrenergic inhibition of rabbit lens anterior-surface K(+) conductance." Current Eye Research, vol. 26, no. 2, 2003, pp. 95-105. |
| Alvarez LJ, Candia OA, Polikoff LA. "Beta-adrenergic stimulation of Na(+)-K(+)-2Cl(-) cotransport activity in the rabbit lens." Experimental eye research, vol. 76, no. 1, 2003, pp. 61-70. |
| Candia OA, Zamudio AC, Polikoff LA, Alvarez LJ. "Distribution of acetylcholine-sensitive currents around the rabbit crystalline lens." Experimental eye research, vol. 74, no. 6, 2002, pp. 769-76. |
| Alvarez LJ, Candia OA, Turner HC, Polikoff LA. "Localization of a Na(+)-K(+)-2Cl(-) cotransporter in the rabbit lens." Experimental eye research, vol. 73, no. 5, 2001, pp. 669-80. |
Chair, Executive Committee, National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS)
Immediate Past Chair, Quality Improvement Committee, National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS)
Member, Executive Committee, National Emergency Airway Registry for Pediatric Emergency Medicine (NEAR4PEM)
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | MD | Royal College of Surgeons |
| 2000 | BA | Union College |
| Clinical Fellow | Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital, Pediatric Critical Care | 2012-2015 | |
| Categorical Resident | University Hospital at Stony Brook, Pediatrics | 2009-2012 |
2023 Dean's Excellence in Teaching Award
2020 Hasbro Children's Hospital Brite Light Award
2019 Hasbro Children's Hospital Faculty Teaching Award in Pediatrics
NIH-T32 Young Investigator Award Recipient
SUNY-Stony Brook School of Medicine Resident Teaching Award
Society of Critical Care Medicine
American Thoracic Society
Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI)
American College of Chest Physicians
American Academy of Pediatrics
| Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine (F.C.C.M.) | 2024- | ||
| Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (F.A.A.P.) | American Academy of Pediatrics | 2018- | |
| Rhode Island Medical License | Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure & Discipline | 2015-2015 | #MD15062 |
| Connecticut State Medical License | Connecticut | 2012-2015 | #51355 |
| American Board of Pediatrics | American board of pedia, Pediatrics | - | ##102498 |
| American Board of Pediatrics | American board of pedi, Pediatric Critical Care | - | ##2890 |
| Editorial Board-PREP ICU. American Academy of Pediatrics, 2023-Present |
