Ranna A. Rozenfeld, MD, is Professor of Pediatrics at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Dr. Rozenfeld specializes in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. She is the Division Director for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and the Medical Director of the LifePACT Pediatric Critical Care Transport Team at Rhode Island Hospital/Hasbro Children’s Hospital. She is actively involved in teaching, research and clinical care.
Dr. Rozenfeld received her BA from the University of Pennsylvania and her MD from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She completed her pediatric residency at the University of Chicago and her pediatric critical care medicine fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Rozenfeld’s academic and research interests include transport medicine, sepsis and septic shock, extracorporeal life support, as well as medical education. She currently serves on the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Transport Medicine. She is also a member of the Society for Pediatric Research, the American Pediatric Society, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Air Medical Physician Association. Dr. Rozenfeld was awarded the 2017 Excellence in Transport Leadership Award by the Association of Air Medical Services.
Dr. Rozenfeld has edited a book, The PICU Handbook, McGraw Hill Education, 2018. This handbook is a reference guide to caring for critically ill children in the pediatric intensive care unit. It is geared towards residents, fellows and nurse practitioners.
| Eisenberg, Matthew A., Riggs, Ruth, Paul, Raina, Balamuth, Fran, Richardson, Troy, DeSouza, Heidi G., Abbadesa, Mary Kate, DeMartini, Theodore K.M., Frizzola, Meg, Lane, Roni, Lloyd, Julia, Melendez, Elliot, Patankar, Nikhil, Rutman, Lori, Sebring, Amanda, Timmons, Zebulon, Scott, Halden F., Auletta, Jeffery J., Barchi, Katie, Braun, Benjamin R., Brilli, Richard J., Campbell, Deborah R., Chinnock, Richard E., Corboy, Jacqueline B., Depinet, Holly E., Dykstra-Nykanen, Jill, Genzel, Karen A., Hakim, Hana, Hron, Jonathan D., Hueschen, Leslie A., Huskins, W. Charles, Kandil, Sarah B., Kawai, Yu, Laurich, V. Matt, Loberger, Jeremy M., Macias, Charles G., Mackenzie, Joan E., Mack, Elizabeth H., Nagpal, Ashish S., Niedner, Matthew, Park, Daniel B., Razzaqi, Faisal, Redfern, Wendi S., Rosen, Johanna R., Rozenfeld, Ranna A., Selby, Sam, Sharron, Matthew P., Silverman, Jonathan A., Spack, Lawrence D., Stalets, Erika L., Thukaram, Roopa, Wathen, Beth A., Wilkes, Jennifer J., Workman, Jennifer K., Zuccaro, Jennifer C. "Association Between the First-Hour Intravenous Fluid Volume and Mortality in Pediatric Septic Shock." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 80, no. 3, 2022, pp. 213-224. |
| Schafer, Melissa, Gruhler De Souza, Heidi, Paul, Raina, Riggs, Ruth, Richardson, Troy, Conlon, Patricia, Duffy, Susan, Foster, Lauren Z., Gunderson, Julie, Hall, David, Hatcher, Laura, Hess, Lauren M., Kirkpatrick, Lauren, Kunar, Jillian, Lockwood, Justin, Lowerre, Tracy, McFadden, Vanessa, Raghavan, Anita, Rizzi, Jennifer, Stephen, Rebecca, Stokes, Stacey, Workman, Jennifer K., Kandil, Sarah B. "Characteristics and Outcomes of Sepsis Presenting in Inpatient Pediatric Settings." Hospital Pediatrics, vol. 12, no. 12, 2022, pp. 1048-1059. |
| Silberman, Anna P., Rozenfeld, Ranna A., Kessler, David O. "Core Components of a Pediatric Critical Care Transport Communication Curriculum: A Modified Delphi Approach." Air Medical Journal, vol. 41, no. 2, 2022, pp. 217-221. |
| Schmidt, Carly D., Thompson, Alexis N., Welsh, Sarah S., Simas, Darlene, Carreiro, Patricia, Rozenfeld, Ranna A. "Pediatric Transport–Specific Illness Severity Scores Predict Clinical Deterioration of Transported Patients." Pediatric Emergency Care, vol. 38, no. 8, 2022, pp. e1449-e1453. |
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Ogueri VN, Mellor JR, Muralidhar N, MacDonell-Yilmaz R, Welch JJG, Goudie BW, Agarwal S, Rozenfeld RA.
"Acute Myocardial Dysfunction and Hyper-Eosinophilic Infiltrative Myocarditis Secondary to New Onset Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia." Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 3, no. 7, 2021, pp. 991–996.
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| Van Naarden Braun K, Drexler M, Rozenfeld RA, Deener-Agus E, Greenstein R, Agus M, Joffe M, Kasowitz A, Levy P, Nerwen C. "Multicomponent Strategies to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Transmission - Nine Overnight Youth Summer Camps, United States, June-August 2021." MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, vol. 70, no. 40, 2021, pp. 1420-1424. |
| Dessert S, Ganta A, Topor LS, Rozenfeld RA. "New-onset Adrenal Insufficiency Presenting with Adrenal Shock in a Pediatric Patient." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 104, no. 8, 2021, pp. 15-18. |
| Stroud, Michael H., Miquel-Verges, Franscesca F., Rozenfeld, Ranna A., Holcomb, Robert G., Brown, Clare C., Meyer, Keith. "The State of Neonatal and Pediatric Interfacility Transport During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic." Air Medical Journal, vol. 40, no. 5, 2021, pp. 331-336. |
| Good RJ, Zurca AD, Turner DA, Bjorklund AR, Boyer DL, Krennerich EC, Petrillo T, Rozenfeld RA, Sasser WC, Schuette J, Tcharmtchi MH, Watson CM, Czaja AS, Education in Pediatric Intensive Care (EPIC) Investigators. "Transport Medical Control Education for Pediatric Critical Care Fellows: A National Needs Assessment 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, 2021. |
| Westley, Laura, Nokes, Janice, Rozenfeld, Ranna A. "Decreasing Usage of Lights and Sirens in an Urban Environment." Pediatric Quality and Safety, vol. 5, no. 2, 2020, pp. e279. |
| Frankel LR, Hsu BS, Yeh TS, Simone S, Agus MSD, Arca MJ, Coss-Bu JA, Fallat ME, Foland J, Gadepalli S, Gayle MO, Harmon LA, Hill V, Joseph CA, Kessel AD, Kissoon N, Moss M, Mysore MR, Papo ME, Rajzer-Wakeham KL, Rice TB, Rosenberg DL, Wakeham MK, Conway EE Jr, Voting Panel. "Criteria for Critical Care Infants and Children: PICU Admission, Discharge, and Triage Practice Statement and Levels of Care Guidance." 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. 20, no. 9, 2019, pp. 847-887. |
| Davis AL, Carcillo JA, Aneja RK, Deymann AJ, Lin JC, Nguyen TC, Okhuysen-Cawley RS, Relvas MS, Rozenfeld RA, Skippen PW, Stojadinovic BJ, Williams EA, Yeh TS, Balamuth F, Brierley J, de Caen AR, Cheifetz IM, Choong K, Conway E Jr, Cornell T, Doctor A, Dugas MA, Feldman JD, Fitzgerald JC, Flori HR, Fortenberry JD, Graciano AL, Greenwald BM, Hall MW, Han YY, Hernan LJ, Irazuzta JE, Iselin E, van der Jagt EW, Jeffries HE, Kache S, Katyal C, Kissoon NT, Kon AA, Kutko MC, MacLaren G, Maul T, Mehta R, Odetola F, Parbuoni K, Paul R, Peters MJ, Ranjit S, Reuter-Rice KE, Schnitzler EJ, Scott HF, Torres A Jr, Weingarten-Abrams J, Weiss SL, Zimmerman JJ, Zuckerberg AL. "American College of Critical Care Medicine Clinical Practice Parameters for Hemodynamic Support of Pediatric and Neonatal Septic Shock." Critical care medicine, vol. 45, no. 6, 2017, pp. 1061-1093. |
| Rozenfeld RA, Reynolds SL, Ewing S, Crulcich MM, Stephenson M. "Development of an Evacuation Tool to Facilitate Disaster Preparedness: Use in a Planned Evacuation to Support a Hospital Move." Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, vol. 11, no. 4, 2017, pp. 479-486. |
| Mickells GE, Goodman DM, Rozenfeld RA. "Education of pediatric subspecialty fellows in transport medicine: a national survey." BMC Pediatrics, vol. 17, no. 1, 2017, pp. 13. |
| Davis AL, Carcillo JA, Aneja RK, Deymann AJ, Lin JC, Nguyen TC, Okhuysen-Cawley RS, Relvas MS, Rozenfeld RA, Skippen PW, Stojadinovic BJ, Williams EA, Yeh TS, Balamuth F, Brierley J, de Caen AR, Cheifetz IM, Choong K, Conway E Jr, Cornell T, Doctor A, Dugas MA, Feldman JD, Fitzgerald JC, Flori HR, Fortenberry JD, Graciano AL, Greenwald BM, Hall MW, Han YY, Hernan LJ, Irazuzta JE, Iselin E, van der Jagt EW, Jeffries HE, Kache S, Katyal C, Kissoon N, Kon AA, Kutko MC, MacLaren G, Maul T, Mehta R, Odetola F, Parbuoni K, Paul R, Peters MJ, Ranjit S, Reuter-Rice KE, Schnitzler EJ, Scott HF, Torres A Jr, Weingarten-Abrams J, Weiss SL, Zimmerman JJ, Zuckerberg AL. "The American College of Critical Care Medicine Clinical Practice Parameters for Hemodynamic Support of Pediatric and Neonatal Septic Shock: Executive Summary." 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. 9, 2017, pp. 884-890. |
| Rozenfeld RA, Nannicelli AP, Brown AR, Eppich WJ, Woods DM, Lestrud SO, Noah ZL, Holl JL. "Verbal Communication During Airway Management and Emergent Endotracheal Intubation: Observations of Team Behavior Among Multi-institutional Pediatric Intensive Care Unit In Situ Simulations." Journal of patient safety, 2016. |
| Listernick R, Benya E, Trainor J, Kabre R, Lautz T, Sharathkumar A, Liem R, Bhat R, Rozenfeld R, Thompson A, Sharathkumar A. "A 15-year-old obese girl with abdominal pain." Pediatric annals, vol. 44, no. 4, 2015, pp. 126-9. |
| Eppich W, Nannicelli AP, Seivert NP, Sohn MW, Rozenfeld R, Woods DM, Holl JL. "A rater training protocol to assess team performance." The Journal of continuing education in the health professions, vol. 35, no. 2, 2015, pp. 83-90. |
| Listernick R, Shulman ST, Nevin M, Weese-Mayer D, Wainwright M, Bregman C, Frader J, Rozenfeld R. "A 3-year-old boy with acute respiratory failure, sleep apnea, and rapid weight gain." Pediatric annals, vol. 43, no. 2, 2014, pp. 49-52. |
| Coates BM, Chaize R, Goodman DM, Rozenfeld RA. "Performance of capnometry in non-intubated infants in the pediatric intensive care unit." BMC Pediatrics, vol. 14, 2014, pp. 163. |
| Brierley J, Carcillo JA, Choong K, Cornell T, Decaen A, Deymann A, Doctor A, Davis A, Duff J, Dugas MA, Duncan A, Evans B, Feldman J, Felmet K, Fisher G, Frankel L, Jeffries H, Greenwald B, Gutierrez J, Hall M, Han YY, Hanson J, Hazelzet J, Hernan L, Kiff J, Kissoon N, Kon A, Irazuzta J, Lin J, Lorts A, Mariscalco M, Mehta R, Nadel S, Nguyen T, Nicholson C, Peters M, Okhuysen-Cawley R, Poulton T, Relves M, Rodriguez A, Rozenfeld R, Schnitzler E, Shanley T, Kache S, Skippen P, Torres A, von Dessauer B, Weingarten J, Yeh T, Zaritsky A, Stojadinovic B, Zimmerman J, Zuckerberg A. "Clinical practice parameters for hemodynamic support of pediatric and neonatal septic shock: 2007 update from the American College of Critical Care Medicine." Critical care medicine, vol. 37, no. 2, 2009, pp. 666-88. |
| Rozenfeld RA, Leikin JB. "Severe methanol ingestion treated successfully without hemodialysis." American journal of therapeutics, vol. 14, no. 5, 2007, pp. 502-3. |
| Bu HF, Wang X, Zhu YQ, Williams RY, Hsueh W, Zheng X, Rozenfeld RA, Zuo XL, Tan XD. "Lysozyme-modified probiotic components protect rats against polymicrobial sepsis: role of macrophages and cathelicidin-related innate immunity." The Journal of Immunology, vol. 177, no. 12, 2006, pp. 8767-76. |
| Goodman D, Shulman S, Fenik J, Rowley A, Lane J, Rozenfeld R, Donaldson J, Miller M, Wyers M, Stevens K. "A 19-month-old girl with congestive heart failure, hypertension, and coronary artery dilatations. Interview by Robert Listernick." Pediatric annals, vol. 34, no. 1, 2005, pp. 14, 16, 17-9. |
| Qu XW, Thaete LG, Rozenfeld RA, Zhu Y, De Plaen IG, Caplan MS, Hsueh W. "Tetrahydrobiopterin prevents platelet-activating factor-induced intestinal hypoperfusion and necrosis: Role of neuronal nitric oxide synthase." Critical care medicine, vol. 33, no. 5, 2005, pp. 1050-6. |
| Carcillo JA, Fields AI, American College of Critical Care Medicine Task Force Committee Members. "Clinical practice parameters for hemodynamic support of pediatric and neonatal patients in septic shock." Critical care medicine, vol. 30, no. 6, 2002, pp. 1365-78. |
| De Plaen IG, Qu XW, Wang H, Tan XD, Wang L, Han XB, Rozenfeld RA, Hsueh W. "Endotoxin, but not platelet-activating factor, activates nuclear factor-kappaB and increases IkappaBalpha and IkappaBbeta turnover in enterocytes." Immunology, vol. 106, no. 4, 2002, pp. 577-83. |
| Qu XW, Wang H, De Plaen IG, Rozenfeld RA, Hsueh W. "Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (NOS) regulates the expression of inducible NOS in rat small intestine via modulation of nuclear factor kappa B." The FASEB Journal, vol. 15, no. 2, 2001, pp. 439-46. |
| Rozenfeld RA, Liu X, DePlaen I, Hsueh W. "Role of gut flora on intestinal group II phospholipase A2 activity and intestinal injury in shock." American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology, vol. 281, no. 4, 2001, pp. G957-63. |
| Qu XW, Rozenfeld RA, Huang W, Sun X, Tan XD, Hsueh W. "Roles of nitric oxide synthases in platelet-activating factor-induced intestinal necrosis in rats." Critical care medicine, vol. 27, no. 2, 1999, pp. 356-64. |
| Qu XW, Rozenfeld RA, Huang W, Bulkley GB, Hsueh W. "The role of xanthine oxidase in platelet activating factor induced intestinal injury in the rat." Gut, vol. 44, no. 2, 1999, pp. 203-11. |
| Qu XW, Wang H, Rozenfeld RA, Huang W, Hsueh W. "Type I nitric oxide synthase (NOS) is the predominant NOS in rat small intestine. Regulation by platelet-activating factor." Biochimica et biophysica acta, vol. 1451, no. 1, 1999, pp. 211-7. |
| Qu XW, Rozenfeld RA, Huang W, Crawford SE, Gonzalez-Crussi F, Hsueh W. "Interaction of platelet-activating factor, spleen and atrial natriuretic peptide in plasma volume regulation during endotoxaemia in rats." The Journal of Physiology, vol. 512 ( Pt 1), 1998, pp. 227-34. |
| Dishart MK, Schlichtig R, Tonnessen TI, Rozenfeld RA, Simplaceanu E, Williams D, Gayowski TJ. "Mitochondrial redox state as a potential detector of liver dysoxia in vivo." Journal of Applied Physiology, vol. 84, no. 3, 1998, pp. 791-7. |
| Sun X, Rozenfeld RA, Qu X, Huang W, Gonzalez-Crussi F, Hsueh W. "P-selectin-deficient mice are protected from PAF-induced shock, intestinal injury, and lethality." The American journal of physiology, vol. 273, no. 1 Pt 1, 1997, pp. G56-61. |
| Rozenfeld RA, Dishart MK, Tønnessen TI, Schlichtig R. "Methods for detecting local intestinal ischemic anaerobic metabolic acidosis by PCO2." Journal of Applied Physiology, vol. 81, no. 4, 1996, pp. 1834-42. |
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | MD | Northwestern University |
| 1983 | BA | University of Pennsylvania |
2017: Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) 2017 Excellence in Transport Leadership Award
2018: Rhode Island Hospital Teaching Award in Pediatrics awarded to the Attendings of Pediatric Intensive Care
2020: Rhode Island Hospital Teaching Award in Pediatrics awarded to the Attendings of Pediatric Intensive Care
2021: Rhode Island Hospital Teaching Award in Pediatrics awarded to the Attendings of Pediatric Intensive Care
2022: C. Robert Chambliss MD Best Paper Award, American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Transport Medicine, NCE, Anaheim, CA, October 2022
2023: RI Monthly Top Doc for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
2023: Rhode Island Hospital Teaching Award in Pediatrics awarded to the Attendings of Pediatric Intensive Care
