Teresa Kortz, MD, MS, PhD

Advisory Board, Pediatric Critical Care Lead
UCSF Department of Pediatrics
Division of Critical Care
[email protected]

Teresa Kortz is an Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics in Critical Care Medicine, Program Director of the Faculty Affiliate Program of the Institute for Global Health Sciences, and co-director of the Pediatric Global Health Scholars Pathway. She has a master’s degree in Global Health Sciences and a PhD in Global Health Sciences Clinical Research in progress. She is an NIH-funded researcher and studies pediatric sepsis etiology, prognostic biomarkers, and clinical outcomes in East Africa. Previously, she was a sepsis consultant at the World Health Organization (WHO) and a member of the WHO COVID-19 Clinical Management Pillar in the Department of World Health Emergencies. She was a member of a Technical Advisory Group to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and provided guidance related to pediatric critical care in resource variable settings. As a member of the UCSF-WHO Collaborating Center she contributes to pediatric and critical care-related WHO projects and initiatives. Dr. Kortz is the past co-chair and current scientific co-chair of the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network Global Health subgroup through which she leads collaborative, international projects that aim to assess the burden of and resource utilization due to acute, critical pediatric illness in resource limited settings.

 

Publications

Prevalence, aetiology, and hospital outcomes of paediatric acute critical illness in resource-constrained settings (Global PARITY): a multicentre, international, point prevalence and prospective cohort study.

The Lancet. Global health

Kortz TB, Holloway A, Agulnik A, He D, Rivera SG, Abbas Q, Appiah JA, Arias AV, Attebery J, Camacho-Cruz J, Caporal P, de Sa Rodrigues KE, Fink E, Kissoon N, Lee JH, López-Barón E, Murthy S, Muttalib F, Nielsen K, Remy K, Sakaan F, Andre-von Arnim AVS, Rodrigues AT, Blackwelder W, Wiens MO, Bhutta A, Global PARITY Investigators, Global Health Subgroup of the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network

Challenges in institutional ethical review process and approval for international multicenter clinical studies in lower and middle-income countries: the case of PARITY study.

Frontiers in pediatrics

Lopez-Baron E, Abbas Q, Caporal P, Agulnik A, Attebery JE, Holloway A, Kissoon NT, Mulgado-Aguas CI, Amegan-Aho K, Majdalani M, Ocampo C, Pascal H, Miller E, Kanyamuhunga A, Tekleab AM, Bacha T, González-Dambrauskas S, Bhutta AT, Kortz TB, Murthy S, Remy KE, Global Health Subgroup of the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network

OP013 Topic: AS09–Global Health/Resource Limited Setting/Health Inequalities/Impact of Global Warming/Other: ESTIMATE OF PEDIATRIC ACUTE CRITICAL ILLNESS ACROSS RESOURCE-LIMITED SETTINGS: THE GLOBAL PAEDIATRIC ACUTE CRITICAL ILLNESS POINT PREVALENCE STU

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Teresa Kortz, A. Holloway, A. Asya Agulnik, D. He, S. Gordon Rivera, Q. Abbas, J.A. Appiah, A.V. Arias, J. Attebery, J. Camacho-Cruz, P. Caporal, K. De Sa Rodrigues, E. Fink, N. Kissoon, J.H. Lee, E. Lopez Baron, S. Murthy, F. Muttalib, K. Nielsen, K. Remy, A. Teixeira Rodrigues, F. Sakaan, A.V. Saint Andre-Vonarnim, W. Blackwelder, M. Wiens, A. Bhutta

PP069 Topic: AS09–Global Health/Resource Limited Setting/Health Inequalities/Impact of Global Warming/Other: DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE RESOURCE EVALUATION (CRITCARE) TOOL FOR HOSPITALS IN RESOURCE VARIABLE SETTINGS.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Anita V. Arias, F. Sakaan, N.I. Shafi, Q. Abbas, H. Ammar, J.A. Appiah, T. Bacha, J. Camacho-Cruz, S. Gonza´lez-Dambrauskas, N. Kissoon, J.H. Lee, E. Lopez Baron, M. Majdalani, R.P. Mediratta, F. Muttalib, G. Nettey, C. Ocampo, S.A. Owusu, M. Puerto-Torres, K. Remy, J. Rivera, E. Tesfaye, D. Trone, A.V. Saint Andre-Vonarnim, J.Q.Y. Wang, M. Wiens, P. Wiphatphumiprates, R.C. Yakubu, A. Holloway, A. Bhutta, T. Kortz, A. Asya Agulnik, G.P. Investigators, P.G.H. Subgroup

PP334 Topic: AS09–Global Health/Resource Limited Setting/Health Inequalities/Impact of Global Warming/Other: COUNTRY SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC LEVEL AND PEDIATRIC CAUSE-SPECIFIC HOSPITAL CASE FATALITY RATES IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIE

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Teresa Kortz, R.P. Mediratta, A.M. Smith, K. Nielsen, A. Asya Agulnik, S. Gordon Rivera, H. Reeves, N.F. O’Brien, J.H. Lee, Q. Abbas, J.E. Attebery, T. Bacha, E.G. Bhutta, C.J. Biewen, J. Camacho-Cruz, A. Coronado Muñoz, M.L.D. Dealmeida, L.D. Owusu, Y. Fonseca, S. Hooli, H.C. Johnson, M. Leimanis-Laurens, D. Nicholaus Mally, A.M. Mccarthy, A. Mutekanga, C. Pineda, K.E. Remy, S.C. Sanders, E. Tabor, A. Teixeira Rodrigues, J.Q.Y. Wang, N. Kissoon, Y. Takwoingi, M. Wiens, A. Bhutta

Etiology of hospital mortality in children living in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Frontiers in pediatrics

Kortz TB, Mediratta RP, Smith AM, Nielsen KR, Agulnik A, Gordon Rivera S, Reeves H, O'Brien NF, Lee JH, Abbas Q, Attebery JE, Bacha T, Bhutta EG, Biewen CJ, Camacho-Cruz J, Coronado Muñoz A, deAlmeida ML, Domeryo Owusu L, Fonseca Y, Hooli S, Wynkoop H, Leimanis-Laurens M, Nicholaus Mally D, McCarthy AM, Mutekanga A, Pineda C, Remy KE, Sanders SC, Tabor E, Teixeira Rodrigues A, Yuee Wang JQ, Kissoon N, Takwoingi Y, Wiens MO, Bhutta A

A research definition and framework for acute paediatric critical illness across resource-variable settings: a modified Delphi consensus.

The Lancet. Global health

Arias AV, Lintner-Rivera M, Shafi NI, Abbas Q, Abdelhafeez AH, Ali M, Ammar H, Anwar AI, Adabie Appiah J, Attebery JE, Diaz Villalobos WE, Ferreira D, González-Dambrauskas S, Irfan Habib M, Lee JH, Kissoon N, Tekleab AM, Molyneux EM, Morrow BM, Nadkarni VM, Rivera J, Silvers R, Steere M, Tatay D, Bhutta AT, Kortz TB, Agulnik A, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network on behalf of the PALISI Global

PP101 [Global health » Resource limited settings]: DEFINING PEDIATRIC CRITICAL ILLNESS FOR RESEARCH ACROSS RESOURCE VARIABLE SETTINGS: A MODIFIED DELPHI CONSENSUS.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

A. V. Arias, M. Lintner Rivera, N. I. Shafi, A. Anwar, A. T. Bhutta, T. Bleakly Kortz, A. Agulnik, O. (Qalab Abbas, Hafeez Abdelhafeez, Muhammad Ali, Hala Ammar, John Appiah, Jonah Attebery, Willmer Diaz Villalobos, Daiane Ferreira, Sebastia´n Gonza´lez Dambrauskas, Muhammad Irfan Habib, Jan Hau Lee, Niranjan Kissoon, Atnafu Mekonnen Tekleab, Elizabeth M. Molyneux, Brenda M. Morrow, Vinay M. Nadkarni, Jocelyn Rivera, Rebecca Silvers, Mardi Steere, Daniel Tatay)

PP108 [Global health » Resource limited settings]: CHALLENGES IN INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS FOR A MULTI-NATIONAL, MULTI-CENTER STUDY IN RESOURCE-LIMITED SETTINGS: THE GLOBAL PARITY STUDY.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

E. López Barón, A. Holloway, A. Agulnik, Q. Abbas, J. A. Appiah, J. E. Attebery, D. He, P. Caporal, E. L. Fink, S. Hooli, N. Kissoon, J. H. Lee, E. Miller, F. Muttalib, K. Nielsen, M. Puerto Torres, K. E. Remy, A. V. Andre Von Arnim, F. M. Sakaan, E. A. Tabor, M. O. Wiens, T. B. Kortz, A. T. Bhutta, S. Murthy

PP115 [Global health » Resource limited settings]: GLOBAL PARITY: A GLOBAL POINT PREVALENCE STUDY OF PEDIATRIC ACUTE CRITICAL ILLNESS IN RESOURCE-LIMITED SETTINGS.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

F. M. Sakaan, A. Agulnik, M. Puerto Torres, A. Holloway<iller, Q. Abbas, J. A. Appiah, J. Attebery, W. Blackwelder, P. Caporal, E. L. Fink, D. He, S. Hooli, N. Kissoonmuttalibmurthy, J. Lee, M. O. Wiens, E. López Barón, K. Nielsen, A. Von Saint Andre Vonarnim, K. E. Remy, K. Rodrigues, A. Rodrigues, E. A. Tabor, T. B. Kortz, A. T. Bhutta

Global PARITY: Study Design for a Multi-Centered, International Point Prevalence Study to Estimate the Burden of Pediatric Acute Critical Illness in Resource-Limited Settings.

Frontiers in pediatrics

Abbas Q, Holloway A, Caporal P, López-Barón E, Agulnik A, Remy KE, Appiah JA, Attebery J, Fink EL, Lee JH, Hooli S, Kissoon N, Miller E, Murthy S, Muttalib F, Nielsen K, Puerto-Torres M, Rodrigues K, Sakaan F, Rodrigues AT, Tabor EA, von Saint Andre-von Arnim A, Wiens MO, Blackwelder W, He D, Kortz TB, Bhutta AT

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Critical care medicine

Anita Arias, Marcela Garza, Srinivas Murthy, Adolfo Cardenas, Franco Diaz, Erika Montalvo, Katie Nielsen, Teresa Kortz, Rana Sharara-Chami, Paola Friedrich, Jennifer McArthur, Asya Agulnik

Abstract PCCLB-26.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

T. Kortz, S. MacFarlance, J. Nyirenda, D. Tembo, K. Elfving, K. Baltzell, G. Bandawe, P. Rosenthal, W. Mandala, T. Nyirenda

Abstract PCCLB-27.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

T. Kortz, H. Sawe, B. Murray, M. Matthay, T. Reynolds