Maria V. Fraga, MD
Neonatology and Newborn Services
Independent provider
Sees newborns through age 1 month
Neonatology and Newborn Services HUP

About me

  • Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Neonatology & Newborn Services)

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Buenos Aires
  • Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Fraga is an independent physician who is not employed by Penn Medicine.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Osborne AD, Corder W, Stoller JZ, Lawrence K, Carr CB, Fraga MV, Johng S Technical considerations and applications of point-of-care ultrasound in the NICU , Semin Perinatol/Elsevier, 152190: 2025


Will EP, Fraga MV Central Line Positional Assessment With Ultrasonography , Neoreviews, 26(9): 2025,e643-e648


Fraga MV, Bhombal S, Juliano C, Kim M, Groves AM, Chan B, Singh Y; National Neonatal POCUS Collaborative Neonatal point-of-care ultrasound-guidelines for training, credentialing and quality assurance , J Perinatol: 2025


Fraga MV, Altit G, Yoder BA, Bhombal S What is the role of echocardiography in newborns with CDH? , Semin Fetal Neonatal Med: 2025


Bhombal S, Singh Y, Marshall S, Mukthapuram S, Fraga MV; National Neonatal POCUS Collaborative Neonatal point-of-care ultrasound-steps for program development , J Perinatol : 2025


Leung SK, Dancel R, Soni RN, Perez-Sanchez A, Mader MJ, Al-Wahab H, Conlon TW, Fraga MV, Lasa JJ, Matho A, Smith H, Soni NJ Comparison of Six Handheld Ultrasound Devices by Pediatric Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Experts , POCUS J, 10(1): 2025,141-156


Miller K, Ruoss JL, Chaves DV, Chan B, Huber M, Stoller JZ, Fraga MV, French H, Conlon T, Corder W; National Neonatal POCUS Collaborative. National survey of diagnostic point of care ultrasound practices and program development in academic neonatal-perinatal medicine centers , J Perinatol: 2025


Will EP, Fraga MV Ultrasonography-Guided Lumbar Puncture , NeoReviews, 25(8): 2024,e527-e529


Chan B, Mnyavanu N, Bhombal S, Fraga MV, Groves AM, Marshall S, Mukthapuram S, Singh Y; members of National Neonatal POCUS Collaborative Essentials of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Coding and Billing at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Setting in the United States , Am J Perinatol: 2024


Fraga MV, Hedrick HL, Rintoul NE, Wang Y, Ash D, Flohr SJ, Mathew L, Reynolds T, Engelman JL, Avitabile CM Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Patients with Left Heart Hypoplasia and Left Ventricular Dysfunction Have Highest Odds of Mortality , J Pediatr, 271: 2024,114061