Maria V. Fraga, MD
Neonatology and Newborn Services
Independent provider
Sees newborns through age 1 month
Neonatology and Newborn Services HUP
Call 215-662-3228

About me

  • Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Neonatology & Newborn Services)

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Buenos Aires
  • Residency: Hospital de Niños Ricardo Gutierrez
  • Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Hospital de Niños Juan P. Garrahan
  • 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

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

Pawlowski TW, Polidoro R, Fraga MV, Biasucci DG Point-of-care ultrasound for non-vascular invasive procedures in critically ill neonates and children: current status and future perspectives , Eur J Pediatr: 2023