Maria V. Fraga, MD
Neonatology and Newborn Services
Independent provider
Sees patients age newborn through 1 month
Neonatology and Newborn Services HUP
About me
- Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Neonatology & Newborn Services)
My education and training
- University of Buenos AiresMedical School
- Hospital de Niños Ricardo GutierrezResidency
- Hospital de Niños Juan P. GarrahanResidency
- Albert Einstein Medical CenterResidency
- Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaFellowship
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
- Devoted Health Choice Giveback Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Plus Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Core Pennsylvania (HMO)
- Devoted Health Dual Plus Pennsylvania (HMO D-SNP)
- Devoted Health Giveback Pennsylvania (HMO)
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
- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 2012
- Pediatrics, 2008
- AAP, Section on Emergency Medicine: POCUS in Pediatrics, Special Interest Group, National
- American Academy of Pediatrics, National
- American Society of Echocardiography, National
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Neonatal Research Network-Member, Subcommittee "Hydrocortisone treatment of cardiovascular insufficiency in term and late preterm infants: A randomized controlled trial", 2011-2016-Member, Subcommittee "Effect of Hydrocortisone on the Cardiac Mass of Premature Intubated Infants", 2011-2016-Member, Subcommittee "Milrinone in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: A Pilot Trial", 2016-present, National
- National Neonatal Point-of-Care Ultrasound Collaborative, National
- Pan American Hemodynamic and TnECHO Collaborative, International
- US TnECHO Collaborative, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Will E, Corder W, Fraga MV "ECMO Cannula Assessment with Ultrasonography" , NeoReviews: 2026
Nouraeyan N, Wong K, Kharrat A, Fraga MV, Altit G A Comprehensive Review of the Approach to Ultrasonography in Neonatal Shock: The Partnership Between Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography and Point-of-Care Ultrasound , Children (Basel), 13(9): 2026,1268
Will EP, Kozyak W, Fraga MV "Chapter 27: Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access" , MacDonald’s Atlas of Procedures in Neonatology, 7th Edition: 2026
Heitkamp NM, Fraga MV, Altit G, Bhombal S Neonatal Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasonography: Techniques and Normal Findings , Neoreviews, 27(8): 2026,e537-e541
Lakshminrusimha S, Yoder BA, Chowdhury D, Das A, Kirpalani H, Dhawan MA, Snyder JM, Fraga MV, Konduri GG, McNamara PJ, Klein J, Ambalavanan N, Rau CA, Lally KP, Nelin LD, Cotten CM, Higgins RD, Keszler M; milrinone in CDH subcommittee Correlation of Oxygen Saturation Index with Oxygenation Index in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: in A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial , J Pediatr: 2026,115200
Yasova Barbeau D, Courchia B "Ecografia en el punto de atencion (POCUS): intergracion en la clinica para diagnostico y manejio en neonates en estado critico" , La incubadora: 2026
Ekhaguere OA, Kesman R, Reiter J, Fraga MV, Stoller JZ A Randomized Controlled Trial of Ultrasound-Assisted Versus Traditional Landmark Lumbar Puncture in the Neonatal and Infant Population , J Pediatr, 6(115139): 2026
Fraga M, Fensterheim B, Peyvandi F, Shenoy A "ECMO Podcast" , FNN and TECaN Podcast, virtual: 2026
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