Neonatology and Newborn Services
Maria V. Fraga, MD
Independent provider
Sees newborns through age 1 month
Neonatology and Newborn Services HUP
Make an appointmentCall 800-789-7366

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

My research

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 Central Line Positional Assessment with Ultrasonography , Neoreviews: 2025

Bhombal S, Singh Y, Marshall S, Shanmukha M, Fraga M, on behalf of the National Neonatal POCUS Collaborative Neonatal point-of-care ultrasound Program Development , Journal of Perinatology: 2025

Fraga M, Bhombal S, Juliano C, Kim M, Groves AM, Chan B, Singh Y on behalf of the National Neonatal POCUS Collaborative. Guidelines for neonatal point-of-care ultrasound , Journal of Perinatology: 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

Johng S, Fraga MV, Patel N, Kipfmueller F, Bhattacharya A, Bhombal S Unique Cardiopulmonary Interactions in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Physiology and Therapeutic Implications , Neoreviews, 24(11): 2023,e720-e732