CURRICULUM VITAE
Binod Balakrishnan MBBS
Binod Balakrishnan MBBS
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatrics Critical Care
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatrics Critical Care
OFFICE ADDRESS: |
9000 West Wisconsin Avenue |
Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
Fax: (414) 2663563 |
Email: bbalakris@mcw.edu |
EDUCATION: |
08/1992 - 01/1998 MBBS, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India |
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS: |
06/1998 - 06/2001 Pediatric Resident, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India |
11/2002 - 11/2005 Pediatric Resident, Department of Pediatrics, Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY |
07/2012 - 06/2015 Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: |
07/2012 - 06/2015 Clinical Instructor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
07/2015 - Present Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
07/2015 - Present Member, Fellowship Program Evaluation Committee, Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care, Medical College of Wisconsin |
2017 - Present Co-Director for the monthly Pediatric Multidisciplinary Neurocritical Care Conference., Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin |
HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
04/2024 - Present Associate Medical Director, PICU, Children's Wisconsin |
RESEARCH ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
2019 - Present Member - Critical Care Research Operations Committee, Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine, Children's Wisconsin |
2020 - 2023 Member - Scholarship Oversight Committee Dr.Fatima Ajmal MD (Critical Care), Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin |
2022 - Present Member - Scholarship Oversight Committee Dr. Alexander Burford MD (Critical Care), Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin |
2025 - Present Mentor - Scholarship Oversight Committee Dr. Tony Chuang MD (Critical Care), Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin |
SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION: |
Board Certified | Issue Date | Expiration |
General Pediatrics | 10/2006 | 12/2026 |
Critical Care Medicine | 11/2016 | 12/2026 |
Certificates | Issued By | Issue Date | Expiration |
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement, Certified Professionals in Health Care | Quality Institute for Health Care Improvement (IHI) | 2012 | None |
ACLS | American Heart Association | None | |
Healer 2 Leader | Physician Leadership Career Network | None | |
Pediatric Advanced Life Support | American Heart Association | None | |
Basic Life | American Heart Association | None | |
Advanced Trauma Life Support | Provider | None | |
AWARDS AND HONORS: |
Summit Award for Excellence in Care – one of only 3 recipients in Indiana, Managed Health Services |
MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: |
11/2002 - Present American Academy of Pediatrics (Member) |
07/2011 - Present Society of Critical Care Medicine (Member) |
10/2015 - Present Pediatric Neurocritical Care Research Group (Member) |
EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS: |
Journal Review |
2019 - Present Neurocritical Care journal
Review submitted manuscripts for suitability for publication - average 5-6 manuscripts per year |
2023 - Present Pediatric Intensive Care Journal |
LOCAL/REGIONAL APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
07/2019 - Present Member, Critical Care Research Operations Committee, Children's Wisconsin |
09/2020 - Present Member, Faculty Selection Committee - Division of Critical Care, Children's Wisconsin |
03/2021 - Present Member, Liver transplant resource team - Division of Critical Care, Children's Wisconsin |
NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
2019 - Present Member, PICU Advisory Committee, Virtual PICU Systems LLC |
2023 - Present Lead Physician, Implementation of Neurocritical Care Module, Virtual PICU Systems LLC |
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INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
Local |
Binod Balakrishnan, Brain Death evaluation in the PICU, Operating Room staff lecture series, Children's Wisconsin, 03/07/2022 |
PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
National |
Ashby D, Gourlay D, BALAKRISHNAN B, Meyer MT, Nimmer M, Radowicz A, Yan K, Drendel AL, Investigating Skin Tone’s Effect on Pediatric Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) Values. (E-poster), Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, 04/2021 - 2021 |
Personalizing Outcomes after Child Cardiac Arrest: A preliminary biomarker report., AHA meeting 2021 - Scientific Sessions, Boston MA, 11/13/2021 - 11/15/2021 |
Balakrishnan B, Zhang L, Simpson P, Hanson SJ, Digital pupillometry for noninvasive neurologic monitoring in pediatric severe diabetic ketoacidosis, Society of Critical Care Medicine Congress 2022, Virtual, 04/18/2022 - 04/21/2022 |
Snooks KC, McDermott KL, BALAKRISHNAN B, Hanson SJ, But What if there is no cough?, Society of Critical Care Medicine Congress, Virtual, 04/18/2022 - 04/21/2022 |
Regional |
Harris J, Rajzer-Wakeham K, Scanlon MC, Wakeham M, MD, Balakrishnan B, Head CTs after In-Hospital Pediatric Cardiac Arrest: Great Risk with Little Reward, Poster presentation. Best Practices in Pediatrics Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, 03/2024 |
Local |
Judkins J, Scanlon MC, Rajzer-Wakeham K, Yan Ke, Zhang L, BALAKRISHNAN B, Stat Head CTs in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit; Much Ris for Little Reward?, Medical Student Research Week Poster, Medical College of Wisconsin, 04/2023 |
Neuroimaging for the pediatric intensivist, Critical Care Lecture Series, Children's Wisconsin, 11/2023 |
Allen M, BALAKRISHNAN B, Scanlon MC, Assessing the prevalence of non-accidental trauma screening in pediatric patients with out of hospital cardiac arrest, MCW Medical Student Research Day Poster Presentation (one of the winners of the 2024 Dr. Michael J. Dunn Poster Contest), Medical College of Wisconsin, 09/2024 |
Sullivan M, Scanlon MC, Maheswari M, BALAKRISHNAN B, Brain imaging findings in children with paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity after acute severe brain injury, Neuroscience Research Day Poster Session (abstract accepted), Medical College of Wisconsin, 05/2025 |
COMMITTEE SERVICE: |
Medical College of Wisconsin |
2020 - Present Faculty Interviewer, Child Neurology Resident Selection Committee, Child Neurology, Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin |
01/2022 - Present Member, Chair of Neurology search committee, Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin |
Hospital |
06/01/2022 - Present Leader - Neurocritical Care sub group, Committee to develop guidelines for PICU admission, Critical Care, Pediatrics, Children's Wisconsin |
MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES: |
Medical Student Education |
07/2020 - Present Evaluator of History and Physical Exam write-ups for M3 students. |
EXTRAMURAL TEACHING: |
Continuing Medical Education |
2015 - Present Children's Wisconsin, Lecture on Management of Severe Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury - multiple times over the years |
MCW STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED: |
Medical Students |
06/01/2022 - 08/12/2022 Jarrett Judkins (M1), Medical Student Summer Research Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, Ongoing |
PROGRAMMATIC DEVELOPMENTS: |
Educational Programs |
Faculty |
07/2020 - Present Director - monthly Advanced Practice Provider Physiology lecture series in the PICU. Design, Conceptualize and Coordinate the lectures. |
GUIDELINE DEVELOPMENT: |
10/2020 - Present Lead - Management of Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity in pediatric patients with acute brain injury. |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers |
1. Balakrishnan B, Hanson S Critical appraisal of “The Use of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy During an Extubation Readiness Trial as a Predictor of Extubation Outcome Foster CB, Spaeder MC, McCarter RJ et al Pediatr Crit Care Med 2013;14:587-92 for the PedsCCM Evidence-Based Journal Club. Published 11/2013. |
2. Balakrishnan B, Dasgupta M, Gajewski K, Hoffmann RG, Simpson PM, Havens PL, Hanson SJ. Low near infrared spectroscopic somatic oxygen saturation at admission is associated with need for lifesaving interventions among unplanned admissions to the pediatric intensive care unit. J Clin Monit Comput. 2018 Feb;32(1):89-96. |
3. Balakrishnan B, Flynn-O'Brien KT, Simpson PM, Dasgupta M, Hanson SJ. Enteral Nutrition Initiation in Children Admitted to Pediatric Intensive Care Units After Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurocrit Care. 2019 Feb;30(1):193-200. |
4. Balakrishnan B, Zhang L, Simpson PM, Hanson SJ. Impact of the Timing of Placement of an Intracranial Pressure Monitor on Outcomes in Children with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2018;53(6):379-386. |
5. Petersen PC, Balakrishnan B (Corresponding author), Vitola B, Hong JC. Case report series of a novel application of neostigmine to successfully relieve refractory ileus status post-pediatric orthotopic liver transplantation Pediatric Transplantation. 2019. |
6. VanDongen-Trimmer H, Sannagowdara K, Balakrishnan B, Farias-Moeller R. A Case of HIV Seroconversion Presenting Similarly to Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Encephalitis. Neurocrit Care. 2019 Oct;31(2):423-427. |
7. Fink EL, Clark RSB, Panigrahy A, et al. Personalising Outcomes after Child Cardiac Arrest (POCCA): design and recruitment challenges of a multicentre, observational study. BMJ Open2020;10:e039323. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039323 - Contributor |
8. Balakrishnan B, VanDongen-Trimmer H, Kim I, Hanson SJ, Zhang L, Simpson PM, Farias-Moeller R. GCS-Pupil Score Has a Stronger Association with Mortality and Poor Functional Outcome than GCS Alone in Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2021;56(5):432-439. |
9. Kirschen MP, LaRovere K, Balakrishnan B, Erklauer J, Francoeur C, Ganesan SL, Jayakar A, Lovett M, Luchette M, Press CA, Wolf M, Ferrazzano P, Wainwright MS, Appavu B. A Survey of Neuromonitoring Practices in North American Pediatric Intensive Care Units Pediatric Neurology. January 2022;126:125-130. |
10. Ashby DW, Gourlay DM, Balakrishnan B, Meyer MT, Drendel AL. Utilizing Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) to Identify Pediatric Trauma Patients Needing Lifesaving Interventions (LSIs): A Retrospective Study. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2022 Jan 01;38(1):e193-e199. |
11. Piantino JA, Ruzas CM, Press CA, Subramanian S, Balakrishnan B, Panigrahy A, Pettersson D, Maloney JA, Vossough A, Topjian A, Kirschen MP, Doughty L, Chung MG, Maloney D, Haller T, Fabio A, Fink EL, POCCA Investigators. Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Neuroprognostication After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest: Survey of Current Practices. Pediatr Neurol. 2022 Sep;134:45-51. PMCID: PMC9883065 |
12. Fink EL, Kochanek PM, Panigrahy A, Beers SR, Berger RP, Bayir H, Pineda J, Newth C, Topjian AA, Press CA, Maddux AB, Willyerd F, Hunt EA, Siems A, Chung MG, Smith L, Wenger J, Doughty L, Diddle JW, Patregnani J, Piantino J, Walson KH, Balakrishnan B, Meyer MT, Friess S, Maloney D, Rubin P, Haller TL, Treble-Barna A, Wang C, Clark RRSB, Fabio A, Personalizing Outcomes After Child Cardiac Arrest (POCCA) Investigators. Association of Blood-Based Brain Injury Biomarker Concentrations With Outcomes After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Sep 01;5(9):e2230518. PMCID: PMC9459665 |
13. DeSanti RL, Balakrishnan B, Rice TB, Pineda JA, Ferrazzano PA. The Utilization of Critical Care Resources in Pediatric Neurocritical Care Patients. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2022 Sep 01;23(9):676-686. |
14. Ashby DW, Balakrishnan B, Gourlay DM, Meyer MT, Nimmer M, Drendel AL. Utilizing Near-Infrared Spectroscopy to Identify Pediatric Trauma Patients Needing Lifesaving Interventions: A Prospective Study. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2023 Jan 01;39(1):13-19. |
15. Fink EL, Kochanek PM, Beers SR, Clark RRSB, Berger RP, Bayir H, Topjian AA, Newth C, Press C, Maddux AB, Willyerd F, Hunt EA, Siems A, Chung MG, Smith L, Doughty L, Diddle JW, Patregnani J, Piantino J, Walson KH, Balakrishnan B, Meyer MT, Friess S, Pineda J, Maloney D, Rubin P, Haller TL, Treble-Barna A, Wang C, Lee V, Wisnowski JL, Subramanian S, Narayanan S, Blüml S, Fabio A, Panigrahy A, POCCA Investigators. Assessment of Brain Magnetic Resonance and Spectroscopy Imaging Findings and Outcomes After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Jun 01;6(6):e2320713. PMCID: PMC10314315 |
16. Sampat V, Whitinger J 4th, Flynn-O'Brien K, Kim I, Balakrishnan B, Mehta N, Sawdy R, Patel ND, Nallamothu R, Zhang L, Yan K, Zvara K, Farias-Moeller R. Accuracy of Early Neuroprognostication in Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Pediatr Neurol. 2024 Jun;155:36-43. |
17. Janas AM, Miller KR, Ceschin R, Mourani PM, Ruzas CM, Bennett TD, Fink EL, Maddux AB, Personalized Outcomes After Child Cardiac Arrest (POCCA) Investigators. Early Blood Biomarkers and MRI Injury After Cardiac Arrest: Secondary Analysis of the 2017-2020 Personalized Outcomes After Child Cardiac Arrest Study. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2025 Jul 01;26(7):e915-e923. PMCID: PMC12221777 |
18. Giaquinta M, Shankey M, Taitt J, Farias-Moeller R, Balakrishnan B. 1362: NEUROLOGIC RISK FACTORS FOR POOR OUTCOMES IN THE FIRST 24 HOURS AFTER OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST Critical Care Medicine. March 2026;54(3S). |
Books, Chapters, and Reviews |
1. K. Jane Lee, Binod Balakrishnan “Brain death” – Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 21st edition |
