Teresa Kortz, MD, MS, PhD

Education
PhD, 12/2023 - Global Health Sciences Clinical Research, University of California, San Francisco
2020 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California, San Francisco
MS, 07/2015 - Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco
06/2014 - Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, Stanford University
06/2011 - Pediatrics Residency, Stanford University
MD, 06/2008 - Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine
BA, BS, 06/2004 - Neurobiology, Spanish Language and Literature, University of Washington
Websites

  1. Arias AV, Lintner-Rivera M, Shafi NI, Abbas Q, Abdelhafeez AH, Ali M, Ammar H, Anwar AI, Adabie Appiah J, Attebery JE, Diaz Villalobos WE, Ferreira D, González-Dambrauskas S, Irfan Habib M, Lee JH, Kissoon N, Tekleab AM, Molyneux EM, Morrow BM, Nadkarni VM, Rivera J, Silvers R, Steere M, Tatay D, Bhutta AT, Kortz TB, Agulnik A, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network on behalf of the PALISI Global. A research definition and framework for acute paediatric critical illness across resource-variable settings: a modified Delphi consensus. The Lancet. Global health 2024. PMID: 38190831


  2. Samuel Ennett, Megan Burcham, Matt Lypka, Andrew Kampfschulte, Akansha Das, Robert Fitzgerald, Brian Boville, Surender Rajasekaran, Teresa Kortz, Mara Leimanis-Laurens. 282: LINGUISTIC ISOLATION CORRELATES WITH LENGTH OF STAY FOR PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY PATIENTS IN CALIFORNIA. Critical care medicine 2023. PMID:


  3. Carter Biewen, Robinder Khemani, Shan Ward, Asya Agulnik, Srinivas Murthy, Teresa Kortz, Kenneth Remy. 672: PEDIATRIC LUNG DISEASE IN RESOURCE-LIMITED SETTINGS: A SECONDARY ANALYSIS OF THE GLOBAL PARITY STUDY. Critical care medicine 2023. PMID:


  4. Teresa Kortz, Rishi Mediratta, Audrey Smith, Katie Nielsen, Asya Agulnik, Stephanie Gordon-Rivera, Hailey Reeves, Nicole O’Brien, Jan Hau Lee, Niranjan Kissoon, Yemisi Takwoingi, Matthew Wiens, Adnan Bhutta. 786: THE ETIOLOGY OF HOSPITAL MORTALITY IN CHILDREN IN LMICS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS. Critical care medicine 2023. PMID:


  5. Knappett M, Hooft A, Maqsood MB, Lavoie PM, Kortz T, Mehta S, Duby J, Akech S, Maina M, Carter R, Popescu CR, Daftary R, Mugisha NK, Mwesigwa D, Kabakyenga J, Kumbakumba E, Ansermino JM, Kissoon N, Mutekanga A, Hau D, Moschovis P, Kangwa M, Chen C, Firnberg M, Glomb N, Argent A, Reid SJ, Bhutta A, Wiens MO. Verbal Autopsy to Assess Postdischarge Mortality in Children With Suspected Sepsis in Uganda. Pediatrics 2023. PMID: 37800272


  6. Woo MC, Ferrara G, Puerto-Torres M, Gillipelli SR, Elish P, Muniz-Talavera H, Gonzalez-Ruiz A, Armenta M, Barra C, Diaz-Coronado R, Hernandez C, Juarez S, Loeza JJ, Mendez A, Montalvo E, Peñafiel E, Pineda E, Graetz DE, Kortz T, Agulnik A. Stages of change: Strategies to promote use of a Pediatric Early Warning System in resource-limited pediatric oncology centers. Cancer medicine 2023. PMID: 37403745


  7. Eliana López-Barón, Asya Agulnik, Qalab Abbas, Adrian Holloway, John A. Appiah, Niranjan Kissoon, Teresa Kortz, Jan Hau Lee, Adnan Bhutta, Kenneth Remy, Paula Caporal, Ericka Fink, Fiona Muttalib, Firas Sakaan, Adriana Teixeira Rodrigues, Karla Emília de Sá Rodrigues, Amelie Von Saint Andre-VonArnim, Jonah Attebery, Matthew Wiens, Srinivas Murthy. 258: CHALLENGES IN INSTITUTIONAL APPROVAL PROCESS FOR A MULTINATIONAL STUDY: THE GLOBAL PARITY. Critical care medicine 2022. PMID:


  8. Firas Sakaan, Adrian Holloway, Qalab Abbas, John Appiah, Jonah Attebery, Paula Caporal, Ericka Fink, Niranjan Kissoon, Jan Hau Lee, Eliana López-Barón, Srinivas Murthy, Fiona Muttalib, Kenneth Remy, Karla Emília de Sá Rodrigues, Adriana Teixeira Rodrigues, Amelie Von Saint Andre-VonArnim, Matthew Wiens, Asya Agulnik, Adnan Bhutta, Teresa Kortz. 643: ESTIMATING THE GLOBAL PREVALENCE OF PEDIATRIC ACUTE CRITICAL ILLNESS IN RESOURCE-LIMITED SETTINGS. Critical care medicine 2022. PMID:


  9. Teresa Kortz, Mai Baalbaki, Chayse Jones, Raya Mussa, Joel Manyahi, Hendry Sawe, Michael Matthay. 649: PROGNOSTIC BIOMARKERS IN AFRICAN CHILDREN WITH SEVERE FEBRILE ILLNESS. Critical care medicine 2022. PMID:


  10. A. V. Arias, M. Lintner Rivera, N. I. Shafi, A. Anwar, A. T. Bhutta, T. Bleakly Kortz, A. Agulnik, O. (Qalab Abbas, Hafeez Abdelhafeez, Muhammad Ali, Hala Ammar, John Appiah, Jonah Attebery, Willmer Diaz Villalobos, Daiane Ferreira, Sebastia´n Gonza´lez Dambrauskas, Muhammad Irfan Habib, Jan Hau Lee, Niranjan Kissoon, Atnafu Mekonnen Tekleab, Elizabeth M. Molyneux, Brenda M. Morrow, Vinay M. Nadkarni, Jocelyn Rivera, Rebecca Silvers, Mardi Steere, Daniel Tatay). PP101 [Global health » Resource limited settings]: DEFINING PEDIATRIC CRITICAL ILLNESS FOR RESEARCH ACROSS RESOURCE VARIABLE SETTINGS: A MODIFIED DELPHI CONSENSUS. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2022. PMID:


  11. E. López Barón, A. Holloway, A. Agulnik, Q. Abbas, J. A. Appiah, J. E. Attebery, D. He, P. Caporal, E. L. Fink, S. Hooli, N. Kissoon, J. H. Lee, E. Miller, F. Muttalib, K. Nielsen, M. Puerto Torres, K. E. Remy, A. V. Andre Von Arnim, F. M. Sakaan, E. A. Tabor, M. O. Wiens, T. B. Kortz, A. T. Bhutta, S. Murthy. PP108 [Global health » Resource limited settings]: CHALLENGES IN INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS FOR A MULTI-NATIONAL, MULTI-CENTER STUDY IN RESOURCE-LIMITED SETTINGS: THE GLOBAL PARITY STUDY. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2022. PMID:


  12. F. M. Sakaan, A. Agulnik, M. Puerto Torres, A. Holloway<iller, Q. Abbas, J. A. Appiah, J. Attebery, W. Blackwelder, P. Caporal, E. L. Fink, D. He, S. Hooli, N. Kissoonmuttalibmurthy, J. Lee, M. O. Wiens, E. López Barón, K. Nielsen, A. Von Saint Andre Vonarnim, K. E. Remy, K. Rodrigues, A. Rodrigues, E. A. Tabor, T. B. Kortz, A. T. Bhutta. PP115 [Global health » Resource limited settings]: GLOBAL PARITY: A GLOBAL POINT PREVALENCE STUDY OF PEDIATRIC ACUTE CRITICAL ILLNESS IN RESOURCE-LIMITED SETTINGS. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2022. PMID:


  13. Kortz TB, Nielsen KR, Mediratta RP, Reeves H, O'Brien NF, Lee JH, Attebery JE, Bhutta EG, Biewen C, Coronado Munoz A, deAlmeida ML, Fonseca Y, Hooli S, Johnson H, Kissoon N, Leimanis-Laurens ML, McCarthy AM, Pineda C, Remy KE, Sanders SC, Takwoingi Y, Wiens MO, Bhutta AT. The Burden of Critical Illness in Hospitalized Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. 2022. PMID: 35372149


  14. Abbas Q, Holloway A, Caporal P, López-Barón E, Agulnik A, Remy KE, Appiah JA, Attebery J, Fink EL, Lee JH, Hooli S, Kissoon N, Miller E, Murthy S, Muttalib F, Nielsen K, Puerto-Torres M, Rodrigues K, Sakaan F, Rodrigues AT, Tabor EA, von Saint Andre-von Arnim A, Wiens MO, Blackwelder W, He D, Kortz TB, Bhutta AT. Global PARITY: Study Design for a Multi-Centered, International Point Prevalence Study to Estimate the Burden of Pediatric Acute Critical Illness in Resource-Limited Settings. 2022. PMID: 35155314


  15. Lau-Braunhut SA, Smith AM, Steurer MA, Murray BL, Sawe H, Matthay MA, Reynolds T, Kortz TB. Functional Outcomes and Morbidity in Pediatric Sepsis Survivors: A Tanzanian Experience. 2022. PMID: 35111705


  16. Smith AM, Sawe HR, Matthay MA, Murray BL, Reynolds T, Kortz TB. Delayed Presentation and Mortality in Children With Sepsis in a Public Tertiary Care Hospital in Tanzania. 2021. PMID: 34917561


  17. Kortz TB, Connolly E, Cohen CL, Cook RE, Jonas JA, Lipnick MS, Kissoon N. Diagnosis and Acute Management of COVID-19 and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children. 2021. PMID: 34591810


  18. Mawji A, Li E, Chandna A, Kortz T, Akech S, Wiens MO, Kissoon N, Ansermino M. Common data elements for predictors of pediatric sepsis: A framework to standardize data collection. 2021. PMID: 34111209


  19. A. Mawji, E. Li, S. Akech, A. Chandna, T. Kissoon, T. Kortz, Y. Lubell, P. Turner, M. Wiens, J. Ansermino. O010 / #378: STANDARDIZATION OF PREDICTORS FOR STUDIES OF PAEDIATRIC SEPSIS. 2021. PMID:


  20. S. Lau-Braunhut, M. Steurer-Muller, B. Murray, H. Sawe, T. Reynolds, T. Kortz. P0292 / #1639: PEDIATRIC SEPSIS INTERVENTIONS AND IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY IN A RESOURCE-LIMITED EMERGENCY MEDICINE DEPARTMENT. 2021. PMID:


  21. Kortz TB, Kissoon N. Predicting mortality in pediatric sepsis: A laudable but elusive goal. 2020. PMID: 33115631


  22. Arias AV, Garza M, Murthy S, Cardenas A, Diaz F, Montalvo E, Nielsen KR, Kortz T, Sharara-Chami R, Friedrich P, McArthur J, Agulnik A. Quality and capacity indicators for hospitalized pediatric oncology patients with critical illness: A modified delphi consensus. 2020. PMID: 32777172


  23. Baltzell KA, Kortz TB, Blair A, Scarr E, Mguntha AM, Bandawe G, Schell E, Rankin SH. A 14-day follow-up of adult non-malarial fever patients seen by mobile clinics in rural Malawi. 2020. PMID: 32733657


  24. Anita Arias, Marcela Garza, Srinivas Murthy, Adolfo Cardenas, Franco Diaz, Erika Montalvo, Katie Nielsen, Teresa Kortz, Rana Sharara-Chami, Paola Friedrich, Jennifer McArthur, Asya Agulnik. 1251. 2020. PMID:


  25. Kortz TB, Nyirenda J, Tembo D, Elfving K, Baltzell K, Bandawe G, Rosenthal PJ, Macfarlane SB, Mandala W, Nyirenda TS. Distinct Biomarker Profiles Distinguish Malawian Children with Malarial and Non-malarial Sepsis. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2019. PMID: 31595873


  26. Baltzell K, Kortz TB, Scarr E, Blair A, Mguntha A, Bandawe G, Schell E, Rankin S. 'Not all fevers are malaria': a mixed methods study of non-malarial fever management in rural southern Malawi. 2019. PMID: 31200600


  27. T. Kortz, S. MacFarlance, J. Nyirenda, D. Tembo, K. Elfving, K. Baltzell, G. Bandawe, P. Rosenthal, W. Mandala, T. Nyirenda. Abstract PCCLB-26. 2018. PMID:


  28. T. Kortz, H. Sawe, B. Murray, M. Matthay, T. Reynolds. Abstract PCCLB-27. 2018. PMID:


  29. Kortz T, Rosenthal PJ. Reconciling Conflicting Results From Pediatric Sepsis Studies: The Need for Context-Specific Sepsis Bundles. Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2018. PMID: 29863649


  30. Kortz TB, Blair A, Scarr E, Mguntha AM, Bandawe G, Schell E, Rankin S, Baltzell K. Characterizing Pediatric Non-Malarial Fever and Identifying the At-Risk Child in Rural Malawi. 2018. PMID: 29372177


  31. Teresa Kortz, Elliot Marseille, Jim Kahn. Bubble Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in the Treatment of Severe Pediatric Pneumonia in Malawi: A Cost-effectiveness Analysis. Pediatrics 2018. PMID:


  32. von Saint André-von Arnim AO, Attebery J, Kortz TB, Kissoon N, Molyneux EM, Musa NL, Nielsen KR, Fink EL, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network. Challenges and Priorities for Pediatric Critical Care Clinician-Researchers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. 2017. PMID: 29312909


  33. Kortz TB, Sawe HR, Murray B, Enanoria W, Matthay MA, Reynolds T. Clinical Presentation and Outcomes among Children with Sepsis Presenting to a Public Tertiary Hospital in Tanzania. 2017. PMID: 29312910


  34. Kortz T, Kissoon N. Fluid Resuscitation in Pediatric Septic Shock: The Case Against Haste. 2017. PMID: 28976467


  35. Kortz TB, Murray B, Sawe HR, Reynolds T. Mawasiliano (Correspondence/Correspondance). 2017. PMID: 30505675


  36. Kortz TB, Axelrod DM, Chisti MJ, Kache S. Clinical outcomes and mortality before and after implementation of a pediatric sepsis protocol in a limited resource setting: A retrospective cohort study in Bangladesh. 2017. PMID: 28753618


  37. Kortz TB, Herzel B, Marseille E, Kahn JG. Bubble continuous positive airway pressure in the treatment of severe paediatric pneumonia in Malawi: a cost-effectiveness analysis. 2017. PMID: 28698327


  38. Teresa B Kortz, Hendry Sawe, Brittany Murray, Michael Matthay, Teri Reynolds. Surviving paediatric sepsis in Tanzania: a prospective cohort study to identify risk factors. 2017. PMID: