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. Wu D, Dzierba AL, Ablordeppey EA, Dorman T, Du B, Dulu AO, Gunnerson K, Holly PB, Jansen van Rensburg J, Kortz TB, Livesay SL, Lorenzo J, Madden MA, Mathur P, Myatra SN, Roberts KE, Rodríguez-Vega GM, Szakmany T, Taha A, Tisherman SA. The Definition of the Intensivist in the Era of Global Healthcare: 2024 Consensus Statement From the Society of Critical Care Medicine Defining Intensivist Task Force. Critical care medicine 2025. PMID: 39982148


  2. Kortz TB, Holloway A, Agulnik A, He D, Rivera SG, Abbas Q, Appiah JA, Arias AV, Attebery J, Camacho-Cruz J, Caporal P, de Sa Rodrigues KE, Fink E, Kissoon N, Lee JH, López-Barón E, Murthy S, Muttalib F, Nielsen K, Remy K, Sakaan F, Andre-von Arnim AVS, Rodrigues AT, Blackwelder W, Wiens MO, Bhutta A, Global PARITY Investigators, Global Health Subgroup of the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network. Prevalence, aetiology, and hospital outcomes of paediatric acute critical illness in resource-constrained settings (Global PARITY): a multicentre, international, point prevalence and prospective cohort study. The Lancet. Global health 2025. PMID: 39890223


  3. Lopez-Baron E, Abbas Q, Caporal P, Agulnik A, Attebery JE, Holloway A, Kissoon NT, Mulgado-Aguas CI, Amegan-Aho K, Majdalani M, Ocampo C, Pascal H, Miller E, Kanyamuhunga A, Tekleab AM, Bacha T, González-Dambrauskas S, Bhutta AT, Kortz TB, Murthy S, Remy KE, Global Health Subgroup of the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network. Challenges in institutional ethical review process and approval for international multicenter clinical studies in lower and middle-income countries: the case of PARITY study. Frontiers in pediatrics 2024. PMID: 39568786


  4. Teresa Kortz, A. Holloway, A. Asya Agulnik, D. He, S. Gordon Rivera, Q. Abbas, J.A. Appiah, A.V. Arias, J. Attebery, J. Camacho-Cruz, P. Caporal, K. De Sa Rodrigues, E. Fink, N. Kissoon, J.H. Lee, E. Lopez Baron, S. Murthy, F. Muttalib, K. Nielsen, K. Remy, A. Teixeira Rodrigues, F. Sakaan, A.V. Saint Andre-Vonarnim, W. Blackwelder, M. Wiens, A. Bhutta. OP013 Topic: AS09–Global Health/Resource Limited Setting/Health Inequalities/Impact of Global Warming/Other: ESTIMATE OF PEDIATRIC ACUTE CRITICAL ILLNESS ACROSS RESOURCE-LIMITED SETTINGS: THE GLOBAL PAEDIATRIC ACUTE CRITICAL ILLNESS POINT PREVALENCE STU Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2024. PMID:


  5. Anita V. Arias, F. Sakaan, N.I. Shafi, Q. Abbas, H. Ammar, J.A. Appiah, T. Bacha, J. Camacho-Cruz, S. Gonza´lez-Dambrauskas, N. Kissoon, J.H. Lee, E. Lopez Baron, M. Majdalani, R.P. Mediratta, F. Muttalib, G. Nettey, C. Ocampo, S.A. Owusu, M. Puerto-Torres, K. Remy, J. Rivera, E. Tesfaye, D. Trone, A.V. Saint Andre-Vonarnim, J.Q.Y. Wang, M. Wiens, P. Wiphatphumiprates, R.C. Yakubu, A. Holloway, A. Bhutta, T. Kortz, A. Asya Agulnik, G.P. Investigators, P.G.H. Subgroup. PP069 Topic: AS09–Global Health/Resource Limited Setting/Health Inequalities/Impact of Global Warming/Other: DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE RESOURCE EVALUATION (CRITCARE) TOOL FOR HOSPITALS IN RESOURCE VARIABLE SETTINGS. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2024. PMID:


  6. Adnan Bhutta, E. Maffioli, R. Carcillo, T. Kortz, A. Holloway, Q. Abbas, J.A. Appiah, S. Gonza´lez-Dambrauskas, S. Sow, M. Dindi, A. Pudjiadi, J. Sankar, M. Wiens, C. Umuhoza, C. Zulu, J. Carcillo. PP071 Topic: AS09–Global Health/Resource Limited Setting/Health Inequalities/Impact of Global Warming/Other: EXPLORING THE PROBLEM OF SUBSTANDARD AND FALSIFIED DRUGS IN HOSPITAL SETTINGS WORLDWIDE. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2024. PMID:


  7. Firas Sakaan, P. Wiphatphumiprates, N.I. Shafi, S. Gonza´lez-Dambrauskas, C. Ocampo, S.A. Owusu, E. Tesfaye, F. Abutineh, E.G. Bhutta, M. Puerto-Torres, A.V. Saint Andre-Vonarnim, R.C. Yakubu, A. Holloway, A. Bhutta, T. Kortz, A. Asya Agulnik, A.V. Arias. PP081 Topic: AS09–Global Health/Resource Limited Setting/Health Inequalities/Impact of Global Warming/Other: A SCOPING REVIEW TO IDENTIFY EXISTING CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS FOR PEDIATRIC CRITICAL ILLNESS. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2024. PMID:


  8. Teresa Kortz, R.P. Mediratta, A.M. Smith, K. Nielsen, A. Asya Agulnik, S. Gordon Rivera, H. Reeves, N.F. O’Brien, J.H. Lee, Q. Abbas, J.E. Attebery, T. Bacha, E.G. Bhutta, C.J. Biewen, J. Camacho-Cruz, A. Coronado Muñoz, M.L.D. Dealmeida, L.D. Owusu, Y. Fonseca, S. Hooli, H.C. Johnson, M. Leimanis-Laurens, D. Nicholaus Mally, A.M. Mccarthy, A. Mutekanga, C. Pineda, K.E. Remy, S.C. Sanders, E. Tabor, A. Teixeira Rodrigues, J.Q.Y. Wang, N. Kissoon, Y. Takwoingi, M. Wiens, A. Bhutta. PP334 Topic: AS09–Global Health/Resource Limited Setting/Health Inequalities/Impact of Global Warming/Other: COUNTRY SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC LEVEL AND PEDIATRIC CAUSE-SPECIFIC HOSPITAL CASE FATALITY RATES IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIE Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2024. PMID:


  9. Ennett S, Das A, Burcham M, Fitzgerald R, Boville B, Rajasekaran S, Kortz T, Leimanis-Laurens ML. Linguistic isolation correlates with length of stay and mortality for pediatric oncology patients in California. Cancer medicine 2024. PMID: 38967244


  10. Kortz TB, Mediratta RP, Smith AM, Nielsen KR, Agulnik A, Gordon Rivera S, Reeves H, O'Brien NF, Lee JH, Abbas Q, Attebery JE, Bacha T, Bhutta EG, Biewen CJ, Camacho-Cruz J, Coronado Muñoz A, deAlmeida ML, Domeryo Owusu L, Fonseca Y, Hooli S, Wynkoop H, Leimanis-Laurens M, Nicholaus Mally D, McCarthy AM, Mutekanga A, Pineda C, Remy KE, Sanders SC, Tabor E, Teixeira Rodrigues A, Yuee Wang JQ, Kissoon N, Takwoingi Y, Wiens MO, Bhutta A. Etiology of hospital mortality in children living in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in pediatrics 2024. PMID: 38910960


  11. Kortz T, Kissoon N. From Pediatric Sepsis Epidemiologic Data to Improved Clinical Outcomes. Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2024. PMID: 38695699


  12. 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


  13. 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:


  14. 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:


  15. 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:


  16. 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


  17. 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


  18. 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:


  19. 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:


  20. 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:


  21. 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:


  22. 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:


  23. 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:


  24. 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


  25. 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


  26. 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


  27. 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


  28. 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


  29. 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


  30. 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:


  31. 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:


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


  33. 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


  34. 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


  35. 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:


  36. 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


  37. 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


  38. 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:


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


  40. 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


  41. 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


  42. 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:


  43. 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


  44. 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


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


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


  47. 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


  48. 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


  49. 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: