Ryan Pasquale Barbaro, MD, MSc

Ryan Barbaro, M.D., M.S., is a Clinical Associate Professor in Pediatric Critical Care at the University of Michigan. Dr. Barbaro earned his M.D. from University of North Carolina School of Medicine and trained in pediatrics at North Carolina Children's Hospital. He also completed fellowships in pediatric critical care medicine at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and pediatric health services research at the Child Health Evaluation and Research (CHEAR) Center at the University of Michigan.

Pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome and its supportive therapies such as prone positioning, ventilation strategies and extracorporeal life support. 

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Dr. Barbaro's research has focused on the life support technology known as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), which provides pulmonary or cardiac life support when mechanical ventilation and medical management fails. He and co-investigators are also leading an international NIH-funded study called ASCEND (ARDS in Children and ECMO initiation strategies’ impact on Neuro-Development). ASCEND aims to characterize the one-year outcomes of ECMO-supported children and aims to address the question of if and when ECMO should be initiated in children with severe lung injury called pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome. Ryan Barbaro is also the Registry Chair for the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO), an international consortium of more than 500 ECMO centers, and is a Training to Advance Care Through Implementation Science in Cardiac And Lung Illnesses (TACTICAL) Scholar.