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Jamie McElrath Schwartz, MD
Pediatric Anesthesiology
Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Jamie McElrath Schwartz
Professional Titles
- Co-Director, Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center
- Division Chief, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Primary Academic Title
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Background
Dr. Jamie McElrath Schwartz is an associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is a leader in both the Heart Center and the Pediatric Critical Care Unit, where she uses her skills in team and program building to create systems to care for critically ill children; particularly those with heart disease.
Dr. Schwartz specializes in perioperative care of children with congenital heart disease, offering both pediatric cardiac critical care and anesthesiology services.
Dr. Schwartz graduated from Thomas Jefferson University Medical School and completed a residency in general pediatrics at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, where she later served as Chief Resident. After working in private practice in Newark, Delaware, she returned to pediatric subspecialty training, completing her anesthesia residency as well as a fellowship in pediatric critical care and anesthesiology at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
She is passionate about building teams and systems to deliver excellent clinical care through education and scientific discovery.
Centers and Institutes
Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart
Additional Academic Titles
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Selected Publications
Bembea MM, Felling RJ, Caprarola SD, Ng DK, Tekes A, Boyle K, Yiu A, Rizkalla N, McElrath Schwartz J, Everett AE, Salorio C. Neurologic Outcomes in a Two-Center Cohort of Neonatal and Pediatric Patients Supported on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. ASAIO J. 2020;66:79-88. (participated in study design, patient recruitment, data collection and manuscript review)
Deutsch N, Swink J, Matisoff A, Oliveri L, Cross RR, Waberski A, Unegbu C, Cronin I, Kanter JP, Schwartz JM. Anesthetic considerations for magnetic resonance imaging-guided right heart catheterization in pediatric patients: A single institution experience. Paediatr Anaesth 2019;29:8-15
Jones SE, Jooste EH, Gottlieb EA, Schwartz JM, Goswami D, Gautam NK, Benkwitz C, Downey LA, Zabala L, Latham GJ, Faraoni D, Navaratnam M, Wise-Faberowki L, McDaniel M, Spurrier E, Machovec KA. Preoperative Laboratory Studies for Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Patients: A Multi-Institutional Perspective. Anesth Analg 2019; 128:1051-54
Taeb M, Levin A, Spaeder M, Schwartz JM. Comparison of Pediatric CPR Quality in classic CPR and ECPR Events using Video Review. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2018;19:831-838
Taeb, M, Schwartz JM, Spaeder MC, Levin AB. Pediatric Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation Tasks and Hands-off Time: A Descriptive Analysis using Video Review. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2020;21(9):e804-e809
Memberships
- Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society
- Society for Pediatric Anesthesia
- Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society
Locations
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 410-955-5000
- fax: 410-955-5001
Expertise
Education
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fellowship, Pediatric Anesthesiology, 2005Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Residency, Anesthesiology, 2004Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Fellowship, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2001St Christopher's Hospital for Children
Residency, Pediatrics, 1998Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Medical Education, MD, 1994Board Certifications
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Pediatrics, 2010Anesthesiology
American Board of Anesthesiology, 2005Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics, 1997Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)