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Jamie McElrath Schwartz

Jamie McElrath Schwartz, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiology

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

Languages

  • English

14 Insurances Accepted

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Gender

Female

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

  1. The Johns Hopkins Hospital
    • 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287

    Expertise

    Education

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Fellowship, Pediatric Anesthesiology, 2005

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Residency, Anesthesiology, 2004

    Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Fellowship, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2001

    St Christopher's Hospital for Children

    Residency, Pediatrics, 1998

    Sidney Kimmel Medical College

    Medical Education, MD, 1994

    Board Certifications

    Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

    American Board of Pediatrics, 2010

    Anesthesiology

    American Board of Anesthesiology, 2005

    Pediatrics

    American Board of Pediatrics, 1997

    Insurance

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    • Humana
    • Johns Hopkins Health Plans
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    • Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
    • Point Comfort Underwriters
    • Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
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    • Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)