Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Scott L Weiss, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Contact information

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
34th Street & Civic Center Blvd
7th Floor Central, RM 7C26
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-590-5505
Fax: 215-590-4327

Email:
weisss@email.chop.edu

Education:
BS (Human Development)
Cornell University, 2000.
MD (Medicine)
Harvard Medical School, 2004.
MSCE (Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology (2012-)
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2015.

Post-Graduate Training
Intern, Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2004-2005.
Resident, Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2005-2007.
Fellowship, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 2008-2011.

Certifications
Basic Life Support (BLS), 1997.
Neonatal Resuscitation Program, 2005.
American Board of General Pediatrics, 2007.
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), 2013.
American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2013.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), 2014.
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), 2015.

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Selected Publications

Balamuth F, Woodford A, Weiss SL, Fitzgerald J, Chilutti M, Grundmeier R, Wein N, Fesnak S, Lavelle J, Alpern ER: There's an app for that: An electronic health record sepsis registry and clinical protocol to improve quality of care. Pediatric Academic Societies, Washington, DC May 2013 Notes: Poster Presentation at Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Washington DC, May 2013.

Grundmeier RW, Chilutti MR, Ostapenko S, Woodford AL, Wein JN, Czaplicki DJ, Schilling DM, Fitzgerald JC, Weiss SL, Balamuth FB, Alpern ER, Lavelle JM: Defining the Gold Standard: Manual abstraction vs. automated data extraction for a complex sepsis registry. Platform Presentation: 6th Annual Mid-Atlantic Healthcare Informatics Symposium, Philadelphia, PA April 2013.

Pomerantz W, Weiss SL: Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and sepsis in children: Definitions, epidemiology, clinical manifestations, and diagnosis. UpToDate. Basow DS (eds.). 2013 Notes: UpToDate, Waltham, MA, 2013.

Karamercan MA, Villarroel JP, Guan Y, Weiss SL, Werlin EC, Figueredo R, Becker LB, Sims CA: Can peripheral blood mononuclear cells be used as a proxy for mitochondrial dysfunction in vital organs during hemorrhagic shock and resuscitation? Shock 39(2:16 suppl), 2013 Notes: Podium Presentation: 36th Annual Conference on Shock, San Diego, CA, June 1-4, 2013 ***Finalist for New Investigator Award

Weiss SL, Pomerantz W: Septic shock: Ongoing management after resuscitation in children. UpToDate. Basow DS (eds.). Waltham, MA, 2013, 2013.

Weiss SL, Pomerantz W: Septic shock: Rapid recognition and initial resuscitation in children. Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and sepsis in children: Definitions, epidemiology, clinical manifestations, and diagnosis. UpToDate. Basow DS (eds.). Waltham, MA, 2013, 2013.

Weiss SL, Fitzgerald J, Blamuth F, Alpern ER, Lavelle J, Chilutti M, Grundmeier R, Thomas N, Nadkarni VM: Surviving sepsis in the hospital: Location, Location, Location! Critical Care Medicine 40(12 Suppl): #480, December 2012 Notes: Poster Presentation at 42nd Critical Care Congress January 2013, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Ramby A, Goodman D, Wald E, Lurie A & R, Weiss SL: Red Cell distribution width as a marker for severity of illness and mortality in pediatric sepsis. Critical Care Medicine 40(12 Suppl): #500, December 2012 Notes: Poster Presentation at 42nd Critical Care Congress, January 2013 San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Weiss SL, Parker B, Bullock ME, Swartz S, Price C, Wainwright MS, Goodman DM: Defining pediatric sepsis by different criteria: Discrepancies in populations and implications for clinical practice. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 13(4): e219-226, July 2012.

Florin TA, Balamuth F, Rizkalla N, Weiss SL, Davis K, Gaspers M, Nathanang D, Lockman J: Chapter 73: “Environmental Exposures and Intoxications: Poisonings” Comprehensive Critical Care: Pediatric. Stockwell J, Preissig C (eds.). Page: 1009-1028, 2012.