Melissa Schmatz, MD, MHQS

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Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology & Newborn Services)
Neonatologist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Newborn Care at Virtua Voorhees
Director, Small Baby Program, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Newborn Care at Virtua Voorhees
Quality and Safety Officer, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Newborn Care at Virtua Voorhees
Department: Pediatrics

Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Newborn Care at Virtua Voorhees
100 Bowman Drive
Voorhees, NJ 08043
Office: 8562473831
Education:
BA (Psychology)
Tufts University, 2005.
MD
Tufts University School of Medicine, 2011.
MHQS (Master of Healthcare Quality and Safety)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2023.
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Selected Publications

Schmatz M, Smith R, Angradi T, Stanziale C, Mottershead A, O'Malley T, Pandit P, Marcello-Donnelly K, Cohen A, Rose D, Urbanski E, Stevens J: We Can Do Better: Improving the Culture of Safety in a Community NICU By Increasing Event Transparency. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Quality and Safety Day, Philadelphia, PA May 2023 Notes: Poster.

Schmatz M, Srinivasan L, Grundmeier RW, Elci OU, Weiss SL, Masino AJ, Tremoglie M, Ostapenko S, Harris MC: Surviving Sepsis in a Referral Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Association Between Time to Antibiotics and In-Hospital Outcomes. Journal of Pediatrics 217(1): 59-65, Feb 2020.

Ostapenko S, Schmatz M, Srinivasan L, Elci OU, Weiss SL, Masino AJ, Tremoglie M, Harris MC, Grundmeier RW. : Neonatal sepsis registry: Time to antibiotic dataset. Data Brief 11(27): 104788, Nov 2019.

Masino AJ, Harris MC, Forsyth D, Ostapenko S, Srinivasan L, Bonafide CP, Balamuth F, Schmatz M, Grundmeier RW: Machine learning models for early sepsis recognition in the neonatal intensive care unit using readily available electronic health record data. PLoS One 14(2): e0212665, Feb 2019.

Schmatz, M, Srinivasan L, Davis D, Grundmeier R, Ostapenko S, Chilutti M, Harris MC: Culture Negative Sepsis in the NICU: What Drives the Decision to Extend Antibiotics? Pediatric Academic Society National Conference May 2017.

Schmatz M, Srinivasan L, Grundmeier R, Tremoglie M, Perez A, Chilutti M, Ostapenko S, Harris MC: Antibiotic Use in the NICU: Do Comorbidities Matter? Pediatric Academic Society National Conference May 2016.

Schmatz M, Srinivasan L, Tremoglie M, Grundmeier R, Perez A, Ostapenko S, Chilutti M, Harris MC: Improvements in Timing of Antibiotic Administration in a Quaternary Care NICU: A One Year Perspective. Pediatric Academic Society National Conference May 2016.

Schmatz M, Perez A, Srinivasan L, Tremoglie M, Ostapenko S, Chilutti M, Harris MC: Timing of Antibiotic Administration in Neonatal Sepsis: Evaluating Current Practice and Initiating Quality Improvement. American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference Oct 2015.

Schmatz M, Madan J, Davis J: Maternal obesity: the interplay between inflammation, mother, and the fetus. Journal of Perinatology 30(7): 441-446, Jul 2010.

Madan J, Chen M, Goodman E, Davis J, Allan W, Dammann O: Maternal obesity, gestational hypertension, and preterm delivery. Journal of Maternal Fetal Neonatal Medicine 23(1): 82-88, Jan 2010 Notes: Participating Investigator.

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