Deborah Alice Romeo, MD, ScM

Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Attending in the Division of Cardiac Anesthesia, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email:
romeod2@chop.edu
romeod2@chop.edu
Education:
BS (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
University of Miami, 1998.
MSc (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 2001.
MD (Medicine)
University of Maryland School of Medicine , 2007.
Permanent linkBS (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
University of Miami, 1998.
MSc (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 2001.
MD (Medicine)
University of Maryland School of Medicine , 2007.
Selected Publications
Hetmaniuk M, Deacutis MF, Romeo DA: Fear of Missing Out: the Anesthesiologist's Role in Caring for Medically Complex Critically Ill Infants. Society of Pediatric Anesthesia Annual Meeting 2025 Notes: Poster Presentation.Romeo DA, Gutman DA, Sirianni JM, Marotta MS: A Diagnosis of Choriocarcinoma in a Parturient Presenting with Intracranial Hemorrhage. Journal of Medical Cases 13(4): 151-154, 2022.
Romeo DA, McMillan DL: We got the beat: Intraoperative ventricular tachycardia in a cardiac patient with end stage renal disease undergoing laparoscopic peritoneal dialysis revision; a case report. Society of Pediatric Anesthesia Annual Meeting 2022 Notes: Poster Presentation.
McCoy NC, Hay EL, Romeo DA, Doty JW, Wolf BJ, Hudspeth MP: Decreased Opioid Consumption in Bone Marrow Harvest Patients Using Quadratus Lumborum Blocks in a Standardized Protocol. Frontiers in Medicine 9, 2022.
Choi SW, Romeo DA, Gutman DA, Smith JV: Re-expansion Pulmonary Edema Following Tube Thoracostomy in a Pediatric Patient with Anterior Mediastinal Mass. Case Reports in Anesthesiology 2022.
Romeo DA, McMillan DL: Urgent surgical excision of neck mass in a pediatric patient with newly diagnosed hyperthyroidism. Society of Pediatric Anesthesia Annual Meeting 2022 Notes: Poster Presentation.
Romeo DA, Adams J: Difficult Airway: Goldenhar Syndrome. Society of Pediatric Anesthesia Online Question of the Week. 2021 Notes: Peer Reviewed Online Education Resource.
Romeo DA, John G: Volatile Agents. Society of Pediatric Anesthesia Online Question of the Week 2021 Notes: Peer Reviewed Online Education Resource.
Delany DR, Gaydos SS, Romeo DA, Henderson HT, Fogg KL, McKeta AS, Kavarana MN, Costello JM: Down Syndrome and Congenital Heart Disease: Perioperative Planning and Management. Journal of Congenital Cardiology 5(7): 1-14, 2021.
Romeo DA: Aortic Stenosis. Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia: A Practical Approach. Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia: A Practical Approach. Berenstain LK, Spaeth JP, eds. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, Page: 90-96, 2021.