Alan Jay Schwartz, MD, MSEd

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Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care

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Education
BA (Biology)
Temple University, 1968.
MD (Medicine)
Temple University School of Medicine, 1972.
MSEd (Education)
University of Pennsylvania, 1983.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

Pediatric Anesthesiology and Cardiac Anesthesiology

Description of Other Expertise

Undergraduate, Graduate and Continuing Medical Education

Selected Publications

Yaster M, Maxwell LG, Agarwal R, Schwartz AJ: Beyond Unconsciousness: Optimizing Antinociception during General Anesthesia part 3. Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day (https://ronlitman.substack.com/p/beyond-unconsciousness-optimizing-1c4) September 30 2026.

Yaster M, Maxwell LG, Agarwal R, Schwartz AJ: Beyond Unconsciousness: Optimizing Antinociception during General Anesthesia part two. Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day (https://ronlitman.substack.com/p/beyond-unconsciousness-optimizing-e1e) September 29 2026.

Yaster M, Maxwell LG, Schwartz AJ, Agarwal R: Beyond Unconsciousness: Optimizing Antinociception during General Anesthesia, part one. Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day (https://ronlitman.substack.com/p/beyond-unconsciousness-optimizing) September 28 2026.

Yaster M, Schwartz AJ, Lockman JL, Lupa C, Kossakowska G, Bartholomew K: Longitudinal Survey of UK Anaesthetists in Training: Initial Results and Accompanying Editorial. Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day (https://ronlitman.substack.com/p/longitudinal-survey-of-uk-anaesthetists) September 16 2026.

Yaster M, Schwartz AJ, Simpao AF: Artificial Intelligence in Perioperative Care: Opportunities and Challenges. Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day (https://ronlitman.substack.com/p/artificial-intelligence-in-perioperative) August 6 2026.

Yaster M, Friesen RH, Schwartz AJ: Au revoir halothane: remembering a classic. Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day (https://ronlitman.substack.com/p/au-revoir-halothane-remembering-a) August 25 2026.

Yaster M, Rockoff M, Schwartz AJ: Scientific Self-Experimentation: Five Discoveries That Changed Medicine. Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day (https://ronlitman.substack.com/p/scientific-self-experimentation-five) July 23 2026.

Schwartz AJ, Roy RC: Reader response and News you can use. Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day (https://ronlitman.substack.com/p/reader-response-and-news-that-you) July 3 2026.

SchwartzAJ, Harrington B: 2 "Rs" of Anesthesia Education: ROLE Model to RECRUIT. ASA Open Forum (https://community.asahq.org/blogs/alan-schwartz/2026/06/12/2-rs-of-anesthesia-education-role-model-to-recruit) June 2026.

SchwartzAJ, Harrington B: 2 "Rs" of Anesthesia Education: ROLE Model to RECRUIT. ASA Open Forum (https://community.asahq.org/blogs/alan-schwartz/2026/06/12/2-rs-of-anesthesia-education-role-model-to-recruit) June 12 2026.

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Last updated: 09/30/2026
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