Alan Jay Schwartz, MD, MSEd

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Adjunct Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
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

Schwartz AJ: Reader/PAAD Executive Council response Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day (https://ronlitman.substack.com/p/reader-response-631) May 2 2025.

Schwartz AJ, Fiadjoe JE: Children Will Listen. Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day (https://ronlitman.substack.com/p/children-will-listen) April 23 2025.

Lockman JL, Ambardekar AP, Schwartz AJ: Remembering the Classics: Safety When Flushing Radial Arterial Lines. Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day (https://ronlitman.substack.com/p/remembering-the-classics-safety-when) April 30 2025.

Yaster M, Brooks Peterson M, Schwartz AJ: Remembering the classics: A brief history of tracheostomy and tracheal intubation, from the Bronze Age to the Space Age Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day (https://ronlitman.substack.com/p/remembering-the-classics-a-brief) April 10 2025.

Schwartz AJ, Lockman JL, Ambardekar AP: The changing tides of the U.S. pediatric anesthesiology workforce. Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day (https://ronlitman.substack.com/p/the-changing-tides-of-the-us-pediatric) March 20 2025.

Schwartz AJ, Maxwell LG, Yaster M: Morphine Milligram Equivalents (MME) in children < 1 year of age. Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the day (https://ronlitman.substack.com/p/morphine-milligram-equivalents-mme) March 17 2025.

Schwartz AJ, Lockman JL, Ambardekar AP: Coaching inexperienced clinicians before a high stakes medical procedure: “Repetitio est mater studiorum” Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day (https://ronlitman.substack.com/p/coaching-inexperienced-clinicians) February 11 2025.

Schwartz AJ, Maxwell LG: Remembering the classics: How Old is This Baby? Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day (https://ronlitman.substack.com/p/remembering-the-classics-how-old) February 5 2025.

Yaster M, Schwartz AJ, Lockman JL, Ambardekar AP: Rethinking the duration of medical school: Enough is enough! Or is it? Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day (https://ronlitman.substack.com/p/rethinking-the-duration-of-medical) January 20 2025.

Schwartz AJ: Remembering the Classics-Allen's Test. Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the day (https://ronlitman.substack.com/p/remembering-the-classics-allens-test) January 13 2025.

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Last updated: 05/04/2025
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