Jessica C Fowler, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Coordinator, Pediatric Visiting Clerkship Program, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine
Interviewer, Pediatric Residency Program, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania
Director, Penn Visiting & Mentorship Clerkship Program, Perelman School of Medicine at The University of Pennsylvania
Associate Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Designated Institutional Official of Inclusion, Belonging & Equity, Graduate Medical Education, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Medical Director, PHL PICU, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Contact information
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email:
fowlerj@chop.edu
fowlerj@chop.edu
Education:
BA (Political and Social Thought)
University of Virginia, 2006.
MPH (Public Health Leadership)
University of North Carolina Gillings School of Public Health, 2010.
MD (Medicine)
Duke University School of Medicine, 2011.
Permanent linkBA (Political and Social Thought)
University of Virginia, 2006.
MPH (Public Health Leadership)
University of North Carolina Gillings School of Public Health, 2010.
MD (Medicine)
Duke University School of Medicine, 2011.
Selected Publications
Douge N, Greisz J, Solomon SR, Premo JK, Fowler JC, Reyes I, Dalembert G: Promoting Mentorship for Medical Students: Institutional Leaders' Perspectives on a Cross-Institutional Initiative. Annual Equity in Medical Education Summit, Consortium Dedicated to Health Equity April 2026.Lieberman L, Vora S, Fowler J, Bailey C, Shults J, Nishisaki A: Impact of implicit gender bias on perception of leadership and team performance in pediatric CPR. Critical Care Congress March 2026 Notes: mentored abstract presented at SCCM 2026, Chicago, IL.
O’Halloran AJ, Fowler JC: Implementation Challenges in Emergency Cardiovascular Care. Critical Care Clinics 42(1): 23–38, January 2026.
Andrist E, Kiragu A, Kirschen MP, Agarwal K, Pope TM, Vercler CJ, Saylor KM, Flori HR, Carroll CL, Society of Critical Care Medicine Contestation of Pediatric Brain Death Task Force: Brain Death Contestation: A Scoping Review of Its Incidence and Management. Critical Care Medicine 54(1): 154–162, January 2026.
McSherry ML, Graham K, Woods-Hill CZ, Herrmann JR, Kirschen MP, Fowler JC, Gardner MM, Morgan RW, Sutton RM, Topjian A: Timing and mode of death after pediatric in- and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a single center retrospective study. Resuscitation 217: 110902, December 2025 Notes: Epub 2025 Nov 19.
Gardner MM, Tani A, Payne J, Eichner JR, Rubenstein S, Reighard E, Stegmann T, Stevenson E, Moran S, Ryan D, Ludomirsky A, Cardoso Calvalcante R, Naim MY, Topjian AA, Fowler J: Creation and Implementation of a Post-Cardiac Arrest Care Tool in a Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society Annual Meeting October 2025 Notes: Poster Presentation at: Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society Annual Meeting 2025. Austin, TX. October 2025.
O'Halloran A, Keim G, Gathers C, Fowler J, Naim MY, Rossano JW, Berg RA, Sutton RM, Yehya N, Morgan RW: Race, Ethnicity, Insurance Payer, and Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Survival. JAMA Network Open 8(9), September 2025.
Gathers CL, Morgan RW, Alvey JS, Reeder R, Goldberger ZD, Fowler J, Naim MY, O'Halloran A, Merchant RM, Kienzle M, Nadkarni V, Berg RA, Sutton RM; American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Resuscitation Investigators: Race is not associated with medical emergency team evaluation prior to in-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 211(110609), June 2025.
Andrist E, Firn JI, Kirschen MP, Sederstrom NO, Kon AA, Fowler JC, Wolfe AHJ, McIlroy ME, Kiragu A, Morrison WE, Tegtmeyer K, Agarwal K, Pope TM, Vercler CJ, Winiarski D, McGowan N, Leber SM, Carroll CL, Flori HR; SCCM Contestation of Pediatric Brain Death Task Force: Themes in the Management of Pediatric Brain Death Contestation: Exploratory Qualitative Work From Multidisciplinary Health Professionals in the United States. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 26(6): e846-e854, June 2025.
Nasser Douge, Justin Greisz, Sara R Solomon, Julie K Premo, Beverly Aiyanyor, Kistan Scott, Johanna McMillan, Jessica C Fowler, George Dalembert, Irie Reyes: "Forging Bonds: Region-wide UiM Academic Medicine Mentorship Program Year in Review" Equity in Medical Education Summit, Consortium Dedicated to Health Equity Education April 2025.