Jessica C Fowler, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Coordinator, Pediatric Visiting Clerkship Program for Students Underrepresented in Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine
Interviewer, Pediatric Residency Program, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania
Director, Penn Visiting Clerkship Program for Students Underrepresented in Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at The University of Pennsylvania; University of Pennsylvania Health System; Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Assistant Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Designated Institutional Officer of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, 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
Denny VC, Yehya N, Fowler J, Rosenblatt S: In Our Own Words: The Experiences of Caregivers of Black Children in the PICU. Critical Care Congress February 2025 Notes: Abstract presented at SCCM 2025, Orlando, Florida.Gathers CL, Yehya N, Reddy A, Magee PM, Denny VC, Mayeda MR, O'Halloran A, Mehta SD, Wanamaker S, Fowler JC, Keim G: Geography and age drive racial and ethnic disparities in hospital mortality for paediatric community-acquired pneumonia in the United States: a retrospective population based cohort study of hospitalized patients. The Lancet Regional Health Americas 42: 101001, February 2025.
Sethi I, McCabe B, Morgan RW, Rosenblatt S, Fowler J, Morrison W, Himebauch AS: Assessment of ECMO Candidacy Decision-Making Among Pediatric Critical Care Fellows and Intensivists. Critical Care Congress February 2025 Notes: Presented at SCCM 2025 in Orlando, Florida.
Ariel Nehemiah, Sanford Roberts, Jessica C. Fowler, Cary B. Aarons, Paris D. Butler: Enhancing Inclusive Excellence in the Surgical Workforce: The Do's and Dont's of Successful Visiting Student Clerkship Programs. Annals of Surgery 281(1): 74-77, January 2025 Notes: DOI:10.1097/SLA.0000000000006310.
Gathers CAL, Reddy AR, Joyce C, Acholonu N, Yehya N, Pinto NP, Priestley MA, Zurca AD, Boyer DL, Fowler JC: Diversity Engagement of Pediatric Critical Care Fellows: A U.S. Survey of 81 Fellows at 15 Fellowship Programs, 2022. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 26(6), 2025.
Gardner MM, Morgan RW, Reeder R, Ghaffari K, Ortmann L, Raymond T, Lasa JJ, Fowler J, Dewan M, Nadkarni VM, Berg R, Sutton R, Topjian AA, for the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines, ®-Resuscitation Investigators: Trends in cardiac arrest outcomes & management in children with cardiac illness category compared to non-cardiac illness category: An analysis from the AHA Get With The Guidelines®-Resuscitation Registry. Resuscitation 205, December 2024.
Fowler JC, Morgan RW, O'Halloran A, Gardner MM, Appel S, Wolfe H, Kienzle MF, Raymond TT, Scholefield RB, Guerguerian A, Bembea MM, Nadkarni V, Berg RA, Topjian AA, American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Resuscitation Investigators: The Impact of Pediatric Post-Cardiac Arrest Care on Survival: A Multicenter Review from the AHA Get With The Guidelines®-Resuscitation Post-Cardiac Arrest Care Registry. Resuscitation July 2024.
Anireddy R. Reddy, Cody-Aaron Gathers, Daria C. Murosko, Tyler Rainer, Maryam Y. Naim, Jessica Fowler: Health Disparities in the Management and Outcomes of Critically Ill Children and Neonates: A Scoping Review. Critical Care Clinics June 2024.
Jessica Fowler, Wanjiku Njroge, Michelle Delucia: Recruiting and Retaining a Diverse Physician Workforce. CHOP DEI Breakthrough Makers Summit May 2024.
Alex May, Jessica Fowler: Graduate Medical Education DEI Needs Assessment Data 2023. CHOP DEI Breakthrough Makers Summit May 2024.