Aaron DeWitt, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Cardiology)
Attending Physician, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Physician, Jill & Mark Fishman Center for Lymphatic Disorders, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Physician, Cardiology Consultant in Cardiac ICU, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Inpatient Medical Director, Jill & Mark Fishman Center for Lymphatic Disorders, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Medical Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Medical Director, Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Cardiac Critical Care Medicine, Room 6NE47
34th Street & Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division of Cardiac Critical Care Medicine, Room 6NE47
34th Street & Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-425-6116
Fax: 215-590-4620
Fax: 215-590-4620
Education:
B.A. (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Psychology and Brain Sciences)
Dartmouth College, 2002.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Rochester Schoool of Medicine and Dentistry, 2006.
Permanent linkB.A. (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Psychology and Brain Sciences)
Dartmouth College, 2002.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Rochester Schoool of Medicine and Dentistry, 2006.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Pediatric cardiac critical care medicineLymphatic disease, especially in acquired & congenital heart disease
Description of Other Expertise
Teaching with SimulationQuality Improvement Leadership
VitalTalk, Communication Education
Description of Research Expertise
Acute Kidney Injury in Congenital Heart DiseaseProlonged stay in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
End of life in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
NIRS in Congenital Heart Disease
Vascular Access in Congenital Heart Disease
Selected Publications
A Pediatric Interprofessional Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Intervention: CICU Teams and Loved Ones Communicating (CICU TALC) is Feasible, Acceptable, and Improves Clinician Communication Behaviors in Family Meetings: Walter J, Hill DL, Cetin A, DeWitt A, Kellom K, Quarshie W, Griffis H, Shults J, Arnold R, Tjia J, Puopolo K, Curley MAQ, Feudtner C. Pediatr Cardiol Apr 2025.Reddy RK, Schumacher KR, Ghanayem NS, Zhang W, Mikesell K, Alten JA, Bailly DK, Bertrandt RA, Blinder JJ, Buckley JR, Chan T, Chanani NK, DeWitt AG, Diddle JW, Gauntt J, Harmon WG, Jacobs JP, Kelly RB, Lin JI, Lion RP, Raymond TT, Riley CM, Schwartz SM, Shin AY, Simsic JM, Sinha A, Smith AH, Tabbutt S, Werho DK, Zaccagni HJ, Costello JM: Unplanned reinterventions after congenital cardiac surgery and hospital mortality: a report from the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC4). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Mar 2025.
Avital B. Ludomirsky, MD, MPP, MHS, William Russell, MD, Kimberly Y. Lin, MD, Matthew J. O’Connor, MD, Carol A. Wittlieb-Weber, MD, Humera Ahmed, MD, Nosheen Reza, MD, Therese Bittermann, MD, MSCE, Aaron G. Dewitt, MD, Heather Griffis, PhD, Xuemei Zhang, MS, Yuan-shung Huang, MS, Joseph W. Rossano, MD, MS, Jonathan B. Edelson, MD, MSCE: Resource utilization in adolescent and adult cardiomyopathy and heart failure. Cardiology 2025 - 28th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease, Orlando, FL Feb 2025.
Walter JK, Cetin A, Gramszlo C, DeWitt AG, Quarshie W, Griffis H, Johnson V, Nelson S, Shults J, Arnold RM, Trowbridge A, Hurd C, Curley MAQ, Feudtner C: An intervention in the paediatric cardiac ICU to standardise pre-family meeting huddles is feasible, acceptable, and improves clinician teamwork. Cardiol Young Feb 2025.
William W. Russell, MD, Avital B. Ludomirsky, MD, Aaron G. Dewitt, MD, Xuemei Zhang, MS, Yuan-shung Huang, MS, Kimberly Y. Lin, MD, Carol A. Wittlieb-Weber, MD, Sumeet S. Vaikunth, MD, Matthew J. O’Connor, MD, Humera Ahmed, MD, David J. Goldberg, MD, Monique M. Gardner, MD, Joseph W. Rossano, MD, Jonathan B. Edelson, MD: Trends and hospitalization outcomes for adolescents and young adults with congenital heart disease and heart failure. Cardiology 2025 - 28th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease, Orlando, FL Feb 2025.
Jessica Eichner CRNP, Rachel Sanderlin Data Scientist, Keith Baxelbaum Data Scientist, Aaron DeWitt MD, Chitra Ravishankar MD, Katsuhide Maeda MD, PhD, Joseph Rossano MD, Benjamin Kozyak MD, Jonathan Edelson MD, MSCE: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in pediatric patients with Fontan circulation: epidemiology and outcomes. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA Nov 2024.
Dr. Avital Ludomirsky MD, MPP, MHS, Dr. Matthew O'Connor M1, Dr. Aaron Dewitt MD, Dr. Constantine Mavroudis MD, MSc, MTR, Dr. J. William Gaynor MD, Jessica Eichner MSN, BSN, CRNP, Catherine Montgomery R1, Farrell Weiss MSN, CRNP-AC, Lynne Ha BSN, MSN1, Carley Boyle CRNP, MSN, RN, BSN, Dr. Rodrigo Cardoso Cavalcante MD, Dr. Joseph Rossano MD, MS, Dr. Katsuhide Maeda MD, PhD, Dr. Jonathan Edelson MD, MSCE: The Use of Berlin EXCOR Ventricular Assist Devices for Total Artificial Heart in an Infant with Congenital Heart Disease. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA Nov 2024.
Dr. Avital Ludomirsky MD, MPP, MHS, Alberta Cianni MSN, RN, CRNP, CNP-AC, Dr. Howard Panitch MD, Dr. Chitra Ravishankar MD1, Dr. Aaron Dewitt MD, Dr. Amy Romer MD, Dr. Jonathan Chen MD5, Dr. Maryam Naim MD, MSCE: Watchful Waiting – A Case Series Of Bilateral Diaphragm Paralysis Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA Nov 2024.
Catherine Montgomery BSN, RN, CPN, Dr. Aaron DeWitt MD, Dr. Jonathan Edelson MD, Dr. Benjamin Kozyak MD, Mrs. Jessica Eichner MSN, CPNP-AC, Mrs. Farrell Weiss MSN, CRNP, Mrs. Marissa Bremer RN, CV-BC, Mrs. Meg Cates DNP, RN, ACCNS-P, CCRN, Mrs. Jenn Jacob-Freese MSN, RN, ACCNS-P, CCRN, RNC-NIC, Mrs. Tami Rosenthal MBA, CCP, FPP, Dr. Katsuhide Maeda MD, PhD, Dr. Jie (Jessica) Tang MD, MS: A multi modal approach in reducing strokes in paracorporeal Berlin Heart EXCOR ventricular assist devices Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA Nov 2024.
Jessica Eichner CRNP, Benjamin Kozyak MD, Matthew O'Connor MD, Joseph Rossano MD, Katsuhide Maeda MD, PhD, Venkat Shankar MBBS, MBA, Farrell Weiss CRNP, Lynne Ha CRNP, Carley Boyle CRNP, Catherine Montgomery RN, Jonathan Edelson MD, MSCE, Sarah Evans MD, Amanda Seelhorst RN, Amanda Waples PT, DPT, Sherri Kubis RN, Margaret Cates CNS, Natalie Bernard RN, Joye Bricker RN, Meghan Long CRNP, Monique Gardner MD, Aaron DeWitt MD: Creating an Intensive Care Unit for Pediatric Patients with Advanced Heart Failure: A Team-Focused Approach. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA Nov 2024.