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
Adamson GT, Winder MM, Catton KG, Dewitt AG, Kozyak BW, Glenn ET, Bailly DK.: Current practices for refractory chylothorax following congenital heart surgery. Cardiol Young Dec 2023.Grasty MA, Mavroudis CD, DeWitt AG, Kozyak BW, Mamula P, MacFarland SP, Nuri MAK, Rogers LS, Rome JJ, Gaynor JW, Goldberg DJ.: Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia and SMAD4 mutation in a patient with complex single ventricle heart disease. Cardiol Young . 33(12), Dec 2023.
Joyce J, Rastogi R, Pinto E, Smith C, Dori Y, DeWitt A, Ravishankar C, Biko D, Vaiyani D, Goldberg D.: Early Predictors of High-Risk Lymphatic Subtypes on T2-Weighted MRI in Patients After Superior Cavopulmonary Connection. AHA Scientific Sessions, Philadelphia PA Nov 2023.
Vaiyani D, Ford B, Gupta M, Dietzman T, Biko D, DeWitt A, Gillespie M, O'Byrne M, Rome J, Smith C, Dori Y: Lymphatic Intervention Following Superior Cavo-Pulmonary Anastomosis Potentially Allows for Successful Fontan Completion AHA Scientific Sessions, Philadelphia PA Nov 2023.
Walter J, Cetin A, Quarshie W, Griffis H, DeWitt AG, Feudtner C: An Intervention in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit is Feasible, Acceptable, and Improves Clinician Communication in Family Meetings. AHA Scientific Sessions, Philadelphia PA Nov 2023.
Walter J, Cetin A, Quarshie W, Griffis H, DeWitt AG, Feudtner C: Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Teams And Loved Ones Communicating (CICU TaLC) Intervention Is Acceptable And Improves Interprofessional Clinician Communication And Teamwork In Pediatric Pre-family Meeting Huddles. AHA Scientific Sessions, Philadelphia PA Nov 2023.
Simpao AF, Randazzo IR, Chittams JL, Burnham N, Gerdes M, Bernbaum JC, Walker T, Imsdahl S, DeWitt AG, Zackai EH, Gaynor JW, Loepke AW: Anesthesia and sedation exposure and neurodevelopmental outcomes in infants undergoing congenital cardiac surgery: a retrospective cohort study. Anesthesiology 139(4): 339-404, Oct 2023.
Grasty MA, Mavroudis CD, DeWitt AG, Kozyak BW, Mamula P, MacFarland SP, Nuri MAK, Rogers LS, Rome JJ, Gaynor JW, Goldberg DJ: Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia and SMAD4 mutation in a patient with complex single ventricle heart disease. Cardiol Young Oct 2023.
Walter JK, Feudtner C, Cetin A, DeWitt AG, Zhou M, Montoya-Williams D, Olsen R, Griffis H, Williams C, Costarino A: Parental communication satisfaction with the clinical team in the paediatric cardiac ICU. Cardiol Young 26: 1-9, Jun 2023.
Tanya Perry, David N. Rosenthal, Angela Lorts, Farhan Zafar, Wendy Zhang, Christina VanderPluym, Aaron Dewitt, Garrett Reichle, Mousumi Banerjee, Kurt Schumacher: Impact of Mechanical Ventilation Duration on Outcomes in Children after Ventricular Assist Device Placement: A linked analysis from the Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network (ACTION) and Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC4) Reg. ASAIO Annual Conference, San Francisco CA Jun 2023.