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Department of Anesthesia



Administering anesthesia is a highly precise art whose top priority is safety. Our pediatric anesthesiologists combine their unique skills, judgment and compassion to the benefit of children whose physical and emotional needs are much different from those of adults. Anesthesia is routinely administered for neonatal surgical emergencies, open- and closed-heart procedures, major burns, spinal fusion, direct laryngoscopy and bronchoscopy, intracranial procedures and renal and liver transplantation.

 

In the operating room, healthy children receive the same standard of anesthesiological care provided on a daily basis to critcally ill children. As the Department of Anesthesia staff members help prepare and protect delicate infants and children undergoing surgical and diagnostic procedures, they also devote their attention and skill to comforting both patients and family members.

 

Roy E. Schwartz, MD

Director, Department of Anesthesia

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics

Roy.Schwartz@tenethealth. com

 

Medical School: The Albany Medical College, Albany, NY

Special Training:

Residency: New York Hospital, New York, NY

Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Staff Appointment: 1985

Special Interests: Pediatric anesthesia, pediatric critical care

 

Office: 215-427-5220

 

Harvey Stern, MD
Section Chief, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Harvey.Stern@tenethealth.com


Medical School: New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
Special Training:
Residency: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Staff Appointment: 2003
Special Interests: Pediatric anesthesia, pediatric cardiac anesthesia

Office: 215-427-5220

Yuri Shevchenko, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Medical School: Kharkov Medical Institute, Ukraine
Special Training:
Residency: Kharkov City Hospital, Ukraine
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Fellowship: St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
Staff Appointment: 1998
Special Interests: Pediatric anesthesia, pediatric critical care
Office: 215-427-5220

Colette Bellwoar, DO

Pediatric Anesthesiologist

Colette.Bellwoardo@tenethealth,com

 

Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Special Training:

Residency: Hahnemann University Hospital

Fellowship: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children

Staff Appointment: 2003

Special Interests: Pediatric anesthesia

 

Office: 215-427-5220

 

Emily Quiros, MD  

Instructor,  Pediatric Anesthesiology

Emily.quirosmd@tenethealth.com

 

Medical School: University of Texas Medical School at Houston, TX

Special Training:

Residency: Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois

Staff Appointment: 2005

Special Interests: Pediatric Anesthesia

 

Office: 215-427-5220

 

John Archer, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

JohnArchermd@tenethealth.com

 

Medical School:  Stanford University Hospital, Stanford, CA

Special Training:

Residency: Stanford University Hospital, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia, Stanford, CA

Fellowship: Stanford University Hsopital, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia, Stanford, CA

Staff Appointment: 2006

Special Interests: Pediatric Aesthesia, Difficult Airway Management

 

Office: 215-427-5520

 

Pravin Taneja, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Pravin.Taneia@tenethealth.com

Medical School: K.J. Somalya Medical College, Bombay, India
Residency: Temple University Hospital, Philadlephia, PA

Fellwoship:  Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Staff Appointment: 2006

Special Interests: Pediatric Anesthesia, Information Technology, Regional Anesthesia

 

Office: 215-427-5520

Lisa Fazi-Diedrich, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Lisa.Fazi-DiedrichMD@tenethealth.com

 

Medical School: West Birginia University, Morgantown, WV

Special Training:

Residency: West Virginia University, Rudy Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, WV

Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelhia, Philadelphia, PA

Staff Appointment: 2007

Special Interests: Pediatric Anesthesia , anesthesia for Craniofacial Procedures

 

Office: 215-427-5220

 

 

Mala Rastogi, DO

Pediatric Anesthesiologist

Mala.Rastogido@tenethealth.com

 

Medical School: University of Medicine & Denistry of New jersey, Stratford, NJ

Residency: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 
Fellowship: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY

Staff Appointment: 2007

Special Interests: Pediatric Anesthesia

 

Office: 215-427-5220

 

Heather McClung, MD
Pediatric Anesthesiologist
Heather.Mcclung@etenethealth.com   

 

Medical School: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Residency: University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Staff Appointment: 2008
Special Interests: Pediatric Anesthesia  

 

Office: 215-427-5220

 

 
 
 
 
 
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