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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 critically 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.

 

 

Department of Anesthesia - Staff

 

215-4276-5220

 

Roy Schwartz, MD,

Director, Department of Anesthesiiology

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics

Roy.Schwartz@tenethealth.com

 

Education & Training:
Medical School: The Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
Residency : New York Hospital, New York, NY
Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Staff Appointment:  1985

Special Interest: :  Pediatric Anesthesia
Anesthesiology:  Board Certified

 


 

Harvey Stern, MD

Section Chief, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Harvey.Stern@tenethealth.com

 

Medical School: New York Medical College, Valhalia, NY

Residency:  Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Staff Appointment: 2003

Special Interests:  Pediatric Anesthesia, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia


Specialties: Pediatric Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology – Board Certified

 


 

Yuri Shevchenko, MD   
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Yuri.Shevchenko@tenethealth.com

 

Specialties:  Pediatric Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology:  Board Certified


Medical School: Kharkov Medical Institute, Ukraine
Residency in Anesthesia:  Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Staff Appointment: 1998
Special Interests: Pediatric Anesthesia



Colette Bellwoar, DO

Pediatric Anesthesiologist

Colette.Bellwoardo@tenethealth.com
In Practice Since: 1995 
In Area Since:  2003


Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Hahnemann University Hospital

Fellowship: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Staff Appointment: 2003

Special interests: Pediatric Anesthesia
Anesthesiology: Board Certified

Emily Quiros, MD

Instructor, Pediatric Anesthesiology

Emily.quirosmd@tenethealth.com

 

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

Residency:  Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois

Staff Appointment:  2006

Special Interest:  Pediatric Anesthesia

 

John Archer, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

JohnArchermd@tenethealth.com

 

Medical School: Stanford University Hospital, Stanford, CA

Residency: Stanford Unifversity Hospital, Stanford, CA

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

Staff Appointment: 2006

Special Interests: Pediatric Anesthesia, Difficult Airway Management

 

 

Pravin Taneja, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Pravin.Taneia@tenethealth.com

 

Medical School: K.J. Somaiya Medical College, Bobmay, India

Residency:  Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

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

Staff Appointment: 2006

Special Interests:  Pediatric Anesthesia, Information Technology, Regional Anesthesia

 

 

Lisa Fazi-Diedrich, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Lisa.Fazi-DiedrichMD@tenethealth.com

 

Medical School: West Virginia University , Morgantown, W.V.

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

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

Staff Appointment: 2007

Special Interests:  Pediatric Anesthesia, Anesthesia for Craniofacial Procedures

 

 

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

Staff Appointment: 2007

Special Interests:  Pediatric Anesthesia



 

 

 

 

 

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