Amy H. Schultz, MD, MSCE
Locations: Specialty Care, Abington, Specialty Care & Surgery Center, Bucks County
About Amy H. Schultz, MD, MSCE
Titles
Attending Cardiologist
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Certifications
Pediatric Cardiology – American Board of Pediatrics
Awards and Honors
2004, W. W. Smith Charitable Trust Named Research Award
2004, American College of Cardiology Foundation/Pfizer Career Development Award (declined due to overlap with other grants)
2001, American Heart Association Women in Cardiology Travel Grant
2001, Ann Newman Fellow in Pediatric Cardiology
1996, American Women’s Medical Association Scholarship Citation
1995, Alpha Omega Alpha
1994, American Society of Clinical Pathologists Award for Academic Excellence and Achievement
1993, American Academy of Allergy and Immunology Summer Research Fellowship
1992, Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences Degree Marshall
1992, Cornell University Merrill Presidential Scholar
1992, Phi Beta Kappa
Leadership and Memberships
Memberships in Professional Organizations
American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP)
American College of Cardiology (FACC)
Alpha Omega Alpha
American Society of Echocardiography
Society of Pediatric Echocardiography
Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative
Education & training
Graduate Degree
MSCE - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Medical Degree
MD - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Internship
Pediatrics - Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Residency
Pediatrics - Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Fellowship
Cardiology - The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Publications
Publications
2021
Kwon MH, Schultz AH, Lee M, Permut L, McMullan D, Nuri, MK. Complete atrioventricular canal defect with absent or diminutive primum atrial septal defect: incidence, anatomic features, and surgical outcomes. Submitted to Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2021;Jun 26:S0022-5223(21)00995-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.06.041. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34266667.
2020
Lee ME, Kemna M, Schultz AH, McMullan DM, A rare pediatric case of left ventricular outflow tract infective endocarditis in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. JTCVS Techniques, 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.xjtc.2020.09.019.
2017
Kourtidou S, Evers PD, Jorgensen NW, Kronmal RA, Lewin MB, Schultz AH, Pediatric appropriate use criteria for outpatient echocardiography: practice variations among pediatric cardiologists, non-cardiologist subspecialists and primary care providers. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 30(12):1214-1224 2017. PMID 29079043.
Johnson JN, Barrett CS, Franklin WH, Graham EM, Hanlon NJ, Hattendorf BA, Krawczeski CD, McGovern JJ, O’Connor JM, Schultz AH, Vinocur JM, Chowdhury D, Anderson JB, Development of quality metrics for ambulatory Pediatric Cardiology – infection prevention, Congenital Heart Disease, 12(6): 756-761, 2017. PMID 28741863.
Schultz AH, Ittenbach RF, Gerdes M, Jarvik GP, Wernovsky G, Bernbaum J, Solot C, Clancy RR, Nicolson SC, Spray TL, McDonald-McGinn D, Zackai E, Gaynor JW, Effect of congenital heart disease on 4 year neurodevelopment within multiple gestation births. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 154:273-81, 2017. PMID: 28320512.
2015
Vernon MM, Schultz AH, Simon TD, Doherty D, Is routine preoperative transthoracic echocardiography necessary in newborns with myelomeningocele? Journal of Perinatology, 32:842-845, 2015. PMID: 26156062
McDermott TL, Vernon MM, Schultz AH, Voluntary implementation of Critical Congenital Heart Disease Screening in Washington Hospitals, Hosp Pediatr 5(4): 193-202, 2015. PMID: 25832974
Evers PD, Vernon, MM, Schultz AH, Critical Congenital Heart Disease Screening Practices Among Licensed Midwives in Washington State, J Midwifery Women’s Health 60:206-210, 2015. PMID: 25782853
2008
Schultz AH, Localio AR, Clark BJ, Ravishankar C, Videon N, Kimmel SE, Epidemiologic features of the presentation of critical congenital heart disease: implications for screening, Pediatrics 121:751-757, 2008. PMID: 18381540
2006
Cohen MS, Schultz AH, Tian Z-Y, Donaghue DD, Weinberg PM, Gaynor JW, Rychik J, Heterotaxy syndrome with functional single ventricle: Does prenatal diagnosis improve survival? Ann Thorac Surg 82(5):1629-36, 2006. PMID: 17062216
Seliem MA, Fedec A, Cohen MS, Ewing S, Farrell PE, Rychik J, Schultz AH, Gaynor JW, Spray TL, Real time 3-dimensional echocardiographic imaging of congenital heart disease using matrix array technology: free-hand real time scanning adds instant morphologic details not well delineated by conventional 2- dimensional imaging. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 19(2):121-9, 2006. PMID: 16455415
2005
Schultz AH, Jarvik GP, Wernovsky G, Bernbaum J, Clancy RR, D’Agostino JA, Gerdes M, McDonald-McGinn D, Nicolson SC, Spray TL, Zackai E, Gaynor JW, Effect of congenital heart disease on neurodevelopmental outcome within multiple gestation births. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 130(6):1511-1516, 2005. PMID: 16307991
2004
Hirshfeld AB, Kahle AL, Clark III BJ, Bridges ND, Parent-reported health status following pediatric thoracic organ transplant. J Heart Lung Transplant, 23:1111-1118, 2004. PMID: 15454179
2001
Hirshfeld AB, Thompson WR, Patel A, Boone LB, Murphy AM, Proximal trisomy 1q mosaicism in a girl with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy associated with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome and multiple congenital anomalies. Am J Med Genet 100:264-268, 2001. PMID: 11343316
2000
Sobel J, Hirshfeld AB, McTigue K, Burnett C, Altekruse S, Brenner F, Malcolm G, Mottice SL, Nichols CK, Swerdlow DL, The pandemic of Salmonella enteritidis phage type 4 reaches Utah: a complex investigation confirms the need for continuing rigorous control measures. Epidemiol Infect 125(1):1-8, 2000. PMID: 11057952
1994
Lopez JM, Song K, Hirshfeld AB, Lin H, Wolfner MF, The Drosophila fs(1)ya protein, which is needed for the first mitotic division, is in the nuclear lamina and in the envelopes of cleavage nuclei, pronuclei and nonmitotic nuclei. DevBiol 163:202-211, 1994. PMID: 8174776
Editorials, Reviews, Chapters
2020
Schultz AH, Soriano BD, D-Transposition of the Great Arteries, in Eidem B, Cetta F, O’Leary P, editors, Echocardiography in Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Disease, 3rd ed, Philadelphia, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2020.
2018
Weldin J, Schultz AH, Infective Endocarditis, in Deepak K, Johnson J, Common Cardiac Issues in Pediatrics, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2018.
2014
Schultz AH, Soriano BD, D-Transposition of the Great Arteries, in Eidem B, Cetta F, O’Leary P, editors, Echocardiography in Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Disease, 2nd ed, Philadelphia, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2014.
2012
Schultz AH, Transposition of the Great Arteries, in Lewin MB, Stout K, Echocardiography in Congenital Heart Disease, Philadelphia, Elsevier Saunders, 2012.
Schultz AH, Conotruncal Lesions, in Lewin MB, Stout K, Echocardiography in Congenital Heart Disease, Philadelphia, Elsevier Saunders, 2012.
Schultz AH, Right and Left Heart Obstructive Lesions, in Elzouki AY, Harfi HA, Nazer H et al, editors., Textbook of Clinical Pediatrics, 2nd ed, Springer, 2012.
2009
Schultz AH, Lewin MB, D-Transposition of the Great Arteries, in Eidem B, Cetta F, O’Leary P, editors, Echocardiography in Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Philadelphia, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2009.
2008
Schultz AH, Pleural Effusions, in Zorc JJ, Alpern ER, Brown L, Clark BJ, Marino BS, Mollen CM, editors, Schwartz’s Clinical Handbook of Pediatrics, 4th ed. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2008.
2006
Schultz AH and Kreutzer J, Cyanotic Heart Disease, in Vetter VL, Requisites in Pediatrics: Cardiology, Elsevier, 2006.
2005
Schultz AH, Ventricular Septal Defects, in Schwartz MW et al, The 5 Minute Pediatric Consult, 4th ed., Philadelphia, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2005.
Schultz AH, History and Physical Examination, in Fogel MA, Ventricular Function and Blood Flow in Congenital Heart Disease, Futura, 2005.
2003
Hirshfeld AB, Pleural Effusions, in Schwartz MW et al, Clinical Handbook of Pediatrics, 3rd ed., Philadelphia, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2003.
2002
Hirshfeld AB, Ventricular Septal Defects, in Schwartz MW et al, The 5 Minute Pediatric Consult, 3rd ed., Philadelphia, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2002.
1999
Ebel BE and Hirshfeld AB, Immunoprophylaxis, in Iannone R and Siberry GK, The Harriet Lane Handbook, 15th ed., St. Louis, Mosby, 1999.
Hirshfeld AB, Genetics, in Iannone R and Siberry GK, The Harriet Lane Handbook, 15th ed., St. Louis, Mosby, 1999.