Joanna Schwartz, MD, FAAP

Dr. Joanna Schwartz is a board-certified pediatric emergency medicine physician. Her academic interests include medical education and professional development, and she is currently serving as the Texas Children's Hospital North Austin Campus lead for faculty development. Prior to joining the Texas Children’s faculty, she was a University of Texas Dell Medical School faculty member for 11 years where she was frequently recognized for being an outstanding clinical instructor and medical educator. She chaired her previous hospital’s Medical Council and served as the associate program director of the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship program.

Clinical Interests

Procedural sedation, quality improvement

Education

Board Certification

American Board of Pediatrics, FAAP

Honors and awards

2023

Educator of the Year, Pediatric Emergency Department, Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas

2019-2021

Clinician of the Year, Pediatric Emergency Department, Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas

2020

 Dell Med Patient Safety Teaching Champion, The University of Texas Dell Medical School, 2020

2020

Clinical Learning Environment Teaching Award, The University of Texas Dell Medical School

2005

Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal

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Rencher L, Schwartz J, Wilson A. An Anaphylactoid Reaction to Rattlesnake Envenomation in a Pediatric Patient. Pediatric Emergency Care, 2018 Jun 34(6): 109-110

Schwartz JD. Consider a deep space neck infection in a child with fever and neck pain or torticollis. In: Mattu A, et al. Avoiding Common Errors in the Emergency Department. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Second Edition 2017