Jill Sweney,
MD, MBA
Chief, Division of Pediatric Critical Care

Languages Spoken: English
Dr. Sweney received her medical degree from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine, completed her Pediatric residency at Creighton-Nebraska Universities Joint residency, and her Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Utah. She received her MBA from the Eccles School of Business Executive program in 2016. She has been on the faculty of the University of Utah Department of Pediatrics since 2010.
She is an Associate Professor in Pediatrics at the University of Utah and is in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care. She is the Critical Care Service Chief. She also chairs the Primary Childrens Hospital Ethics Committee and Ethics consultation team. Dr. Sweney's clinical interests include pediatric bioethics, disaster preparedness, and care staff models.
Specialties
Board Certification and Academic Information
Academic Departments | Pediatrics
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Associate Professor (Clinical) Internal Medicine - Adjunct Associate Professor |
Academic Divisions | General Internal Medicine Pediatric Critical Care |
Dr. Sweney received her medical degree from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine, completed her Pediatric residency at Creighton-Nebraska Universities Joint residency, and her Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Utah. She received her MBA from the Eccles School of Business Executive program in 2016. She has been on the faculty of the University of Utah Department of Pediatrics since 2010.
She is an Associate Professor in Pediatrics at the University of Utah and is in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care. She is the Critical Care Service Chief. She also chairs the Primary Childrens Hospital Ethics Committee and Ethics consultation team. Dr. Sweney's clinical interests include pediatric bioethics, disaster preparedness, and care staff models.
Academic Locations
Board Certification and Academic Information
Academic Departments | Pediatrics
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Associate Professor (Clinical) Internal Medicine - Adjunct Associate Professor |
Academic Divisions | General Internal Medicine Pediatric Critical Care |
Research Interests
- Triage
- Academic Administration
- Bioethics
Education History
Graduate Training | University of Utah Eccles School of Business M.B.A., 2016 |
Certification | Children's Mercy Hospital-University of Missouri-Kansas City Pediatric Bioethics Certificate, 2012 |
Other Training | Intermountain Medical Center Advanced Training Program Certificate, 2011 |
Fellowship | University of Utah Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Program Fellow, 2010 |
Residency | Creighton-Nebraska Universities Joint Pediatric Residency Training Program Resident, 2006 |
Internship | University of Nebraska Medical Center Medicine/Pediatrics Residency Training Program Intern, 2004 |
Professional Medical | University of Nebraska Medical Center M.D., 2003 |
Undergraduate | Wayne State College Chemistry B.S., 1999 |
Selected Publications - Journal Articles
Journal Article
- Neumayer KE, Sweney J, Fenton SJ, Keenan HT, Flaherty BF (2019). Validation of the "CHIIDA" and application for PICU triage in children with complicated mild traumatic brain injury. J Pediatr Surg, 55(7), 1255-1259.
- Hamele M, Neumayer K, Sweney J, Poss WB (2018). Always ready, always prepared-preparing for the next pandemic. Transl Pediatr, 7(4), 344-355.
- Bennett EE, Sweney J, Aguayo C, Myrick C, Antommaria AH, Bratton SL (2015). Pediatric Organ Donation Potential at a Children's Hospital. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 16(9), 814-20.
- Hamele M, Poss WB, Sweney J (2014). Disaster preparedness, pediatric considerations in primary blast injury, chemical, and biological terrorism. World J Crit Care Med, 3(1), 15-23.
- Sweney JS, Poss WB, Grissom CK, Keenan HT (2012). Comparison of severity of illness scores to physician clinical judgment for potential use in pediatric critical care triage. Disaster Med Public Health Prep, 6(2), 126-30.