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Jill Sweney, MD, MBA

Chief, Division of Pediatric Critical Care

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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

  • Pediatric Critical Care

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics - 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.

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Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics - 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

  1. 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.
  2. Hamele M, Neumayer K, Sweney J, Poss WB (2018). Always ready, always prepared-preparing for the next pandemic. Transl Pediatr, 7(4), 344-355.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.

Editorial

  1. Sweney J, Bratton SL (2013). Acceptance of circulatory determination of death and donation: what types, limits, and safeguards? Crit Care Med, 41(3), 933-4.

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