Stefanie Ames

Stefanie Ames, MD, MS

Languages spoken: English

  • Dr. Stefanie Ames received her medical degree from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, completed her Pediatric residency at Primary Children´s Hospital, and her Critical Care Fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She was a faculty member at the University of California-Los Angeles prior to joining the faculty at the University of Utah. Dr. Ames is board-certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah, where she cares for children with critical illness and injury in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

    Her research interests focus on the organization and delivery of healthcare for children with critical illness and optimizing healthcare to improve patient outcomes. She is interested in understanding and improving care for children with complex critical illness and chronic disease.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine)

  • Dr. Stefanie Ames received her medical degree from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, completed her Pediatric residency at Primary Children´s Hospital, and her Critical Care Fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She was a faculty member at the University of California-Los Angeles prior to joining the faculty at the University of Utah. Dr. Ames is board-certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah, where she cares for children with critical illness and injury in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

    Her research interests focus on the organization and delivery of healthcare for children with critical illness and optimizing healthcare to improve patient outcomes. She is interested in understanding and improving care for children with complex critical illness and chronic disease.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pediatrics -Primary
    Academic Divisions Critical Care
    Board Certification
    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine)

    Education history

    Fellowship Clinical Research Investigation and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness - University of Pittsburgh Research Fellow
    Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Fellow
    Graduate Training Clinical Research; Health Services Research Track - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine M.S.
    Pediatrics - University of Utah School of Medicine Resident
    Professional Medical Medicine - Southern Illinois University School of Medicine M.D.
    Biochemistry - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Newgard CD, Lin A, Malveau S, Cook JNB, Smith M, Kuppermann N, Remick KE, Gausche-Hill M, Goldhaber-Fiebert J, Burd RS, Hewes HA, Salvi A, Xin H, Ames SG, Jenkins PC, Marin J, Hansen M, Glass NE, Nathens AB, McConnell KJ, Dai M, Carr B, Ford R, Yanez D, Babcock SR, Lang B, Mann NC, Pediatric Readiness Study Group (2023). Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness and Short-term and Long-term Mortality Among Children Receiving Emergency Care. JAMA Netw Open, 6(1), e2250941. (Read full article)
    2. Newgard CD, Babcock SR, Song X, Remick KE, Gausche-Hill M, Lin A, Malveau S, Mann NC, Nathens AB, Cook JNB, Jenkins PC, Burd RS, Hewes HA, Glass NE, Jensen AR, Fallat ME, Ames SG, Salvi A, McConnell KJ, Ford R, Auerbach M, Bailey J, Riddick TA, Xin H, Kuppermann N, Pediatric Readiness Study Group (2022). Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness Among US Trauma Centers: A Machine Learning Analysis of Components Associated with Survival. Ann Surg. (Read full article)
    3. Remick K, Smith M, Newgard CD, Lin A, Hewes H, Jensen AR, Glass N, Ford R, Ames S, Gcph JC, Malveau S, Dai M, Auerbach M, Jenkins P, Gausche-Hill M, Fallat M, Kuppermann N, Mann NC (2022). Impact of Individual Components of Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness on Pediatric Mortality in US Trauma Centers. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. (Read full article)
    4. Ames SG, Banks RK, Zinter MS, Fink EL, McQuillen PS, Hall MW, Zuppa A, Meert KL, Mourani PM, Carcillo JA, Carpenter T, Pollack MM, Berg RA, Mareboina M, Holubkov R, Dean JM, Notterman DA, Sapru A, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network CPCCRN (2022). Assessment of Patient Health-Related Quality of Life and Functional Outcomes in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 23(7), e319-e328. (Read full article)
    5. Ames SG, Alessi LJ, Chrisman M, Stanger M, Corboy D, Sinha A, Fink EL (2021). Development and Implementation of Pediatric ICU-based Mobility Guidelines: A Quality Improvement Initiative. Pediatr Qual Saf, 6(3), e414. (Read full article)
    6. Klc TR, Ames S, Zollinger B, Ansong D, Asibey OO, Benson S, Dickerson TT (2021). Abortion in rural Ghana: Cultural norms, knowledge and attitudes. Afr J Reprod Health, 24(3), 51-58. (Read full article)
    7. Ames SG, Davis BS, Marin JR, Fink EL, Olson LM, Gausche-Hill M, Kahn JM (2019). Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness and Mortality in Critically Ill Children. Pediatrics, 144(3). (Read full article)
    8. Ames SG, Davis BS, Angus DC, Carcillo JA, Kahn JM (2018). Hospital Variation in Risk-Adjusted Pediatric Sepsis Mortality. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 19(5), 390-396. (Read full article)
    9. Ames SG, Workman JK, Olson JA, Korgenski EK, Masotti S, Knackstedt ED, Bratton SL, Larsen GY (2015). Infectious Etiologies and Patient Outcomes in Pediatric Septic Shock. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc, 6(1), 80-86. (Read full article)
    10. Workman JK, Ames SG, Reeder RW, Korgenski EK, Masotti SM, Bratton SL, Larsen GY (2016). Treatment of Pediatric Septic Shock With the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines and PICU Patient Outcomes. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 17(10), e451-e458. (Read full article)

    Review

    1. Zorko DJ, McNally JD, Rochwerg B, Pinto N, OHearn K, Almazyad MA, Ames SG, Brooke P, Cayouette F, Chow C, Junior JC, Francoeur C, Heneghan JA, Kazzaz YM, Killien EY, Jayawarden SK, Lasso R, Lee LA, OMahony A, Perry MA, Rodrguez-Rubio M, Sandarage R, Smith HA, Welten A, Yee B, Choong K, International Pediatric Chronic Critical Illness Collaborative, Members of the International Pediatric Chronic Critical Illness Collaborative, International Pediatric Chronic Critical Illness Collaborative and Members of the International Pediatric Chronic Critical Illness Collaborative (2022). Defining Pediatric Chronic Critical Illness: A Scoping Review. [Review]. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 24(2), e91-e103. (Read full article)
    2. Kuhlthau KA, Ames SG, Ware A, Hoover CG, Wells N, Shelton C (2021). Research on Family Health and Children and Youth With Special Health Care Needs. [Review]. Acad Pediatr, 22(2S), S22-S27. (Read full article)

    Editorial

    1. Ames SG, Watson RS, Fink EL (2019). Return to Ambulation After Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A First "Step" in Assessing the Impact of Early Mobility. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 20(2), 209-211. (Read full article)
    2. Ames SG, Horvat CM, Zaritsky A, Carcillo JA (2018). The path to great pediatric septic shock outcomes. Crit Care, 22(1), 224. (Read full article)

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