Andrew G. Smith
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Andrew G. Smith, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Primary Children's Hospital

100 N Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City , UT 84113
801-662-1000
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Dr. Smith is Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He is active in both undergraduate medical education (UME) and graduate medical education (GME). In UME, Dr. Smith directs the SCoPE, introduction to medical school and Phase 3 of the MD program. He also directs the Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship. Dr. Smith earned his undergraudate degree from Northwestern University and his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He completed general pediatrics and pediatric critical care training at the University of Utah. He has previously worked as a general pediatrician in Pocatello, Idaho, a hospitalist at Primary Children's Hospital and as a member of the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Lilongwe, Malawi. He is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care.

In addition to education, Dr. Smith's scholarly interests focus on implementing pediatric critical care in low resource settings.

Specialties

Board Certification

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

Dr. Smith is Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He is active in both undergraduate medical education (UME) and graduate medical education (GME). In UME, Dr. Smith directs the SCoPE, introduction to medical school and Phase 3 of the MD program. He also directs the Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship. Dr. Smith earned his undergraudate degree from Northwestern University and his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He completed general pediatrics and pediatric critical care training at the University of Utah. He has previously worked as a general pediatrician in Pocatello, Idaho, a hospitalist at Primary Children's Hospital and as a member of the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Lilongwe, Malawi. He is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care.

In addition to education, Dr. Smith's scholarly interests focus on implementing pediatric critical care in low resource settings.

Board Certification and Academic Information

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

Education history

Undergraduate Psychological Services - Northwestern University B.S.
Professional Medical Medicine - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine M.D.
Residency Pediatrics - University of Utah Resident
Fellowship Pediatric Critical Care - University of Utah Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Brainard J, Alber S, Smith AG, Roosevelt GE, Rustici (2024). Development of a Prioritized Anesthesiology Residency Critical Care Content Outline. The journal of education in perioperative medicine, 26(3), E728.
  2. White BR, Cadotte N, McClellan EB, Presson AP, Bennett E, Smith AG, Aljabari (2022). High-Frequency Percussive Ventilation in Viral Bronchiolitis. Respiratory care, 67(7), 781-788.
  3. Sessions KL, Smith AG, Holmberg PJ, Wahl B, Mvalo T, Chisti MJ, Carroll RW, McCollum E (2022). Continuous positive airway pressure for children in resource-limited settings, effect on mortality and adverse events: systematic review and meta-analysis. Archives of disease in childhood, 107(6), 543-552.
  4. Eckerle M, Mvalo T, Smith AG, Kondowe D, Makonokaya D, Vaidya D, Hosseinipour MC, McCollum E (2022). Identifying modifiable risk factors for mortality in children aged 1-59 months admitted with WHO-defined severe pneumonia: a single-centre observational cohort study from rural Malawi. BMJ paediatrics open, 6(1),
  5. Mvalo T, Smith AG, Eckerle M, Hosseinipour MC, Kondowe D, Vaidya D, Liu Y, Corbett K, Nansongole D, Mtimaukanena TA, Lufesi N, McCollum E (2022). Antibiotic treatment failure in children aged 1 to 59 months with World Health Organization-defined severe pneumonia in Malawi: A CPAP IMPACT trial secondary analysis. PloS one, 17(12), e0278938.
  6. Bagley MB, Smith AG, Morton DA, Chow C (2022). "I really liked the chance to talk about it": Students' Reflections on the Process of Completing Paper Puzzles, a Novel Active Learning Activity. Medical science educator, 32(6), 1503-1511.
  7. Pippitt KA, Moore KB, Lindsley JE, Cariello PF, Smith AG, Formosa T, Moser K, Morton DA, Colbert-Getz JM, Chow C (2022). Assessment for Learning with Ungraded and Graded Assessments. Medical science educator, 32(5), 1045-1054.
  8. Smith AG, Brainard JC, Campbell KA (2020). Development of an Undergraduate Medical Education Critical Care Content Outline Utilizing the Delphi Method. Crit Care Med, 48(1), 98-103.
  9. Sessions KL, Ruegsegger L, Mvalo T, Kondowe D, Tsidya M, Hosseinipour MC, Lufesi N, Eckerle M, Smith AG, McCollum E (2020). Focus group discussions on low-flow oxygen and bubble CPAP treatments among mothers of young children in Malawi: a CPAP IMPACT substudy. BMJ open, 10(5), e034545.
  10. Sessions KL, Mvalo T, Kondowe D, Makonokaya D, Hosseinipour MC, Chalira A, Lufesi N, Eckerle M, Smith AG, McCollum E (2019). Bubble CPAP and oxygen for child pneumonia care in Malawi: a CPAP IMPACT time motion study. BMC health services research, 19(1), 533.
  11. McCollum ED, Mvalo T, Eckerle M, Smith AG, Kondowe D, Makonokaya D, Vaidya D, Billioux V, Chalira A, Lufesi N, Mofolo I, Hosseinipour (2019). Bubble continuous positive airway pressure for children with high-risk conditions and severe pneumonia in Malawi: an open label, randomised, controlled trial. The Lancet. Respiratory medicine, 7(11), 964-974.
  12. Smith AG, Eckerle M, Mvalo T, Weir B, Martinson F, Chalira A, Lufesi N, Mofolo I, Hosseinipour M, McCollum E (2017). CPAP IMPACT: a protocol for a randomised trial of bubble continuous positive airway pressure versus standard care for high-risk children with severe pneumonia using adaptive design methods. BMJ open respiratory research, 4(1), e000195.
  13. Smith AG, Broman AT, Alemayehu W, Munoz BE, West SK, Gower E (2007). Relationship between trachoma and chronic and acute malnutrition in children in rural Ethiopia. Journal of tropical pediatrics, 53(5), 308-12.