Sarah M. Tweddell

Sarah M. Tweddell, FAAP, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

University of Utah Hospital

Newborn Intensive Care Unit
Salt Lake City
801-581-2121

  • Dr. Sarah Tweddell received her medical degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. She completed her Pediatric residency at Cincinnati Children´s Hospital Medical Center, and her Neonatology Fellowship at Emory University. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah and is in the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. She practices at Primary Children´s Medical Center, the University of Utah NICU and Intermountain Medical Center NICU.


    Her interests include neonatal transfusion medicine, care coordination and management of fetal anomalies and ECMO.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)

  • Dr. Sarah Tweddell received her medical degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. She completed her Pediatric residency at Cincinnati Children´s Hospital Medical Center, and her Neonatology Fellowship at Emory University. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah and is in the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. She practices at Primary Children´s Medical Center, the University of Utah NICU and Intermountain Medical Center NICU.


    Her interests include neonatal transfusion medicine, care coordination and management of fetal anomalies and ECMO.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pediatrics -Primary
    Academic Divisions Neonatology
    Board Certification
    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)

    Education history

    Fellowship Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine - Emory University School of Medicine Fellow
    Pediatrics - Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Resident
    Professional Medical Medicine - University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health M.D.
    Medical Sciences - Drexel University M.S.
    Undergraduate Public Health - George Washington University B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Tweddell S, Loomba RS, Cooper DS, Benscoter AL (2019). Health care-associated infections are associated with increased length of stay and cost but not mortality in children undergoing cardiac surgery. Congenit Heart Dis, 14(5), 785-790. (Read full article)

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