Amy H. Schultz, MD, MSCE

Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467)
MD - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Pediatrics - Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Pediatrics - Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Cardiology - The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Pediatric Cardiology – American Board of Pediatrics
MSCE - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Attending Cardiologist
Director, Outpatient Cardiology Quality
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Kwon MH, Schultz AH, Lee M, Permut L, McMullan D, Nuri, MK. Complete atrioventricular canal defect with absent or diminutive primum atrial septal defect: incidence, anatomic features, and surgical outcomes. Submitted to Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2021;Jun 26:S0022-5223(21)00995-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.06.041. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34266667.
Lee ME, Kemna M, Schultz AH, McMullan DM, A rare pediatric case of left ventricular outflow tract infective endocarditis in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. JTCVS Techniques, 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.xjtc.2020.09.019.
Kourtidou S, Evers PD, Jorgensen NW, Kronmal RA, Lewin MB, Schultz AH, Pediatric appropriate use criteria for outpatient echocardiography: practice variations among pediatric cardiologists, non-cardiologist subspecialists and primary care providers. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 30(12):1214-1224 2017. PMID 29079043.
Johnson JN, Barrett CS, Franklin WH, Graham EM, Hanlon NJ, Hattendorf BA, Krawczeski CD, McGovern JJ, O’Connor JM, Schultz AH, Vinocur JM, Chowdhury D, Anderson JB, Development of quality metrics for ambulatory Pediatric Cardiology – infection prevention, Congenital Heart Disease, 12(6): 756-761, 2017. PMID 28741863.
Schultz AH, Ittenbach RF, Gerdes M, Jarvik GP, Wernovsky G, Bernbaum J, Solot C, Clancy RR, Nicolson SC, Spray TL, McDonald-McGinn D, Zackai E, Gaynor JW, Effect of congenital heart disease on 4 year neurodevelopment within multiple gestation births. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 154:273-81, 2017. PMID: 28320512.
Vernon MM, Schultz AH, Simon TD, Doherty D, Is routine preoperative transthoracic echocardiography necessary in newborns with myelomeningocele? Journal of Perinatology, 32:842-845, 2015. PMID: 26156062
McDermott TL, Vernon MM, Schultz AH, Voluntary implementation of Critical Congenital Heart Disease Screening in Washington Hospitals, Hosp Pediatr 5(4): 193-202, 2015. PMID: 25832974
Evers PD, Vernon, MM, Schultz AH, Critical Congenital Heart Disease Screening Practices Among Licensed Midwives in Washington State, J Midwifery Women’s Health 60:206-210, 2015. PMID: 25782853
Schultz AH, Localio AR, Clark BJ, Ravishankar C, Videon N, Kimmel SE, Epidemiologic features of the presentation of critical congenital heart disease: implications for screening, Pediatrics 121:751-757, 2008. PMID: 18381540
Cohen MS, Schultz AH, Tian Z-Y, Donaghue DD, Weinberg PM, Gaynor JW, Rychik J, Heterotaxy syndrome with functional single ventricle: Does prenatal diagnosis improve survival? Ann Thorac Surg 82(5):1629-36, 2006. PMID: 17062216
Seliem MA, Fedec A, Cohen MS, Ewing S, Farrell PE, Rychik J, Schultz AH, Gaynor JW, Spray TL, Real time 3-dimensional echocardiographic imaging of congenital heart disease using matrix array technology: free-hand real time scanning adds instant morphologic details not well delineated by conventional 2- dimensional imaging. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 19(2):121-9, 2006. PMID: 16455415
Schultz AH, Jarvik GP, Wernovsky G, Bernbaum J, Clancy RR, D’Agostino JA, Gerdes M, McDonald-McGinn D, Nicolson SC, Spray TL, Zackai E, Gaynor JW, Effect of congenital heart disease on neurodevelopmental outcome within multiple gestation births. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 130(6):1511-1516, 2005. PMID: 16307991
Hirshfeld AB, Kahle AL, Clark III BJ, Bridges ND, Parent-reported health status following pediatric thoracic organ transplant. J Heart Lung Transplant, 23:1111-1118, 2004. PMID: 15454179
Hirshfeld AB, Thompson WR, Patel A, Boone LB, Murphy AM, Proximal trisomy 1q mosaicism in a girl with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy associated with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome and multiple congenital anomalies. Am J Med Genet 100:264-268, 2001. PMID: 11343316
Sobel J, Hirshfeld AB, McTigue K, Burnett C, Altekruse S, Brenner F, Malcolm G, Mottice SL, Nichols CK, Swerdlow DL, The pandemic of Salmonella enteritidis phage type 4 reaches Utah: a complex investigation confirms the need for continuing rigorous control measures. Epidemiol Infect 125(1):1-8, 2000. PMID: 11057952
Lopez JM, Song K, Hirshfeld AB, Lin H, Wolfner MF, The Drosophila fs(1)ya protein, which is needed for the first mitotic division, is in the nuclear lamina and in the envelopes of cleavage nuclei, pronuclei and nonmitotic nuclei. DevBiol 163:202-211, 1994. PMID: 8174776
Vernon M, Young L, Cuffee H, Nichols K, Bhat A, Schultz AH, Buddhe S. Using a Quality Improvement Project to Implement Myocardial Strain Imaging in an Academic Pediatric Echocardiography Lab. American Society of Echocardiography Virtual Scientific Sessions 2021.
Marcus BS, Perez P, Lee A, Jensen R, Dullanty BS, Parrish R, Park MV, Kronmal R, Schultz AH. Identification of Critical Congenital Heart Disease in the Northwest United States. Cardiology 2021.
Kwon M, Schultz AH, Permut L, McMullan D, Nuri, MK. Complete atrioventricular canal defect with absent or diminutive primum atrial septal defect: incidence, anatomic features, and surgical outcomes. Accepted to: 46th Annual Meeting of the Western Thoracic Surgical Association, 2020 (meeting cancelled due to COVID-19).
Schultz AH, Soriano BD, D-Transposition of the Great Arteries, in Eidem B, Cetta F, O’Leary P, editors, Echocardiography in Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Disease, 3rd ed, Philadelphia, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2020.
Weldin J, Schultz AH, Infective Endocarditis, in Deepak K, Johnson J, Common Cardiac Issues in Pediatrics, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2018.
Schultz AH, Soriano BD, D-Transposition of the Great Arteries, in Eidem B, Cetta F, O’Leary P, editors, Echocardiography in Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Disease, 2nd ed, Philadelphia, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2014.
Schultz AH, Transposition of the Great Arteries, in Lewin MB, Stout K, Echocardiography in Congenital Heart Disease, Philadelphia, Elsevier Saunders, 2012.
Schultz AH, Conotruncal Lesions, in Lewin MB, Stout K, Echocardiography in Congenital Heart Disease, Philadelphia, Elsevier Saunders, 2012.
Schultz AH, Right and Left Heart Obstructive Lesions, in Elzouki AY, Harfi HA, Nazer H et al, editors., Textbook of Clinical Pediatrics, 2nd ed, Springer, 2012.
Schultz AH, Lewin MB, D-Transposition of the Great Arteries, in Eidem B, Cetta F, O’Leary P, editors, Echocardiography in Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Philadelphia, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2009.
Schultz AH, Pleural Effusions, in Zorc JJ, Alpern ER, Brown L, Clark BJ, Marino BS, Mollen CM, editors, Schwartz’s Clinical Handbook of Pediatrics, 4th ed. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2008.
Schultz AH and Kreutzer J, Cyanotic Heart Disease, in Vetter VL, Requisites in Pediatrics: Cardiology, Elsevier, 2006.
Schultz AH, Ventricular Septal Defects, in Schwartz MW et al, The 5 Minute Pediatric Consult, 4th ed., Philadelphia, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2005.
Schultz AH, History and Physical Examination, in Fogel MA, Ventricular Function and Blood Flow in Congenital Heart Disease, Futura, 2005.
Hirshfeld AB, Pleural Effusions, in Schwartz MW et al, Clinical Handbook of Pediatrics, 3rd ed., Philadelphia, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2003.
Hirshfeld AB, Ventricular Septal Defects, in Schwartz MW et al, The 5 Minute Pediatric Consult, 3rd ed., Philadelphia, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2002.
Ebel BE and Hirshfeld AB, Immunoprophylaxis, in Iannone R and Siberry GK, The Harriet Lane Handbook, 15th ed., St. Louis, Mosby, 1999.
Hirshfeld AB, Genetics, in Iannone R and Siberry GK, The Harriet Lane Handbook, 15th ed., St. Louis, Mosby, 1999.
Lee ME, Arya, B, Schultz AH, Healey P, McMullan DM, A Rare Case of Thoracic Ectopia Cordis: Staged Early Complete Intracardiac Repair. Congenital Heart Surgeons’ Society and the European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association Joint Annual Meeting, 2020 (presented virtually).
2004, W. W. Smith Charitable Trust Named Research Award
2004, American College of Cardiology Foundation/Pfizer Career Development Award (declined due to overlap with other grants)
2001, American Heart Association Women in Cardiology Travel Grant
2001, Ann Newman Fellow in Pediatric Cardiology
1996, American Women’s Medical Association Scholarship Citation
1995, Alpha Omega Alpha
1994, American Society of Clinical Pathologists Award for Academic Excellence and Achievement
1993, American Academy of Allergy and Immunology Summer Research Fellowship
1992, Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences Degree Marshall
1992, Cornell University Merrill Presidential Scholar
1992, Phi Beta Kappa
American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP)
American College of Cardiology (FACC)
Alpha Omega Alpha
American Society of Echocardiography
Society of Pediatric Echocardiography
Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative