Hamilton P. Schwartz, MD

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Medical Director, Burnet Campus, Division of Emergency Medicine
Medical Director, Statline
Medical Director, Pediatric Transport Program
Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

hamilton.schwartz@cchmc.org
Board Certified

About

Biography

Hamilton Schwartz, MD, completed medical school at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. He then came to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center where he completed three years of pediatric training in 2002, and a 4th year as chief resident in 2003. Following his pediatric residency he entered the pediatric emergency medicine fellowship program at Cincinnati Children's. Upon completion of his pediatric emergency medicine fellowship in 2006, Dr. Schwartz joined the Division of Emergency Medicine as a fulltime faculty member.

In addition to being a fulltime faculty physician in the Emergency Department, Dr. Schwartz is the medical director of Statline, a division of the Cincinnati Children's Emergency Department which serves as the hospital's interface with EMS providers. Additionally, Dr. Schwartz is the medical director of the Critical Care Transport Team at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

Dr. Schwartz received an appointment from Ohio Governor Ted Strictland in 2007, to the Ohio Medical Transportation Board. He is also an elected member of the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Transport Medicine.

Interests

Better handling the care of children in the local emergency medical services community

Services and Specialties

Research Areas

Emergency Medicine

Publications

Emergency Medical Services and Police Utilization for Pediatric Mental and Behavioral Health Concerns Within a Large Hospital System. Hartwell, V; Riney, L; Cheetham, A; Pomerantz, WJ; Lee, SH; Bensman, R; Schwartz, H; Zhang, Y; Babcock, L. Pediatric Emergency Care. 2025; 41:104-108.

Prehospital Restraint Use in Pediatric Patients With Mental and Behavioral Health Emergencies. Cummings, C; Babcock, L; Zhang, Y; Lee, SH; Schwartz, H; Semenova, O; Pomerantz, WJ; Riney, L; Bensman, R; Hartwell, V; Cheetham, A. Pediatric Emergency Care. 2025; 41:30-36.

Emergency Department Pediatric Mental and Behavioral Health Patients Transported by Emergency Medical Services and Police: Trends and Interventions. Cheetham, A; Babcock, L; Hartwell, V; Schwartz, H; Bensman, R; Lee, SH; Riney, L; Semenova, O; Zhang, Y; Pomerantz, WJ. Academic Pediatrics. 2024; 24:1001-1009.

A Dedicated Outpatient Pharmacy Improves Access to Discharge Medications in a Pediatric Emergency Department: A Quality Improvement Study. Choi, JH; Barrett, MC; Michel, N; Bouvay, K; Schwartz, H; Vukovic, AA. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2024; 83:552-561.

Impact of Prehospital Pain Management on Emergency Department Management of Injured Children. Harris, MI; Adelgais, KM; Linakis, SW; Magill, CF; Brazauskas, R; Shah, MI; Nishijima, DK; Lowe, GS; Chadha, K; Chang, TP; Schwartz, HP; Gaither, JB; Studnek, JR; Browne, LR. Prehospital Emergency Care (Edición Española). 2023; 27:1-9.

Impact of Race and Ethnicity on Emergency Medical Services Administration of Opioid Pain Medications for Injured Children. Nishijima, DK; Tancredi, DJ; Adelgais, KM; Chadha, K; Chang, TP; Harris, MI; Leonard, JC; Lerner, EB; Linakis, SW; Lowe, GS; Magill, CF; Schwartz, HP; Shah, MI; Browne, LR. Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2023; 64:55-61.

Improving Administration of Prehospital Corticosteroids for Pediatric Asthma. Riney, LC; Schwartz, H; Murtagh Kurowski, E; Collett, L; Florin, TA. Pediatric Quality and Safety. 2021; 6:e410.

Prehospital Factors Associated With Cervical Spine Injury in Pediatric Blunt Trauma Patients. Browne, LR; Ahmad, FA; Schwartz, H; Wallendorf, M; Kuppermann, N; Lerner, EB; Leonard, JC. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2021; 28:553-561.

The impact of public health interventions on critical illness in the pediatric emergency department during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Dean, P; Zhang, Y; Frey, M; Shah, A; Edmunds, K; Boyd, S; Schwartz, H; Frey, T; Stalets, E; Schaffzin, J; Vukovic, AA; Reeves, S; Masur, T; Kerrey, B. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open. 2020; 1:1542-1551.

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