Anita L. Szwast, MD

Pediatric Cardiology

Sees newborns through age 18

Anita L. Szwast, MD

Pediatric Cardiology

Sees newborns through age 18

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Cardiology)
Dr. Szwast is an independent physician who is not employed by Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health.

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Alagille Syndrome
Anomalies of the Aorta
Anomalous Coronary Artery
Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
Aortic Valve Disorders
Aortopulmonary Window
Arrhythmia (Irregular Heartbeat)
Athlete's Heart
Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)
Atrioventricular Canal Defect
Atrioventricular Septal Defect
Bacterial Endocarditis
Barth Syndrome
Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease
Brugada Syndrome
Cardiomyopathy (Cardiomyopathies)
Cardio-Oncology
Cardiorenal Syndrome (CRS)
Common Aortopulmonary Trunk
Congenital Anomaly of the Aortic Arch
Congenital Anomaly of the Coronary Artery
Congenital Heart Disease
Congenital Infundibular Stenosis
Congenital Insufficiency of the Aortic Valve
Congenital Mitral Valve Regurgitation
Congenital Pulmonary Valve Atresia
Congenital Stenosis of the Aortic Valve
Congenital Stenosis of the Mitral Valve
Congenital Stenosis of the Pulmonary Valve
Congenital Subaortic Stenosis
Congenital Tricuspid Stenosis
Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
Constrictive Pericarditis
Coronary Artery Anomaly
Coronary Artery Fistula
Cyanotic Heart Disease
Dextrocardia
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Double Aortic Arch
Double Outlet Right Ventricle
Ebstein Anomaly
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Eisenmenger Syndrome
Endocardial Cushion Defect
Familial Arrhythmias
Familial Cardiomyopathy
Familial Dyslipidemia
Fetal Arrhythmia
Fetal Cardiology
Fetal Cardiomyopathy
Genetic Cardiomyopathy
Genetic Heart Disease
Heart Block
Heart Murmur
Heart Tumor (Cardiac Tumor)
Hemitruncus
Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis
Inherited Cardiac Arrhythmia
Kabuki Syndrome
Kawasaki Disease
Loeys-Dietz Syndrome
Long QT Syndrome
Marfan Syndrome
Mitral Stenosis
MTHFR Mutation
Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO)
Peripheral Pulmonary Stenosis
Persistent Ostium Primum
Pulmonary Artery Coarctation and Atresia
Pulmonary Artery Stenosis
Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary Valve Disorders
Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency
Pulmonary Valve Stenosis (PVS)
Pulmonary Vein Stenosis
Pulmonary Veno Occlusive Disease
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
Septal Defect
Subaortic Stenosis
Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis
Syncope
Tetralogy of Fallot
Transposition of the Great Vessels
Tricuspid Atresia
Truncus Arteriosus
Tufted Angioma
Twin Reversed Arterial Perfusion
Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome
Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
Viral Cardiomyopathy
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (WPW)

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Board Certification

Pediatrics, 2004
Pediatrics/Cardiology (AMA)

Education and Training

Medical School: University of Pittsburgh
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital
Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Primary Location

CHOP Specialty Care, Lancaster

Suite 300
2104 Harrisburg Pike
Lancaster, PA 17601

Map Call 717-544-0375

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Lancaster General Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Selected Publications

A Szwast, C Penney, P Sharma, J Rychik.: Role of maternal hyperoxygenation testing to predict need for balloon atrial septostomy in fetal d-transposition of great arteries Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol : doi: 10.1002,2024.

Taylor Hartzel Houlihan, Jill Combs, Elizabeth Smith, Elizabeth Coulter, Lucia Figueroa, Christine Falkensammer, Jill Savla, Elizabeth Goldmuntz, Karl Degenhardt, Anita Szwast, Amanda Shillingford, Jack Rychik.: Parental Impressions and Perspectives of Efficacy in Prenatal Counseling for Single Ventricle Congenital Heart Disease Pediatr Cardiol 45 (3): 605-613,2024.

Taylor Hartzel Houlihan, Jill Combs, Elizabeth Smith, Elizabeth Coulter, Lucia Figueroa, Christine Falkensammer, Jill Savla, Elizabeth Goldmuntz, Karl Degenhardt, Anita Szwast, Amanda Shillingford, Jack Rychik.: "Parental Impressions and Perspectives of Efficacy in Prenatal Counseling for Single Ventricle Congenital Heart Disease" Pediatric Cardiology 45 (3): 605-613,2023.

Stagg A, Giglia TM, Gardner MM, Shustak RJ, Natarajan SS, Hehir DA, Szwast AL, Rome JJ, Ravishankar C, Preminger TJ.: "Feasibility of Digital Stethoscopes in Telecardiology Visits for Interstage Monitoring in Infants with Palliated Congenital Heart Disease." Pediatr Cardiol. 44 (8): 1702-1709,2023.

Shustak RJ, Faerber JA, Stagg A, Hehir DA, Natarajan SS, Preminger TJ, Szwast A, Rome JJ, Giglia TM, Ravishankar C, Mercer-Rosa L, Gardner MM.: "Association of Home Monitoring and Unanticipated Interstage Readmissions in Infants With Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome." J Am Heart Assoc. 12 (8): e025686,2023.

A. Szwast, C. Penney, P. Sharma, J. Savla, and J. Rychik: "Role of Maternal Hyperoxygenation Testing to Predict Need for Balloon Atrial Septostomy in d-Transposition of the Great Arteries" J Am Coll Cardiol. 81 (8): 1536,2023.

A Stagg, TM Giglia, MM Gardner, BF Offit, KM Fuller, SS Natarajan DA Hehir, AL Szwast, JJ Rome, C Ravishankar, BL Laskin, TJ Preminger: "Initial Experience with Telemedicine for Interstage Monitoring in Infants with Palliated Congenital Heart Disease" Pediatr Cardiol 44 (1): 196-203,2023.

S Sunderji, S Peyvandi, E Jaeggi A Szwast, G Ryan, F Tessier, S Siddiqui, B Cuneo, S Sheth, M Treadwell, M Frommelt, S Turan, J Copel, S Emery, L Rand, AJ Moon-Grady, North American Fetal Therapy Network (NAFTNet): "NAFTNet retrospective report on the treatment of anti-Ro/SSA mediated fetal heart block with dexamethasone" J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 35 (25): 9263-9270,2022.

RJ Shustak, L Mercer-Rosa, J Faerber, A Stagg, DA Hehir, SS Natarajan, TJ Preminger, A Szwast, JJ Rome, TM Giglia, C Ravishankar and MM Gardner: "Unanticipated Interstage Readmissions in Infants with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: Association of Home Monitoring and Identification of Patient Risk Factors" Circulation 114 (1): 11106,2021.

Jill J Savla, Jack Rychik, Karl Degenhardt, Christine Falkensammer, Jill Combs and Anita Szwast: "Risk Factors for Adverse Outcome in Prenatally Diagnosed Heterotaxy Syndrome in the Current Era" Circulation 144 (1): 10569,2021.

Academic Contact Information

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Cardiology
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Suite 8NW90 - Main Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 267-425-6116
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366

American College of Cardiology, National
American Heart Association, National
American Society of Echocardiography, National
Fetal Heart Society, National
Pennsylvania Medical Society, Local