Jana Stockwell
Overview
Jana Stockwell, MD, FCCM is a pediatric intensivist at Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston and a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the Emory University School of Medicine. Currently she is the Chair of the System Credentials Committee and formerly served as the Chief of the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Emory from 2010 to 2021. Dr. Stockwell was Editor-in-Chief for both editions of Comprehensive Critical Care: Pediatric, a pediatric intensive care board review textbook published by the Society of Critical Care Medicine. She served on the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Critical Care (SOCC) Executive Council and was the Editor-in-Chief of AAPs monthly board prep publication PREP-ICU for many years. She has participated in many committees and quality improvement endeavors with SCCM during her career and received SCCM's "Barry Shapiro, MD Award" in 2023. Currently, she serves on the Society of Critical Care Medicines (SCCM) Documentation and Coding Education Committee & Thrive Committee. She was elected to membership in the American Pediatric Society (APS) in 2013 and served on the Food & Drug Administrations (FDA) CDRH Device Resolution Panel from 2011 - 2018. She is interested in documentation and coding aspects of critical care.
Since 2016, Dr. Stockwell has volunteered in the Canines For Kids program at Childrens, serving as the handler for the Egleston PICUs therapy dog, Tidings (2016-2023) and now with Aston. In making hundreds of visits each year with patients, families and staff, the therapy dogs have brought comfort to many during stressful times and provided encouragement & motivation for mobility.
Focus of practice
Critical care medicine
Areas of interest
Quality improvementpressure injury, bronchiolitis
Animal assisted therapy
Board preparation
Documentation
Professional affiliations
Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
American Pediatric Society (APS)
Research interests
Quality and process improvement
Academic Appointment
- Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
Education
Degrees
- BS Zoology from Texas A&M University, College Station
- MD from University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Research
Focus
- Patient safety and quality improvement initiatives, ICU nosocomial infections (blood stream infections, ventilator associated pneumonia), Safety and efficacy of sedation holidays, Prevention of pressure ulcers, Prevention of deep vein thrombosis, Safety of enteral feeding in ventilated children, Procedural sedation safety, Ultrasound for placement of central vascular access, Completeness of brain death documentation, Safety of sedation for cardiac patients for MRI by non-anesthesiologists.
Publications
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Resources and Costs Associated With Repeated Admissions to PICUs.
Crit Care Explor Volume: 3 Page(s): e0347
02/01/2021 Authors: Kane JM; Hall M; Cecil C; Montgomery VL; Rakes LC; Rogerson C; Stockwell JA; Slain KN; Goodman DM -
Automated Pupillary Measurements Inversely Correlate With Increased Intracranial Pressure in Pediatric Patients With Acute Brain Injury or Encephalopathy.
Pediatr Crit Care Med Volume: 21 Page(s): 753 - 759
08/01/2020 Authors: Freeman AD; McCracken CE; Stockwell JA -
ASSESSMENT OF AUTOMATED PUPILLOMETRY AS A PREDICTOR OF INCREASED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE
Volume: 47
01/01/2019 Authors: Freeman A; Stockwell J; McCracken C -
Impact of a daily rounding checklist to reduce urinary catheter utilization in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU)
Volume: 142
05/01/2018 Authors: Siegel B; Figueroa J; Stockwell J -
Reducing Childhood Admissions to the PICU for Poisoning (ReCAP2) by Predicting Unnecessary PICU Admissions After Acute Intoxication.
Pediatr Crit Care Med Volume: 19 Page(s): e120 - e129
02/01/2018 Authors: Patel MM; Travers CD; Stockwell JA; Numur EA; Geller RJ; Kamat PP; Grunwell JR -
Impact of a Daily PICU Rounding Checklist on Urinary Catheter Utilization and Infection.
Pediatr Qual Saf Volume: 3 Page(s): e078
01/01/2018 Authors: Siegel BI; Figueroa J; Stockwell JA -
A SURVEY OF PROCEDURAL SEDATION IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS
Volume: 46 Page(s): 222 - 222
01/01/2018 Authors: Patel M; Grunwell J; Bryan L; McCracken C; Dave I; Stockwell J; Berkenbosch J; Simon H; Kamat P -
Pediatric Procedural Sedation Using the Combination of Ketamine and Propofol Outside of the Emergency Department: A Report From the Pediatric Sedation Research Consortium.
Pediatr Crit Care Med Volume: 18 Page(s): e356 - e363
08/01/2017 Authors: Grunwell JR; Travers C; Stormorken AG; Scherrer PD; Chumpitazi CE; Stockwell JA; Roback MG; Cravero J; Kamat PP -
Evaluation of methohexital as an alternative to propofol in a high volume outpatient pediatric sedation service.
Am J Emerg Med Volume: 35 Page(s): 1101 - 1105
08/01/2017 Authors: Jones NE; Kelleman MS; Simon HK; Stockwell JA; McCracken C; Mallory MD; Kamat PP -
Analysis of Interventions Required in 12,021 Children With Acute Intoxications Admitted to PICUs.
Pediatr Crit Care Med Volume: 18 Page(s): e281 - e289
07/01/2017 Authors: Patel MM; Travers CD; Stockwell JA; Geller RJ; Kamat PP; Grunwell JR