April Dworetz MD
Academic Appointment
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
Education
Degrees
- MA Bioethics from Emory University
- MPH from Yale University School of Medicine
- MD from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- No Degree from University of Pittsburgh
- A.B. from Bard College
- No Degree from McGill University
Research
Focus
- My research concentrates on autonomous individuals right to decide on treatment or interventions that may prolong or shorten life. I examine the ethical concerns of disabled persons and the bias against them that permeates most, if not all, cultures. My goal is to break down barriers that disable people.
Publications
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A Call for Pragmatic, Ethically Complex Narratives of Disability.
Am J Bioeth Volume: 25 Page(s): 93 - 95
04/01/2025 Authors: Dworetz AR; Garland-Thomson R -
Novel Objective Measures of Hypersomnolence.
Curr Sleep Med Rep Volume: 9 Page(s): 45 - 55
03/01/2023 Authors: Dworetz A; Trotti LM; Sharma S -
Withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment in extremely low gestational age neonates.
Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed Volume: 106 Page(s): 238 - 243
05/01/2021 Authors: Dworetz AR; Natarajan G; Langer J; Kinlaw K; James JR; Bidegain M; Das A; Poindexter B; Bell EF; Cotten CM -
Outcomes of Preterm Infants following Discussions about Withdrawal or Withholding of Life Support (vol 190, pg 118, 2017)
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS Volume: 207 Page(s): 270 - 270
04/01/2019 Authors: James J; Munson D; DeMauro SB; Langer JC; Dworetz AR; Natarajan G; Bidegain M; Fortney CA; Seabrook R; Vohr BR -
Outcomes of Preterm Infants following Discussions about Withdrawal or Withholding of Life Support.
J Pediatr Volume: 190 Page(s): 118 - 123.e4
11/01/2017 Authors: James J; Munson D; DeMauro SB; Langer JC; Dworetz AR; Natarajan G; Bidegain M; Fortney CA; Seabrook R; Vohr BR -
Reality checks.
Hastings Cent Rep Volume: 42 Page(s): 7 - 8
01/01/2012 Authors: Dworetz AR -
Power in practice: best interests or coercive control?
Am J Bioeth Volume: 11 Page(s): 62 - 63
12/01/2011 Authors: Dworetz AR; Schonfeld T -
Confronting ambiguity: identifying options for infants with trisomy 18.
J Clin Ethics Volume: 22 Page(s): 338 - 344
01/01/2011 Authors: Derrington SF; Dworetz AR -
Breast-feeding in a low-income population. Program to increase incidence and duration.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med Volume: 149 Page(s): 798 - 803
07/01/1995 Authors: Brent NB; Redd B; Dworetz A; D'Amico F; Greenberg JJ -
Survival of infants with persistent pulmonary hypertension without extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
Pediatrics Volume: 84 Page(s): 1 - 6
07/01/1989 Authors: Dworetz AR; Moya FR; Sabo B; Gladstone I; Gross I