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April Dworetz MD

  • SOM: Peds: Neonatology
    Associate Professor
  • adworet@emory.edu

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

  • 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
  • SURVIVAL OF INFANTS WITH SEVERE PERSISTENT PULMONARY-HYPERTENSION (PPH) WITHOUT EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE-OXYGENATION (ECMO) - AN UPDATE
    Volume: 25 Page(s): A214 - A214
    04/01/1989 Authors: DWORETZ AR; GLADSTONE IM; MOYA FR; SABO B; GROSS I
  • PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE (PC) SECRETION BY CULTURED FETAL-RAT TYPE-II PNEUMOCYTES
    Volume: 21 Page(s): A212 - A212
    04/01/1987 Authors: DWORETZ AR; KRESCH MJ; ROONEY SA; GROSS I
  • PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL-MECHANISMS OF THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA IN PREMATURE-INFANTS WITH RESPIRATORY-FAILURE
    Volume: 65 Page(s): A103 - A103
    09/01/1986 Authors: MOTOYAMA EK; CHANEY HR; DWORETZ A; EVANS R; KAPLAN S
  • EARLY APPEARANCE OF NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS LEUKOTRIENE-B4 (LTB4) AND AIRWAY REACTIVITY IN INFANTS WITH BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA (BPD)
    Volume: 133 Page(s): A207 - A207
    04/01/1986 Authors: MOTOYAMA E; CHANEY H; DWORETZ A; EVANS R; GUTHRIE R; KAPLAN S; KLESH K; MUTICH R; RINALDO J; ZDZIARSKI U
  • PSYCHOSOCIAL PROBLEMS OF CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC-RENAL-FAILURE
    Volume: 3 Page(s): 328 - 328
    01/01/1982 Authors: ELLIS D; DWORETZ AR; AVNER ED
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