MichaelHGewitzMDFAAP,FACC, FAHA

Professor, Pediatrics, New York Medical College

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Dr. Michael Gewitz is SVP of Clinical Operations at Westchester Medical Center and Exec Director and Wm Russell McCurdy Physician in Chief at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital /WMCHealth. He is Director of the Dept of Pediatrics for the institutions and Professor and Vice Chairman of the Dept of Pediatrics at NY Medical,College. From 1983-2020 he was Chief, Ped. Cardiology for the organizations.

Fellow FAAP FACC FAHA American Academy of Pediatrics , Am College Cardiol., Am Heart Assn
America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2020
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New York Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2009, 2011-2014
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New York Magazine: Top Pediatricians Castle Connolly, 2003
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Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
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PubMed

2 citations
Adapted from: Prevention of Viridans Group Streptococcal Infective Endocarditis: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
Walter R. Wilson, Michael H. Gewitz, Peter B. Lockhart, Ann F. Bolger, Daniel C. DeSimone
Journal of the American Dental Association. 2021-11-01
1 citations
Variation in Pharmacologic Management of Patients with Kawasaki Disease with Coronary Artery Aneurysms.
Elif Seda Selamet Tierney, Kyle Runeckles, Adriana H. Tremoulet, Nagib Dahdah, Michael A. Portman
The Journal of Pediatrics. 2021-08-30
91 citations
Prevention of Viridans Group Streptococcal Infective Endocarditis: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.
Walter R. Wilson, Michael H. Gewitz, Peter B. Lockhart, Ann F. Bolger, Daniel C. DeSimone
Circulation. 2021-05-18

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COR Pulmonale And Cystic FibrosisNational Center For Research Resources1985–1986

Chairman, Council on CV Disease in the Young , American Heart Assn. 2008 - 2010
Member, Chairman, Rheum Fever, Endocarditis, Kawasaki Disease Scientific Committee , AHA 1998 - 2010