Victoria Jenets Surma, MD
Pediatric Cardiac Critical CarePediatric CardiologyPediatric Critical Care Medicine
Highlights
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Victoria Jenets Surma
Professional Titles
- Associate Medical Director, Johns Hopkins Children's Center ECMO Program
Primary Academic Title
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins Physician
Background
Victoria Surma is an attending physician in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. She is also the associate medical director of the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) program at the Children’s Center.
A graduate of the Temple University medical school, Dr. Surma completed a pediatrics residency at the University of Virginia and later finished fellowships in pediatric critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and in pediatric cardiology at Children’s National Hospital.
Additional Academic Titles
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Red blood cell transfusion; regional oxygen saturation; regional tissue oxygenation; near-infrared spectroscopy; pediatric ECMO; pediatric ECPR
Research Summary
Dr. Surma’s research focuses on the effect of red blood cell transfusion on cerebral oxygen delivery for pediatric patients while on ECMO and after cardiac surgery.
Research Gate - Research Profile
Memberships
Dr. Surma is a member of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization and the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society, for which she is a coleader of the junior faculty and fellows special interest group.
Locations
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
- Get Directions
- phone: 410-955-5000
- fax: 410-955-5001
Expertise
Education
- Fellowship: Children's National Hospital, Pediatric Cardiology, 2024
- Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2022
- Residency: UVA Health University Medical Center, Pediatrics, 2019
- Medical Education: Temple University School of Medicine, MD, 2016
- Graduate School: Georgetown University, Physiology and Biophysics, MSc, 2012
Board Certifications
- Pediatric Cardiology: American Board of Pediatrics, 2024
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: American Board of Pediatrics, 2022
- Pediatrics: American Board of Pediatrics, 2019
Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)