Clinician • Builder • Educator

Bridging compassionate pediatric care and technology to improve perioperative safety.

I’m a pediatric anesthesiologist with a passion for clinical informatics—building tools that reduce friction, improve communication, and help teams deliver safer care for kids.

Education
Fellowship program leadership
Research
Safety + workflows
Apps
Clinician-first tools
AI
Pragmatic, policy-based
Featured
Apio
Pediatric Anesthesia Reference + Calculators
  • Quick bedside calculators and dosing helpers
  • Offline-friendly reference designed for the OR
  • Built with safety, clarity, and speed in mind

About

Pediatric anesthesiologist + clinical informaticist building tools that make care safer and workflows simpler.

I’m Dr. Scott Licata — a pediatric anesthesiologist at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and a Clinical Associate Professor. I work at the intersection of perioperative safety, education, transplant anesthesia, and clinical informatics, with a focus on building practical systems clinicians actually use.

Current roles
  • Associate Clinical Director
  • Charge Attending
  • Physician Lead for UPMC EPIC EMR Transition (Hospital Council)
Board certifications
  • Anesthesiology
  • Pediatric Anesthesiology
  • Clinical Informatics
Selected highlights
  • Stephen C. Finestone Physician Excellence in Education Award (2025)
  • UPMC Resident Education Teaching Award (2024)
  • Invited ACCRAC “Master Clinician” (2025)
What I build
  • OR drug label generator
  • Apio pediatric anesthesia app
  • Dashboards + decision support for perioperative care
Pediatric Anesthesia Transplant Clinical Informatics Quality & Safety Education AI

Informatics Projects

Tools and ideas focused on reliability, safety, and real-world usability.

Apio App

A pediatric anesthesia reference and calculator suite designed for fast, safe decisions in the OR.

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Doctor Comfort Chatbot

An AI-powered assistant to support families preoperatively with customized, policy-based answers.

Vaccine Catch-Up Scheduler

A web app that calculates CDC-compliant catch-up vaccination schedules for kids who missed routine immunizations.

Transplant Communication App

Improves real-time coordination between transplant surgery, anesthesia, and nursing teams during donor organ procurement.

Drug Label Maker

A lightweight, practical labeling tool to reduce medication errors and streamline OR setup.

Epic Workflow + Bridges

Focused on high-signal clinical integration, data quality, and practical automation that respects clinician time.

Apio

A pediatric anesthesia reference and calculator toolkit built for speed, clarity, and safety—whether you’re in the OR, pre-op, or PACU.

Apio has its own home.
For screenshots, feature details, and updates, visit the dedicated Apio page.
Open Apio landing page
Designed for real workflows
Fast navigation, predictable layouts, and offline-friendly reference sections.
Safety-first calculators
Weight-based helpers and guardrails with clear assumptions.
Built to evolve
Feature-flag friendly architecture to add modules over time.

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Research

My research explores innovations in perioperative safety, anesthetic technique, and the intersection of AI and clinical workflows.

AI + Communication
Preoperative Support

Evaluating chatbot-guided education to improve understanding and reduce family anxiety.

Transplant
Workflow Optimization

Studying processes and metrics that improve coordination and outcomes in pediatric transplantation.

Quality + Safety
Perioperative Reliability

Developing practical protocols for high-stakes situations, including pediatric mass casualty readiness.

Contact

Interested in collaboration, speaking, or building a clinician-friendly tool together?

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