Susan Schachtner, MD

Clinical Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology)
Attending Physician, Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Medical Director, Cardiac Care Unit, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Cardiology
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
8NW76 - Main Bldg.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division of Cardiology
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
8NW76 - Main Bldg.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-425-6116
Fax: 215-590-4978
Fax: 215-590-4978
Education:
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Iowa College of Medicine, 1989.
Permanent linkM.D. (Medicine)
University of Iowa College of Medicine, 1989.
Selected Publications
Asztalos IB, Hill SN, Nash DB, Schachtner SK, Palm KJ: Cardiogenic Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Infants with Congenital Heart Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Pediatr Cardiol. Oct 2024.Pradhan S, Strohacker C, Schachtner S, Palm K, Trauth A, Gao Z, Marcuccio E.: Management of Hematochezia in Infants with Congenital Heart Disease Admitted to the Acute Care Cardiology Unit: A Multicenter Retrospective Pilot Study. J Pediatr June 2024.
Palm K, Trauth A, Gao Z, Pradhan S, Schachtner S, Strohacker C, Nash D, Marcuccio E: Feeding Practices in Infants with Hematochezia and Necrotizing Enterocolitis on Acute Care Cardiology Units. Pediatr Cardiol Feb 2024.
Jones AL, Campbell MJ, Abernathy B, Neubert s, Hager A,Collier H, Ramsey EZ, Simon A, Schachtner S, Natarajan S.: Improvement in Palivizumab Administration Prior to Discharge for Hospitalized Infants with Hemodynamically Significant Congenital Heart Disease: A Quality Improvement Initiative. Pediatr Cardiol online ahead of print, May 2023.
Graupe M, Tignor A, Veneziale K, Jensen M, Khadr L, Beckstrom H, Gister M, Hendricks K, Madsen NL, Roberts F, Youngberg S, Schachtner S.: Accelerating Improvement: The Pediatric Acute Care Cardiology Collaborative data timeliness project. Int J Qual Health Care 34(4), Nov 2022.
Khadr L, Hart SA, Schachtner S, Graupe M, Veneziale KL, Bushnell J, Roberts F, Jolly-Passerini H, Madsen N.: Paediatric acute care cardiology collaborative data registry validation. Cardiol Young Nov 2022.
Gardner MM, Faerber J, Glatz AC, Preminger TJ, Avitabile CM, Shankar S, Shustak RJ, Weber DR, Schachtner S, Ravishankar C, Goldberg DJ.: Relationship Between Serum Brain-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Biomarkers of Growth in Infants With Shunt-Dependent Single Cardiac Ventricle. Am J Cardiol 171: 146-150, May 2022.
Katherine Bates, Chloe Connelly, Lara Khadr, Margaret Graupe, Anthony Hlavacek, Evonne Morell, Sara Pasquali, Jennifer Russell, Susan K. Schachtner, Courtney Strohacker, Ronn Tanel, Adam Ware, Sharyl Wooton, Nicolas Madsen, and Alaina Kipps : Successful Reduction of Postoperative Chest Tube Duration and Length of Stay After Congenital Heart Surgery: A Multicenter Collaborative Improvement Project. Journal of the AHA Accepted June 2021: e020730, Nov 2021.
Bates KE, Madsen NL, Khadr L, Gao Z, Crawford K, Gaies M, Graupe M, Hanke SP, Hlavacek AM, Morell E, Pasquali SK, Russell JL, Schachtner SK, Tanel RE, Ware AL, Kipps AK.: Center Variation in Chest Tube Duration and Length of Stay After Congenital Heart Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg July 2020(110): 221-227, July 2020 Notes: Epub 2019 Nov 21.
Kipps, AK; Cassidy, Steven; Strohacker, Courtney; Graupe, Margaret; Bates, Katherine; McLellan, Mary; Harahsheh, Ashraf; Henke, Samuel; Tanel, Ronn; Schachtner, Susan; Gaies, Michael; Madsen, Nicolas.: Collective quality improvement in the Pediatric Cardiology Acute Care Unit: Establishment of the Pediatric Acute Care Cardiology Collaborative (PAC3). Cardiol Young 28(8), Aug 2018.