Rachel J Shustak, MD MSCE
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Physician, Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director of Trainee Education, Cardiac Care Unit, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3401 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BA (Public Health)
Johns Hopkins University, 2009.
MD (Medicine)
New York University School of Medicine, 2014.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2022.
Permanent linkBA (Public Health)
Johns Hopkins University, 2009.
MD (Medicine)
New York University School of Medicine, 2014.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2022.
Description of Research Expertise
Pediatric Cardiology, Congenital Heart Disease, Infant Single Ventricle Monitoring, Preventive Pediatric Cardiology, Social Determinants of HealthSelected Publications
Ilana Schwartz, Jan Leonard, Alexis Zavez, Luma Essaid, Alyson Stagg, Chitra Ravishankar, Therese Giglia, Monique Gardner, Rachel Shustak: Brain natriuretic Peptide is Not Predictive of Days Alive and Out of Hospital During the Interstage Period in Infants with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2024, Chicago, IL, Poster Nov 2024.Shustak, R: Disparities in Diagnosis and Treatment of Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2024, Chicago, IL, Poster Nov 2024.
Shustak RJ, Rossano JW.: Visceral Adiposity-A Novel Early-Life Risk Factor for Preclinical Atherosclerosis in Adolescence. JAMA Netw Open 7(1): e2434648, Sep 2024.
Shustak RJ, Brothers JA, Daniels SR: Identification and Management of Children with Dyslipidemia. Lifestyle Medicine, 4th edition. Taylor & Francis, Sep 2024 Notes: Chapter.
Reddy KP, Ludomirsky AB, Jones AL, Shustak RJ, Faerber JA, Naim MY, Lopez KN, Mercer-Rosa LM.: Racial, ethnic, and socio-economic disparities in neonatal ICU admissions among neonates born with cyanotic CHD in the United States, 2009-2018. Cardiol Young 24(1): 1-8, Apr 2024.
Stagg A, Giglia TM, Gardner MM, Shustak RJ, Natarajan SS, Hehir DA, Szwast AL, Rome JJ, Ravishankar C, Preminger TJ.: Feasibility of Digital Stethoscopes in Telecardiology Visits for Interstage Monitoring in Infants with Palliated Congenital Heart Disease. Pediatr Cardiol 44(8): 1702-1709, Dec 2023.
Shustak RJ, Faerber J, Stagg A, Ravishankar C, Mercer-Rosa L, Giglia TM, Gardner MM: Home Monitoring and Unanticipated Interstage Readmissions: Evaluating the Impact of Neighborhood Social Vulnerability. Circulation 148(Suppl_1), Nov 2023 Notes: American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2023, Philadelphia, PA, Poster.
Shustak, R: Lipid Screening (Episode 156). Primary Care Perspectives podcast, Philadelphia, PA Oct 2023.
Shustak RJ, Huang J, Tam V, Stagg A, Giglia TM, Ravishankar C, Mercer-Rosa L, Guevara JP, Gardner MM.: Neighborhood Social Vulnerability and Interstage Weight Gain: Evaluating the Role of a Home Monitoring Program. J Am Heart Assoc 12(18): e030029, Sep 2023.
Shustak RJ, Faerber J, Ravishankar C, Mercer-Rosa L, Giglia TM: COVID-19 Infection and the Interstage Period. 8th World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Washington DC, Poster Aug 2023.