Rachel J Shustak, MD MSCE
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology) at the 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 (Master of Science in 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 (Master of Science in 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
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), November 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: e030029, Sep 2023.
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 Jun 2023.
Shustak RJ, Brothers JA, Daniels SR : Special Patient Populations: Children and Adolescents. Clinical Lipidology, 3rd edition: a companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease Elsevier, May 2023.
Shustak RJ, Faerber JA, Stagg A, Hehir DA, Natarajan SS, Preminger TJ, Szwast A, Rome JJ, Giglia TM, Ravishankar C, Mercer-Rosa L, Gardner MM.: Association of Home Monitoring and Unanticipated Interstage Readmissions in Infants With Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. J Am Heart Assoc 12: e025686, Apr 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 Circulation 146: e030029, October 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.
Shustak RJ, Mercer-rosa L, Faerber J, Stagg A, Hehir DA, Natarajan SS, Preminger TJ, Szwast A, Rome JJ, Giglia TM, Ravishankar C, Gardner MM: Unanticipated Interstage Readmissions in Infants with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: Association of Home Monitoring and Identification of Patient Risk Factors. Circulation 144, November 2021.
Shustak, RJ.: Mobile Health: A Tool to Improve Quality of Life for Cardiac Patients. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia - Children’s Doctor Magazine April 2021.
Shustak RJ, Cohen MS.: What influences outcomes in pediatric and congenital cardiovascular disease?: A healthy lifestyle; obesity and overweight. Progress in Pediatric Cardiology 54(5): doi: 10.1101, Sept 2019.