StuartBergerMD
Pediatric Cardiology • Chicago, ILDivision Head Pediatric Cardiology, Medical Director Lurie Children’s Hospital Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Director Project ADAM Lurie Children’s Hospital
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Office
225 E Chicago Ave
Pediatric Cardiology
Chicago, IL 60611Phone+1 414-491-6739- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Stuart Berger is a native Wisconsinite. He was born and raised in Milwaukee. He went to undergraduate school at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and then graduated from medical school at the University of Wisconsin Madison. He did his internship and residency in Pediatrics at the University of Chicago and then went on to do a fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology and Neonatology also
at the University of Chicago. He remained on the faculty at the University of Chicago for five years and did a combination of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine.
Following this, Dr. Berger was recruited to Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1991 to start the pediatric heart transplant program. Soon after arrival he became the Chief of Pediatric Cardiology and remained in that position for the next 24 years. In 2014, he went to the
University of California Davis to become the Medical Director of the Heart Center and the Vice Chair of Pediatrics. He then came to Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago in 2016 as the Executive Director of the Pediatric Heart Center and the Vice Chair of Pediatrics.
Dr. Berger currently is a Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Northwestern University. He is the Division Head of Pediatric Cardiology at Lurie Children’s Hospital as well as the medical Director of the Heart Center. His clinical interests include pediatric intensive care medicine, interventional cardiac
catheterization, pulmonary hypertension, and outpatient pediatric cardiology. His academic and research interests are in the area of prevention of sudden cardiac death in children and adolescents including advocacy for CPR and AED use. He is very interested in community medicine and CPR and AED Education for all.
Education & Training
University of ChicagoFellowship, Pediatric Cardiology, 1982 - 1985- University of ChicagoResidency, Pediatrics, 1979 - 1983
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public HealthClass of 1979
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2014 - Present
IL State Medical License 1981 - 2026
WI State Medical License 1990 - 2015- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Cardiology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
- Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
- Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Clinical Trials
- Safety of Sports for Patients With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators Start of enrollment: 2006 Sep 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- The Case for Home AED in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults Not Meeting Criteria for ICD.Seshadri Balaji, Dianne L Atkins, Stuart Berger, Susan P Etheridge, Maully J Shah> ;JACC. Clinical Electrophysiology. 2022 Sep 1
- 4 citationsmRNA Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccine-Associated Myopericarditis in Adolescents: A Survey Study.Utkarsh Kohli, Lavina Desai, Devyani Chowdhury, Ashraf S Harahsheh, Alexandra B Yonts, Annette Ansong, Arash Sabati, Hoang H Nguyen, Tarique Hussain, Danyal Khan, Davi...> ;The Journal of Pediatrics. 2022 Apr 1
- 12 citationsHealth Care Policy and Congenital Heart Disease: 2020 Focus on Our 2030 Future.Devyani Chowdhury, Jonathan N. Johnson, Carissa M. Baker-Smith, Robert D.B. Jaquiss, Arjun Mahendran, Valerie Curren, Aarti Bhat, Angira Patel, Audrey C. Marshall, Ste...> ;Journal of the American Heart Association. 2021 Oct 19
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Other
- Cardiac evaluation of patients receiving pharmacotherapy for attention deficit hyperactivity disorderBerger S
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/cardiac-evaluation-of-patients-receiving-pharmacotherapy-for-attent
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-09-26 - Suspected heart disease in infants and children: Criteria for referralBerger S
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/suspected-heart-disease-in-infants-and-children-criteria-for-referr
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-06-12 - Sudden cardiac arrest and death in childrenBerger S
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/sudden-cardiac-arrest-and-death-in-children
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-12-19
Press Mentions
- Long COVID Doubles Risk of Some Serious Outcomes in Children, TeensAugust 5th, 2022
- Long COVID Doubles Risk of Serious Consequences in Children, Teens: StudyAugust 4th, 2022
- Long COVID Doubles Risk of Some Serious Outcomes in Children, Teens: StudyAugust 4th, 2022
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Professional Memberships
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Hospital Affiliations
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of ChicagoChicago, Illinois
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