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CURRICULUM VITAE

Alexander Raskin MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Cardiology

OFFICE ADDRESS:
Children’s Wisconsin - Milwaukee Hospital
8915 W Connell Court
Milwaukee, WI 53226

EDUCATION:
08/2004 - 05/2008 B.S. in Neuroscience, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
08/2009 - 06/2013 Doctorate, Medical College of Wisconsin, WI

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS:
07/2013 - 06/2016 Pediatrics Residency, Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 9000 W. Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/2016 - 06/2019 Pediatric Cardiology Fellow, Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 9000 W. Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/2019 - 06/2020 Pediatric Advanced Heart Failure & transplantation Fellow, Pediatric Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
08/2020 - 2025 Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Advanced Heart Failure & Transplantation, Pediatric Cardiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
06/2022 - 2025 Visiting Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology, Interim Medical Director of Pediatric Heart Transplant, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION:
Board Certified
Issue DateExpiration
Pediatrics
10/2016
12/2027
Cardiology
11/2020
12/2032
   
Licensure
Number Issue DateExpiration
DEA WI
FR5004281
03/19/2024
04/30/2027
Wisconsin License
63310-20
10/31/2025
    

AWARDS AND HONORS:
2007 - 2008 Department of Biological Sciences Student Leader of the Year Award, UIC
2007 - 2008 Adam Kuhn Scholarship for Pre Med Students, UIC
2009 MCW Standing Ovation Award, Homeless Outreach in Medical Education (HOME) Project
2009 Merit Based Scholarship, MCW
2016 2016 Larrie Sarff Teaching Award
2016 Outstanding Medical Student Teacher, MCW
2022 Resident High Five Teaching Award, STFM
2023 - 2024 Journeys & Frontiers in Pediatric Research Nominee, American Pediatric Society
2025 AOA Member

MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
07/2010 - Present American Medical Association
10/2011 - Present Wisconsin Medical Society
10/2011 - Present Medical Society of Milwaukee County
10/2012 - Present Alpha Omega Alpha
07/2013 - Present American Academy of Pediatrics
10/2018 - Present International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation
10/2019 - Present ACTION Learning Network (Co-Leader of Fellows Stakeholder Group)
01/2022 - Present American Society for Artificial Internal Organs

RESEARCH GRANTS/AWARDS/CONTRACTS/PROJECTS:
Active
Peer Review
Title:
Plasma Induced Transcriptional Analysis in Pediatric Heart Transplantation as an Assessment of Rejection
Source:
Enduring Hearts Foundation
PI:
Raskin, Alex
Dates:
06/2017 - Present
Direct Funds:
$75,000 (Mentors: Martin Hessner, PhD)
  
Title:
Post Transplant Outcomes with Positive PRA and Negative C1q
PI:
Raskin, Alex
Dates:
08/2019 - Present
  
Title:
Assessment of Strain by Echocardiography in Pediatric Anthracycline Associated Cardiomyopathy
PI:
Frommelt, Peter
Dates:
02/2021 - Present
  
Title:
Improving Endothelial Cell Stability and Development of Biocompatible Materials for Optimization of Vascular Conduits Research
Source:
Department of Biomedical Engineering
PI:
Raskin, Alex
Dates:
01/2022 - Present
Direct Funds:
$50,000 (Collaborators- John LaDisa, PhD & Brandon Tefft, PhD)
  
Title:
Utilizing Computational Flow Dynamics Modeling to Improve VAD/ECMO Connector Hemocompatibility
Source:
The Beat Goes on Foundation
PI:
Raskin, Alex
Dates:
01/2022 - Present
Direct Funds:
$100,000 (Collaborators: John LaDisa, PhD & Brandon Tefft, PhD)
  
Title:
Impact of a Home based Healthy Lifestyle Program on Body Composition and Exercise Capacity in Adult Congenital Heart Disease Patients with Heart Failure
Source:
Adult Congenital Heart Association
PI:
Ginde, Salil
Dates:
01/2022 - Present
Direct Funds:
$10,000 (Mentoring-Tracey Thompson, MD)
  
Title:
Berlin Heart Active Driver Study: FDA Device Trial in Collaboration with ACTION Learning Network
Source:
Industry Sponsored Trial
PI:
Raskin, Alex
Dates:
02/2022 - Present
Direct Funds:
$20,000
  
Title:
Bioabsorbable Metal Behavior and Regenerative Properties During the Growth Phase in a Juvenile Rat Surgical Vascular Implant Model
Source:
Research Affairs Committee Department of Biomedical Engineering- MCW
Role & Effort:
Collaborator-Raskin, A
PI:
Roger Guillory, PhD
Dates:
10/2024 - Present
Direct Funds:
$35,000
  
Prior
Peer Review
Title:
Kawasaki Disease in a Heterogeneous Midwest U.S. Population
PI:
Edward Kirkpatrick, DO
Dates:
01/2012 - 02/2018
  
Title:
The Effects of Pulmonary Hypertension on Surgical PDA Litigation Outcomes in Preterm Neonates
PI:
Edward Kirkpatrick, DO
Dates:
07/2017 - 07/2019
  

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
International
Raskin A, Loomba RS, Kirkpatrick E., Characteristics of Admissions for Kawasaki Disease From 1997 to 2012: Lessons from a National Database, 7th World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery, Barcelona, Spain, 07/2017
Raskin A, Villa C, Morales DLS, Lorts A, Hemolysis with a Ventricular Assist Device; Sometimes It is Not the Pump’s Fault, International Society of Heart & Lung Transplantation Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 04/2022 - Present
Raskin A, Edelson J, Absi M, Bearl D, Bonilla Ramirez C, Do N , Knoll C, Lorts A, Martinez H, Maeda K, O'Connor M, Rosenthal R, Shezad M, Wisotzkey B, Niebler R, The Five Year ACTION VAD Registry Experience, Oral Presentation at International Society of Heart & Lung Transplantation Annual Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, 04/2024 - Present
Brickler M, Kindel S, Mitchell M, Raskin A, Supporting a Pediatric Jehovah’s Witness Patient on a Ventricular Assist Device to Transplantation, Poster Presentation at International Society of Heart & Lung Transplantation Annual Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, 04/2024 - Present
Raskin A, Pan A, Chin C, The Utility of C1Q Assay in Pediatric Heart Transplant Donor Selection, Poster Presentation at International Society of Heart & Lung Transplantation Annual Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, 04/2024 - Present
Murguia LF, Weber E, McQueen R, Singh N, Kindel S, Zhang L, Pan A, Raskin A, Comparative Analysis of Fontan Transplant Outcomes, Poster Presentation at International Society of Heart & Lung Transplantation Annual Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic., 04/2024 - Present
Nandi D, Hayes E, Auerbach S, Bansal N, Conway J, Esteo P, Kaufman B, Lal A, Law S, Mokshagundam D, Sutcliffe D, Absi M, Raskin A, Friedland-Little J, Wittlieb-Weber C, Kroslowitz B, Lorts A, Cripe L, Villa C., Contemporary use of ventricular assist devices in muscular dystrophy: a report from the ACTION learning collaborative, World Muscle Society Congress Annual Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, 10/2024 - Present
 
National
Raskin A, Villa C, Morales DLS, Lorts A, Hemolysis with a Ventricular Assist Device; Sometimes It is Not the Pump’s Fault, Poster session presented at International Society of Heart & Lung Transplantation Annual Meeting, Boston, MA
 
Regional
Raskin A, Kirkpatrick E, Lagatta J, Kuhn E, Handler S., Influence of pulmonary hypertension on surgical PDA ligation outcomes in preterm neonates, Midwest Pediatric Cardiology Society Annual Meeting, Rochester, MN, 09/2018
Raskin, A, Plasma Induced Transcriptional Analysis as a Marker of Heart Transplant Rejection, University of Iowa Grand Rounds, Iowa, 03/2020 - 2020
Kroll K, Goertz, M, Raskin A, Kindel S, Kostroski R, Pollow A, Stendhal G, Brickler M, Weber E, Brosig C., Assessing the Relationship Between Treatment Adherence and Mental Health in a Pediatric Heart Transplant Clinic: A Quality Improvement Initiative, 10th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Cardiac Neurodevelopment Outcome Collaborative, Virtual, 11/2021 - 2021
Telega A, McCarthy R, Ramirez H, Raskin A, Tefft B, LaDisa J, Toward Optimization of Local Blood Flow Patterns to Improve Endothelial Cell Stability in Vascular Conduits, Poster session presented at Midwest Pediatric Cardiology Society Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, 09/2022 - Present
Telega A, McCarthy R, Ramirez H, Raskin A, Tefft B, LaDisa J., Toward Optimization of Local Blood Flow Patterns to Improve Endothelial Cell Stability in Vascular Conduits, Midwest Pediatric Cardiology Society Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, 09/2022 - Present
 
Local
Raskin A, Zokoe N., Health Insurance Exchanges as a Means to Break the Incarceration Cycle, MCW Pathways Scholarship Forum, Milwaukee, WI, 06/2012
Loomba RS, Raskin A, Gudausky TM, Kirkpatrick E., Can IVIG Responsiveness be Predicted in Kawasaki's Disease in a Midwest Population? Validation of the Egami Score, Midwest Pediatric Cardiology Society Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, 09/2012
Raskin, A, A Rare Presentation of Fetal Pericardial Effusion, Case Presentation at William Gallen Lectureship, Milwaukee, WI, 06/2018
Raskin, A, A Journey into Translation Research, Research Presentation at William Gallen Lectureship, Milwaukee, WI, 06/2019
Raskin, A, Plasma Induced Transcriptional Analysis: Assessment of Pediatric Heart Transplant Rejection. Scholarship in Progress, Children’s Wisconsin & Children’s Research Institute, Milwaukee, WI, 11/2021 - Present
Kroll K, Goertz, M, Raskin A, Kindel S, Kostroski R, Pollow A, Stendhal G, Brickler M, Weber E, Brosig C, Assessing the Relationship Between Treatment Adherence and Mental Health in a Pediatric Heart Transplant Clinic: A Quality Improvement Initiative, 10th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Cardiac Neurodevelopment Outcome Collaborative, Virtual, 11/2021 - Present
Raskin, A, Recognition and Management of Myocarditis, Invited Speaker. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care, Medical College of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, WI, 08/2022 - Present
Raskin, A, Heart Failure & Cardiomyopathies, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hospital Medicine Core Conference, Medical College of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, WI, 05/2023 - Present
Raskin, A, Pediatric Heart Transplantation, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology Pediatric Cardiology Fellow Boot Camp, Medical College of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, WI, 07/2023 - Present
Raskin, A, Mechanical Support In Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care, Medical College of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, WI, 10/2023 - Present
Raskin, A, Landscape of Pediatric Ventricular Assist Devices, Wisconsin Heart Failure Society and Journal Club, Milwaukee, WI, 10/2023 - Present
Raskin, A, Improving ECMO/VAD Connector Design, Children’s Wisconsin Surgical Research Symposium, Medical College of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, WI, 10/2023 - Present
Raskin, A, A Journey of Research, Society for Pediatric Research & American Pediatric Society, Virtual, 02/2024 - Present
Raskin, A, Ventricular Assist Device Associated Infections, Transplant Infectious Disease Society, Virtual, 04/2024 - Present
Raskin, A, Contemporary Heart Failure Management, CICU Soup for the Soul Lecture Series Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 05/2024 - Present
Raskin, A, Perioperative Impella 5.5 Implantation Considerations, Medical College of Wisconsin Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia, Milwaukee, WI, 05/2024 - Present
 

COMMITTEE SERVICE:
Medical College of Wisconsin
07/2014 - 06/2016 Resident, Teachers Committee
08/2015 - 07/2016 Resident, Liaison, Nursing Committee
08/2015 - 07/2016 Health and Wellness Committee Elected Member, Health and Wellness Committee
 

MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Medical Student Education
09/2017 - Present Medical Student (M3-M4) bi-weekly didactics
10/13/2017 - Present Medical Student (M2) Cardiovascular Unit Session, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
12/2017 - Present Medical Student (M3-M4) bi-weekly didactics
04/24/2018 - Present M2 Foundational Capstone Course: Performing an Exam on a Pediatric Patient
11/2018 - Present Medical Student (M3-M4) bi-weekly didactics
04/2019 - Present Medical Student (M3-M4) bi-weekly didactics
 
Resident and Fellow Education
08/2016 - 06/2019 QI/Research Conference
11/28/2016 - Present Core Lecture Series for Pediatric Cardiology Conference: Ventricular Septal Defects
12/13/2016 - Present Morbidity and Mortality Conference
03/14/2017 - Present Morbidity and Mortality Conference
04/27/2017 - Present Core Lecture Series for Pediatric Cardiology Conference: Infective Endocarditis
06/13/2017 - Present Morbidity and Mortality Conference
08/28/2017 - Present Core Lecture Series for Pediatric Cardiology Conference: Left Ventricular Outflow Obstruction: Pathophysiology and Treatment
10/10/2017 - Present Morbidity and Mortality Conference
02/26/2018 - Present Core Lecture Series for Pediatric Cardiology Conference: Cardiomyopathies: RCM, LVNC, and ARVC
03/13/2018 - Present Morbidity and Mortality Conference
05/14/2018 - Present Core Lecture Series for Pediatric Cardiology Conference: Genetic Syndromes with Cardiac Manifestations
06/14/2018 - Present Pediatric Intern ECG Workshop
11/13/2020 - Present Transplant Tea Rounds
04/14/2021 - 2025 Pediatric Hospital Medicine Core Conference
11/03/2021 - 08/24/2022 Pediatric Critical Care Conference Series Heart Failure & Cardiomyopathies
05/02/2022 - Present Cardiomyopathy Core Lecture Series
06/15/2022 - Present Summer Medical Student Research Introduction to Heart Transplant
 

COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES:
01/2010 - 06/2013 Saturday Free Clinic for the Uninsured
09/2011 - 06/2013 Homeless Outreach in Medical Education
03/2012 - 2025 Medical mission trip to Honduras Global Brigades
 


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. Raskin A, Ryan TD. Cardio-Oncology: Treatment Related Cardiotoxicity in Pediatric Cancer Survivors. Book Chapter Pending Publication. Pediatric Cardilogy: Fetal, Pediatric, and Adult Congenital Heart Disease.
2. Raskin A, Kirkpatrick E, Lagatta JM, Handler S. Influence of Pulmonary Hypertension on Surgical PDA Ligation Outcomes in Preterm Neonates. J Pediatr Neonatal. 2022; 4(2): 1-6.
3. Raskin A, Villa C, Morales DLS, Lorts A. Hemolysis with a Ventricular Assist Device; Sometimes It is Not the Pump’s Fault. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Volume 41, Issue 4, Supplement, 2022, Page S474-475.
4. D. Mokshagundam, M.F. Shezad, P. Esteso, R. Kobayashi, M.M. Williams, M.J. O'Connor, K. Maeda, A. Raskin, M. Brickler, C. Villa, S. Shugh, S.J. Wilkens, T. Siebenaler, A.M. Ybarra, H. Buchholz, J. Conway, K.E. Simpson, Ventricular Assist Device Use in Pediatric Restrictive and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: An Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network (ACTION) Analysis, The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Volume 41, Issue 4, Supplement, 2022, Page S518, ISSN 1053-2498
5. Brickler M, Raskin A, Ryan TD. Current State of Pediatric Cardio-Oncology: A Review. Children (Basel). 2022 Jan 19;9(2):127. doi: 10.3390/children9020127. PMID: 35204848; PMCID: PMC8870613.
6. Raskin A, Zafar F, Morales DLS. Commentary: Is there life after cardiac death? Considering the challenges of heart donation after circulatory death. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Apr;161(4):1344-1345.
7. Raskin A, Borsheim K, Kim M, Brickler M, Jarzembowski J, Punnoose A, Chin C, Kindel S, Hessner M. Plasma Induced Transcriptional Analysis Assessment Of Rejection In Pediatric Heart Transplantation. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Volume 39, Issue 4, Supplement, 2020, Page S222.
8. Raskin A, Loomba RS, Kirpatrick E. Diastolic dysfunction is present by tissue Doppler in acute Kawasaki disease but is not predictive of IVIG responsiveness. EC Cardiology 5.9 (2018): 616-620.
9. Loomba RS, Raskin A, Gudausky TM, Kirkpatrick E. Role of the Egami Score in Predicting IVIG Resistance in Kawasaki Disease Amongst Different Ethnicities. American Journal of Therapeutics. 2016; 23(6):e1293-1299.
10. Loomba RS, Raskin A, Aggarwal S, Arora RR. Long-term Sequelae of Kawasaki Disease: The Coronary Arteries and Beyond. Ann Paediatr Rheum. 2014; 3(2): 49-61.
11. Loomba RS, Raskin A, Gudausky TM, Kirkpatrick E. Racial differences in Kawasaki Disease: Comparison of clinical findings, laboratory values, treatment efficacy. Ann Paediatr Rheum. 2013; 2(4): 147-153.