CURRICULUM VITAE
David Saudek MD
David Saudek MD
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatrics Cardiology
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatrics Cardiology
OFFICE ADDRESS: |
9000 West Wisconsin Avenue |
Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
EDUCATION: |
09/1991 - 05/1995 B.S., Davidson College, Davidson, NC |
09/1997 - 06/2001 M.D., Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA |
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS: |
06/2001 - 06/2004 Resident, Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee, LeBonheuer Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN |
07/2004 - 06/2007 Fellowship, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH |
07/2007 - 07/2008 Fellowship, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: |
07/2007 - 06/2008 Clinical Instructor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, 8701 Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
07/2008 - 06/2017 Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
07/2017 - 06/2026 Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
07/2026 - Present Professor of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
01/2009 - 12/2010 Program Mentor, Guiding You Right UP (GURU) |
2010 - 2011 Assistant Director, Resident Pediatric Cardiology rotation |
2018 - 2023 Director of Education for Echo Lab, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin |
HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
2015 - Present Medical Director of Quality and Outcomes, Herma Heart Institute, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
04/2017 - 03/2021 Chief, Department of Medicine for the Medical Staff, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
05/2020 - 12/2024 Associate Medical Director of Clinical Operations, Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
2021 - Present Director of Fetal Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES: |
2008 - Present Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
2008 - Present Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 9000 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION: |
Board Certified | Issue Date | Expiration |
American Board of Pediatrics | 10/2004 | 12/2030 |
American Board of Pediatrics, Cardiology | 11/2008 | 12/2015 |
Certificates | Issued By | Issue Date | Expiration |
PALS | AHA | 04/2013 | 09/2027 |
BLS | AHA | 04/2013 | 09/2027 |
Licensure | Number | Issue Date | Expiration |
Ohio State | 35-084854 | 07/20/2004 | 01/01/2008 |
Wisconsin License | 50544-20 | 06/20/2007 | 10/31/2027 |
DEA | FS0376916 | 02/13/2013 | 02/29/2028 |
AWARDS AND HONORS: |
2012 - 2013 Best Doctors in America |
2016 Medical College of Wisconsin Pediatric Residency Teaching Attending of the Year |
2017 - 2018 Outstanding Teaching Award from Medical Students |
2017 - 2018 Medical Student Teaching Pin awarded for Outstanding Teaching |
2018 - 2023 Milwaukee's Magazine's Top Doctors |
2020 Children's of Wisconsin Outstanding Performance, Child and Family Experience |
- 2006 American Society of Echocardiography Pediatric Travel Grant, 17th Annual Scientific Sessions, Baltimore MD |
MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: |
2009 American Society of Echocardiography |
EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS: |
Journal Review |
2010 - 2020 Pediatric Cardiology |
2013 - 2017 Journal of Ultrasound Medicine |
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INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
National |
“Assessing Internal Consistency Prior to Improving Organizational Transparency”, National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative, Spring Learning Session 2017, 2017 |
Transparency Efforts-Parents, Providers, and Administrators Perspectives, National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative Spring Learning Session 2018, 2018 |
Using the PCHA Guided Questions Tool, Pediatric Congenital heart Association's 5th Summit on Transparency and Public Reporting of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Outcomes, Milwaukee, WI, 2018 |
Uncovering Outcomes through Data, Pediatric Acute Care Cardiology Collaborative Fall Conference, 2021 |
Using Clinical Data for Decision Making, Cardiology 2021: Children's HOspital of Philadelphia's 24th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease, Philadelphia, 2021 |
Techniques for Parent Engagement in QI at the Local Level, National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative Fall 2021 Virtual Learning Session, 2021 |
Prenatal Predictors of Outcomes in Congenital Heart Disease, Fetal Innovations Conversation with the Experts, Milwaukee, WI, 2022 |
Kipps A, Saudek D, Hassan F, Patel S, Curren V, Wehrmann M, Birley A., Clinical Champions: Shepherding Increased Center Engagement, Pediatric Acute Care Cardiology Collaborative Spring Conference, Dallas, TX, 2024 |
Kipps A, Saudek D, Hassan F, Patel S., Pediatric Acute Care Collaborative Phases of Engagement and Center Snapshot Report, Pediatric Acute Care Cardiology Collaborative Spring Conference, Dallas, TX, 2024 |
Bertrand R, Saudek D., Postoperative Chylothorax-Children's Wisconsin Experience, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium/Pediatric Acute Care Cardiology Spring Conference, Washington D.C., 2025 |
Regional |
David Saudek, Fetal Echocardiography: Impact of Prenatal Diagnosis and Management of Congenital Heart Disease, Best Practices in Pediatrics, Wisconsin Dells, WI, 03/2011 |
Fetal Echocardiography: Impact of Prenatal Diagnosis and Management of Congenital Heart Disease, Best Practices in Pediatrics Winter 2011, Wisconsin Dells, WI, 2011 |
Cardiovascular Procedure Care Process Initiative, Data in Motion Symposium, Milwaukee, WI, 2017 |
Prenatal Evaluation of the Small Left Heart, Heart Summit, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 2018 |
Local |
Neonatal Management of Congenital Heart Disease, Pediatric General Surgery and Neonatology Fellow Lecture Series, 2016 |
Herma Heart Center Quality Improvement Update, Medical Staff Quality Forum, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 2016 |
Perinatology Fellow Lecture Series, 1-2 hour long lectures per year, Milwaukee, WI, 2016 - Present |
The Best There Ever Was- Can We Do Better, Pediatric Grand Rounds on Quality Improvement, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, WI, 2016 |
Data to Inform Decision: Measurement for Improvement, Excellence in Quality Improvement Principles Course, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 2017 - 2022 |
Prenatal Evaluation of the Small Left Heart, The Heart Summit: Management of Complex LV Outflow Tract Disease, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 2018 |
Using Clinical Data for Decision Making, Pediatric Grand Rounds, Children's Hospital- Milwaukee, WI, 2020 |
PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
National |
Saudek DE, Younoszai A, Emery S, Popovich Z, Thomas J, Gestational Changes in Fetal Myocardial Mechanics, 17th Annual American Society of Echocardiography Scientific Sessions, Baltimore, MD, 06/2006 |
Saudek DE, Gorentz J, Cao Y, Simpson P, Frommelt P, Right Ventricular Regional and Global Strain and Strain Rate do not Predict Long-term Outcome after Norwood Procedure in Patients with HLS, 23rd Annual American Society of Echocardiography Scientific Sessions, Washington, DC, 07/2012 |
Regional |
Saudek DE, Collins RT, Jue KT, Williams RG, Chin TK, Is Swiss Cheese VSD a Form of Ventricular Non-Compaction, Southeastern Pediatric Cardiology Society, Braselton, GA, 09/2002 |
Saudek DE, Jue KT, Williams RG, Chin TK, Ventricular Non-Compaction Provides Optimal Myocardial Perfusion during Early Cardiac Development and with Congenital Heart Disease, Southeastern Pediatric Cardiology Society, Little Rock, AR, 09/2003 |
Saudek DE, Nguyen C, Arruda J, Marks M, Rosenthal G, Unusual Presentation of Kawasaki Disease in an Infant, Midwest Pediatric Cardiology Society, 30th Annual Scientific Sessions, Columbus, OH, 09/2006 |
COMMITTEE SERVICE: |
Medical College of Wisconsin |
2012 - 2020 Interviewer, Pediatric Intern Selection Committee |
2014 - Present Reviewer, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Clinical Competency Committee |
2014 - 2023 Pediatric Cardiology Value Champion |
2016 - 2017 Co-Chair, Department of Pediatrics Referring Provider Engagement Committee |
Hospital |
2010 - 2016 Member at Large, Professional Review Committee, Children's of Wisconsin |
2012 EPIC Medication Reconciliation Committee |
2016 - 2017 Chair, Professional Review Committee, Children's of Wisconsin |
2016 - 2020 Member, Surgical Quality Improvement Review Team, Children's of Wisconsin |
2016 - 2020 Clinical Effectiveness and Health Outcomes Committee, Children's of Wisconsin |
2017 - 2021 Co-Chair, Joint Patient Care Committee, Children's of Wisconsin |
2017 - 2023 System Mortality Review Team, Children's of Wisconsin |
2017 - 2021 Credentials Committee, Children's of Wisconsin |
2017 - 2021 Medical Executive Committee, Children's of Wisconsin |
2019 - Present Fetal Concerns Center Executive Steering Committee |
MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES: |
Resident and Fellow Education |
07/2009 - 06/2010 Coordinator, Resident Rotations in Pediatric Cardiology |
MCW STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED: |
Medical Students |
06/2010 - 08/2010 Callie Nguyen, Summer Research Student Mentor, MCW |
09/2010 - Present Callie Nguyen, Master Clinician Pathways Advisor, MCW |
Clinical/Research Fellows |
07/2010 - Present Garrick Hill, Cardiology Fellow Community Clinic Mentor, MCW |
Residents |
08/2012 - Present Manish Aggarwal, Resident Advisor, MCW |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers |
1. Marx G, Shirali G, Levine J, Guey L, Cnota J, Baffa J, John J, Border W, Colan S, Ensing G, Friedberg M, Goldberg D, Idriss S, Blaine J, Lai W, Lu M, Menon S, Ohye R, Saudek DE, Wong P, Pearson G. A multi-center study comparing shunt type in the Norwood procedure for single-ventricle lesions: Three dimensional echocardiographic analysis. Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging 6:934-942, 2013. |
2. Camarda J, Saudek DE, Tweddell J, Mitchell M, Woods R, Otto M, Simpson P, Stendahl G, Berger S, Zangwill S. MRI validated echocardiographic technique to measure total cardiac volume: A tool for donor recipient size matching in pediatric heart transplantation. Pediatric Transplantation. |
3. Younoszai AK, Saudek DE, Emery SP, Thomas JD. Evaluation of myocardial mechanics in the fetus by velocity vector imaging. J Amer Soc Echo 21:470-474, 2008. |
4. Saudek, DE, Frommelt P. Interventions for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Pediatric Ultrasound Today (14)6:105-128, 2009. |
5. Ginde S, Cava J, Southern J, Saudek DE. Delayed contrast-enhanced MRI in the evaluation of Takayasu arteritis. J Amer College Cardiology (12)23:59, 2012. |
6. Hill GD, Frommelt PC, Stelter J, Campbell MJ, Cohen MS, Kharouf R, Lai WW, Levine JC, Lu JC, Menon SC, Slesnick TC, Wong PC, Saudek DE Impact of initial norwood shunt type on right ventricular deformation: the single ventricle reconstruction trial. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2015 May;28(5):517-21 PMCID: PMC4426007 |
Books, Chapters, and Reviews |
1. Berger S, Bartz, P, Saudek DE, Hambrook J, Tweddell J. Chapter 22: Atrioventricular septal defects. Pediatric Cardiovascular Medicine, 2, 2012. |
Non-Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers |
1. Saudek DE, Frommelt P. Interventions for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Pediatric Ultrasound Today. (14)6:105-128, 2009. |
Abstracts |
1. Srinath G, Qureshi A, Saudek DE, Latson L: Exercise induced hypertension in patients undergoing stent implantation for coarctation of the aorta. Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, 29th Annual Scientific Sessions, 2006. |
2. Nguyen C, Saudek DE, Gorentz J, Otto M, Krolikowski M, Simpson P, Li S, Frommelt P: Septal annular Doppler tissue imaging is a more sensitive indicator of right ventricular function in infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome compared to right ventricular free wall Doppler tissue imaging. Midwest Pediatric Cardiology Society, 34th Annual Scientific Sessions, 2011. |
3. Rios, R., Ginde, S., Saudek, D., Loomba, R., Stelter, J., Schmidt, S., Frommelt, P. “Quantitative Echocardiographic Measures in the Assessment of Single Ventricle Function Post Fontan: Incorporation into Routine Clinical Practice”
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin – Herma Heart Center
Medical College of Wisconsin
Abstract presented in a moderated poster session at the 2015 American Society of Echocardiography conference.
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