CURRICULUM VITAE
Susan Foerster MD
Susan Foerster MD
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Cardiology
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Cardiology
OFFICE ADDRESS: |
Children’s Wisconsin - Milwaukee Hospital |
8915 W Connell Court |
Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
EDUCATION: |
09/1989 - 05/1992 B.Sc., University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
08/1992 - 05/1996 M.D., B.Sc (med), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS: |
07/1996 - 06/2000 Resident, Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
07/2000 - 06/2003 Fellowship, Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA |
07/2003 - 06/2004 Senior Interventional Cardiology Fellow, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA |
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: |
10/2004 - 10/2010 Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO |
11/2010 - 06/2014 Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
07/2014 - 06/2022 Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
07/2022 - Present Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
05/16/2013 - Present Medical Director of Interventional Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
2014 - 05/2017 Medical Director of Pediatric Interventional Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield, WI |
06/2017 - Present Medical Director of Pediatric Interventional Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI 54449 |
HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES: |
11/2004 - 10/2010 Barnes-Jewish Hospital, 1 Barnes Jewish Hospital Plaza, St. Louis, MO 63110 |
11/2004 - 10/2010 St. Louis Children's Hospital, 1 Children's Place, St. Louis, MO 63110 |
12/2004 - 06/2008 Missouri Baptist Medical Center, 3015 North Ballas Road, St. Louis, MO 63131 |
12/2010 - Present Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
12/2010 - Present Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 9000 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53201 |
10/2013 - 05/2017 Ministry St. Joseph's Hospital, 611 St. Joseph Avenue, Marshfield, WI 54449 |
06/2017 - Present Marshfield Clinic, 611 S. Joseph Avenue, Marshfield, WI 54449 |
05/2022 - 09/2023 Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology, American Family Children's Hospital (UW Madison), Medison, WI |
SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION: |
Board Certified | Issue Date | Expiration |
American Board of Pediatrics | 10/19/1999 | 12/31/2006 |
American Board of Pediatrics,Cardiology | 08/16/2004 | None |
Certificates | Issued By | Issue Date | Expiration |
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), latest recert | American Heart Association | 10/09/2023 | 10/2025 |
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), latest recert | American Heart Association/American Academy of Pediatrics | 04/25/2024 | 04/2026 |
Licensure | Number | Issue Date | Expiration |
Massachusetts License | 220536 | 04/07/2004 | 08/07/2004 |
Missouri License | 200401042 | 07/07/2004 | 01/31/2011 |
Wisconsin License | 55104 | 11/05/2010 | 10/31/2025 |
AWARDS AND HONORS: |
1989 Governor General's Medal, Government of Canada |
1989 Canada Scholarship, Government of Canada |
1990 Aikins Scholarship in English Language and Literature, University of Manitoba |
1993 Phillip Yaffe Memorial Prize; University of Manitoba, University of Manitoba |
2002 Tommy Kaplan Research Fellowship; Children's Hospital of Boston, Children's Hospital, Boston |
2016 Pediatric Cardiology Teacher of the Year, Pediatric Cardiology Fellows, Medical College of Wisconsin |
2021 High Five teaching award, Department of Pediatrics residency program, Medical College of Wisconsin |
MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: |
2007 - Present American Heart Association (Fellow) |
2012 - Present Midwest Pediatric Cardiology Society (Member) |
05/2013 - Present Society for Cardiac Angiography and Intervention (SCAI) (Fellow) |
04/2019 - Present Medical College of Wisconsin Cardiovascular Center (Member) |
EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS: |
Journal Review |
11/2011 - Present Pediatric Cardiology |
05/2014 - Present Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions |
11/2014 - Present Circulation |
LOCAL/REGIONAL APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
05/2019 - 04/2020 Chair, Professional Review Committee, Children's Wisconsin |
07/2020 - 12/2020 Member, Pediatric Cardiology Advisory Committee, Children's Wisconsin |
04/2021 - Present Member, Structural Cardiology Fellowship Development Committee, Froedtert Hospital/Medical College of Wisconsin |
04/2021 - Present Pediatric Cardiology Section Chief, Children's Hospital Medical Staff |
NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
2011 - 2015 Member, Cardiac Catheterization Subcommittee, Pediatric Cardiology Training Program Guideline Revision Project, The Society of Pediatric Cardiology Training Program Directors (SPCTPD) |
2013 - 2019 Member, Research and Publications Committee, National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) IMPACT Registry |
07/2019 - Present Liaison, CLCD Interventional Cardiovascular Care Committee, American Heart Association |
07/2019 - Present Committee Member, CVDY Congenital Cardiac Defects Committee (CCD) of the Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, American Heart Association |
12/2019 - Present Committee Member, Executive Steering Committee, Congenital Cardiac Catheterization Project on Outcomes (C3PO) National Multicenter Collaborative |
RESEARCH GRANTS/AWARDS/CONTRACTS/PROJECTS: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
National |
FOERSTER SR, Ventricular remodeling and survival are more favorable for myocarditis than for idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy in childhood, American College of Cardiology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 03/2013 |
FOERSTER SR, Todd Gudausky, Live Case Presentations from the Cardiac Cath Lab, The Heart Summit, Milwaukee, WI, 10/11/2018 |
FOERSTER SR, Todd Gudausky, Live Case presentations from the Cardiac Cath Lab, The Heart Summit, Milwaukee, WI, 10/03/2019 |
FOERSTER SR, Children's Wisconsin Perspective, Canon Alphenix Imaging system, Canon Virtual Visit, Mercy Children's Kansas City, 10/06/2020 |
FOERSTER SR, Children's Wisconsin Perspective, Canon Alphenix Imaging system, Canon Virtual Visit, Aurora Advocate Health System, 04/05/2021 |
FOERSTER SR, Session Chair: Risk Assessment of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot, American College of Cardiology 2023 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 03/05/2023 |
FOERSTER SR, Panelist, CHD Oral Presentation Session, SCAI 2023 Scientific Sessions, Phoenix AZ, 05/20/2023 |
FOERSTER SR, Moderator, Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Session, SCAI 2024 Scientific Session, Long Beach, CA, 05/03/2024 |
FOERSTER SR, Panelist, Atrial septal interventions session, SCAI 2024 Scientific Session, Long Beach, CA, 05/04/2024 |
FOERSTER SR, Panelist, I Blew It session, SCAI 2024 Scientific Session, Long Beach, CA, 05/04/2024 |
Regional |
FOERSTER SR, Cardiac Catheterization at CHW, Innovative Techniques, Parents' Education Day, Medical College of Wisconsin, 05/09/2012 |
FOERSTER SR, Balloon Atrial Septostomy, St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield WI, 11/11/2015 |
FOERSTER SR, Beyond the Procedure - Improving communication, complications and radiation dosing for catheterizations, Parents' Education Day, Medical College of Wisconsin, 05/07/2016 |
FOERSTER SR, PDA device closure in infants and neonates (even preemies), NICU teaching rounds, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 02/27/2019 |
Local |
FOERSTER SR, Myocarditis in Children, Pediatric Grand Rounds, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, 08/2009 |
FOERSTER SR, Melody Valve Program Update, Cardiology Journal Club, Herma Heart Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 09/06/2011 |
FOERSTER SR, Embogold Particles, Cath Lab Competency Day (RN and Tech Education), Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 09/29/2011 |
FOERSTER SR and Gudausky TM, New Frontiers in Interventional Pediatric Congenital Cardiac Catheterization, Pediatric Grand Rounds, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 02/17/2012 |
FOERSTER SR, Todd Gudausky, IMPACT and C3PO-QI Quality Improvement Registries, Research Rounds, Herma Heart Ctr, Children's Hospital Wisconsin, 04/14/2015 |
FOERSTER SR, Cath Lab Update - ASD/PFO Closure, including the new Gore device, Research Rounds, Herma Heart Ctr, Children's Hospital Wisconsin, 10/27/2015 |
FOERSTER SR, Transcatheter pulmonary valves - our progress at CHW, HHC Research Rounds, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 07/18/2017 |
FOERSTER SR, Neonatal PDA Closure in the cath lab-exploring the current data, Research Rounds, Herma Heart Institute, Children's Wisconsin, 09/18/2018 |
FOERSTER SR, PDA stenting for ductal dependent congenital heart disease, HHI Research Rounds, Children's Wisconsin, 05/21/2019 |
FOERSTER SR, 10 Years of Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Implantations at CHW, Research Rounds, Herma Heart Institute, Children's Wisconsin, 10/27/2020 |
FOERSTER SR, Introduction to the COMPASS trial, Research Rounds, Herma Heart Institute, Children's Wisconsin, 01/12/2021 |
FOERSTER SR, Viktor Hraska, David Saudek, Aortic Valve Stenosis in Infants, HHI protocol development, Research Rounds, Herma Heart Institutue, Children's Wisconsin, 01/26/2021 |
PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
National |
Verburg L, Johnston JB, FOERSTER SR, Israels LGI, Mowat MRA, Begleiter A., Biochemical Pharmacology of 2-CdA and F-ara-A in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and human promyelocytic cells in vitro., American Society of Cancer Research Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada, 03/1995 |
Kulikowska A, Boslaugh SE, FOERSTER SR, Huddleston CB, Gandhi SK, Gumbiner C, Ward K, Ong-Simon C, Kimberling M, Canter CE., Cardiac structure and function in long term pediatric heart transplant survivors., The International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 04/2007 |
Muyskens S, Nicolas R, FOERSTER SR, Balzer D., RV to PA conduit stenosis in the Sano modified Norwood: an institutional experience with endovascular stenting., Pediatric Interventional Cardiac Symposium (PICS) Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 07/2007 |
Gandhi SK, Huddleston CB, Epstein D, Boschert T, Balzer DT, FOERSTER SR, Canter CE., Bridge to pediatric heart transplantation with biventricular assist devices (BiVAD): a pilot study. Abstract 1921., AHA Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 11/2007 |
Muyskens S, FOERSTER SR, Balzer D., Efficacy and safety of intracardiac Echocardiography for the transcutaneous closure of atrial septal defects in children., PICS Annual Meeting., Las Vegas, NV, 07/2008 |
Muyskens S, Holt B, Ludomirsky A, Pilgram T, FOERSTER SR, Balzer D, Woodard PK, Singh GK., A novel method for the non-invasive assessment of homograft function in children after reconstructive congenital cardiac surgery: A Doppler echo, CT angiography, and catheterization correlative study, American Society of Echocardiography Annual meeting, Washington, DC, 06/2009 |
Sparks J, Maguire C, Murphy J, Nicolas R, FOERSTER SR, Balzer D., Vascular transcatheter interventions in the pediatric lung transplant population at St. Louis Children's Hospital., Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 05/2011 |
Trucco S, J Kreutzer J, Bergersen LT, FOERSTER SR., Vascular Access Related Adverse Events in a Multicenter Cohort: A Report from the Congenital Cardiac Catheterization Project on Outcomes (C3PO)., PICS Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 09/2015 |
Rios R, Loomba R, FOERSTER SR, Gudausky TM, Russell RA, Lower Limb Regional Oxygenation Monitoring Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy During Cardiac Catheterization of Infants, PICS Annual Meeting., Miami Beach, FL, 01/2017 |
Kirkpatrick ED, Handler S, FOERSTER SR, Gudausky T, Tillman K, Mitchell M, Single center experience with the Potts shunt in pulmonary arterial hypertension, 10th International symposium on neonatal and childhood pulmonary vascular disease, San Francisco CA, 03/2017 |
Vasutakarn Chongthammakun, MD, PhD, Michael E Mitchell, MD, Todd M Gudausky, MD, Peter Bartz, MD, FOERSTER SR, MD., Cardiac Arrest from Traumatic Aortopulmonary Window Following Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Implantation in a Patient with Supported Ross, TCT 2019, San Francisco, CA, 09/28/2019 |
Shirley L, Boe B, FOERSTER SR, Gudausky TM, Harrison D, Maschietto N, Nicholson G, Quinn B, Trucco S, Whiteside S, Bergersen L., Practice Variation in Transcatheter Atrial Septal Defect Closure: Factors Influencing Lower Radiation Exposure., PICS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 09/2019 |
Regional |
Lee Daniel, FOERSTER SR, A program to evaluate and decrease radiation exposure in the pediatric catheterization laboratory, Midwest Pediatric Cardiology Society Conference, Medical College of Wisconsin, 09/28/2012 |
Local |
FOERSTER SR, Israels LGI, A comparison of the effect of CdA and F-ara-A on HL-60 Cells in vitro., Bachelor of Science in Medicine Oral presentations, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, 08/1994 |
FOERSTER SR, Todd Gudausky, Daniel McLennan, Anoop Singh, Joshua Kovach, Interventional Catheterization and EP Program M&M and QI Review, recurring every 2-3 months, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 01/2013 - Present |
COMMITTEE SERVICE: |
Medical College of Wisconsin |
08/2016 - 08/2018 Member, Tetralogy of Fallot SCAMP QI committee, Pediatric Cardiology, Medical College of Wisconsin |
12/2016 - 06/2019 Member, Fellowship Clinical Competency Committee, Pediatric Cardiology, Medical College of Wisconsin |
12/2017 - Present Member, Heart Summit Planning Committee, Pediatric Cardiology/Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin |
01/2019 - 06/2019 Member, Education Advisory Committee, Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin |
04/2020 - Present Member, Surgical Specialty Practice Unit (SPU) Leadership Committee, Department of Pediatrics/Department of Pediatric Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin |
Hospital |
2014 - 2016 Member, Cath Lab/Optime Committee, Children's Hosp of Wisconsin |
2015 - Present Member/co-chair, CHW Catherization Leadership Committee, Children's Wisconsin |
2017 - Present Member (Chair 2019-20), Professional Review Committee, Children's Hosp of Wisconsin |
2017 - 2019 Member, Massive Hemoptysis Protocol Committee, Children's Hosp of Wisconsin |
05/01/2019 - 04/30/2020 Liaison for PRC, Credentials Committee, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin |
11/2020 - Present Member, Credentials Committee, Children's Wisconsin |
04/2021 - Present Member, Joint Patient Care Committee (JPCC), Children's Wisconsin |
MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES: |
Medical Student Education |
06/2014 - Present Annual 1 hour lecture to the Medical Student Research Program (MSRP) students on catheterization/hemodynamics |
10/17/2014 Discovery Core Curriculum M2 Pediatric Cardiology Series - Coarctation of the Aorta |
10/05/2016 Lecture, Catheterization Hemodynamic Principles |
Resident and Fellow Education |
06/07/2011 Lecture, Cardiac Hemodynamics for the Intensivist, ICU Fellowship Lecture Series |
12/16/2011 Lecture, Radiation Safety 101 |
2011 - 2016 Cath "tea rounds" - Case Based discussion of catheterization principles, scheduled every 2 weeks |
04/23/2012 Lecture, Cardiac Hemodynamics, Pulmonology Fellows Lecture |
08/15/2013 Lecture, cardiac hemodynamics |
03/24/2014 Lecture, Transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation |
06/2014 Pediatrics Orientation - Procedure, Splints & Suture Workshops and SIPPS |
08/2014 Lecture, Radiation Safety and Hemodynamics |
01/2015 Lecture, Melody Valve |
08/27/2015 Lecture, Cardiac Hemodynamics |
10/19/2015 Lecture, Basics of Interventional Catheterization |
07/08/2016 Lecture, Radiation Safety and Angiography |
2016 - 2020 Weds AM case based Catheterization teaching/angiography review, bimonthly |
10/17/2017 Lecture, stents/balloons/coils |
07/02/2019 - Present Annual "boot camp" with 1-2 hours of education for incoming fellows on basic cath principles |
07/23/2019 Lecture, Radiation Safety |
09/28/2019 Lecture on Cath Interventions - devices |
04/2020 - 06/2020 During Covid, Interventional based lectures every 1-2 weeks and case discussion |
01/27/2021 Lecture, Complex RVOT interventions |
05/26/2021 Structural Interventions in Adults |
08/25/2021 Advanced hemodynamics |
01/17/2022 Journal Club, Cardiology Fellows |
01/26/2022 PDA stenting |
03/23/2022 Complex RVOT interventions |
04/27/2022 Adult structural interventions |
PROGRAMMATIC DEVELOPMENTS: |
Clinical Programs |
2013 - Present Interventional program:
1. Recruited 3rd cath MD and new APP
2. Built 2 state of the art hybrid cath labs
3. Advanced treatment in neonatal PDA’s, ASDs, transcatheter valves and PDA stenting |
LEADERSHIP TRAINING SELECTION: |
12/01/2018 - 12/04/2018 MidWIMS (AAMC, Mid-Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar, Atlanta, GA) |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers |
1. FOERSTER SR, Gauvreau K, McElhinney DB, Geva T. Importance of totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection and postoperative pulmonary vein stenosis in outcomes of heterotaxy syndrome. Pediatric Cardiology May 2008; 29(3):536-44. PMID: 1800461 |
2. Muyskens S, Nicolas R, FOERSTER SR, Balzer D. Endovascular stent placement for right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduit stenosis in the Norwood with Sano modification. Congenital Heart Disease June 2008; 3(3):185-90. PMID: 18557881 |
3. Bergersen L, Marshall A, Gauvreau K, Beekman R, Hirsch R, FOERSTER SR, Jenkins K, et al. Adverse event rates in congenital cardiac catheterization - A multicenter experience. Catheter Cardiovascular Intervention 2010; 75(3):389-400. PMID: 19885913 |
4. FOERSTER SR, Canter CE, Cinar A, Sleeper LA, Lipshultz SE et al. Ventricular remodeling and survival are more favorable for myocarditis than for idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy in childhood: an outcomes study from the pediatric cardiomyopathy registry. Circulation: Heart Failure 2010; 3(6):689-97.
- **Selected as one of "Circulation Editors' Picks: Most Read Articles in Pediatric Cardiology" in 2012.** Circulation. 2012;126:e285-e293. PMID: 20833772 |
5. FOERSTER SR, Canter CE. Contemporary etiology, outcomes, and therapy in pediatric myocarditis Progress in Pediatric Cardiology. May 2011;31(2):123-128. SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-79955480133 |
6. Simpson K, Huddleston C, FOERSTER SR, Balzer D. Successful subxyphoid hybrid approach for placement of a Melody percutaneous pulmonary valve. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2011 Jul 1;78(1):108-11. PMID: 21234917 |
7. Quinn BP, Gunnelson LC, Kotin SG, Gauvreau K, Yeh MJ, Hasan B, Lozier J, Barry OM, Shahanavaz S, Batlivala SP, Salavitabar A, Foerster S, Goldstein B, Divekar A, Holzer R, Nicholson GT, O'Byrne ML, Whiteside W, Bergersen L. Catheterization for Congenital Heart Disease Adjustment for Risk Method II. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2024 Mar;17(3):e012834. |
8. Barry OM, Gudausky TM, Balzer DT, Bocks ML, Boe BA, Callahan R, El-Said H, Farias MJ, Foerster S, Goldstein BH, Holzer RJ, Janssen D, Levy P, O'Byrne ML, Rahman G, Sathanandam S, Shahanavaz S, Whiteside W, Turner ME. Safety and Short-Term Outcomes for Infants < 2.5 kg Undergoing PDA Device Closure: A C3PO Registry Study. Pediatr Cardiol. 2023 Aug;44(6):1406-1413. |
9. Bergersen L, Gauvreau K, Foerster SR, Marshall AC, McElhinney DB, Beekman RH 3rd, Hirsch R, Kreutzer J, Balzer D, Vincent J, Hellenbrand WE, Holzer R, Cheatham JP, Moore JW, Burch G, Armsby L, Lock JE, Jenkins KJ. Catheterization for Congenital Heart Disease Adjustment for Risk Method (CHARM). JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2011 Sep;4(9):1037-46 PMID: 21939947 |
10. Bergersen L, Gauvreau K, Marshall A, Kreutzer J, Beekman R, Hirsch R, FOERSTER SR, Balzer D, Vincent J, Hellenbrand W, Holzer R, Cheatham J, Moore J, Lock JE, Jenkins K. Procedure type risk categories for pediatric and congenital cardiac catheterization. Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions Sept 2011; 4(2):188-94. Epub 2011 Mar 8. PMID: 21386090 |
11. Forbes TJ, Kim DW, Du W, Turner DR, Holzer R, Amin Z, Hijazi Z, Ghasemi A, Rome JJ, Nykanen D, Zahn E, Cowley C, Hoyer M, Waight D, Gruenstein D, Javois A, FOERSTER SR, Kreutzer J, Sullivan N, Khan A, Owada C, Hagler D, Lim S, Canter J, Zellers T, CCISC Investigators. Comparison of surgical, stent, and balloon angioplasty treatment of native coarctation of the aorta: an observational study by the CCISC (Congenital Cardiovascular Interventional Study Consortium). J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Dec 13;58(25):2664-74. PMID: 22152954 |
12. Forbes TJ, Kim DW, Du W, Turner DR, Holzer R, Amin Z, Hijazi Z, Ghasemi A, Rome JJ, Nykanen D, Zahn E, Cowley C, Hoyer M, Waight D, Gruenstein D, Javois A, FOERSTER SR, Kreutzer J, Sullivan N, Khan A, Carl Owada C, Hagler D, Lim S, Canter J, Zellers T. Comparison of surgical, stent, and balloon angioplasty treatment of native coarctation of the aorta; An observational study by the CCISC (congenital cardiovascular interventional study consortium) Pediatric Cardiology. April 2012;33(4):680. SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84863436907 |
13. El-Said HG, Bratincsak A, FOERSTER SR, Murphy JJ, Vincent J, Holzer R, Porras D, Moore J, Bergersen L. Safety of percutaneous patent ductus arteriosus closure: an unselected multicenter population experience. J Am Heart Assoc. 2013 Nov 27;2(6):e000424. PMID: 24284214 |
14. El-Said H, Hegde S, FOERSTER S, Hellenbrand W, Kreutzer J, Trucco SM, Holzer R, Burch G, Mirani A, Nicolas R, Porras D, Bergersen L, Moore J Device therapy for atrial septal defects in a multicenter cohort: acute outcomes and adverse events. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Feb 1;85(2):227-33. Epub Oct 2014. PMID: 25257700 |
15. Armsby LB, Vincent RN, FOERSTER SR, Holzer RJ, Moore JW, Marshall AC, Latson L, Brook M. Task Force 3: Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Training in Cardiac Catheterization. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Aug 11;66(6):699-705. PMID: 25777628 |
16. Armsby LB, Vincent RN, FOERSTER SR, Holzer RJ, Moore JW, Marshall AC, Latson L, Brook M, Society of Pediatric Cardiology Training Program Directors, American College of Cardiology, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Heart Association. Task Force 3: Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Training in Cardiac Catheterization. SPCTPD/ACC/AAP/AHA. Circulation. 2015 Aug 11;132(6):e68-74. PMID: 25769635 |
17. Lin CH, Desai S, Nicolas R, Gauvreau K, FOERSTER SR, Sharma A, Armsby L, Marshall AC, Odegard K, DiNardo J, Vincent J, El-Said H, Spaeth J, Goldstein B, Holzer R, Kreutzer J, Balzer D, Bergersen L. Sedation and Anesthesia in Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Catheterization: A Prospective Multicenter Experience. Pediatr Cardiol. 2015 Oct;36(7):1363-75. PMID: 25991570 |
18. Torres A, Vincent JA, Everett A, Lim S, FOERSTER SR, Marshall AC, Beekman RH 3rd, Murphy J, Trucco SM, Gauvreau K, Holzer R, Bergersen L, Porras D. Balloon valvuloplasty for congenital aortic stenosis: Multi-center safety and efficacy outcome assessment. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Nov;86(5):808-20. PMID: 26032565 |
19. Goldstein BH, Holzer RJ, Trucco SM, Porras D, Murphy J, FOERSTER SR, El-Said HG, Beekman RH 3rd, Bergersen L. Practice Variation in Single-Ventricle Patients Undergoing Elective Cardiac Catheterization: A Report from the Congenital Cardiac Catheterization Project on Outcomes (C3PO). Congenit Heart Dis. 2016 Mar-Apr;11(2):122-35. PMID: 26356648 |
20. Rios R, Loomba RS, FOERSTER SR, Pelech AN, Gudausky TM. Dual-Axis Rotational Angiography is Safe and Feasible to Detect Coronary Allograft Vasculopathy in Pediatric Heart Transplant Patients: A Single-Center Experience. Pediatr Cardiol. 2016 Apr;37(4):740-5. PMID: 26846123 |
21. Plummer ST, Hornik CP, Baker H, Fleming GA, FOERSTER SR, Ferguson ME, Glatz AC, Hirsch R, Jacobs JP, Lee KJ, Lewis AB, Li JS, Martin M, Porras D, Radtke WA, Rhodes JF, Vincent JA, Zampi JD, Hill KD. Maladaptive aortic properties after the Norwood procedure: An angiographic analysis of the Pediatric Heart Network Single Ventricle Reconstruction Trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 08;152(2):471-479.e3. PMID: 27167022 |
22. Cevallos PC, Rose MJ, Armsby LB, Armstrong AK, El-Said H, FOERSTER SR, Glatz AC, Goldstein BH, Hainstock MR, Kreutzer J, Latson LA, Leahy RA, Petit CJ, Torres A, Shahanavaz S, Zampi JD, Bergersen L. Implementation of Methodology for Quality Improvement in Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization: A Multi-center Initiative by the Congenital Cardiac Catheterization Project on Outcomes-Quality Improvement (C3PO-QI). Pediatr Cardiol. 2016 Dec;37(8):1436-1445. PMID: 27502109 |
23. Rios R, FOERSTER SR, Gudausky TM. Melody® pulmonary valve implantation in two teenage patients with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries status after Senning atrial switch operation. Cardiol Young. 2017 Apr;27(3):600-604. PMID: 27748225 |
24. Ahmed M, Thompson NE, FOERSTER SR, Frommelt MA, Mitchell ME, Scott JP. Ventricular Fibrillation and Myocardial Depression Following Pulmonary Valve Replacement in Tetralogy of Fallot With an Intramural Coronary Artery and Coronary Artery Compression by Chest Tube. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2020 Jul;11(4):NP77-NP79. Epub 2017 Sept 21. PMID 28933244 |
25. Boe BA, Zampi JD, Kennedy KF, Jayaram N, Porras D, FOERSTER SR, Armstrong AK. Acute Success of Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty in the Current Era: A National Cardiovascular Data Registry Study. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2017 09 11;10(17):1717-1726. PMID: 28882282 |
26. Taggart NW, Cabalka AK, Eicken A, Aboulhosn JA, Thomson JDR, Whisenant B, Bocks ML, Schubert S, Jones TK, Asnes JD, Fagan TE, Meadows J, Hoyer M, Martin MH, Ing FF, Turner DR, Latib A, Tzifa A, Windecker S, Goldstein BH, Delaney JW, Kuo JA, FOERSTER S, Gillespie M, Butera G, Shahanavaz S, Horlick E, Boudjemline Y, Dvir D, McElhinney DB, VIVID Registry. Outcomes of Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve-in-Valve Implantation in Patients With Ebstein Anomaly. Am J Cardiol. 2018 01 15;121(2):262-268. PMID: 29153244 |
27. Kirkpatrick ED, Handler SS, FOERSTER S, Gudausky T, Tillman K, Mitchell ME. Single center experience with the Potts shunt in severe pulmonary arterial hypertension. Progress in Pediatric Cardiology. 2018 Mar; 48:111-115. SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85039698817
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28. Quinn BP, Armstrong AK, Bauser-Heaton HD, Callahan R, El-Said HG, FOERSTER SR, Goldstein BH, Goodman AS, Gudausky TM, Kreutzer JN, Leahy RA, Petit CJ, Rockefeller TA, Shahanavaz S, Trucco SM, Bergersen L, Congenital Cardiac Catheterization Project on Outcomes-Quality Improvement (C3PO-QI). Radiation Risk Categories in Cardiac Catheterization for Congenital Heart Disease: A Tool to Aid in the Evaluation of Radiation Outcomes. Pediatr Cardiol. 2019 Feb;40(2):445-453. PMID: 30506273 |
29. Chongthammakun V, Mitchell ME, Gudausky TM, Bartz PJ, Foerster SR. Cardiac Arrest Secondary to Traumatic Aortopulmonary Window During Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Implantation in Supported Ross. JACC Case Rep. 2019 Dec 18;1(5):746-750. PMID: 34316924 |
30. Spearman AD, Gupta A, Pan AY, Gronseth EI, Thirugnanam K, Gudausky TM, FOERSTER SR, Ramchandran R. Hepatic Vein Blood Increases Lung Microvascular Angiogenesis and Endothelial Cell Survival-Toward an Understanding of Univentricular Circulation. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Winter;32(4):980-987. PMID: 32387780 |
31. Quinn BP, Cevallos P, Armstrong A, Balzer D, El-Said H, FOERSTER S, Glatz AC, Goodman A, Goldstein B, Hainstock M, Janssen D, Kreutzer J, Latson L, Leahy R, Petit C, Shahanavaz S, Trucco S, Whiteside W, Zampi JD, Bergersen L. Longitudinal Improvements in Radiation Exposure in Cardiac Catheterization for Congenital Heart Disease: A Prospective Multicenter C3PO-QI Study. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2020 05;13(5):e008172. PMID: 32408819 |
32. Brown MA, Vo N, Pohlman J, Moehlmann M, FOERSTER SR. Congenital right internal mammary artery to portal vein arteriovenous malformation. Clin Imaging. 2021 Mar;71:101-105. PMID: 33186870 |
33. Spearman AD, Gupta A, Pan AY, Gudausky TM, Foerster SR, Konduri GG, Ramchandran R. sVEGFR1 Is Enriched in Hepatic Vein Blood-Evidence for a Provisional Hepatic Factor Candidate? Front Pediatr. 2021;9:679572. PMID: 34195162 |
34. Yeh MJ, Shirley L, Balzer DT, Boe BA, El-Said H, Foerster S, Gauvreau K, Gudausky TM, Hainstock MR, Maschietto N, Nicholson GT, Quinn BP, Shahanavaz S, Trucco S, Whiteside W, Bergersen L. Interpreting Quality Improvement When Introducing New Technology: A Collaborative Experience in ASD Device Closures. Pediatr Cardiol. 2022 Mar;43(3):596-604. |
35. Quinn BP, Yeh M, Gauvreau K, Ali F, Balzer D, Barry O, Batlivala S, Berman D, FOERSTER S, Goldstein B, Hainstock M, Holzer R, Janssen D, O'Byrne ML, Shirley L, Trucco S, Whiteside W, Bergersen L. Procedural Risk in Congenital Cardiac Catheterization (PREDIC3T). J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 Jan 04;11(1):e022832. PMCID: PMC9075192 |
36. Barry OM, Gudausky TM, Balzer DT, Bocks ML, Boe BA, Callahan R, El-Said H, Farias MJ, FOERSTER SR, Goldstein BH, Holzer RJ, Janssen D, Levy P, O'Byrne ML, Rahman G, Sathanandam S, Shahanavaz S, Whiteside W, Turner ME. Safety and Short-Term Outcomes for Infants < 2.5 kg Undergoing PDA Device Closure: A C3PO Registry Study. Pediatr Cardiol 2023 Aug;44(6):1406-1413 PMID: 36995404 Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85151376766 03/31/2023 |
37. Quinn BP, Gunnelson LC, Kotin SG, Gauvreau K, Yeh MJ, Hasan B, Lozier J, Barry OM, Shahanavaz S, Batlivala SP, Salavitabar A, FOERSTER SR, Goldstein B, Divekar A, Holzer R, Nicholson GT, O'Byrne ML, Whiteside W, Bergersen L. Catheterization for Congenital Heart Disease Adjustment for Risk Method II. Circ Cardiovasc Interv 2024 Mar;17(3):e012834 PMID: 38258562 Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85187996297 01/23/2024 |
38. McLennan DI, Maldonado JR, Foerster SR, Handler SS, LaDisa JF Jr, Gudausky TM, Guillory RJ 2nd. Absorbable metal stents for vascular use in pediatric cardiology: progress and outlook. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2024;11:1410305. PMCID: PMC11334478 |
Books, Chapters, and Reviews |
1. FOERSTER SR, Canter CE. Pediatric heart failure therapy with β-blockers: a review. Paediatric Drugs 2008; 10(2):125-134. |
2. Gazit AZ, FOERSTER SR, Jay PY. Nkx2-5 and Congenital Heart Disease. CJ Epstein, RP Erickson, A Wynshaw-Boris (Eds) Inborn Errors of Development: The Molecular Basis of Clinical Disorders of Morphogenesis, 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, NY 2008. |
3. Congenital Heart Disease: The Catheterization Manual. Lisa Bergersen, FOERSTER SR, Audrey C. Marshall, Jeffrey Meadows (Eds). Springer, New York, NY; 2009. |
4. Ginde S, Woods RK, FOERSTER SR, Berger S: Atrial septal defects. In: Clinical Management of Congenital Heart Disease from Infancy to Adulthood, DS Moodie (Ed.). Cardiotext Publishing, Minneapolis, MN. 2014. |
5. Hraska V, Woods RK, Mitchell ME, FOERSTER SR, Goot BH. Congenital Aortic Valve Stenosis and Regurgitation. In: Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery and Intensive Care, da Cruz E, Ivy D, Hraska V, Jaggers J (eds) Springer, London. 2020. |