Pediatric Cardiology
Christine B. Falkensammer, MD
Independent provider
Accepting new patients
Sees newborns through age 18
CHOP Specialty Care, Lancaster

About me

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Cardiology)

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Innsbruck
  • Residency: Miami Children's Hospital
  • Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Lancaster General Hospital
  • Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Falkensammer is an independent physician who is not employed by Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Taylor Hartzel Houlihan, Jill Combs, Elizabeth Smith, Elizabeth Coulter, Lucia Figueroa, Christine Falkensammer, Jill Savla, Elizabeth Goldmuntz, Karl Degenhardt, Anita Szwast, Amanda Shillingford, Jack Rychik Parental Impressions and Perspectives of Efficacy in Prenatal Counseling for Single Ventricle Congenital Heart Disease , Pediatric Cardiology, 45(3): 2024,605-613


Zuckerberg JC, Matsubara D, Kauffman HL, Chang JC, Calderon-Anyosa R, Patel C, Hogarty AN, Falkensammer CB, Mercer-Rosa LM, Quartermain MD, Wang Y, Banerjee A Left atrial stiffness and strain are novel indices of left ventricular diastolic function in children: validation followed by application in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children due to COVID-19 , Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging, 24(9): 2023,1241-125


Punn R, Falkensammer CB, Blinder JJ, Fifer CG, Thorsson T, Perens G, Federman M, Gupta P, Best T, Arya B, Chan T, Sherman-Levine S, Smith SN, Axelrod DM, Roth SJ, Tacy TA Hemodynamic and Echocardiographic Predictors of Mortality in Pediatric Patients on Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Multicenter Investigation , J Am Soc Echocardiogr., 36(2): 2023,233-241


Christine Falkensammer Fetal Cardiology , Rudolph's Pediatrics 24th edition : 2023


Evelyn K. Shih, Lauren A. Beslow, Shobha S. Natarajan, Christine B. Falkensammer, Steven R. Messe, and Rebecca N. Ichord Prevalence of Patent Foramen Ovale in a Cohort of Children with Cryptogenic Ischemic Stroke , Neurology, 97(21): 2021,e2096-e2102


Jill J. Savla; Jack Rychik; Karl Degenhardt; Christine B. Falkensammer; Jill Combs; and Anita L. Szwast Risk Factors for Adverse Outcome in Prenatally Diagnosed Heterotaxy Syndrome in the Current Era , American Heart Association’s Annual Scientific Sessions, Boston, MA: 2021


Kasey J. Chaszczewski, Sarah Perelman, Christine B. Falkensammer, Nahla Khalek, Chengcheng Pang, Zhiyun Tian, Jack Rychik Fetoscopic Selective Laser Photocoagulation of Placental Anastomoses Leads to Early Reduction of Cardiovascular Burden in the Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome , American Heart Association’s Annual Scientific Sessions, Boston, MA: 2021


C.B. Falkensammer, Z. Tian, M.A. Harris, L. Mercer-Rosa, J. Rychik Natural history, associated findings and outcome of prenatally diagnosed ventricular aneurysms , International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology World Congress, virtual: 2020


K. Chaszczweski, J. DiFrancesco, C. Pascua, A. Banerjee, S. Ewing, C.B. Falkensammer, D. Goldberg, E. Goldmuntz, M. Jolley, L. Mercer-Rosa, M. O'Connor, L. Rogers, J. Savla, A. Shillingford, A. Szwast, S. Fuller, M. Cohen, M. Quartermain, S. Natarajan Implementing a Quality Improvement Tool to Systematically Identify Discrepancies between Preoperative Echocardiographic Findings and Intraoperative Inspection in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Repair for Congenital Heart Defects , American Society of Echocardiography, virtual: 2020


Goudar SP, Zak V, Atz AM, Altmann K, Colan SD, Falkensammer CB, Friedberg MK, Frommelt M, Hill KD, Hsu DT, Levine JC, Margossian R, Mart CR, Sticka J, Shrader P, Shirali G; Pediatric Heart Network Investigators. Comparison of echocardiographic measurements to invasive measurements of diastolic function in infants with single ventricle physiology: a report from the Pediatric Heart Network Infant Single Ventricle Trial. , Cardiol Young, 29(10): 2019,1248-1256