Pediatric Cardiology
Rachel Jana Shustak, MD
Independent provider
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
CHOP Specialty Care, Lancaster

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Education and training

  • Medical School: New York University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

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

Qualifications and experience

My research

Shustak RJ, Perlstein A, Artis AS, Tomlinson AZ, Tam V, Martino G, Brothers JA Health Disparities in Diagnosis and Treatment of Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia , Journal of Pediatrics, 281: 2025


Ilana Schwartz, Jan Leonard, Alexis Zavez, Luma Essaid, Alyson Stagg, Chitra Ravishankar, Therese Giglia, Monique Gardner, Rachel Shustak Brain natriuretic Peptide is Not Predictive of Days Alive and Out of Hospital During the Interstage Period in Infants with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome , Circulation, 150(Suppl_1): 2024


Perlstein A, Artis AS, Tomlinson AZ, Tam V, Martino G, Brothers JA Disparities in Diagnosis and Treatment of Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia , Circulation, 150(Suppl_1): 2024


Shustak RJ, Rossano JW. Visceral Adiposity-A Novel Early-Life Risk Factor for Preclinical Atherosclerosis in Adolescence , JAMA Netw Open, 7(1): 2024,e2434648


Shustak RJ, Brothers JA, Daniels SR Identification and Management of Children with Dyslipidemia , Lifestyle Medicine, 4th edition: 2024


Reddy KP, Ludomirsky AB, Jones AL, Shustak RJ, Faerber JA, Naim MY, Lopez KN, Mercer-Rosa LM. Racial, ethnic, and socio-economic disparities in neonatal ICU admissions among neonates born with cyanotic CHD in the United States, 2009-2018 , Cardiol Young, 24(1): 2024,1-8


Stagg A, Giglia TM, Gardner MM, Shustak RJ, Natarajan SS, Hehir DA, Szwast AL, Rome JJ, Ravishankar C, Preminger TJ. Feasibility of Digital Stethoscopes in Telecardiology Visits for Interstage Monitoring in Infants with Palliated Congenital Heart Disease , Pediatr Cardiol, 44(8): 2023,1702-1709


Shustak RJ, Faerber J, Stagg A, Ravishankar C, Mercer-Rosa L, Giglia TM, Gardner MM Home Monitoring and Unanticipated Interstage Readmissions: Evaluating the Impact of Neighborhood Social Vulnerability , Circulation, 148(Suppl_1): 2023


Shustak, R Lipid Screening (Episode 156) , Primary Care Perspectives podcast, Philadelphia, PA: 2023


Shustak RJ, Huang J, Tam V, Stagg A, Giglia TM, Ravishankar C, Mercer-Rosa L, Guevara JP, Gardner MM. Neighborhood Social Vulnerability and Interstage Weight Gain: Evaluating the Role of a Home Monitoring Program , J Am Heart Assoc, 12(18): 2023,e030029