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
CHOP Specialty Care, Lancaster
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.
Qualifications and experience
- Pediatrics/Cardiology (AMA)
- American Academy of Pediatrics, National
- American Heart Association, National
- NPC-QIC (National Pediatric Cardiology-Quality Improvement Collaborative), National
- PAC3 (Pediatric Acute Care Cardiology Collaborative), National
- SV-ONE (Single Ventricle Outcomes Network), National
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