Rachel Jana Shustak, MD

Pediatric Cardiology

Sees patients age 18 and up

Rachel Jana Shustak, MD

Pediatric Cardiology

Sees patients age 18 and up

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Dr. Shustak is an independent physician who is not employed by Penn Medicine.

Call 800-789-7366 Request Appointment

Alagille Syndrome
Anomalies of the Aorta
Anomalous Coronary Artery
Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
Aortic Valve Disorders
Aortopulmonary Window
Arrhythmia (Irregular Heartbeat)
Athlete's Heart
Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)
Atrioventricular Canal Defect
Atrioventricular Septal Defect
Bacterial Endocarditis
Barth Syndrome
Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease
Brugada Syndrome
Cardiomyopathy (Cardiomyopathies)
Cardio-Oncology
Cardiorenal Syndrome (CRS)
Common Aortopulmonary Trunk
Congenital Anomaly of the Aortic Arch
Congenital Anomaly of the Coronary Artery
Congenital Heart Disease
Congenital Infundibular Stenosis
Congenital Insufficiency of the Aortic Valve
Congenital Mitral Valve Regurgitation
Congenital Pulmonary Valve Atresia
Congenital Stenosis of the Aortic Valve
Congenital Stenosis of the Mitral Valve
Congenital Stenosis of the Pulmonary Valve
Congenital Subaortic Stenosis
Congenital Tricuspid Stenosis
Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
Constrictive Pericarditis
Coronary Artery Anomaly
Coronary Artery Fistula
Cyanotic Heart Disease
Dextrocardia
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Double Aortic Arch
Double Outlet Right Ventricle
Ebstein Anomaly
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Eisenmenger Syndrome
Endocardial Cushion Defect
Familial Arrhythmias
Familial Cardiomyopathy
Familial Dyslipidemia
Fetal Arrhythmia
Fetal Cardiology
Fetal Cardiomyopathy
Genetic Cardiomyopathy
Genetic Heart Disease
Heart Block
Heart Murmur
Heart Tumor (Cardiac Tumor)
Hemitruncus
Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis
Inherited Cardiac Arrhythmia
Kabuki Syndrome
Kawasaki Disease
Loeys-Dietz Syndrome
Long QT Syndrome
Marfan Syndrome
Mitral Stenosis
MTHFR Mutation
Obstructive Anomalies of the Heart
Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO)
Peripheral Pulmonary Stenosis
Persistent Ostium Primum
Pulmonary Artery Coarctation and Atresia
Pulmonary Artery Stenosis
Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary Valve Disorders
Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency
Pulmonary Valve Stenosis (PVS)
Pulmonary Vein Stenosis
Pulmonary Veno Occlusive Disease
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
Septal Defect
Subaortic Stenosis
Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis
Syncope
Tetralogy of Fallot
Transposition of the Great Vessels
Tricuspid Atresia
Truncus Arteriosus
Tufted Angioma
Twin Reversed Arterial Perfusion
Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome
Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
Viral Cardiomyopathy
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (WPW)

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Board Certification

Pediatrics, 2017
Pediatrics/Cardiology (AMA)

Education and Training

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

Primary Location

CHOP Specialty Care, Lancaster

Suite 300
2104 Harrisburg Pike
Lancaster, PA 17601

Map Call 717-544-0375

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Lancaster General Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Description of Research Expertise

Pediatric Cardiology, Congenital Heart Disease, Infant Single Ventricle Monitoring, Preventive Pediatric Cardiology, Social Determinants of Health

Selected Publications

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 : 2024.

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

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 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 : e030029,2023.

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 : 2023.

Shustak RJ, Brothers JA, Daniels SR: Special Patient Populations: Children and Adolescents Clinical Lipidology, 3rd edition: a companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease : 2023.

Shustak RJ, Faerber JA, Stagg A, Hehir DA, Natarajan SS, Preminger TJ, Szwast A, Rome JJ, Giglia TM, Ravishankar C, Mercer-Rosa L, Gardner MM.: Association of Home Monitoring and Unanticipated Interstage Readmissions in Infants With Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome J Am Heart Assoc 12 : e025686,2023.

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 Circulation 146 : e030029,2022.

Gardner MM, Faerber J, Glatz AC, Preminger TJ, Avitabile CM, Shankar S, Shustak RJ, Weber DR, Schachtner S, Ravishankar C, Goldberg DJ.: Relationship Between Serum Brain-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Biomarkers of Growth in Infants With Shunt-Dependent Single Cardiac Ventricle Am J Cardiol 171 : 146-150,2022.

Shustak RJ, Mercer-rosa L, Faerber J, Stagg A, Hehir DA, Natarajan SS, Preminger TJ, Szwast A, Rome JJ, Giglia TM, Ravishankar C, Gardner MM: Unanticipated Interstage Readmissions in Infants with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: Association of Home Monitoring and Identification of Patient Risk Factors. Circulation 144 : 2021.

Academic Contact Information

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366

American Academy of Pediatrics, National
American Heart Association, National
National Pediatric Cardiology-Quality Improvement Collaborative, National