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/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

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): e2434648,2024.

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): 1-8,2024.

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): 1702-1709,2023.

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): e030029,2023.

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
NPC-QIC (National Pediatric Cardiology-Quality Improvement Collaborative), National
PAC3 (Pediatric Acute Care Cardiology Collaborative), National
SV-ONE (Single Ventricle Outcomes Network), National