Department of Pediatrics

Education

• AB, Harvard University, 1990
• MD, Jefferson Medical College, 1998
• MD, Tufts University School of Medicine, 2000
• DTM&H, London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2007
• MSc, University College London, 2010

Training

• General Pediatric Internship and Residency, Northwestern University, 2000 - 2003
• Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship, University of Michigan , 2003 - 2004
• Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship, Stanford University, 2004 - 2006

Licensure and Board Certification

• 2003 - PresAmerican Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatric Board Certification
• 2013 - PresHealth Professionals Council of South Africa
• 2019 - PresCalifornia Medical License
• 2021 - PresBNDD License
• 2021 - PresDEA License
• 2021 - PresMissouri Medical License

Recent Publications view all (10)

1. Tsondai PR, Sohn AH, Phiri S, Sikombe K, Sawry S, Chimbetete C, Fatti G, Hobbins MA, Technau KG, Rabie H, Bernheimer J, Fox MP, Judd A, Collins IJ, Davies MA, International epidemiology to Evaluate AIDS Southern Africa (IeDEA-SA) Collaboration.. Characterizing the double-sided cascade of care for adolescents living with HIV transitioning to adulthood across Southern Africa. J Int AIDS Soc. 2020;23(1):e25447. PMCID:PMC6992508  PMID:32003159 
2. Patten G, Bernheimer J, Fairlie L, Rabie H, Sawry S, Technau K, Eley B, Davies MA, for IeDEA Southern Africa.. Lamivudine monotherapy as a holding regimen for HIV-positive children. PLoS One. 2018;13(10):e0205455. PMCID:PMC6181370  PMID:30308013 
3. Fairlie L, Bernheimer J, Sipambo N, Fick C, Kuhn L. Lamivudine monotherapy in children and adolescents: The devil is in the detail. S Afr Med J. 2017;107(12):1055-1057. PMID:29262955 
4. Harausz EP, Garcia-Prats AJ, Seddon JA, Schaaf HS, Hesseling AC, Achar J, Bernheimer J, Cruz AT, D'Ambrosio L, Detjen A, Graham SM, Hughes J, Jonckheere S, Marais BJ, Migliori GB, McKenna L, Skrahina A, Tadolini M, Wilson P, Furin J, Sentinel Project on Pediatric Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis.. New and Repurposed Drugs for Pediatric Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis. Practice-based Recommendations. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017;195(10):1300-1310. PMID:27854508 
5. Bernheimer JM, Patten G, Makeleni T, Mantangana N, Dumile N, Goemaere E, Cox V. Paediatric HIV treatment failure: a silent epidemic. J Int AIDS Soc. 2015;18:20090. PMCID:PMC4514899  PMID:26208630 
6. Nelson A, Maritz J, Giddy J, Frigati L, Rabie H, van Cutsem G, Mutseyekwa T, Jange N, Bernheimer J, Cotton M, Cox V. HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy initiation at birth: Views from a primary care setting in Khayelitsha. South Afr J HIV Med. 2015;16(1):376. PMCID:PMC5842975  PMID:29568593 
7. Bernheimer J, Anies ME, Moyo F, van Cutsem G, Wilkinson L, Cox V. The Top 10 Reasons for Poor Adherence in Children and Adolescents Taking Antiretroviral Treatment:Lessons from a Pediatric Treatment Failure Programme in Khayelitsha, South Africa Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine. 2015;16(1):a376. doi:10.4102  
8. Schutze G, Strigl S, Bernheimer J. Cardiac Manifestations in Children with HIV / AIDS; HIV Curriculum for the Health Professional Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative. 2009. 
9. Bernheimer J, Friedberg M, Chan F, Silverman N. Echocardiographic diagnosis of persistent fifth aortic arch. Echocardiography. 2007;24(3):258-62. PMID:17313637 
10. Glynn RJ, Christen WG, Manson JE, Bernheimer J, Hennekens CH. Body mass index. An independent predictor of cataract. Arch Ophthalmol. 1995;113(9):1131-7. PMID:7661746