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Janet Scheel
jscheel@wustl.edu
Professor of Pediatrics, Cardiology
Cardiology
phone: (314) 454-6095
Education
BS,
Georgetown University
,
1980
MD,
Georgetown University
,
1985
Training
Internship, The New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center
,
1985
-
1986
Residency, Junior Assistant Resident, John Hopkins Hospital
,
1986
-
1987
Residency, Senior Assistant Resident, John Hopkins Hospital
,
1987
-
1988
Fellowship, John Hopkins Hospital
,
1988
-
1991
Leadership Course for Women in Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
,
2011
-
2011
Leadership Development Program, Washington University
,
2018
-
2018
Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Health Centers, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
,
2018
-
2018
Licensure and Board Certification
MO, DEA
1986
-
Pres
Flex, Board of Medical Examiners
1987
-
2019
MD, Medical License
1989
-
2014
American Board of Pediatrics
1994
-
Pres
American Board of Pediatrics- Pediatric Cardiology
2013
-
2018
DC, Medical License
2017
-
2018
MO, Medical License
Honors and Awards
Georgetown University Medical School Class of 1985, President
,
1985
Ciba- Geigy Award for compassion, intelligence and integrity
,
1985
Pediatric Award for top graduating medical student in pediatrics
,
1985
Listed "Best Doctors in Baltimore" Baltimore Magazine
,
2009
Listed "Best Doctors in Baltimore" Baltimore Magazine
,
2010
Listed "Best Doctors in Baltimore" Baltimore Magazine
,
2011
Listed "Best Doctors in Baltimore" Baltimore Magazine
,
2012
Faces of Heart - Howard County American Heart Association
,
2013
Listed "Best Doctors in Washington DC" Washington Magazine
,
2013
Listed "Best Doctors in Washington DC" Washington Magazine
,
2014
Listed "Best Doctors in Washington DC" Washington Magazine
,
2015
Fellows Jodi Pike Memorial Teaching Award
,
2015
Listed "Best Doctors in Washington DC" Washington Magazine
,
2016
Listed "Best Doctors in St Louis" St Louis Magazine
,
2017
List "Best Doctors in St. Louis" St Louis Magazine
,
2018
Listed "Best Doctors in St Louis" ST Louis Magazine
,
2019
Recent Publications
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Publication Co-Authors
Charles Canter, M.D.
William Brinson Orr
Kenneth E. Remy, M.D., MHSc., MSCI, FCCM
Cochrane AB, Lyster H, Lindenfeld J, Doligalski C, Baran D, Yost C, Shullo M, Schweiger M, Weill D, Stuckey L, Ivulich S, Scheel J, Peters L, Colvin M, Dawson K, Girgis R, Weeks P, Tse T, Russell S, Flattery M, Jennings D, Kittleson M, Miller T, Khuu T, Claridge T, Uber P, Ford K, Ensor CR, Simpson K, Dipchand A, Page RL 2nd.
Report from the 2018 consensus conference on immunomodulating agents in thoracic transplantation: Access, formulations, generics, therapeutic drug monitoring, and special populations.
J Heart Lung Transplant
.
2020;39
(10):
1050-1069.
PMID:
32883559
Orr WB, Elward AM, Lin JC, Reich PJ, Scheel JN, Hayes EV, Remy KE.
Delayed Development of Coronary Artery Dilitation in Suspected Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome: More Research Needed.
Crit Care Explor
.
2020;2
(10):
e0236.
PMCID:
PMC7531755
PMID:
33063036
Sethi N, Doshi A, Doshi T, Cross R, Cronin I, Amin E, Kanter J, Scheel J, Khan S, Campbell-Washburn A, Olivieri L.
Quantitative cardiac magnetic resonance T2 imaging offers ability to non-invasively predict acute allograft rejection in children.
Cardiol Young
.
2020;1-8.
PMID:
32456723
Schweiger M, Everitt MD, Chen S, Nandi D, Castro J, Gupta D, Scheel J, Lal AK, Ablonczy L, Kirk R, Miera O, Davies RR, Dipchand AI.
Review of the discard and/or refusal rate of offered donor hearts to pediatric waitlisted candidates.
Pediatr Transplant
.
2020;24
(3):
e13674.
PMID:
32198804
Kirk R, Dipchand AI, Davies RR, Miera O, Chapman G, Conway J, Denfield S, Gossett JG, Johnson J, McCulloch M, Schweiger M, Zimpfer D, Ablonczy L, Adachi I, Albert D, Alexander P, Amdani S, Amodeo A, Azeka E, Ballweg J, Beasley G, Böhmer J, Butler A, Camino M, Castro J, Chen S, Chrisant M, Christen U, Danziger-Isakov L, Das B, Everitt M, Feingold B, Fenton M, Garcia-Guereta L, Godown J, Gupta D, Irving C, Joong A, Kemna M, Khulbey SK, Kindel S, Knecht K, Lal AK, Lin K, Lord K, Möller T, Nandi D, Niesse O, Peng DM, Pérez-Blanco A, Punnoose A, Reinhardt Z, Rosenthal D, Scales A, Scheel J, Shih R, Smith J, Smits J, Thul J, Weintraub R, Zangwill S, Zuckerman WA.
ISHLT consensus statement on donor organ acceptability and management in pediatric heart transplantation.
J Heart Lung Transplant
.
2020;39
(4):
331-341.
PMID:
32088108
Mokshagundam D, Castleberry CD, Simpson KE, Ybarra AM, Scheel JN, Canter CE.
Treatment and Pattern of Resolution of Antibody-Mediated Rejection with Hemodynamic Compromise Resistant to Standard Therapy after Heart Transplantation with a Positive Virtual Crossmatch.
J Heart Lung Transplant
.
2020;39
(4S):
S458.
PMID:
32465797
Godown J, Kirk R, Joong A, Lal AK, McCulloch M, Peng DM, Scheel J, Davies RR, Dipchand AI, Miera O, Gossett JG.
Variability in donor selection among pediatric heart transplant providers: Results from an international survey.
Pediatr Transplant
.
2019;23
(5):
e13417.
PMID:
31081171
Remenyi B, Carapetis J, Stirling JW, Ferreira B, Kumar K, Lawrenson J, Marijon E, Mirabel M, Mocumbi AO, Mota C, Paar J, Saxena A, Scheel J, Viali S, Vijayalakshmi IB, Wheaton GR, Zuhlke L, Sidhu K, Dimalapang E, Gentles TL, Wilson NJ.
Inter-rater and intra-rater reliability and agreement of echocardiographic diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease using the World Heart Federation evidence-based criteria.
Heart Asia
.
2019;11
(2):
e011233.
PMCID:
PMC6591009
PMID:
31297166
Scheel J, Canter CE.
Center volume and outcomes in pediatric heart transplantation-Bigger is better until it isn't.
Am J Transplant
.
2018.
PMID:
30040193
Conway J, Miera O, Adachi I, Maeda K, Eghtesady P, Henderson HT, Guleserian K, Fan CS, Kirk R, Pediatric VAD Investigators..
Worldwide Experience of a Durable Centrifugal Flow Pump in Pediatric Patients.
Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
.
2018.
PMID:
29551744
Khan S, Scheel JN.
Pediatric mechanical circulatory support comes of age.
J Heart Lung Transplant
.
2018;37
(1):
139-140.
PMID:
29169883
Rostad CA, Wehrheim K, Kirklin JK, Naftel D, Pruitt E, Hoffman TM, L'Ecuyer T, Berkowitz K, Mahle WT, Scheel JN.
Bacterial infections after pediatric heart transplantation: Epidemiology, risk factors and outcomes.
J Heart Lung Transplant
.
2017;36
(9):
996-1003.
PMID:
28583371
El-Sayed Ahmed MM, Jones MB, Kanter JP, Boyce S, Jonas RA, Scheel J, Sinha P.
Hybrid Exclusion of HeartMate ІІ Left Ventricular Assist Device After Bridge to Recovery.
Ann Thorac Surg
.
2016;101
(6):
e193-4.
PMID:
27211979
Clark BC, Krishnan A, McCarter R, Scheel J, Sable C, Beaton A.
Using a Low-Risk Population to Estimate the Specificity of the World Heart Federation Criteria for the Diagnosis of Rheumatic Heart Disease.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr
.
2016;29
(3):
253-8.
PMID:
26725186
Ploutz M, Lu JC, Scheel J, Webb C, Ensing GJ, Aliku T, Lwabi P, Sable C, Beaton A.
Handheld echocardiographic screening for rheumatic heart disease by non-experts.
Heart
.
2016;102
(1):
35-9.
PMID:
26438784
Beaton A, Lu JC, Aliku T, Dean P, Gaur L, Weinberg J, Godown J, Lwabi P, Mirembe G, Okello E, Reese A, Shrestha-Astudillo A, Bradley-Hewitt T, Scheel J, Webb C, McCarter R, Ensing G, Sable C.
The utility of handheld echocardiography for early rheumatic heart disease diagnosis: a field study.
Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging
.
2015;16
(5):
475-82.
PMCID:
PMC4542771
PMID:
25564396
Lu JC, Sable C, Ensing GJ, Webb C, Scheel J, Aliku T, Lwabi P, Godown J, Beaton A.
Simplified rheumatic heart disease screening criteria for handheld echocardiography.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr
.
2015;28
(4):
463-9.
PMID:
25660669
Shenje LT, Andersen P, Halushka MK, Lui C, Fernandez L, Collin GB, Amat-Alarcon N, Meschino W, Cutz E, Chang K, Yonescu R, Batista DA, Chen Y, Chelko S, Crosson JE, Scheel J, Vricella L, Craig BD, Marosy BA, Mohr DW, Hetrick KN, Romm JM, Scott AF, Valle D, Naggert JK, Kwon C, Doheny KF, Judge DP.
Mutations in Alström protein impair terminal differentiation of cardiomyocytes.
Nat Commun
.
2014;5:3416.
PMCID:
PMC3992616
PMID:
24595103
Conway J, Chin C, Kemna M, Burch M, Barnes A, Tresler M, Scheel JN, Naftel DC, Beddow K, Allain-Rooney T, Dipchand AI, Pediatric Heart Transplant Study Investigators..
Donors' characteristics and impact on outcomes in pediatric heart transplant recipients.
Pediatr Transplant
.
2013;17
(8):
774-81.
PMID:
24102961
Reményi B, Wilson N, Steer A, Ferreira B, Kado J, Kumar K, Lawrenson J, Maguire G, Marijon E, Mirabel M, Mocumbi AO, Mota C, Paar J, Saxena A, Scheel J, Stirling J, Viali S, Balekundri VI, Wheaton G, Zühlke L, Carapetis J.
World Heart Federation criteria for echocardiographic diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease--an evidence-based guideline.
Nat Rev Cardiol
.
2012;9
(5):
297-309.
PMCID:
PMC5523449
PMID:
22371105
Gossett JG, Canter CE, Zheng J, Schechtman K, Blume ED, Rodgers S, Naftel DC, Kirklin JK, Scheel J, Fricker FJ, Kantor P, Pahl E, Pediatric Heart Transplant Study Investigators..
Decline in rejection in the first year after pediatric cardiac transplantation: a multi-institutional study.
J Heart Lung Transplant
.
2010;29
(6):
625-32.
PMID:
20207171
Rosenthal D, Chrisant MR, Edens E, Mahony L, Canter C, Colan S, Dubin A, Lamour J, Ross R, Shaddy R, Addonizio L, Beerman L, Berger S, Bernstein D, Blume E, Boucek M, Checchia P, Dipchand A, Drummond-Webb J, Fricker J, Friedman R, Hallowell S, Jaquiss R, Mital S, Pahl E, Pearce FB, Rhodes L, Rotondo K, Rusconi P, Scheel J, Pal Singh T, Towbin J.
International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Practice guidelines for management of heart failure in children.
J Heart Lung Transplant
.
2004;23
(12):
1313-33.
PMID:
15607659
Loffredo CA, Chokkalingam A, Sill AM, Boughman JA, Clark EB, Scheel J, Brenner JI.
Prevalence of congenital cardiovascular malformations among relatives of infants with hypoplastic left heart, coarctation of the aorta, and d-transposition of the great arteries.
Am J Med Genet A
.
2004;124A
(3):
225-30.
PMID:
14708093
Collins TL, Wayne Holden E, Scheel JN.
Cognitive functioning as a contraindication to organ transplant surgery: Dilemmas encountered in medical decision making.
J Clin Psychol Med Settings
.
1996;3
(4):
413-22.
PMID:
24226849
Meny RG, Currey K, Scheel JN, Harrington D, Vice FL.
Asystoles during infancy recorded by home memory monitors. Benign events?
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med
.
1996;150
(9):
901-5.
PMID:
8790118
Watson RM, Scheel JN, Petri M, Kan JS, Provost TT, Ratrie H 3rd, Callan NA.
Neonatal lupus erythematosus. Report of serological and immunogenetic studies in twins discordant for congenital heart block.
Br J Dermatol
.
1994;130
(3):
342-8.
PMID:
8148276
Watson RM, Scheel JN, Petri M, Lee LA, Bias WB, McLean RH.
Neonatal lupus erythematosus syndrome: analysis of C4 allotypes and C4 genes in 18 families.
Medicine (Baltimore)
.
1992;71
(2):
84-95.
PMID:
1545698
Scheel JN, Gardner TJ, Kan JS.
Balloon dilatation of a stenotic Waterston shunt with long-term follow-up.
Am J Cardiol
.
1991;68
(8):
821-2.
PMID:
1892100
West DW, Scheel JN, Stover R, Kan J, DeAngelis C.
Iron deficiency in children with cyanotic congenital heart disease.
J Pediatr
.
1990;117
(2 Pt 1):
266-8.
PMID:
2380829
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