Department of Pediatrics

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 - PresFlex, Board of Medical Examiners
• 1987 - 2019MD, Medical License
• 1989 - 2014American Board of Pediatrics
• 1994 - PresAmerican Board of Pediatrics- Pediatric Cardiology
• 2013 - 2018DC, Medical License
• 2017 - 2018MO, 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 view all (31)

Publication Co-Authors

Ericka V. Hayes, M.D.

Charles Canter, M.D.

Alexis M. Elward, M.D., M.P.H.

William Brinson Orr, MD, FAAP, FACC

Reich, Patrick

John C. Lin, M.D.

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Janet Scheel

1. Amdani S, Boyle G, Rossano J, Scheel J, Richmond M, Arrigain S, Schold JD. Association of low center performance evaluations and pediatric heart transplant center behavior in the United States. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2021;40(8):831-840. PMID:34078559 
2. Ybarra AM, Khanna G, Turmelle YP, Stoll J, Castleberry CD, Scheel J, Ballweg JA, Ameduri R, Kimberling M, Makil E, Birnbaum BF, Exil V, Canter CE, Simpson KE. Heterogeneous outcomes of liver disease after heart transplantation for a failed Fontan procedure. Pediatr Transplant. 2021;e14094. PMID:34296503 
3. 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 
4. 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 
5. 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 
6. 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 
7. 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 
8. 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 
9. 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 
10. 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 
11. 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 
12. 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 
13. Khan S, Scheel JN. Pediatric mechanical circulatory support comes of age. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2018;37(1):139-140. PMID:29169883 
14. 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 
15. 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 
16. 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 
17. 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 
18. 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 
19. 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 
20. 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 
21. 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 
22. 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 
23. 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 
24. 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 
25. 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 
26. 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 
27. 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 
28. 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 
29. 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 
30. 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 
31. 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