Cardiology

Russel Hirsch, MD

Title

Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

Appointment

Assistant Professor

Credentials

MBChB: University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Residency: Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO

Fellowship: Pediatric Cardiology, St. Louis Children's Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Certification: Pediatrics: 1994, 2002 (renew); Pediatric Cardiology: 1998, 2005

Position History

Awards and Honors

Best Doctors in America, 2008

Publications, Most Recent

Dent, CL; Canter CE; Hirsch, R; Balzer, DT. Transplant Coronary Artery Disease in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 2000; 19: 240-248.

Vranicar, M; Hirsch, R; Canter, CE; Balzer, DT. Selective coronary angiography in pediatric patients.Pediatric Cardiology, 2000; May-June: 21(3):285-8.

Russel Hirsch, Charles B. Huddleston, Eric N. Mendeloff, Timothy J. Sekarski and Charles E. Canter. Infant and donor organ growth following heart transplantation in neonates with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 1996; 15:1093-1100.

Russel Hirsch, Yvonne Landt, Sharon Porter, Charles E. Canter, Allan S. Jaffe, Jack H. Ladenson, James W. Grant and Michael Landt. Cardiac Troponin I in Pediatrics: Normal Values and Potential Use in the Assessment of Cardiac Injury.The Journal of Pediatrics, 1997; 130:872-7.

Russel Hirsch, Catherine L. Dent, Mary K. Wood, Charles B. Huddleston, Eric N. Mendeloff, Yvonne Landt, Michael Landt, Jack Ladenson and Charles E. Canter. Patterns and predictive value of elevation of cardiac troponin-I after cardiothoracic surgery in children.Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1998; 65:1394-9.

Matthew T. Kimberling, David T. Balzer, Russel Hirsch, Eric N. Mendeloff, Charles B. Huddleston, Charles E. Canter. Cardiac Transplantation for Pediatric Restrictive Cardiomyopathy: Presentation, Evaluation , and Short-term Outcome. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 2002; 21:455-459

Catherine L. Dent, Charles E. Canter, Russel Hirsch and David T. Balzer. Transplant Coronary Artery Disease in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients.The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 2000; 19:240-248.

Vranicar M, Hirsch R, Canter CE, Balzer DT. Selective coronary angiography in pediatric patients.Pediatric Cardiology, 2000; May-Jun; 21(3):285-8.

Matthew T. Kimberling, David T. Balzer, Russel Hirsch, Eric N. Mendeloff, Charles B. Huddleston, Charles E. Canter. Cardiac Transplantation for Pediatric Restrictive Cardiomyopathy: Presentation, Evaluation , and Short-term Outcome.The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 2002; 21:455-459.

Recent Presentations:

R Hirsch, M Kimberling, M Landt and D Balzer. Assessment Of Myocardial Injury During Atrial Septal Defect Repair With Either The Amplatzer Septal Occluder Or Standard Surgical Repair. The Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, 22nd Annual Meeting, May 13 -16, 1999.

Conflict and Resolution in the Cath. Lab: Early Bird Rounds, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University, 11/17/00, St. Louis, MO.

R Hirsch, DT Balzer, CL Dent, CB Huddleston, EN Mendeloff, CE Canter. Outcome after moderate-severe transplant coronary artery disease (TCAD) in pediatric heart transplant recipients. The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, April 25-28, 2001.

Catherine L. Dent, Charles E. Canter, Matthew T. Kimberling, Michael Landt, Eric N. Mendeloff, Charles B. Huddleston, Russel Hirsch. Cardiac Troponin I During ECMO: Evidence for Inadequate Myocardial Perfusion in the Injured Heart. Scientific Sessions 2001, American Heart Association, November 11 –14, 2001.

Russel Hirsch and David T. Balzer. Cardiac Catheterization In Infants Weighing 2Kg Or Less: Indications, Procedure And Outcome. The Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, 25th Annual Meeting, May 15-18, 2001.

Russel Hirsch, David Balzer, Charles Canter, Joseph Billadello, Marilyn Siegel, Sanjeev Bhalla, Ty Bae, and Fernando Gutierrez. High Resolution Multidetector Computerized Tomographic Scanning with Three Dimensional Reconstruction for Elucidation of Extra-Cardiac Defects in Congenital Heart Disease. The Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, 25th Annual Meeting, May 15-18, 2001.

HW Kort, R Hirsch, and DT Balzer. Transcatheter Closure of Muscular Ventricular Septal Defect Using the Amplatzer Muscular VSD Occluder. The Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, 25th Annual Meeting, May 15-18, 2001.

High Resolution Mutidetector Computerized Scanning for Extra-Cardiac Defects in Congenital Heart Disease: Rationale for Study. Pediatric Oriented Research Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University, 2/7/02; St. Louis, MO.

New Trends in Pediatric Cardiology. Pediatric Grand Rounds, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University, 3/15/02; St. Louis, MO.

Professional Organization Memberships

Member, American College of Cardiology
Fellow, Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions

Special Interests

Dr. Hirsch has a special interest in interventional cardiac catheterization and congenital cardiac imaging (CT and MR) with three dimensional reconstruction / myocardioal injury. His research interests are in three dimensional imaging, device closure of intra-cardiac defects, pulmonary hypertension and myocardial injury.