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Russel Hirsch, MD


  • Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Service
  • Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
  • Board Certified

About

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

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

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

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

Interests

Percutaneous interventions for the palliation or treatment of congenital heart disease; treatment of all forms of pediatric pulmonary hypertension; interventional catheterization; pulmonary hypertension; General Cardiology Outpatient Clinic

Services and Specialties

Heart, Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia, Pulmonary Hypertension, Catheterization and Intervention, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia BPD, Rare Lung Diseases

Interests

Device closure of congenital heart defects; feasibility of covered stent use in coarctation of the aorta; pulmonary vascular complications associated with congenital diaphragmatic hernia and chronic lung disease; cardiac manifestations of post bone-marrow transplant thrombotic microangiopathy; non-invasive evaluation of pulmonary hypertension in pediatric age patients; validation of new methods for assessing oxygen consumption in the cardiac catheterization laboratory

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Publications

A Single-Center Review of Clinical Outcomes After Transcatheter Relief of Superior Vena Cava Stenosis in a Pediatric and Young Adult Population. Pradhan, S; Batlivala, SP; Pombo, LR; Ollberding, N; Gao, Z; Szugye, N; Shahanavaz, S; Hirsch, R. Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions. 2024; 3:102245.

Patent Ductus Arteriosus and Lung Magnetic Resonance Imaging Phenotype in Moderate and Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia-Pulmonary Hypertension. Bjorkman, KR; Miles, KG; Bellew, LE; Schneider, KA; Magness, SM; Higano, NS; Ollberding, NJ; Cordon, XH; Hirsch, RM; Hysinger, E; Woods, JC; Critser, PJ. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2024; 210:318-328.

Wireless Pulmonary Artery Pressure Monitor Implantation in a Patient with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Sisson, TM; Sublett-Smith, J; Dupont, E; Hirsch, R; Lorts, A; Villa, C. Pediatric Cardiology. 2024; 45:1151-1153.

B-18 | Elevated Right Ventricular Systolic Pressure is an Independent Predictor of Mortality in Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis. Takajo, D; Critser, P; Cash, M; Magness, M; Hirsch, R. Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions. 2024; 3:101584.

Kiosk 3R-TB-09 Impaired Atrial Function in Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Patients Using Cardiac MRI. Miles, K; Ta, H; Bjorkman, K; Hirsch, R; Lang, S; Cash, M; Magness, M; O'Neil, M; Luebbe, K; Critser, P. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 2024; 26:100544.

Ventricular global function index is associated with clinical outcomes in pediatric pulmonary hypertension. Ta, HT; Critser, PJ; Schäfer, M; Ollberding, NJ; Taylor, MD; Di Maria, MV; Hirsch, R; Ivy, DD; Frank, BS. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 2023; 25:39.

Is the practice of using oversized organs for recipients with elevated pulmonary vascular resistance justified?. Thangappan, K; Zafar, F; Ahmed, HF; Greenberg, JW; Ashfaq, A; Hirsch, R; Chin, C; Lehenbauer, D; O'Donnell, A; Morales, DL S. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2023; 166:1766-1779.

Occurrence of sleep-disordered breathing in children with pulmonary hypertension. Ignatiuk, D; Miles, K; Gurbani, N; Hossain, MM; Cash, M; Magness, M; Hirsch, R; Simakajornboon, N. Pediatric Pulmonology. 2023; 58:3566-3573.

Abstract 14502: Contemporary Practices and Outcomes in Primary Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: A PVS Network Study. Vanderlaan, RD; Qureshi, AM; Hirsch, R; Tran, C; Callahan, R; Yung, D; Austin, ED; Handler, SS; Kalfa, DM; Backes, CH; Rome, JJ; Day, RW; Ivy, DD; Caldarone, CA. Circulation. 2023; 148:a14502.

Pulmonary artery compliance in different forms of pulmonary hypertension. McCormick, A; Krishnan, A; Badesch, D; Benza, RL; Bull, TM; De Marco, T; Feldman, J; Hemnes, AR; Hirsch, R; Horn, E; Sager, JS; Shlobin, OA; Simon, MA; Lammi, MR. Heart. 2023; 109:1098-1105.

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