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7/15/25

CURRICULUM VITAE

                                                                                          John T. Berger

PERSONAL DATA

Business Address:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Home Address:                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Children's National Medical Center                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 1455 S Street, NW

Division of Critical Care Medicine                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Washington, DC  20009

111 Michigan Avenue, NW                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               (202) 669-7489

Washington, D.C.  20010-2970

Office: (202) 476-2130

Fax: (202) 476-5724

E-mail: [email protected]

Birth: May 31, 1963, St. Louis, Missouri       

Citizenship: United States

George Washington University ID: G19796857

EDUCATION

August 1981 – May 1985                  University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia

Bachelor of Arts with Distinction, 1985

August 1985 – May 1989                  Washington University, School of Medicine

St. Louis, Missouri

Doctor of Medicine, 1989

June 1989 - July 1992                                        Residency, Pediatrics

                                                                                                                                                                                               Oregon Health Sciences University Hospital

Portland, Oregon

July 1992 – July 1993                                                        Training in Neonatology

Oregon Health Sciences University Hospital

Portland, Oregon

July 1993 – June 1996                                                        Fellowship, Pediatric Critical Care

Children's National Medical Center

Washington, D.C.

July 1997- June 2000                                                                         Fellowship, Pediatric Cardiology

Children's National Medical Center

Washington, D.C.

July 2002- June 2003             Master Teacher Program

Children’s National Medical Center

Washington, D.C.

EMPLOYMENT

July 1996 – Present                 Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

Attending Physician, Division of Critical Care Medicine

July 1996 – Nov. 2022                                                       National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Consultant Faculty, Department of Critical Care Medicine

July 2000 - Present                                                                                              Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

Attending Physician, Division of Cardiology

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

08/01/1994-05/14/1997                                     Adjunct Instructor of Pediatrics at The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.

05/15/1997-06/30/2007                                     Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.

07/01/2007- 6/30/2019                                                      Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Primary) and Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (Secondary) at The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC

07/01/2019-Present                                                                                            Professor of Pediatrics (Primary) and Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (Secondary) at The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC

LICENSURE

1990                       Physician License, Oregon (MD16602, inactive)

1994                       Physician License, District of Columbia (MD21064)

1997                       Physician License, Maryland (#D0052436)

2008                       Medical License, Mississippi (20462, inactive)

2016       Physician License, Virginia (#0101261334)

2020   Medical License, Florida (ME148101)

CERTIFICATIONS

Medical Boards

1990                       Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners

1992.   Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics (48355)

1996.  Diplomate, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics (577)

2000                       Diplomate, Pediatric Cardiology, American Board of Pediatrics (1479)

SOCIETIES AND HONORS

1998                       Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics (Member since 1989)

1993                       Member, Society of Critical Care Medicine

2006.  Fellow, American College of Cardiology (Member since 1997)

2010                       Fellow, American College of Critical Care Medicine

2010                       Member, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society

Awards

     2001             Award for Outstanding Abstract. 4^th International Symposium on Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care.

2005-2018      Listing in Best Doctors in America. Best Doctors, Inc.

2006                                                                                       Listing in America’s Top Pediatricians. Consumers’ Research Council of America.

2006-2009            Listing in America’s Top Cardiologists. Consumers’ Research Council of America.

2011-2013            Listing in Super Doctors, superdoctors.com

Administrative Duties

Division

1999-Present        Member, Cardiac Transplant Committee, Cardiology Division, Children’s National Medical Center

2009                                                                                                       Member, MRI-Critical Care Task Force, Critical Care Medicine, Children’s National Medical Center

2011-2012                            Member, CICU Steering Committee, Children’s National Medical Center

2013-2015                            Member, SCAMPs Analysis and Development Committee, Cardiology Division, Children’s National Medical Center

2014-Present        Member, Fellowship Clinical Competency Committee, Critical Care Medicine Division, Children's National Medical Center

2015                       -2016                     Member, Adolescent Cardiac Surgical Home, Critical Care Medicine Division, Children’s National Medical Center

2022-Present        Member, Program Evaluation Committee, Cardiac Critical Care Medicine Division, Children's National Hospital

Hospital Leadership Roles

1997-2000                            Medical Director, Respiratory Care Services, Children’s National Medical Center

1999-2005                            Coordinator, Cardiac Intensive Care, Children’s National Medical Center

2001-2003                            Medical Chair, Standard Vasoactive Agents Taskforce, Children’s National Medical Center

2004-Present        Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Children’s National Medical Center

2004-2013                            Interim Medical Director, Cardiac Transplant, Children’s National Medical Center

2005-2016               Founding Medical Director, Cardiac Intensive Care, Children’s National Medical Center

2005-Present  Medical Director, Cardiac ECMO, Children’s National Medical Center

2007                                                                                                       Crew Captain, East Inpatient Tower Expansion, Children’s National Medical Center

2010-2011                            Co-Chair, Handoff Communication Performance Improvement Team, Children's National Medical Center

2011-2012                            Co-Chair, CICU Clinical Operations Readiness, Children's National Medical Center

2015-2016            Physician Lead, Medication Reconciliation Taskforce, Children’s National Medical Center

2016-2020                            Site lead, Solutions for Patient Safety Unintended Extubation, Children’s National Medical Center

2016-2017            Acting Division Chief, Cardiac Critical Care Medicine

2017-2018                            Medical Director, Advanced Cardiac Therapies, Children’s National Medical Center

2020-2024                            Co-Chair, Peer Review Committee, Children’s National Hospital

Hospital Committee and Taskforce Memberships

1990-1991                            Member; Residency Training Committee; Oregon Health Sciences University

1994-1996                            Member; Code Blue Committee; Children's National Medical Center

1996                 Member, Patient Care Design Team; Children's National Medical Center

1996. -2001                           Member, Trauma Management Committee, Children’s National Medical Center

1999-2000                            Member, Physicians Advisory Group for IT, Children’s National Medical Center

2000-2001                            Member, Thrombosis Pathway Committee, Children’s National Medical Center

2001. Member, Task Force on Computer Order Entry, Children’s National Medical Center

2002- 2004                           Member, Nominations Committee, Medical Staff, Children’s National Medical Center

2002-2003                            Member, Expanded Roles Subcommittee, Medical Staff, Children’s National Medical Center

2005-2006                            Member, Institutional Review Board, Special No. 3, Children’s National Medical Center

2007- 2008                           Member, Pain Task Force, Children’s National Medical Center

2007-2011                            Member, Medication Alerts Task Force, Children’s National Medical Center

2008-2010                            Member, Pain Committee, Children’s National Medical Center

2008-2017            Member, Clinical Effectiveness Committee, Children’s National Medical Center

2008-2017            Member, ex officio, Medical Executive Committee, Children’s National Medical Center

2009                                                                                                       Member, Istat/POC Testing task force, Children’s National Medical Center

2010                                                                                       Member, Advisory Group of the Multi-campus Facility Master Plan, Children’s National Medical Center

2011-2012                            Member, Handoff Communication Team, Children’s National Medical Center

2011                                                                                                       Member, Chart Quality Taskforce, Children’s National Medical Center

2011-2012                            Member, Clinical Research Management Training Program, Children’s National Medical Center

2012-Present        Member, Peer Review Committee, Children’s National Medical Center

2016-2018                            Member, Non-Labor Cost Savings Physician Advisory Team, Children’s National Medical Center

2016-2017                            Member, Healing Garden Clinical and Operations Oversight Committee, Children’s National Medical Center

2017-Present        Member, Lab Physician Advisory Committee, Children’s National Medical Center

Extramural

1999-2002            Director, Interim Board, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society

2005-2007            Member, Region 2 Thoracic Regional Review Board, United Network for Organ Sharing

2005-2008            Medical Advisory Committee, Washington Regional Transplant Consortium

2007                                                                       Section Editor, Pediatric Cardiac ELSO guidelines, Extracorporeal Life Support Organization

2011-2012            BPCA Pulmonary Therapeutics Working Group, Obstetric and Pediatric Pharmacology Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Major Formal Teaching Efforts

1. CICU Conference – Recurring conference for critical care medicine and cardiology fellows that I developed in 2002. Started in 2002.  212 conferences led with more than 50 distinct topics.
2. Lecture series for National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Division of Critical Care Medicine. 20 conferences led since 1996.

Educational Awards

1998                                       Golden Apple Award for Resident Education, Division of Critical Care Medicine

2000                                       Personal Excellence in Teaching Award for Outstanding Resident Teaching, Children’s National Medical Center

2003                                       Personal Excellence in Teaching Award for Outstanding Resident Teaching, Children’s National Medical Center

2003                                       Golden Apple Award for Resident Education, Division of Critical Care Medicine

2018                                       Jodi I. Pike Award for Excellence in Teaching, Children’s National Heart Institute

2023                                       Jodi I. Pike Award for Excellence in Teaching, Children’s National Heart Center

Voluntary Peer Reviewer

2002-Present Pediatric Cardiology

2005-Present        Pediatric Critical Care Medicine,

2005                                                                       Critical Care Medicine

2008- Present        Circulation

2014                                                                                       Cardiology in the Young

2014- Present        Pediatrics

2016- Present        Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

2016- Present        Intensive Care Medicine

2016- Present        Archives of Disease in Childhood

Continuing Medical Education

2003-Present                                        Moderator, Cardiac Session, Annual CNMC Symposium on ECMO and Advanced Therapies for Respiratory Failure, Keystone, CO

2012-Present                                        Member, Conference Planning Committee, Annual CNMC Symposium on ECMO and Advanced Therapies for Respiratory Failure, Keystone, CO

2013                                                                                                                                       Program Co-Director, 20^th Pediatric Critical Care Colloquium, Washington, DC, Nov. 2-5, 2013

2013                                                                                                                                       Moderator, Anticoagulation in the ICU, 20^th Pediatric Critical Care Colloquium, Washington, DC, Nov. 4, 2013

2023                                                                                                                                       Moderator, Pulmonary Hypertension in the Neonate. 8^th World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Washington, DC. August 29, 2023.

2023                                                                                                                                       Moderator, Pulmonary Hypertension: Basics & Beyond in 2023. 8^th World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Washington, DC. August 29, 2023.

2023                                                                                                                                       Moderator, Pulmonary Hypertension: Challenging Topics. 8^th World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Washington, DC. August 29, 2023.

GRANTS AWARDED

Internal

1995. Localization of Mucin Gene Expression in Airway Epithelium. Children's Research Institute, Research Advisory Council, Children’s National Medical Center. Principal Investigator. $4315.

2001                                                                                                                                       Evaluation of Troponin I and Echocardiography in Pediatrics Patients with Septic Shock. Children’s Research Institute, Children’s National Medical Center. Mentor/Co-Principal Investigator. $11,260.

External

Industry

Other Research Activities

PUBLICATIONS

Papers in Refereed Journals

1. Berger JT, Gilhooly J. Fibrin glue treatment of persistent pneumothorax in a premature infant. Journal of Pediatrics 1993;122:958-60. (PMID8501578)

2. Powers MR, Planck SR, Berger JT, Wall MA, Rosenbaum JT. Increased expression of basic fibroblast growth factor in hyperoxic-injured mouse lung. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 1994; 56:536-543. (PMID7534314)

3. Berger JT, Voynow JA, Rose MC. Mucin Gene Expression in Respiratory Carcinoma Cell Lines. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology 1999; 20:500-510. (PMID10030849)

4. Woodson KE, Sable CA, Berger JT, Slack MC, Wernovsky G, Spray T. A Case Of Congenitally Protected D-Transposition Of The Great Vessels In A Very Low Birth Weight Infant. Pediatric Cardiology 2003; 24:175-8. (PMID12399905)

5. Greene AE, Moak JP, DiRusso GR, Berger JT, Heshmat Y, Kuehl K.  Transcutaneous implantation of an internal cardioverter-defibrillator in a small infant with recurrent myocardial ischemia cardiac arrest simulating sudden infant death syndrome. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology 2004; 27:112-6. (PMID 14720167)

6. Fenton K, Sable C, Bell M, Patel K, and Berger J. Increases in Serum Levels of Troponin are associated with cardiac dysfunction and disease severity in pediatric patients with septic shock. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2004; 5:533-8.(PMID 15530188)

7. Spurney CF, Sable CA, Berger JT, Martin GR.  Use of a hand carried ultrasound device by critical care physicians for the diagnosis of pericardial effusions, decreased cardiac function and left ventricular enlargement in pediatric patients. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 2005; 18:313-9. (PMID15846157)

8. Moak JP, Hasbani K, Ramwell C, Freedenberg V, Berger JT, DiRusso G, Callahan P. Dilated cardiomyopathy following right ventricular pacing for AV block in young patients: resolution after upgrading to biventricular pacing systems. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology 2006; 17:1068-71. (PMID16989648)

9. Carpenter J, Keating R, Weinstein S, Vezina G, Berger J, Bell MJ. Cerebral hemorrhage and vasospasm in a child with congenital heart disease. Neurocritical Care 2008; 8:276-9. (PMID 17849089)

10. Carcillo J, Holubkov R, Dean JM, Berger J, Meert KL, Anand KJS, Zimmerman J, Newth CJL, Harrison R, Willson DF, Nicholson C, and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. Rationale and Design of the Pediatric Critical Illness Stress-Induced Immune Suppression (CRISIS) Prevention Trial. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 2009; 33:368 -374. (PMID19380753) (PMCID PMC2918276)

11. Holubkov R, Dean JM, Berger J, Anand KJS, Carcillo J, Meert K, Zimmerman J, Newth C, Harrison R, Willson DF, Nicholson C, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. Is "rescue" therapy ethical in randomized controlled trials? Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2009; 10:431-8. (PMID19307815) (PMCID PMC3259684)

12. Willson DF, Dean JM, Meert KL, Newth CJ, Anand KJ, Berger J, Harrison R, Zimmerman J, Carcillo J, Pollack M, Holubkov R, Jenkins TL, Nicholson C, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health, and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. Collaborative pediatric critical care research network: looking back and moving forward. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2010; 11:1-6. (PMID21057366) (PMCID PMC3293213)

13. Klugman D, Berger JT, Sable CA, He J, Khandelwal SG, Slonim AD. Pediatric patients hospitalized with myocarditis: a multi-institutional analysis. Pediatric Cardiology 2010; 31:222-8. (PMID19936586)

14. Anand KJ, Willson DF, Berger J, Harrison R, Meert KL, Zimmerman J, Carcillo J, Newth CJ, Prodhan P, Dean JM, Nicholson C, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. Tolerance and withdrawal from prolonged opioid use in critically ill children. Pediatrics 2010; 125:e1208-25. (PMID20403936) (PMCID PMC3275643)

15. Meert KL, Donaldson AE,  Newth CJ,  Harrison R,  Berger J,  Zimmerman J,  Anand KJ,  Carcillo J,  Dean JM,  Willson DF,  Nicholson C,  Shear K; for  Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. Complicated grief and associated risk factors among parents following a child's death in the pediatric intensive care unit. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 2010; 164:1045-51. (PMID21041597) (PMCID PMC3279721)

16. Eggly S, Meert KL, Berger J, Zimmerman J, Anand KJ, Newth CJ, Harrison R, Carcillo J, Michael Dean J, Willson DF, Nicholson C; the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. A framework for conducting follow-up meetings with parents after a child’s death in the pediatric intensive care unit. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2011; 12:147-152. (PMID20625339) (PMCID PMC3285236)

17. Meert KL, Eggly S, Berger J, Zimmerman J, Anand KJ, Newth CJ, Harrison R, Carcillo J, Dean JM, Willson DF, Nicholson C; the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. Physicians' experiences and perspectives regarding follow-up meetings with parents after a child's death in the pediatric intensive care unit. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2011; 12:e64-68. (PMID20581729) (PMCID PMC3327296)

18. Meert KL, Shear K,  Newth CJ,  Harrison R,  Berger J,  Zimmerman J,  Anand KJ,  Carcillo J,  Donaldson AE,  Dean JM,  Willson DF,  Nicholson C, and Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. Follow-up study of complicated grief among parents eighteen months after a child's death in the pediatric intensive care unit. Journal of Palliative Medicine 2011; 14:207-14.  (PMID21281122) (PMCID PMC3037801)

19. Marino AL, Levy RJ, Berger JT, Donofrio MT. Pentalogy of Cantrell with a single-ventricle cardiac defect: collaborative management of a complex disease. Pediatric Cardiology 2011; 32:498-502. (PMID21210095)

20. Olivieri L, Ratnayaka K, Levy RJ, Berger J, Wessel D, Donofrio M. Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome with intact atrial septum: Sequelae of left atrial hypertension in utero. Journal of American College of Cardiology 2011; 57:e369. (PMID 21565633)

21. Burr JS, Jenkins TL, Harrison R, Meert K, Anand KJS, Berger JT, Zimmerman J, Carcillo J, Dean JM, Newth CJ, Wilson DF, Sanders RC, Pollack MM, Harvill E, Nicholson CE; for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. The Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN) Critical Pertussis Study: Collaborative research in pediatric critical care medicine. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2011; 12:387-392. (PMID21057366) (PMCID PMC34398849)
22. Zimmerman JJ, Donaldson A, Barker RM, Meert KL, Harrison R, Carcillo JA, Anand KJ, Newth CJ, Berger J, Willson DF, Jack R, Nicholson C, Dean JM; for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. Real-time free cortisol quantification among critically ill children. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2011; 12:525-531. (PMID21057361) (PMCID PMC3566572)
23. Carcillo JA, Dean JM, Holubkov R, Berger J, Meert KL, Anand KJ, Zimmerman J, Newth CJ, Harrison R, Burr J, Willson DF, Nicholson C. The randomized comparative pediatric critical illness stress-induced immune suppression (CRISIS) prevention trial. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2012; 13:165-73. (PMID22079954) (PMCID PMC3302948)

24. Basu S, Frank LH, Fenton KE, Sable CA, Levy RJ, Berger JT. Two-dimensional speckle tracking detects impaired myocardial performance in children with septic shock, not recognized by conventional echocardiography. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2012; 13:259-264.(PMID21760563)

25. Bratton SL, Newth CJ, Zuppa AF, Moler FW, Meert KL, Berg RA, Berger J, Wessel D, Pollack M, Harrison R, Carcillo JA, Shanley TP, Liu T, Holubkov R, Michael Dean J, Nicholson CE, for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. Critical care for pediatric asthma: Wide care variability and challenges for study. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2012; 13:407-14. (PMID22067984) (PMCID PMC3298633)

26. Newth CJ, Meert KL, Clark AE, Moler FW, Zuppa AF, Berg RA, Pollack MM, Sward KA, Berger JT, Wessel DL, Harrison RE, Reardon J, Carcillo JA, Shanley TP, Holubkov R, Dean JM, Doctor A, Nicholson CE for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN). Fatal and near-fatal asthma in children: the Critical Care perspective. Journal of Pediatrics 2012; 161:214-221. (PMID22494876) (PMCID PMC3402707)

27. Berger JT, Sten MB, Stockwell DC. Patient Handoffs - Delivering Content Efficiently and Effectively is not Enough. International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine 2012; 24:201-5.  (PMID23135334)

28. Anand KJS, Clark AE, Willson DF, Berger J, Meert KL, Zimmerman JJ, Harrison R, Carcillo JA, Newth CJL, Bisping S, Dean JM, Nicholson CE for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN). Opioid analgesia in mechanically ventilated children: results from the multicenter MOTIF study. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2013; 14:28-36.  (PMID 23132396) (PMCID PMC3581608)

29. Donofrio MT, Levy RJ, Schuette JJ, Skurow-Todd K, Sten MB, Stallings C, Pike J, Krishnan A, Ratnayaka K, Sinha P, duPlessis, Downing DS, Fries MI, Berger JT. Specialized Delivery Room Planning for Fetuses with Critical Congenital Heart Disease. American Journal of Cardiology 2013; 111:737-47. (PMID 23291087)

30. Dham N, Frank LH, Sable CA, McCarter R, Berger JT. Comparison of Right Ventricular Speckle Tracking with Cardiac Catheterisation in Children with Pulmonary Hypertension. European Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine 2013; 2:140-145.

31. Chelliah A, Berger JT, Blask A, Donofrio MT. Clinical utility of fetal magnetic resonance imaging in tetralogy of Fallot with absent pulmonary valve. Circulation 2013; 127:757-9.  (PMID 23401117)

32. Berger JT, Carcillo JA, Shanley TP et al for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN). Critical Pertussis Illness in Children, A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2013; 14:354-365.  (PMID 23548960) (PMCID PMC3885763)

33. Holubkov R, Casper TC, Dean JM, Anand KJ, Zimmerman J, Meert KL, Newth CJ, Berger J, Harrison R, Willson DF, Nicholson C for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN). The role of the Data and Safety Monitoring Board in a clinical trial: the CRISIS study.  Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2013; 14:374-383. (PMID 23392377) (PMCID PMC3648617)

34. Heidemann SM, Holubkov R, Meert KL, Dean JM, Berger J, Bell M, Anand KJS, Zimmerman J, Newth CJ, Harrison R,  Willson DF, Nicholson C, Carcillo J for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. Baseline Serum Concentrations of Zinc, Selenium, and Prolactin in Critically Ill Children. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2013; 14:e202-06. (PMID 23392368) (PMCID PMC3913275)

35. Pollack MM, Dean JM, Butler J, Holubkov R, Doctor A, Meert KL, Newth CJ, Berg RA, Moler F, Dalton H, Wessel DL, Berger J, Harrison RE, Carcillo JA, Shanley TP, Nicholson CE. The Ideal Time Interval for Critical Care Severity-of-Illness Assessment. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2013; 14:448-453. (PMID 23628831) (PMCID PMC3720693)

36. Klugman D, Berger JT, Spaeder MC, Wright A, Pastor W, Stockwell DC. Acute harm: unplanned extubations and cardiopulmonary resuscitation in children and neonates.  Intensive Care Medicine 2013 39: 1333-1334. (PMID 23636827)

37. Foster CB, Spaeder MC, McCarter RJ, Cheng YI, Berger JT. The Use Of Near Infrared Spectroscopy During An Extubation Readiness Trial As A Predictor Of Extubation Outcome. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2013; 14:587-592. (PMID 23823194)

38. Eggly S, Meert K, Berger J, Zimmerman J, Anand K, Newth C, Harrison R, Carcillo J, Dean M, Willson D, Nicholson C for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. Physicians’ Conceptualization of “Closure” as a Benefit of Physician-Parent Follow-up Meetings after a Child’s Death in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Journal of Palliative Care 2013; 29:2, 69-75. (PMID 23923469) (PMCID PMC3817557)

39. Berg R, Sutton R, Holubkov R, Nicholson C, Dean M, Harrison R, Heidemann S, Meert K, Newth C, Moler F, Pollack M, Dalton H, Doctor A, Wessel D, Berger J, Shanley T, Carcillo J, Nadkarni V, for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network and for the American Heart Association’s Get With the Guidelines-Resuscitation (formerly the National Registry of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) Investigators. Ratio of PICU Versus Ward Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Events Is Increasing. Critical Care Medicine 2013; 41:2292-7. (PMID 23921270) (PMCID PMC3783604)

40. Topjian AA, Clark AE, Casper TC, Berger JT, Schleien CL, Dean JM, Moler FW. Early Lactate Elevations Following Resuscitation From Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Are Associated With Increased Mortality.  Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2013; 14:e380-7. (PMID 23925146) (PMCID PMC4092112)

41. Harvill ET, Goodfield LL, Ivanov Y, Meyer JA, Newth C, Cassiday P, Tondella ML, Liao P, Zimmerman J, Meert K, Wessel D, Berger J, Dean JM, Holubkov R, Burr J, Liu T, Brinkac L, Kim M, Losada L.  Genome sequences of 28 Bordetella pertussis U.S. outbreak strains dating from 2010 to 2012. Genome Announcement 2013; 1:e01075-13. (PMID 24356839)  (PMCID PMC3868863)

42. Peer SM, Emerson DA, Costello JP, Shu MK, Zurakowski D, Jonas RA, Berger JT, Nath DS: Intermediate-term results of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support following congenital heart surgery. World Journal for Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery 2014; 5:236-240. (PMID 24668971)

43. Jardine D, Emond M, Meert KL, Harrison R, Carcillo JA, Anand KJ, Berger J, Newth CJ, Willson DF, Nicholson C et al: A single nucleotide polymorphism in the corticotropin receptor gene is associated with a blunted cortisol response during pediatric critical illness. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2014; 15:698-705. (PMID 25055195)  (PMCID PMC4712687)

44. Pollack MM, Holubkov R, Funai T, Clark A, Moler F, Shanley T, Meert K, Newth CJ, Carcillo J, Berger JT et al.  Relationship between the functional status scale and the pediatric overall performance category and pediatric cerebral performance category scales. JAMA Pediatrics 2014; 168:671-676. (PMID 25162513) ( PMCID PMC4589215)

45. Pollack MM, Holubkov R, Funai T, Clark A, Berger JT, Meert K, Newth CJ, Shanley T, Moler F, Carcillo J et al.  Pediatric intensive care outcomes: development of new morbidities during pediatric critical care. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2014; 15:821-827.  (PMID 25226501) (PMCID PMC 4221484)

46. Su L, Spaeder MC, Jones MB, Sinha P, Nath DS, Jain PN, Berger JT, Williams L, Shankar V. Implementation of an extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation simulation program reduces extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation times in real patients. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2014; 15:856-860. (PMID 25162513)
47. Kurkluoglu M, Engle AM, Costello JP, Hibino N, Zurakowski D, Jonas RA, Berger JT, Nath DS. Single center experience on dosing and adverse events of recombinant factor seven use for bleeding after congenital heart surgery. Journal of the Saudi Heart Association 2015; 27:18-22.  (PMID: 25544818) (PMCID PMC4274304)
48. Mariki P, Rellosa N, Wratney A, Stockwell D, Berger J, Song X, DeBiasi RL. Application of a modified microbiologic criterion for identifying pediatric ventilator-associated pneumonia. American Journal of Infection Control 2014; 42: 1079-1083. (PMID 25278397)
49. Peer SM, Costello JP, Klein JC, Engle AM, Zurakowski D, Berger JT, Jonas RA, Nath DS. Twenty-four hour in-hospital congenital cardiac surgical coverage improves perioperative ECMO support outcomes. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014; 98:2152-7. (PMID 25443020)

50. Penk JS, Loke YH, Waloff KR, Frank LH, Stockwell DC, Spaeder MC, Berger JT. Unplanned admissions to a pediatric cardiac critical care unit: a review of 2 years’ experience. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2015; 16:155-60. (PMID 25647123)
51. Dalton HJ, Garcia-Filion P, Holubkov R, Moler FW, Shanley T, Heidemann S, Meert K, Berg RA, Berger J, Carcillo J, Newth C, Harrison R, Doctor A, Rycus P, Dean JM, Jenkins T, Nicholson C; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. Association of bleeding and thrombosis with outcome in extracorporeal life support. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2015; 16:167-74. (PMID 25647124) (PMCID  PMC4605822)
52. Moler FW, Silverstein FS, Holubkov R, Slomine BS, Christensen JR, Nadkarni VM, Meert KL, Clark AE, Browning B, Pemberton VL, Page K, Shankaran S, Hutchison JS, Newt h CJ, Bennett KS, Berger JT, Topjian A, Pineda JA, Koch JD, Schleien CL, Dalton HJ, Ofori-Amanfo G, Goodman DM, Fink EL, McQuillen P, Zimmerman JJ, T ho mas NJ, van der Jagt EW, Porter MB, Meyer MT , Harrison R, Pham N, Schwarz AJ, Nowak JE, Alten J, Wheeler DS, Bhalala US, Lidsky K, Lloyd E, Mathur M, Shah S, Wu T , Theodorou AA, Sanders RC Jr, Dean JM THAPCA Investigators. Therapeutic hypothermia after out-of -hospital cardiac arrest in children. New England Journal of Medicine 2015; 372:1898-908. (PMID 25913022) (PMCID PMC4470472)
53. Pollack MM, Holubkov R, Funai T, Berger JT, Clark AE, Meert K, Berg RA, Carcillo J, Wessel DL, Moler F, Dalton H, Newth CJ, Shanley T, Harrison RE, Doctor A, Jenkins TL, Tamburro R, Dean JM, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. Simultaneous Prediction of New Morbidity, Mortality, and Survival without New Morbidity from Pediatric Intensive Care: A New Paradigm for Outcomes Assessment. Critical Care Medicine 2015; 43: 1699-709. (PMID 25985385 ) (PMCID PMC4657566)
54. Donofrio MT, Skurow-Todd K, Berger JT, McCarter R, Fulgium A, Krishnan A, Sable CA. Risk-Stratified Postnatal Care of Newborns with Congenital Heart Disease Determined by Fetal Echocardiography. Journal American Society of Echocardiography 2015; 28:1339-49.  (PMID 26298099)
55. Grant EK, Berger JT. Use of Pulmonary Hypertension Medications in Patients with Tetralogy of Fallot with Pulmonary Atresia and Multiple Aortopulmonary Collaterals. Pediatric Cardiology 2016; 37:304-312. (PMID 26511384)
56. Zimmerman JJ, Anand KJS, Meert KL, Willson DF, Newth CJL, Harrison R, Carcillo JA, Berger J, Jenkins TL, Nicholson C, Dean JM, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. Research as a Standard of Care in the PICU. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2016; 17:e13-e21. (PMID 26513203)(PMCID  PMC5003779)
57. Beghetti M, Schulze-Neick I, Berger RM, Ivy DD, Bonnet D, Weintraub RG, Saji T, Yung D, Mallory GB, Geiger R, Berger JT, Barst RJ, Humpl T; TOPP Investigators. Haemodynamic characterisation and heart catheterisation complications in children with pulmonary hypertension: Insights from the Global TOPP Registry (tracking outcomes and practice in paediatric pulmonary hypertension). Int J Cardiol 2016; 203:325-30. (PMID: 26583838)
58. Pollack MM, Holubkov R, Funai T, Dean JM, Berger JT, Wessel DL, Meert K, Berg RA, Newth CJ, Harrison RE, Carcillo J, Dalton H, Shanley T, Jenkins TL, Tamburro R; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. The Pediatric Risk of Mortality Score: Update 2015. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2016; 17:2-9 Oct 21. (PMID 26492059) (PMCID PMC5048467)
59. Hickok RL, Spaeder MC, Berger JT, Schuette JJ, Klugman D. Postoperative Abdominal NIRS Values Predict Low Cardiac Output Syndrome in Neonates. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2016; 7:180-4. (PMID 26957401)
60. Berg RA, Nadkarni VM, Clark AE, Moler F, Meert K, Harrison RE, Newth CJ, Sutton RM, Wessel DL, Berger JT, Carcillo J, Dalton H, Heidemann S, Shanley TP, Zuppa AF, Doctor A, Tamburro RF, Jenkins TL, Dean JM, Holubkov R, Pollack MM; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. Incidence and Outcomes of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in PICUs. Critical Care Medicine 2016; 44:798-808. (PMID 26646466) (PMCID PMC4809365)
61. Carcillo JA, Dean JM, Holubkov R, Berger J, Meert KL, Anand K, Zimmerman J, Newth CJ, Harrison R, Burr J, Willson DF, Nicholson C, Bell MJ, Berg RA, Shanley TP, Heidemann SM, Dalton H, Jenkins TL, Doctor A, Webster A; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN). Inherent Risk Factors for Nosocomial Infection in the Long Stay Critically Ill Child Without Known Baseline Immunocompromise: A Post -Hoc Analysis of the CRISIS Trial. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2016; 35:1182-1186. (PMID 27753764) (PMCID PMC5089838)
62. O'Byrne ML, Kanter JP, Berger JT, Jonas RA. Outcomes of Patients with Pulmonary Atresia and Major Aortopulmonary Collaterals Without Intervention in Infancy. Pediatr Cardiol 2016; 37:1380-91. (PMID 27377524) (PMCID PMC5189909)
63. Jones MB, Ramakrishnan K, Alfares FA, Endicott KM, Oldenburg G, Berger JT, Shankar V, Nath DS, Diab YA. Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome: An Under-recognized Cause of Major Bleeding in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. World J Pediatric Congenit Heart Surgery 2016; 7:711-716. (PMID 27834763)
64. Patregnani J, Klugman D, Zurakowski D, Sinha P, Freishtat R, Berger J, Diab Y. High on Aspirin Platelet Reactivity in Pediatric Patients Undergoing the Fontan Procedure. Circulation 2016; 134:1303-1305. (PMID 27777299) (PMCID PMC5098552)
65. Moler FW, Silverstein FS, Holubkov R, Slomine BS, Christensen JR, Nadkarni VM, Meert KL, Browning B, Pemberton VL, Page K, Gildea MR, Scholefield BR, Shankaran S, Hutchison JS, Berger JT, Ofori- Amanfo G, Newth CJL, Topjian A, Bennett KS, Koch JD, Pham N, Chanani NK, Pineda JA, Harrison R, Dalton HJ, Alten J, Schleien CL, Goodman DM, Zimmerman JJ, Bhalala US, Schwarz AJ, Porter MB, Shah S, Fink EL, McQuillen P, Wu T, Skellett S, Thomas NJ, Nowak JE, Baines PB, Pappachan J, Mathur M, Lloyd E, van der Jagt EW, Dobyns EL, Meyer MT, Sanders Jr RC, Clark AE, and Dean JM, for the THAPCA Trial Investigators. Therapeutic Hypothermia after In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Children. New England Journal of Medicine 2017; 376:318-329 (PMID 28118559)(PMCID PMC5310766)
66. Berger JT, Holubkov R, Reeder R, Wessel DL, Meert K, Berg RA, Bell MJ, Tamburro R, Dean JM, Pollack, MM, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. Morbidity and Mortality Prediction in Pediatric Heart Surgery: Physiological Profiles and Surgical Complexity. Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery 2017; 154:620-628 (PMID 28274558) (PMCID PMC5519426)
67. Dalton, HJ, Reeder R, Garcia-Filion P, Holubkov R, Berg R A, Zuppa A, Moler FW, Shanley T, Pollack MM, Newth C, Berger J, Wessel D, Carcillo J, Bell M, Heidemann S, Meert KL, Harrison R, Doctor A, Tamburro R F, Dean JM, Jenkins T, Nicholson C, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child, Health Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. Factors Associated with Bleeding and Thrombosis in Children Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine 2017; 196:762-771. (PMID 28328243) (PMCID PMC5620676)
68. Diab YA, Ramakrishnan K., Ferrell B, Chounoune R., Alfares F , Endicott KM, Rooney S., Corcoran J, Zurakowski D, Berger JT, Shankar V, Nath DS. IV Versus Subcutaneous Enoxaparin in Critically Ill Infants and Children: Comparison of Dosing, Anticoagulation Quality, Efficacy, and Safety Outcomes. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2017; 18:e207-e214. (PMID 28296662)
69. Riley CM, Merritt AD, Mize JM, Schuette JJ, Berger JT. Assuring Sustainable Gains in Interdisciplinary Performance Improvement: Creating a Shared Mental Model During Operating Room to Cardiac ICU Handoff. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2017; 18:863-868. (PMID 28654551)
70. Newth C JL, Sward KA, Khemani RG, Page K, Meert KL, Carcillo JA, Shanley TP, Mole, F, Pollack MM, Dalton HJ, Wessel DL, Berger JT, Berg RA, Harrison RE, Holubkov R, Doctor A, Dean JM, Jenkins TL, Nicholson CE, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. Variability in Usual Care Mechanical Ventilation for Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Time for a Decision Support Protocol? Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2017; 18:e521-e529. (PMID 28930815) (PMCID PMC5679099).
71. Sward KA, Newth CJL, Khemani RG, Page K, Meert KL, Carcillo JA, Shanley TP, Moler FW, Pollack MM, Dalton HJ, Wessel DL, Berger JT, Berg RA, Harrison RE, Doctor A, Dean JM, Holobkov R, Jenkins TL, Nicholson CE, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN). Potential Acceptability of a Pediatric Ventilator Management Computer Protocol. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2017; 18:1027-1034. (PMID 28926488) (PMCID PMC6108591)
72. Carcillo JA, Dean JM, Holubkov R, Berger J, Meert KL, Anand KJS, Zimmerman JJ, Newth CJL, Harrison R, Burr J, Willson DF, Nicholson C, Bell MJ, Berg RA, Shanley TP, Heidemann SM, Dalton H, Jenkins TL, Doctor A, Webster A, Tamburro RF, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN). Interaction Between 2 Nutraceutical Treatments and Host Immune Status in the Pediatric Critical Illness Stress-Induced Immune Suppression Comparative Effectiveness Trial. Journal of Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition 2017; 41:1325-1335. (PMID 27660289)(PMCID PMC6103642)

73. Berger JT, Villalobos ME, Clark AE, Holubkov R, Pollack MM, Berg RA, Carcillo JA, Dalton H, Harrison R, Meert KL, Newth CJL, Shanley TP, Wessel DL, Anand KJS, Zimmerman JJ, Sanders RC Jr, Liu T, Burr JS, Willson DF, Doctor A, Dean JM, Jenkins TL, Nicholson CE; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. Cognitive Development 1 Year After Infantile Critical Pertussis. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2018 19:89-97.  (PMID 29117060)(PMCID PMC5796844)
74. Clark BC, Berger JT, Berul CI, Jonas RA, Kaltman JR, Lapsa J, Nath DS, Sherwin ED, Sinha P, Zurakowski D, Moak JP. Risk Factors for Development of Ectopic Atrial Tachycardia in Post-operative Congenital Heart Disease. Pediatric Cardiology 2018; 39:459-465. (PMID 29147786)

75. Pollack MM; Holubkov R; Reeder R; Dean JM; Meert KL; Berg RA; Newth CJL; Berger JT; Harrison RE; Carcillo J; Dalton H; Wessel DL; Jenkins TL; Tamburro R; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN). PICU Length of Stay: Factors Associated With Bed Utilization and Development of a Benchmarking Model. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2018; 19:196-203. (PMID 29239978)(PMCID PMC5834365)

76. O'Byrne ML, Kennedy KF, Kanter JP, Berger JT, Glatz AC. Risk Factors for Major Early Adverse Events Related to Cardiac Catheterization in Children and Young Adults With Pulmonary Hypertension: An Analysis of Data From the IMPACT (Improving Adult and Congenital Treatment) Registry. Journal of the American Heart Association 2018; 7:e008 142. (PMID 29490973) (PMCID PMC5866335)

77. Meert K, Telford R, Holubkov R, Slomine BS, Christensen JR, Berger J, Ofori-Amanfo G, Newth CJL, Dean JM, Moler FW. Paediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest: Factors associated with survival and neurobehavioural outcome one year later. Resuscitation 2018; 124:96-105. (PMID 29317348)(PMCID PMC5837953)

78. Berg RA, Sutton RM, Reeder RW, Berger JT, Newth CJ, Carcillo JA, McQuillen PS, Meert KL, Yates AR, Harrison RE, Moler FW, Pollack MM, Carpenter TC, Wessel DL, Jenkins TL, Notterman DA, Holubkov R, Tamburro RF, Dean JM, Nadkarni VM, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN) PICqCPR (Pediatric Intensive Care Quality of Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation) Investigators. Association Between Diastolic Blood Pressure During Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Survival. Circulation 2018; 137:1784-1795. (PMID 29279413) (PMCID PMC5916041)
79. Patregnani JT, Sochet AA, Zurakowski D, Klugman D, Diab Y, Berger JT, Sinha PV. Cardiopulmonary bypass reduces early thrombosis of systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunts. World J Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery 2018; 9:276-282. (PMID 29692234)
80. Sutton RM, Reeder RW, Landis W, Meert KL, Yates AR, Berger JT, Newth CJ, Carcillo JA, McQuillen PS, Harrison, RE, Moler FW, Pollack MM, Carpenter TC, Notterman DA, Holubkov R, Dean JM, Nadkarni VM, Berg RA for Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network Investigators.  Chest Compression Rates and Pediatric in-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival Outcomes. Resuscitation 2018; 130:159-166. (PMID 30031055) (PMCID PMC6170369)
81. Berg RA, Reeder RW, Meert KL, Yates AR, Berger JT, Newth CJ, Carcillo JA, McQuillen PS, Harrison RE, Moler FW, Pollack MM, Carpenter TC, Notterman DA, Holubkov R, Dean JM, Nadkarni VM, Sutton RM; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN) Pediatric Intensive Care Quality of Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (PICqCPR) investigators. End-tidal carbon dioxide during pediatric in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Resuscitation 2018; 133:173-179.  (PMID ) (PMCID PMC6258346)
82. Song X, Oetgen ME, Magge SN, Berger JT, Shah RK. Utilization of a Dual Surveillance Program to Reduce Surgical-site Infections. Pediatric Quality and Safety 2018; 3:e121. (PMID 31334453) (PMCID PMC6581483)

83. Bailly DK, Reeder RW, Winder M, Barbaro RP, Pollack MM, Moler FW, Meert KL, Berg RA, Carcillo J, Zuppa AF, Newth C, Berger J, Bell MJ, Dean MJ, Nicholson C, Garcia-Filion P, Wessel D, Heidemann S, Doctor A, Harrison R, Bratton SL, Dalton H; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN). Development of the Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Prediction Model for Risk-Adjusting Mortality. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2019; 20:426-34. (PMID 30664590) (PMCID PMC6502677)

84. Harrar DB, Kukreti V, Dean NP, Berger JT, 3rd, Carpenter JL. Clinical Determination of Brain Death in Children Supported by Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Neurocritical Care 2019;19:19. (PMID 30891693)

85. Meert KL, Guerguerian AM, Barbaro R, Slomine BS, Christensen JR, Berger J, et al. Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: One-Year Survival and Neurobehavioral Outcome Among Infants and Children With In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Critical Care Medicine 2019; 47:393-402. (PMID 30422861) (PMC Journal in Process)

86. Sutton RM, Reeder RW, Landis WP, Meert KL, Yates AR, Morgan RW, Berger JT, et al. Ventilation Rates and Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival Outcomes. Critical Care Medicine 2019; 47:1627-36. (PMID 31369424) (PMC Journal in Process)

87. Topjian AA, Sutton RM, Reeder RW, Telford R, Meert KL, Yates AR, Morgan RW, Berger JT, et al. The association of immediate post cardiac arrest diastolic hypertension and survival following pediatric cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 2019; 141:88-95. (PMID 31176666) (PMCID PMC6709525)

88. Wolfe HA, Sutton RM, Reeder RW, Meert KL, Pollack MM, Yates AR, Berger JT, et al. Functional outcomes among survivors of pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest are associated with baseline neurologic and functional status, but not with diastolic blood pressure during CPR. Resuscitation 2019; 143:57-65. (PMID 31404636) (PMCID Journal in Process)

89. Yates AR, Sutton RM, Reeder RW, Meert KL, Berger JT, Fernandez R, et al. Survival and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Hemodynamics Following Cardiac Arrest in Children With Surgical Compared to Medical Heart Disease. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2019; 20:1126-36. (PMID 31453988) (PMCID PMC6895416)

90. Berger JT; Maddux AB; Reeder RW; Banks R; Mourani PM; Berg RA; Carcillo JA; Carpenter T; Hall MW; Meert KL; McQuillen PS; Pollack MM; Sapru A; Yates AR; Notterman DA; Holubkov R; Dean JM; Wessel DL; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. Inhaled Nitric Oxide Use in Pediatric Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2020; 21:708-719 (PMID 32195895) (PMCID PMC7416469)

91. Morgan RW; Reeder RW; Meert KL; Telford R; Yates AR; Berger JT; Graham K; Landis WP; Kilbaugh TJ; Newth CJ; Carcillo JA; McQuillen PS; Harrison RE; Moler FW; Pollack MM; Carpenter TC; Notterman D; Holubkov R; Dean JM; Nadkarni VM; Berg RA; Sutton RM; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN) Pediatric Intensive Care Quality of Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (PICqCPR) Investigators. Survival and Hemodynamics During Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Bradycardia and Poor Perfusion versus Pulseless Cardiac Arrest. Critical Care Medicine 2020; 48:881-889. (PMID 32301844) (PMCID PMC7895327)

92. Wolfe HA; Morgan RW; Sutton RM; Reeder RW; Meert KL; Pollack MM; Yates AR; Berger JT; Newth CJ; Carcillo JA; McQuillen PS; Harrison RE; Moler FW; Carpenter TC; A Notterman D; Dean JM; Nadkarni VM; Berg RA; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network Pediatric Intensive Care Quality of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (PICqCPR) investigators. Association between time of day and CPR quality as measured by CPR hemodynamics during pediatric in-hospital CPR. Resuscitation 2020; 153:209-216. (PMID 32622016) (PMCID PMC7431912)

93. Sochet AA; Wilson EA; Das JR; Berger JT; Ray PE. Plasma and Urinary FGF-2 and VEGF-A Levels Identify Children at Risk for Severe Bleeding after Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Pilot Study. Medical Research Archives 2020; 8:2134. (PMID 33043139); (PMCID PMC7546309)

94. Sethi N, Klugman D, Said M, Hom L, Bowers S, Berger JT, Wernovsky G, Donofrio MT. Standardized delivery room management for neonates with a prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease: A model for improving interdisciplinary delivery room care. Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine 2021; 14:317-329 (PMID 33361613)

95. Carpenter JL; Baker M; Sperberg K, Berger JT; Vezina G; Sinha P. Common Carotid Artery Imaging After Vessel Sparing Decannulation from Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Support. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2021; 56:2305-2310. (PMID 33632514)

96. Maddux AB, Mourani PM, Banks R, Reeder RW, Pollack MM, Berg RA, Meert KL, McQuillen PS, Yates AR, Notterman DA, Berger JT; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. Inhaled Nitric Oxide Use and Outcomes in Critically Ill Children With a History of Prematurity. Respiratory Care 2021; 66:1549-1559. (PMID: 34552014) (PMCID PMC8810581)

97. Montoya C, Steinhorn R, Berger J, Haroyan H, Said M, Perez GF. Dynamic PEEP Study: A Non-invasive Diagnostic Exam to Assess for Effective PEEP in Children with Severe BPD. Lung 2022; 200:59-65.  (PMID 35013755).

98. Yates AR, Berger JT, Reeder RW, Banks R, Mourani PM, Berg RA, Carcillo JA, Carpenter T, Hall MW, Meert KL, McQuillen PS, Pollack MM, Sapru A, Notterman DA, Holubkov R, Dean JM, Wessel DL, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. Characterization of Inhaled Nitric Oxide Use for Cardiac Indications in Pediatric Patients. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2022; 23:245-254. (PMID35200229) (PMCID PMC9058189).

99. Richmann DP, Gurijala N, Mandell JG, Doshi A, Hamman K, Rossi C, Rosenberg AZ, Cross R, Kanter J, Berger JT, Olivieri L. Native T1 mapping detects both acute clinical rejection and graft dysfunction in pediatric heart transplant patients. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2022; 24:51. (PMID 37406760) (PMCID PMC9531384).

100. Kamps NN, Banks R, Reeder RW, Berg RA, Newth CJ, Pollack MM, Meert KL, Carcillo JA, Mourani PM, Sorenson S, Varni JW, Cengiz P, Zimmerman JJ, Meert KL, Heidemann S, Pawluszka A, Lulic M, Berg RA, Zuppa A, Twelves C, Ann Diliberto M, Pollack M, Wessel D, Berger J, Tomanio E, Hession D, Wolfe A, Mourani P, Carpenter T, Ladell D, Sierra Y, Rutebemberwa A, Hall M, Yates A, Steele L, Flowers M, Hensley J, Sapru A, Harrison R, Ashtari N, Ratiu A, Carcillo J, Bell M, Koch L, Abraham A, McQuillen P, McKenzie A, Zetino Y, Newth C, Kwok J, Yamakawa A, Quasney M, Shanley T, Jayachandran CJ, Chima R, Wong H, Krallman K, Stoneman E, Benken L, Yunger T, Zimmerman JJ, Chen C, Sullivan E, Merritt C, Rich D, McGalliard J, Haaland W, Whitlock K, Salud D, Dean JM, Holubkov R, Coleman W, Reeder R, Banks R, Webster A, Burr J, Bisping S, Liu T, Stock E, Flick K, Varni J. The Association of Early Corticosteroid Therapy With Clinical and Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes in Children With Septic Shock. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2022; 23:687-97. (PMID 35695852)(PMCID PMC9444900)

101. Bailly DK, Reeder RW, Muszynski JA, Meert KL, Ankola AA, Alexander PM, Pollack MM, Moler FW, Berg RA, Carcillo J, Newth C, Berger J, Bell MJ, Dean JM, Nicholson C, Garcia-Filion P, Wessel D, Heidemann S, Doctor A, Harrison R, Dalton H, Zuppa AF. Anticoagulation Practices Associated with Bleeding and Thrombosis in Pediatric Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a multi-center secondary analysis. Perfusion 2023; 38:363-372. (PMID35220828) (PMCID 12186855).

102. Morgan RW, Reeder RW, Ahmed T, Bell MJ, Berger JT, Bishop R, Bochkoris M, Burns C, Carcillo JA, Carpenter TC, Dean JM, Diddle JW, Federman M, Fernandez R, Fink EL, Franzon D, Frazier AH, Friess SH, Graham K, Hall M, Hehir DA, Himebauch AS, Horvat CM, Huard LL, Maa T, Manga A, McQuillen PS, Meert KL, Mourani PM, Nadkarni VM, Naim MY, Notterman D, Page K, Pollack MM, Sapru A, Schneiter C, Sharron MP, Srivastava N, Tabbutt S, Tilford B, Viteri S, Wessel D, Wolfe HA, Yates AR, Zuppa AF, Berg RA, Sutton RM. Outcomes and characteristics of cardiac arrest in children with pulmonary hypertension: A secondary analysis of the ICU-RESUS clinical trial. Resuscitation 2023; 190:109897. (PMID 37406760)(PMCID PMC10530491).

103. Richmann DP, Contento J, Cleveland V, Hamman K, Downing T, Kanter J, Berger III JT, Christopher A, Cross R, Chow K, Olivieri L. Accuracy of free‑breathing multi‑parametric SASHA in identifying T1and T2 elevations in pediatric orthotopic heart transplant patients. International J CV Imaging 2024; 40:83-91. (PMID37874446)(PMCID PMC10842347).

104. Yates AR, Hehir DA, Reeder RW, Berger JT, Fernandez R, Frazier AH, Graham K, McQuillen PS, Morgan RW, Nadkarni VM, Naim MY, Palmer CA, Wolfe HA, Berg RA, Sutton RM; ICU-RESUS; and Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network Investigator Groups. Resuscitation arterial waveform quantification and outcomes in pediatric bidirectional Glenn and Fontan patients. Pediatric Research. 2024; 97:1989-96. (PMID39284966)(PMCID 12122355).
105. Ceneri NM, Vegulla R, Mouzakis N, Hamann K, Richmann D, Kanter J, Berger J, Downing T, Loke YH, Staffa SJ, Zurakowski D, Cross R, Olivieri LJ.  Longitudinal Assessment of T1 Mapping Trends Disease in Pediatric Patients With Heart Transplant. Journal American Heart Association. 2024; 13:e035798. (doi: 10.1161/JAHA.124.035798). (PMID39435719)(PMCID 11935723).
106. Hayes D Jr, Jennerich AL, Coleman RD, Abston E, Adamson GT, Berger JT, Cohen SP, Cooper DS, Eghtesady P, Fynn-Thompson F, Grady RM, Hon SM, Hoopes CW, Jewell T, Lewthwaite H, Liu MF, McGiffin DC, Mullen MP, Qureshi AM, Morales DLS. Interventional Strategies for Children with Progressive Pulmonary Hypertension Despite Optimal Therapy: An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline. American Journal Respiratory Critical Care Medicine. 2025; 211:157-173. (PMID39531626)(PMCID 11812548)
107. Davies E, Yerebakan C, Berger JT. Reverse Potts Shunt as Rescue from Venoarterial ECMO in Pulmonary Veno-occlusive Disease. Cardiology in the Young; 2025 (https://doi.org/10.1017/S1047951125001957). (PMID40398884).

Invited Publications

1. Corriveau C, Berger JT. Strategic Learning: Linking resident training to outcomes for patients. Critical Care Medicine 2005; 33:1655-6.

2. Adatia I, Berger J, Wessel D. Resuscitation of the patient with pulmonary hypertension worksheet for Part 10: Pediatric basic and advanced life support: 2010 international consensus on cardiopulmnary resucitation and emergency cardiovascular care science with treatment recommendations. Circulation 2010; 122:S466-S515.

3. Klugman D, Berger JT. Echocardiography as a hemodynamic monitor in critically ill children. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2011; 12:S50-4. (PMID22129550)

4. Axelrod DM, Alten JA, Berger JT, Hall MW, Thiagarajan R, Bronicki RA. Immunologic and Infectious Diseases in Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care: Proceedings of the 10th International Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society Conference. World Journal Pediatric Congenital Heart Surgery 2015; 6:575-87.  (PMID 26467872)
5. Zurca AD, Berger JT. The Ventilator Is a Vasoactive. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2015; 16:888-90. (PMID: 26536555)

6. Klugman D, Goswami ES, Berger JT. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society 2014 Consensus Statement: (Suppl 1):S101-8. (PMID: 26945324)

7. Cunningham ME, Berger JT. Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertensive Crisis Medications: A Stepping Stone for the Future. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2016; 17:465-6. (PMID: 27144695)

8. Klugman D, Berger JT. Echocardiography and Focused Cardiac Ultrasound. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2016; 17:S222-S224. (PMID 27490603) (PMCID 4975424)

Chapters in Books

1. Berger J. Cardiology Questions. In: Slonim AD and Pollack MM (Eds). Pediatric Critical Care Board Review. Medtext Publishing Company, Redondo Beach, CA; 2004

2. Berger JT. Cardiac Performance. In: Slonim AD and Pollack MM (Eds).  Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins: Philadelphia 2006:205-219.

3. Berger JT, Moak JP. Electrophysiology. In: Slonim AD and Pollack MM (Eds).  Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins: Philadelphia 2006:220-224.

4. Berger JT. Cardiopulmonary Interactions. In: Slonim AD and Pollack MM (Eds).  Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins: Philadelphia 2006:225-229.

5. Berger JT, Schwartz SM, Nelson DP. Congenital Heart Disease. In: Slonim AD and Pollack MM (Eds).  Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins: Philadelphia 2006:623-632.

6. Klugman K, Berger JT.  Pathophysiology of Pediatric Cardiac Disease relevant to ECMO. In: Short BL, and Williams L (Eds). ECMO Specialist Training Manual.  Extracorporeal Life Support Organization: Ann Arbor, MI 2010:17-28.

7. Ferroni R, Berger JT, Schuette JJ. Management of the Cardiac ECMO Patient. In: Short BL, and Williams L (Eds). ECMO Specialist Training Manual.  Extracorporeal Life Support Organization: Ann Arbor, MI 2010:145-157.

8. Berger JT. Contributor. In: Dalton HJ, Bakerman PR, and Biswas S (Eds). Self-Assessment in Pediatric Multiprofessional Critical Care. Mount Prospect, IL 2010. 

9. Mokshagundam D, Berger JT. Myocarditis. In: Wernovsky G, et. al. (Eds). Anderson’s Pediatric Cardiology. Elsevier: Philadelphia, PA, 2019:1173-1178.

10. Seigel B, Berger JT. Pulmonary Hypertension. In: Wernovsky G, et. al. (Eds). Anderson’s Pediatric Cardiology. Elsevier: Philadelphia, PA, 2019:1381-1392.

11. Brooks B, Berger JT. Weaning and Decannulation of Pediatric Cardiac ECMO. In Maybauer M (Ed). Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Oxford University Press: New York, NY, 2022: 329-335.

Books Edited

1. Berger JT, Jonas RA (Section Eds.). Cardiac Physiology and Pathophysiology. In: Slonim AD and Pollack MM (Eds).  Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins: Philadelphia 2006:196-235.

2. Berger JT, Jonas RA (Section Eds.). Cardiac Diseases. In: Slonim AD and Pollack MM (Eds). Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins: Philadelphia 2006:615-664.

3. Berger JT.  Section Editor. In: Slonim AD and Marcucci L (Eds). Avoiding Common Pediatric Errors. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia 2008.

4. Jones MB, Klugman K, Fitzgerald RK, Kohr LM, Berger JT, Costello JM, and Bronicki R (Eds). Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Handbook. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Books: Washington, DC 2015.

Selected Abstracts

1.    Berger JT, Powers MR, Liebler JM, Rosenbaum JT. Altered immunohistochemical localization of basic Fibroblast Growth Factor in hyperoxic-injured murine lung. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 1994; 149:A431.  Presented at American Thoracic Society Conference, May 23, 1994.

2. Berger JT, Slonim AD, and Pollack MM: The outcomes associated with repair of congenital heart disease lesions in children with Trisomy 21.  Ped Crit Care Med 2001.  Oral Presentation at the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Meeting in Palm Beach Florida. 

3. Slonim AD, Berger JT, Colloura Burke C, Crain N, and Pollack MM: The outcomes associated with the repair of congenital heart disease lesions in children with Trisomy 21. Crit Care Med 2002; 39: A 454.  Poster presentation at SCCM, San Diego California.

4. Berger JT, Slonim AD, and Pollack MM: Care Characteristics of the Postoperative Congenital Heart Disease Patient. Crit Care Med 2002; 39: A 452. Poster presentation at SCCM, San Diego California.

5.   Fenton K, Sable CA, Bell BJ, Patel KM, Berger JT. Admission Troponin I, Cardiac Dysfunction, and Disease Severity in Pediatric Patients with Septic Shock. Crit Care Med 2003; 30:A28.  Oral presentation at SCCM, San Antonio, TX.

6.    Veszelovszky E, Rais-Baharami K, Berger JT, Short BL. Malposition of ECMO cannulae in patient with isolated Left Superior Vena Cava.  Oral presentation at 19^th Annual CNMC Symposium on ECMO and Advanced Therapy for Respiratory Failure. Feb. 2003, Keystone, CO.

7.    Spurney C, Sable C, Berger J, Boenning D, Martin G. Use Of Portable Echocardiography by Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Physicians for Diagnosis of Pericardial Effusions, Left Ventricular Dysfunction and Cardiomegaly in Children. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, May 2003.The American Society of Echocardiography 14th Annual Scientific Sessions. June 11-14, 2003; Las Vegas, Nevada.

8.    Watson,A., Troxler,R.F., Pena,M., Kandil,A., Berger,J., and Rose,M.C. 2003. MUC7 mucin glycoprotein is present in airway secretions of asthmatic, but not control, patients. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003; 167:A465. Presented at American Thoracic Society Meetings, Seattle Washington, May 2003.

9.    Berger J, Fenton K, Sable C, Jarandeh E, Bell M. Association between TNF and Diastolic Function Assessed by Pulsed Wave Tissue Doppler Imaging (PW-TDI) in Children with Septic Shock. Presented at Society of Critical Care Meetings, Phoenix, AZ. January 15-18, 2005.

10. Dalton HJ, Di Russo GB, Young J, Berger JB, Short BL, Jonas RA. Pilot Trial Implementation of a Rapid Deployment ECMO System.  Presented at 21^st Annual CNMC Symposium on ECMO and Advanced Therapy for Respiratory Failure. Keystone, CO. Feb. 2005.

11. Wratney AT, Dalton HJ, Berger JT, McMullan DM, Moulick A, Young A, Hart S, Jamal R, Jonas RA. Rapid Deployment ECMO Improves Survival Outcome in Critically Ill Children. Crit Care Med 2005; 33:A68. Presented at Society of Critical Care Meetings, San Francisco, CA, January 7-11, 2006.

12. Klugman D, Berger JT, Mora BN, HE J, Khandelwal SG, Slonim AD. Pediatric Patients With Myocarditis: A Multi-Institutional Analysis. Presented at Society of Pediatric Research Meeting. Toronto, Canada. May 5-8, 2007.

13. Deguzman-Abogadie A, Berger J, Johnson D, et al. Collaborative Initiative in the PICU and CICU to Reduce Catheter Associated Blood Stream Infections. Ped Crit Care Med 2010; 2(Suppl):S97. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society Meeting, Miami, FL, December 2008. (Award for Best Nursing Abstract)

14. Zimmerman JJ, Jack R, for the Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. Comparison of Centrifugal Ultrafiltration to Equilibrium Dialysis for Free Cortisol Fractionation. Crit Care Med 2008; 36(suppl):A163. Society of Critical Care Medicine, Nashville, TN, February 2009.

15. Meert K, Eggly S for the Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. Physicians’ Perspectives on Follow-Up Conferences with Parents after a Child’s Death in the PICU. Crit Care Med 2008; 36(suppl): A103. Society of Critical Care Medicine, Nashville, TN, February 2009.

16. Basu S, Frank L, Fenton K, Sable C Levy RJ, Berger JT. Two-dimensional speckle-tracking imaging detects impaired myocardial performance in children with septic shock not recognized by conventional echocardiography. Crit Care Med 2009’ 37(suppl):A5. Society of Critical Care Medicine, Miami, FL, January 10, 2010.

17. Frank LH, Basu S, Fenton K, Levy R, Berger JT, Sable CA.  Speckle Tracking Echocardiography Detects Impaired Systolic and Diastolic Myocardial Performance in Children with Septic Shock. American Society of Echocardiography Scientific Sessions, San Diego, CA; June, 2010.

18. Klugman D, Berger JT, Galiote J, Stockwell DC. Impact of Unplanned Extubations in a Children’s Hosptial. Pediatric Academic Societies, Denver, CO; May 2, 2011.

19. Riley C, Schuette J, Pilkington G, Levy R, Deutsch N, Deguzmann A, Mendez M, Powell M, Goldstein N, Berger J. Creating a shared mental model among providers during operating room to cardiac intensive care unit handoff: a multidisciplinary evidence based approach. 15^th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease, Scottsdale, AZ; Feb. 2, 2011.

20. Foster C, Spaeder MC, McCarter R, Cheng Y, Berger J. The use of near infrared spectroscopy during a pre-extubation pressure support breathing trial as a predictor of extubation outcome. Critical Care Congress, Houston, TX, Feb. 4-8, 2012.

21. Su L, Williams L, Jones M, Walczak D, Berger J. A Description of the development of a rapid deployment ECMO simulation program to guide improved execution of real ECMO deployment in real patients. 28^th Annual Children's National Medical Center Symposium on ECMO & Advanced Therapies for Respiratory Failure. Keystone, CO. Feb. 28, 2012.

22. Dham N, Frank LH, Sable CA, McCarter R, Berger JT. Comparison of Right Ventricular Speckle Tracking With Cardiac Catheterization in Children With Pulmonary Hypertension, American College of Cardiology Scientific Session, Chicago, IL, March 24-27, 2012.

23. Donofrio M, Sten MB, Downing D, Safford S, Todd K, Berger J. Risk-Stratified Delivery Planning for Fetuses with Complex Disease. 2012 Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, April 28-May 1, 2012.

24. Engle AM, Kurkluoglu M, Costello JP, Hibino N, Zurakowski D, Jonas RA, Berger JT, Nath DS Are There Dose-Related Relationships Between Recombinant Factor VII And Major Adverse Events In Congenital Heart Surgery Patients? Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society 9^th International Conference. Miami Beach, FL, December 9-12, 2012.

25. Dham N, Frank LH, Sable CA, McCarter R, Berger JT. Comparison of Right Ventricular Speckle Tracking with Cardiac Catheterization in Children with Pulmonary Hypertension. 2013 Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, May 4, 2013.

26. Su L, Boerge D, Brown R, Berger J, Luban N. Exposure of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Patients Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass to DEHP. 2013 Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, May 4, 2013.

27. Berger JT, Liu TY, Nicholson CE. Critical Pertussis in Children, 2008-2012. 2013 Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, May 5, 2013.

28. Riley CM, Merritt A, Mize J,Schuette J, Berger JT. Assuring Sustainable Gains in Interdisciplinary Performance Improvement: Creating a Shared Mental Model During Operating Room To Cardiac Intensive Care Handoff. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society 10^th International Conference. Miami, FL. December 11-14, 2014.

29. Schwartz JM, Schuette JJ, Berger JT. Confronting Challenges in Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Education with an Innovative Educational Tool. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society 10^th International Conference. Miami, FL. December 11-14, 2014.

30. Abogadie A, Merritt AD, Jones MJ, Williams L, King M, Pastor B, Berger JT, Klugman D. Changing Our Paradigm: Increasing Audits And Providing Real-Time Feedback Utilizing A Web-Based Data Collection Tool To Decrease Hospital Acquired Conditions. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society 10^th International Conference. Miami, FL. December 11-14, 2014.

31. Hickok RL, Klugman D, Berger JT, Spaeder MC, Schuette JJ. Using Abdominal NIRS to Predict Gastrointestinal Morbidity in Neonates after Cardiac Surgery. 44th Critical Care Congress. Phoenix, AZ. January 17-21, 2015

32. Jason T. Patregnani JT, Diab Y, Klugman D,Freishtat R, Sinha P, Berger J. High on-Aspirin Platelet Reactivity in Children Undergoing Fontan Procedure. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. Orlando, FL. Nov. 7-11,2015.

33. Wilson EA, Sochet AA, Ray PE, Berger, JT. Fluid Overload following Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Prospective, Observational Pilot Study. 45^th Critical Care Congress. Orlando, FL, Jan. 20-24-2016.

34. Olivieri L, Staffa S, Ceneri N, Richmann D, Berger J, Downing T, Loke Y-H, Vegulla R, Rossi C, Zurakowski D, Kanter J, Cross R. Kiosk 10R-TC-04 Utility of Overlay Guidance for Endomyocardial Biopsy in Heart Transplant Patients. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 2024;26:100273.
35. Vegulla R, Ceneri N, Hamann K, Kanter J, Berger J, Downing T, Loke Y-H, Cross R, Olivieri L. Kiosk 3R-TC-10 Diffuse Elevations of T1 Are Common in Newly Transplanted Grafts and May Not Discern Rejection. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 2024;26:100557.
36. Vegulla R, Ceneri N, Hamann K, Kanter J, Berger J, Downing T, Loke Y-H, Staffa S, Zurakowski D, Cross R, Olivieri L. Kiosk 2R-FB-12 Parametric Mapping Values Provide Excellent Discrimination of Need for Biopsy and Rejection Therapy in Children with Heart Transplant. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 2024; 26:100439.

Other Publications

Berger J. Sedative-Hypnotic Ingestion. In: Orenstein J, Klein B, Mayer T. (Eds). Pediastat CD-ROM. Portland, OR: CMC ReSearch, Inc., 1998

Berger J, Quinn M. Insecticides. In: Orenstein J, Klein B, Mayer T. (Eds). Pediastat CD-ROM. Portland, OR: CMC ReSearch, Inc., 1998

Berger J. Pericarditis, Bacterial. In: Gessner I, Windle M, et. al. (Eds). eMedicine Journal (emedicine.com), 2001.

Berger J. Pulmonary Hypertension in Congenital Heart Disease. Medscape Critical Care. (http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/551739), 2007.

Venugopalan P, Berger J. Pediatric Infective Pericarditis. eMedicine from WebMD. (http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/897899-overview), updated March 29,2011.

INVITED LECTURES

Regional

Surgical Problems of the Neonate. Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing Review Course. Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR. April, 1993.

Infant with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Neonatal-Perinatal Exchange Course. Washington, DC, June 2001

Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return. Neonatal Grand Rounds, Georgetown University. Washington, DC, August 29, 2003.

Pulmonary Hypertension and Cor Pulmonale: An Update. Neonatology Conference, Holy Cross Hospital, Washington, DC. December 8, 2004.

Pulmonary Hypertension: New Targets and Treatments. Pediatric Grand Rounds, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, August 11, 2005.

The Other Hypertension: New Treatments for Pulmonary Artery Hypertension. Pediatric Grand Rounds, The Children’s Hospital at Sinai, Baltimore, MD. September 20, 2005.

Pulmonary Hypertension in Infants with Chronic Lung Disease of Infancy. Oregon Neonatal Series, Oregon Health Sciences University. Portland, OR. April 12, 2006

Pulmonary Hypertension: The Other Hypertension. Pediatric Grand Rounds, Oregon Health Sciences University. Portland, OR. April 13, 2006.

Pulmonary Hypertension: The Other Hypertension. Pediatric Grand Rounds, Brody School of Medicine. Greenville, NC. May 10, 2006

Pulmonary Hypertension Therapy in Eisenmenger Complex. Cardiology Grand Rounds, George Washington University. Washington, DC. May 24, 2006

Pulmonary Hypertension: Beyond the Neonate. Pediatric Grand Rounds, Georgetown University, Washington, DC. July 28, 2006.

Mechanical Ventilation in Patients with a Single Ventricle. Conference by the Sea, MD/DC Society for Respiratory Care, Ocean City, MD. September 14, 2006.

Pulmonary Hypertension: the Other Hypertension. eGrand Rounds.  World Federation of Ukrainian Medical Associations. February 7, 2007.

Pulmonary Hypertension: An Update. Pediatric Grand Rounds, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, FL. July 17, 2007

Arrhythmia Interpretation. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2008, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, April 2008.

An Overview of Pulmonary Hypertension. Grand Rounds, The HSC Pediatric Center, Washington, DC, April 4, 2008.

Resuscitation of the neonate with congenital heart disease. Management of Congenital Heart Disease in the Fetus and Neonate, Washington DC, October 25, 2009

Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, Promise and Price. Pediatric Grand Rounds, Uniformed Services University of The Health Sciences; April 30, 2009, Bethesda, MD.

Cardiac ECMO- Why isn’t as tidy as neonatal respiratory ECMO? Conference by the Sea, Ocean City, MD; September 17, 2009.

Pediatric Pulmonary Artery Hypertension. PH Resource Network Symposium, Pulmonary Hypertension Association; September 25, 2009.

Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension - Not Little Adults. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD; February 16, 2010.

Anesthesia and Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension. Anesthesia Grand Rounds, National Naval Medical Center; Bethesda, MD; May 12, 2011.

Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension. Pediatric Grand Rounds, West Virginia University School of Medicine; Morgantown, WV; June 22, 2011.

Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension, Care for not so rare a disease. Pediatric Grand Rounds, Georgetown University. July 15, 2011.

Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension.  Annual Fall Conference, Northeast Pediatric Cardiology Nurses Association, Washington, DC. October 13, 2012.

End Points for Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Trials, Division of Cardiovascular and Renal Products, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC, April 30, 2013.

Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Pediatric Grand Rounds, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Washington, DC, Nov. 14, 2013.

Pulmonary Hypertension in Ex-Premature Infants: Case Reviews, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, April 24, 2014.

Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension and the Premature Infant, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, April 24, 2014.

Pulmonary Hypertension in the Premature and Ex-premature Infant, Visiting Lecturer Series in Perinatal Pediatrics, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, March 12, 2015.

Neurodevelopment following Cardiac Intensive Care, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, May 27, 2015.

Anticoagulation in Children with Congenital Heart Disease, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, August 15, 2015

Treating Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension: On A High Wire Without A Net, Pediatric Grand Rounds, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD. May 5, 2016.

Critical Pertussis. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Seminar, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD. May 5, 2016.

Lessons from an Old Foe: Critical Pertussis, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Seminar, Duke University, Durham, NC. March 15, 2018.

Pulmonary Hypertension in Premature Infants, Neonatology Division, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Fairfax, VA. June 6, 2018.

Pulmonary Hypertension and Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Premature Infants, Neonatology Division, Washington Hospital Center, Nov. 5, 2020.

Pulmonary Hypertension in Premature Infants, Grand Rounds, Holy Cross Hospital, Silver Spring, MD. January 14, 2021.

Pulmonary Vascular Disease, BPD, & Prematurity, Grand Rounds, HSC Pediatric Center, Washington, DC. September 9, 2021.

Pulmonary Vascular Disease in the Premature Infant, Grand Rounds, Wolfson Children’s Hospital, Jacksonville, FL (via Zoom). Oct. 2021.

Long Term Management of Pulmonary Hypertension? , Neonatal Grand Rounds, Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Feb. 1, 2023.

Delivery Room Management of Congenital Heart Disease, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC. June 8, 2023.

National

Prevention of Cardiac ECMO. 17^th Annual CNMC Symposium on ECMO. Keystone, CO. February 2001

Management of Low Cardiac Output Syndrome after Cardiac Surgery. 18^th Annual Symposium on ECMO and Advanced Therapy for Respiratory Failure. Keystone, CO. Feb. 2002

Vasoactive Support of Myocardium after Cardiac Surgery. 19^th Annual CNMC Symposium on ECMO and Advanced Therapy for Respiratory Failure. Keystone, CO. Feb. 2003

Cardiopulmonary Management of Infants with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. 20^th Annual CNMC Symposium on ECMO and Advanced Therapy for Respiratory Failure. Keystone, CO. Feb. 2004

Arrhythmia Interpretation. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2004, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, April 2004.

Tej Shah Memorial Lectureship.  Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, Stage I Alternatives. Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, April 2004

Learn for a Lifetime.  Workshop on long term learning communities presented at Pediatric Academic Society Meetings, San Francisco, May 2004

Critical Care Management of Heart Failure. 21^st Annual CNMC Symposium on ECMO and Advanced Therapy for Respiratory Failure. Keystone, CO. Feb. 2005.

Treating Chylous Effusions. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Symposium 2005, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society; Miami, FL, December 10, 2005.

Pharmacologic Treatment for Pediatric Heart Failure. 35^th Critical Care Congress, Society of Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco, CA, January 10, 2006.

Pulmonary Hypertension Patients in the ICU. 22^nd  Annual CNMC Symposium on ECMO and Advanced Therapy for Respiratory Failure. Keystone, CO. Feb. 28, 2006.

Cardiac ECMO- Nuts and Bolts. 22^nd  Annual CNMC Symposium on ECMO and Advanced Therapy for Respiratory Failure. Keystone, CO. Feb. 28, 2006.

Arrhythmia Interpretation. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2006, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC. March 26, 2006.

Congenital Heart Disease: A common rare cause of heart failure. 11^th Annual Scientific Meeting, Heart Failure Society of America, Washington, DC.  September 16-19, 2007.

Critical Left Ventricular Outflow Obstruction: 2 Sticks versus 1 Board. The 24th Annual Children's National Medical Center Symposium on ECMO & Advanced Therapies for Respiratory Failure. Keystone, CO. Feb. 26, 2008.

Preventing Arrests in Infants after Stage I Repair. 21^st Annual ELSO Conference. St. Petersburg, FL. September 30, 2010.

Should we perform tracheostomies earlier? 8^th International Conference, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society. Miami Beach, FL. December 11, 2010.

Post Operative Care in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. 27^th Annual Children's National Medical Center Symposium on ECMO & Advanced Therapies for Respiratory Failure. Keystone, CO. Feb. 22, 2011.

Neuro-Monitoring in the ICU: Do we know what we’re treating? 28^th Annual Children's National Medical Center Symposium on ECMO & Advanced Therapies for Respiratory Failure. Keystone, CO. Feb. 28, 2012.

NIRS Monitoring in the CICU. 2012 Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting. Boston, MA, May 1, 2012.

Is there a Role for ECMO in Advanced Heart Failure? 29^th Annual Children's National Medical Center Symposium on ECMO & Advanced Therapies for Respiratory Failure. Keystone, CO. Feb. 268, 2013.

Pragmatic Conduct of Multi-Center Clinical Research in the Acute Care Setting. 2013 Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, May 4, 2013.

Critical Pertussis: Reemergence of an Old Foe. 20^th Pediatric Critical Care Colloquium, Washington, DC, Nov. 3, 2013.

The Detection and Management of Fever and Infection in the CICU.  10^th International Conference, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society. Miami Beach, FL. December 12, 2014.

Myocarditis: ECMO, VAD, Recovery, Transplant. 31^st Annual Children's National Medical Center Symposium on ECMO & Advanced Therapies for Respiratory Failure. Keystone, CO. Feb. 24, 2015.

Moving the Needle on ECMO Outcomes. 32^nd Annual Children's National Medical Center Symposium on ECMO & Advanced Therapies for Respiratory Failure. Keystone, CO. March 2, 2016.

CPR Candid Camera – Improving Physics and Chemistry in the CICU. 12^th Annual International Meeting, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society. Miami Beach, FL. December 10, 2016.

Healthcare: The Next Group for Body Cameras? Video Debriefing in the ICU. 33^rd Annual Children's National Medical Center Symposium on ECMO & Advanced Therapies for Respiratory Failure. Keystone, CO. March 1, 2017.

Chicken or Egg: Failing Ventricle or Elevated PVR in the Fontan Patient. 13^th Annual International Meeting, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society. Washington, DC. December 8, 2017.

Friendly or Hostile Territory: Neurodevelopment and the CICU.  34^rd Annual Children's National Medical Center Symposium on ECMO & Advanced Therapies for Respiratory Failure. Keystone, CO. February 28, 2018.

Conundrum of the Fontan Circulation. 35^th Annual Children's National Medical Center Symposium on ECMO & Advanced Therapies for Respiratory Failure. Keystone, CO. February 27, 2019.

Echocardiography and ECMO. 36^th Annual Children's National Medical Center Symposium on ECMO & Advanced Therapies for Respiratory Failure. Keystone, CO. February 26, 2020.

Pulmonary Hypertension in the PICU. 37^th Annual Children's National Medical Center Symposium on ECMO & Advanced Therapies for Respiratory Failure. (via Zoom). February 23, 2021.

Postoperative Pulmonary Hypertension. 18^th International Conference Neonatal and Childhood Pulmonary Vascular Disease. San Francisco, CA. March 26, 2025.

International

Mechanical Ventilation Strategies in Patients with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Update on Diagnosis and Treatment for Complex Congenital Heart Disease, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Shanghai, China. May 21-23, 2007.

ECMO for Cardiac Arrest After ABCD. Update on Diagnosis and Treatment for Complex Congenital Heart Disease, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Shanghai, China. May 21-23, 2007.

Management of Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Update on Diagnosis and Treatment for Complex Congenital Heart Disease, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Shanghai, China. May 21-23, 2007.

Postoperative Management, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Cardiology 2009. Paradise Island, Bahamas. Feb. 4, 2009.

Expanding the Role of Intraoperative Neuromonitoring: A Cardiac Intensivist’s Perspective. Cardiology 2009. Paradise Island, Bahamas. Feb. 5, 2009.

Cardiac Program Infrastructure at Children’s National Medical Center. Cardiology 2009. Paradise Island, Bahamas. Feb. 6, 2009

Combination Therapy for Pulmonary Hypertension. Cardiology 2009. Paradise Island, Bahamas. Feb. 8, 2009.

Conundrum of the Fontan Circulation. Cardiac Sciences. Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. March, 4, 2020.

How to Build and Maintain a Successful ECMO Program. Congenital Heart Academy (via Zoom). July 9, 2020.

Intubation in the High Risk Patient with Pulmonary Hypertension. Congenital Heart Academy (via Zoom) August 17, 2020.

Neonates with Congenital Heart Disease: Delivery Room Resuscitation. 10th International Neonatology Conference on Hottest Topics in Neonatal Medicine. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (via Zoom). Oct. 17, 2020.

Post Operative Critical Care after a Fontan Operation. 19th National Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Congress. Istanbul, Turkey (via Zoom). Oct. 17, 2020.

Congenital Heart Disease in the Premature Infant. 11^th International Neonatology Conference on Hottest Topics in Neonatal Medicine. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (via Zoom). Oct. 15, 2021

Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: a rare disease or rarely diagnosed? 8^th World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Washington, DC. August 29, 2023.

Operability in Congenital Heart Disease with Pulmonary Hypertension. 8^th World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Washington, DC. August 29, 2023.

Anticoagulation and Blood Management on ECMO. 8^th World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Washington, DC. August 30, 2023.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

2002-Present                                        Pulmonary Hypertension Association, Member

2004-2006                                                            Speaker at PHA Congressional Luncheons

2010-2014                                                            Speaker at PHA Congressional Luncheons

2013                                                                                                                       Speaker, Pulmonary Hypertension Association, Staff education

2014                                                                                                                       Speaker, Guardian Society Luncheon, Children’s National Medical Center