Andrew Pelech, MD

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Specialty(ies)

• Cardiology
• Cardiology, Pediatric
• Pediatrics

Board Certification(s)

• Pediatrics
• Pediatric Cardiology

Education

• MD: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 1973 - 1977.
• Internship: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, (Rotating) 1977 - 1978.
• Residency: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, (Pediatrics) 1978 - 1981.
• Fellowship: The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto (Cardiology) 1981 - 1983.
• Fellowship: The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto (Pediatric Cardiology) 1983 - 1985.

Employment

1982-1983: Chief fellow, Department of Cardiology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario
1983-1985: Research fellow, Cardiovascular Research Focus, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario
1985-1991: Associate professor of Pediatrics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1993-present: Associate professor of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1993-present: Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1995-present: Director of Cardiovascular Research Focus, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Honors
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada, Pediatrics, 1982
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada, Cardiology, 1983
Diplomat, American Board of Pediatrics 1991, recertified, 1998.
Diplomat, American Board of Pediatrics, Cardiology 1992, recertified 1999.
Publications

1. Fedderly RT, Berger S, Pelech AN, Frommelt PC, Frommelt MA, Lewis DA. Advances in the Care of Children with Heart Disease. Review of Care in the Upcoming Millenium. Wisconsin Medical Journal, Spring, 47-50, 1998.
2. Frommelt MA, Frommelt PC, Pelech AN. Echocardiographic Predictors of Aortic Arch Obstruction after the Norwood Procedure. American Society of Echocardiography, June, 11-13, 1998, San Francisco, CA.
3. Frommelt PC, Lewis DA, Pelech AN. Intraoperative Transgastric Echo Assessment During Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Surgery: A Reliable Predictor of Residual Obstruction Echocardiography. 15(6):581-585, August, 1998.
4. Pelech AN. Transcatheter Closure of ASD's – The Amplatzer Device. Heart Matters, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Publication, Milwaukee, WI, October, 1998.
5. Pelech AN. The Cardiac Murmur. When to refer? Pediatric Clinics of North America. 45(1):107-122, 1998.
6. Pelech AN. Evaluation of the Pediatric Patient with a Cardiac Murmur. Pediatric Clinics of North America. 46(2):167-188, April 1999.
7. Pelech AN. Coronary Artery Abnormalities. E-Medicine, May 2000.
8. Frommelt MA, Frommelt PC, Pelech AN. Early Development of Branch Pulmonary Stenosis in Complex Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease. Submitted to American Society of Echocardiography. Chicago, IL. June 11-14, 2000.
9. Pelech AN. Coronary Arterial Venous Fistulae. E-Medicine, June 2000.
10. Tweddell JS, Pelech AN, Frommelt PC, Wyman JD, Mussatto KA, Fedderly RT, Berger S, Frommelt MA, Lewis DA, Friedberg DZ, Thomas JP, Litwin SB. Factors Affecting Longevity of Homograft Valves Utilized in RVOT Reconstruction for Congenital Heart Disease. Circulation (Supplement II), 102.