Pamela Sayger-Cava, DO

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Specialty(ies)

• Cardiology
• Cardiology, Pediatric
• Pediatrics

Board Certification(s)

• Pediatrics

Education

• DO: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Chicago, 1990 - 1994.
• Residency: Christ Hospital & Medical Centers, Oak Lawn, Ill. (Pediatrics) 1994 - 1998.
• Fellowship: Christ Hospital & Medical Centers, Oak Lawn, Ill. (Pediatric Cardiology) 1998 - 2001.

Employment

• 2004-present: Lecturer, Department of Pediatrics, Loyola Stritch School of Medicine.
• 2002-present: Assistant professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
• 2002-present: Director, Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Physician Group-Gurnee.
• 2001-2002: Pediatrician/pediatric cardiologist, Aurora Medical Group, Aurora Baycare Medical Center.

• 1997-present: American Academy of Pediatrics.
• 1998-present: American College of Cardiology.
• 1998-present: American Medical Association.

Publications

Original research

1. Bonnetts, P, Golberg S, Copeland J. Frequency of left atrioventricular regurgitation postoperatively after repair of complete atrioventricular defect. Am J Cardiol 74(11):1157-60, 1994.
2. Sayger P, Lewis M, Arcilla R, Ilbawi M. isolated congenital absence of a single pulmonary valve cusp. Ped Cardiol 21(5)487-489, 2000.

Abstracts

1. Sayger P, Chinoy A, Ingram P, Gupta M. A new gene therapy in heart failure. Cardiology in the Young. Vol 11, supplement 1, May 2001.

Book chapters

1. Cava JR, Danduran MJ, Fedderly RT, Sayger PL. Exercise recommendations and risk factors for sudden cardiac death. Pediatric Clinics, October 2004.
2. Cava JR, Sayger PL. Chest pain in children and adolescents. Pediatric Clinics, December 2004 (in press).

Invited presentations

International:

1. 2001 A new gene therapy in heart failure. Moderated Poster Presentation World Congress Pediatric Cardiology, Toronto, Canada.

Regional:

1. 2001 A new therapy in heart failure. Presentation, Midwest Pediatric Cardiology Meeting, Omaha, Nebraska.

Local:

1. Congenital Heart Disease in the newborn: recognition and clinical management. St. Therese Hospital, Waukegan, Ill.
2. 2002 Recognition and initial clinical management of congenital heart disease in infants and young children. St. Luke's Medical Center, Racine, Wis.
3. 2002 Hypercholesterolemias. Lake Forest, Ill.
4. 2002 Heart murmurs - is echo the first step and monitoring for arrhythmias. Kenosha Medical Center, Kenosha, Wis.
5. Anatomy 101. Parent Education Day. Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
6. 2003 Heart murmurs - is echo the first step and monitoring for arrhythmias. St. Therese Medical Center, Waukegan, Ill.
7. 2003 Heart murmurs - is echo the first step and monitoring for arrhythmias. Racine/Kenosha County EMS Lecture. Racine, WI
8. 2003 Chest pain and syncope. Condell Medical Center, Libertyville, IL.
9. Chest pain and syncope. St. Therese Medical Center, Waukegan, Ill.