Janette F. Strasburger, MD

Cardiology                  

Title: Pediatric cardiologist, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin-Fox Valley; professor, Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Education: Medical degree, University of Nebraska, Omaha, 1980; residency, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, 1980-1983; fellowship, Pediatric Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, 1983-1986 and Pediatric Cardiac Electrophysiology, 1986-1987.

Certifications: American Board of Pediatrics Diplomate, Subdivision of Cardiology, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Basic Life Support.

Honors: Tri Beta Biology Honorary, Kearney State College; Donald Nilsson Award for Excellence by a Pediatric Resident; Dreyfuss Foundation Grant; NIH National Research Service Award; Institutional Training, Grant Baylor College of Medicine.       

Research interests: Congenital heart disease, electrophysiology, pediatric cardiology, syncope, exercise stress testing, fetal cardiology, arrhythmias.

Representative publications:

• Wakai RT, Strasburger JF, Li Z, Deal BJ, Gotteiner NL. Magnetocardiographic Rhythm Patterns at Initiation and Termination of Fetal Supraventricular Tachycardia. Circulation. 2003; 24:319-24.
• Strasburger JF, Cuneo BF, Michon MM, Gotteiner NL, Deal BJ, McGregor SN, Oudijk MA, Meijboom EJ, Feinkind L, Hussey M, Parilla BV. Amiodarone Therapy for Drug-Refractory Fetal Tachycardia. Circulation. 2004; 109:375-379.
• Dubin AF, Cuneo BF, Strasburger JF, Wakai RT, VanHare GF, Rosenthal DN. Congenital Junctional Ectopic Tachycardia and Congenital Complete Atrioventricular Block: A Shared Etiology? Heart Rhythm. 2005; 2(3):313-5.
• Strasburger JF. Prenatal Diagnosis of Fetal Arrhythmias. Clinics in Perinatology. 2005; 32:891-912.
• Zhao H, Strasburger JF, Cunco BF, Wakai RT. Fetal Cardiac Repolarization Abnormalities. American Journal of Cardiology. 2006; 98(4):491-6.
• Cuneo BF, Wakai RT, Strasburger JF, Pielet B, Davis N, Ovadia M. Conduction System Disease in Fetuses with Irregular Rhythm in Utero by Abnormal Mechanical PR Interval and Confirmed by Fetal Magnetocardiography. Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy. 2006; 21(3):307-13.
• Cuneo BF, Zhao H, Strasburger JF, Ovadia M, Huhta JC, Wakai RT. Atrial and Ventricular Rate Response and Patters of Heart Rate Acceleration During Maternal-fetal Terbutaline Treatment of Fetal Complete Heart Block. American Journal of Cardiology. 2007; 100:661-665.
• Zhao H, Chen M, Van Veen B, Strasburger J, Wakai R. Simultaneous Fetal Magnetocardiography and Ultrasound Imaging. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 2007 Jun.; 54(6).
• Strasburger JF, Cheulchar B, Wickmann H. Perinatal Arrhythmias: Diagnosis and Management. Clinics in Perinatology. 2007 (in press).

Current grants:

• Magnetocardiographic Recording of Fetal Heart and Brain Wave Activity, National Institutes of Health, NHL and BI, RO1 HL063174-04, co-investigator.
• Doug Paulson, Tristan Technologies Instrumentation for Fetal Cardiac Monitoring, NIH, SBIR; R43 HD043542-01, consultant and co-investigator.
• Optimized Measurement and Signal Processing of Fetal MCG, NIH, NHLBI, RO1 HL63174-04, consultant.
• Physics Interlink, Italian Ministry for Research, co-investigator.
• Simultaneous Echocardiography and Magnetocardiography in Fetal Heart Disease, NIH, NICHD, IR21HD049022-01A1, principal investigator.
• Transvaginal Probe for Fetal Magnetocardiography, NIH, NICHD, IR43HD055091, consultant subcontractor.

Contact information: Children's Hospital of Wisconsin-Fox Valley, 200 Theda Clark Medial Plaza, Suite 480, Neenah, WI 54956. Phone: (920) 969-7982. Fax: (920) 969-7909. E-mail: jstrasbu@mcw.edu.