Michael Earing, MD 

Pediatric Cardiology

Title: Pediatric cardiologist, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; assistant professor, Pediatrics (Cardiology), Medical College of Wisconsin.

Education: Medical degree, Rush University, Chicago, 1997; internship, Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, 1998; residency, Medicine and Pediatrics, Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, 2001; fellowship, Pediatric Cardiology and adult congenital heart disease, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., 2004.

Honors: Rush Medical College Cardiology Prize, awarded to the medical student who has had the best performance in a cardiology elective course based on interest, expertise, potential and scientific aptitude, Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, 1997; Hero of the Heart Award, awarded by the Department of Religion, Health and Human Values at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, to staff members who have shown exceptional care and compassion to a patient or family, 1999; Outstanding Resident Teacher Award, Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, 2000; Outstanding Senior Resident Award, Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, 2001; American Academy of Pediatrics-Section of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Young Clinical Investigator Award Winner, 2003; Award for Best New Program (received for establishing first Adult Congenital Heart Disease Clinic in State of Wisconsin), Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2005.

Research interests: Adult congenital heart disease, pediatric cardiology, Marfan's syndrome.

Representative publications:

• Bartz PH, Driscoll DJ, Dearani JA, Puga FJ, Danielson GK, O'Leary PW, Earing MG, Warnes CA, Hodge DO, Cetta FK. Early and Late Results of the Modified Fontan Operation for Heterotaxy Syndrome: 30 Years of Experience in 142 Patients. Journal of the American College of Cardiologists. 2007.
• Haller MJ, Stein J, Shuster J, Theriaque D, Silverstein J, Schatz DA, Earing MG, Lerman A, Mahmud F. Peripheral Artery Tonometry Demonstrates Altered Endothelial Function in Children with Type 1 Diabetes. Accepted for publication in Pediatric Diabetes. 2007.
• Vyas H, O'Leary PW, Earing MG, Cetta F, Ackerman MJ. Mechanical Dysfunction in Extreme QT Prologation: Proof of Principle. Submitted to Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. Currently in review.
• Danduran J, Earing MG, Sheridan D, Mussatto K, Ewalt L, Frommelt P. Chest Pain: Characteristics of Children and Adolescents Evaluated in the Cardiac Exercise Laboratory. Submited to Pediatrics. Currently in review.
• Earing MG, Walton K, Krolikowski M, Mussatto KA, Pelech A, Tweddel J, Frommelt P. Left Ventricular Recovery After Replacement of a Regurgitant Aortic Valve. Submitted to Congenital Heart Disease. Currently in review.
• Smith S, Earing MG, Tisol W, Nicolosi A, Lilly RE, Amassi H, Goodman L. Three Cases of Late Aortic Aneurysms Following Surgical Repair of Coarctation of the Aorta Using Dacron Patch Aortoplasty. Submitted to American Journal of Roentgenology. Currenly in review.
• Khairy P, Aboulhosn J, Broberg C, Cook S, Earing M, Gersony D, Kay J, Kuehl K, Landzberg, Nickolaus M, Opotowsky S, Warnes C, Webb G, Gurvitz M. Multicenter Research in Adult Congenital Heart Disease Recommendations from the Alliance for Adult Research in Congenital Cardiology. Accepted for publication International Journal of Cardiology.

Contact information: Herma Heart Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, PO Box 1997, Milwaukee, WI 53227. Phone: (414) 266-6457. E-mail: mearing@chw.org.