Margaret M. Samyn, MD, FAAP, FACC 

Pediatric Cardiology

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

Education: Medical degree, Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich., 1989; internship, Pediatrics/Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1990; Pediatric residency, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1992; fellowship, Pediatric Cardiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 1997.

Honors: American Chemical Society Award, 1985; Phi Beta Kappa, 1985; Alpha Sigma Nu (Jesuit Honor Society), 1985; Alpha Epsilon Delta (Medical Honor Society), 1985; University of Detroit Valedictorian, 1985; Alpha Omega Alpha, 1988; Wayne State University Aesculapians, 1988; Wayne State University School of Medicine Distinguished Service Award, 1989; Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Award, 1989; Michigan Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics, Mead Johnson Award for Pediatric Research, 1991; National Institutes of Health, Fellow in Pediatric Cardiology, University of Iowa, 1994-96.

Research interests: Diagnostic imaging, cardiac MRI, echocardiogram.

Representative publications:

• Samyn MM. Comparison of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography for the Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease: A Review. The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. 2004; 20(6):569-578.
• Janicke DM, Storch EA, Novoa W, Silverstein JH, Samyn MM. Assessing Barriers to Healthy Dietary Habits in Children and Adolescents: Psychometric Properties of the Pediatric Barriers to Healthy Diet Scale. Children's Health Care. 36:155-168.
• Samyn M, Garg R, Sena L, Powell A, Geva T. Range of Ventricular Dimensions and Function by Steady State Free Precession Cine MRI in Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot: Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Patch versus Conduit Repair. Journal Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2007 Oct. 26; (4):934-40.
• Haller MJ, Stein J, Shuster JJ, Theriqaue D, Samyn MM, Pepine C, Silverstein JH. Effect of Atorvastatin on Arterial Stiffness and Endothelial Function in Children with Type 1 Diabetes: Pediatric Atorvastatin in Diabetes Intervention Trial. Pediatric Diabetes. 2007 Sept.

Contact information: Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Herma Heart Center, PO Box 1997, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1997. Phone: (414) 266-6457. E-mail: msamyn@chw.org.