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Lee Bankin Beerman, MD
Job Title
Director, Electrophysiology Services
Job Title
Director, Pediatric Arrhythmia Program;
Job Title
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
3705 Fifth Ave.
Pittsburgh,
PA
15213
412-692-5540
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Email
lee.beerman@chp.edu
Education and Training
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Medical School: |
1974 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
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Residency: |
1977 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
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Fellowship: |
1979 Children's Hospital Pittsburgh |
Memberships
- American Heart Association (Western Pennsylvania Chapter)
- Affiliate Member, American College of Cardiology
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Sub section of Pediatric Cardiology
- Midwest Pediatric Cardiology Society
- American College of Cardiology
- Pittsburgh Pediatric Society
- Society of Pediatric Echocardiography
- American Heart Association, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young
- Society of Pediatric Electrophysiology
- Medical Alumni Association of Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
- North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology [NASPE]
- Heart Rhythm Society (formerly known as NASPE)
- Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis and Kawasaki Disease Committee, Council on CV Disease in the Young
Board Certifications
- Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics
- Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics, Sub Board of Pediatric Cardiology
- National Board of Medical Examiners
- Medical License in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics
- Fellow, American College of Cardiology
Awards
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Magna Cum Laude, Franklin and Marshall College
- Charles Guthrie Award, Highest performance in Physiology in medical school
- Alpha Omega Alpha
- James M. Henninger Memorial Prize, To the "outstanding member of the medical school Class of 1974 most qualified to carry on the fine tradition of medicine"
- James D. Heard Prize, Second highest performance in Medicine during medical school
- Cum Laude, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- Fellowship Award from Western Pennsylvania Heart Association
- Excellence in Education Award, Presented by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Class of 2000
- Excellence in Education Award, Presented by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Class of 2002
- Selection for "Best Doctors in America" and Castle Connolly Group "America's Top Doctors"
Publications
- Autologous patch angioplasty of the left main coronary artery in a pediatric patient: 7-year follow-up.
Anagnostopoulos PV, Pigula FA, Myers JL, Beerman LB, Siewers RD, Gandhi SK
Ann Thorac Surg - Three unusual causes of pediatric syncope: a reaffirmation for the screening electrocardiogram.
Maffei FA, Kiaffas MG, Beerman LB
Pediatr Emerg Care - Are chest radiographs and electrocardiograms still valuable in evaluating new pediatric patients with heart murmurs or chest pain?
Swenson JM, Fischer DR, Miller SA, Boyle GJ, Ettedgui JA, Beerman LB
Pediatrics - Role of right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy in infants and children with suspected or possible myocarditis.
Webber SA, Boyle GJ, Jaffe R, Pickering RM, Beerman LB, Fricker FJ
Br Heart J - Transatrial lead placement for endocardial pacing in children.
Hoyer MH, Beerman LB, Ettedgui JA, Park SC, del Nido PJ, Siewers RD
Ann Thorac Surg - Successful treatment of acute myocarditis using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
Grundl PD, Miller SA, del Nido PJ, Beerman LB, Fuhrman BP
Crit Care Med - Long-term results of survivors of surgical valvotomy for severe aortic stenosis in early infancy.
Ettedgui JA, Tallman-Eddy T, Neches WH, Pahl E, Zuberbuhler JR, Fischer DR, Beerman LB, Siewers RD
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg - Experience with a newly developed pericardiocentesis set.
Park SC, Pahl E, Ettedgui JA, Fischer DR, Beerman LB, Neches WH
Am J Cardiol - Coronary arteriosclerosis in pediatric heart transplant survivors: limitation of long-term survival.
Pahl E, Fricker FJ, Armitage J, Griffith BP, Taylor S, Uretsky BF, Beerman LB, Zuberbuhler JR
J Pediatr - Noninvasive diagnostic features of partial absence of the pericardium.
Altman CA, Ettedgui JA, Wozney P, Beerman LB
Am J Cardiol - Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock in children.
Rogers AJ, Trento A, Siewers RD, Griffith BP, Hardesty RL, Pahl E, Beerman LB, Fricker FJ, Fischer DR
Ann Thorac Surg - Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in children. New trends.
Trento A, Thompson A, Siewers RD, Orr RA, Kochanek P, Fuhrman B, Frattallone J, Beerman LB, Fischer DR, Griffith BP
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg - Long-term follow-up after aortic valvuloplasty and defect closure in ventricular septal defect with aortic regurgitation.
Leung MP, Beerman LB, Siewers RD, Bahnson HT, Zuberbuhler JR
Am J Cardiol - Experience with heart transplantation in children.
Fricker FJ, Griffith BP, Hardesty RL, Trento A, Gold LM, Schmeltz K, Beerman LB, Fischer DR, Mathews RA, Neches WH
Pediatrics - Echocardiographic findings before and after liver transplantation.
Park SC, Beerman LB, Gartner JC, Zitelli BJ, Malatack JJ, Fricker FJ, Fischer DR, Mathews RA, Neches WH, Zuberbuhler JR
Am J Cardiol - Successful dilatation of a stenotic Blalock-Taussig anastomosis by percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty.
Fischer DR, Park SC, Neches WH, Beerman LB, Fricker FJ, Mathews RA, Zuberbuhler JR, Wedemeyer AL
Am J Cardiol - Ventricular septal defect associated with aneurysm of the membranous septum.
Beerman LB, Park SC, Fischer DR, Fricker FJ, Mathews RA, Neches WH, Lenox CC, Zuberbuhler JR
J Am Coll Cardiol - Ventricular inversion with normal ventriculoarterial connection and left atrial isomerism: correction by the Mustard operation.
Park SC, Siewers RD, Neches WH, Mathews RA, Fricker FJ, Beerman LB, Fischer DR, Zuberbuhler JR
J Am Coll Cardiol - Tetralogy of Fallot with absent pulmonic valve: analysis of 17 patients.
Fischer DR, Neches WH, Beerman LB, Fricker FJ, Siewers RD, Lenox CC, Park SC
Am J Cardiol - Surgical management of univentricular heart with subaortic obstruction.
Park SC, Siewers RD, Neches WH, Zuberbuhler JR, Mathews RA, Fricker FJ, Beerman LB, Fischer DR
Ann Thorac Surg - Diagnosis of intracardiac rhabdomyoma by two-dimensional echocardiography.
Fischer DR, Beerman LB, Park SC, Bahnson HT, Fricker FJ, Mathews RA
Am J Cardiol - Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia associated with atrioventricular conduction disturbance.
Beerman LB, Zuberbuhler JR, Neches WH, Fischer DR, Fricker FJ, Mathews RA, Park SC, Lenox CC
Am J Cardiol - Arrhythmias in transposition of the great arteries after the Mustard operation.
Beerman LB, Neches WH, Fricker FJ, Mathews RA, Fischer DR, Park SC, Lenox CC, Zuberbuhler JR
Am J Cardiol - Exercise studies after the Mustard operation in transposition of the great arteries.
Mathews RA, Fricker FJ, Beerman LB, Stephenson RJ, Fischer DR, Neches WH, Park SC, Lenox CC, Zuberbuhler JR
Am J Cardiol - Rest and exercise right and left ventricular function late after the Mustard operation: assessment by radionuclide ventriculography.
Murphy JH, Barlai-Kovach MM, Mathews RA, Beerman LB, Park SC, Neches WH, Zuberbuhler JR
Am J Cardiol - Hemodynamic function after the Mustard operation for transposition of the great arteries.
Park SC, Neches WH, Mathews RA, Fricker FJ, Beerman LB, Fischer DR, Lenox CC, Zuberbuhler JR
Am J Cardiol - Unilateral pulmonary vein atresia: clinical and radiographic spectrum.
Beerman LB, Oh KS, Park SC, Freed MD, Sondheimer HM, Fricker FJ, Mathews RA, Fischer DR
Pediatr Cardiol - Blade atrial septostomy: collaborative study.
Park SC, Neches WH, Mullins CE, Girod DA, Olley PM, Falkowski G, Garibjan VA, Mathews RA, Fricker FJ, Beerman LB, Lenox CC, Zuberbuhler JR
Circulation - Coarctation of the aorta in children. Late results after surgery.
Beerman LB, Neches WH, Patnode RE, Fricker FJ, Mathews RA, Park SC
Am J Dis Child
Active Research Projects / Grants
- Study of SYNAGIS for prophylaxis of respiratory syncytial virus in children with congenital heart disease. (Co-Investigator; Principal Investigator, Susan A. Miller, MD).
- Consultant on Grant Application to the Dept of HHS and Public Health Service: Clinical and Molecular Analysis of Brugada Syndrome [ Barry London, MD - PI].
