DavidWesselMD

Fetal Cardiology, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care, Pediatric Cardiac Genetics

Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Physician-in-Chief, Ikaria Distinguished Professor of Critical Care, Children's National Hospital Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and of Pediatrics The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

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Office
111 Michigan Ave, NW
Suite W5-108
Washington, DC 20010
Phone+1 202-476-5047

Fax+1 202-476-5868

Education & Training

Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Cardiology, 1983 - 1985
Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Anesthesiology, 1981 - 1983
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1978 - 1981
Yale School of MedicineClass of 1978, MD, Cum Laude
Oxford UniversityBA/MA, Physiological Sciences, First Class Honours, 1972 - 1974
William & MaryBS, Physics, Phi Beta Kappa, 1968 - 1972

Certifications & Licensure

DC State Medical License 2008 - 2024
VA State Medical License 2023 - 2024
MS State Medical License 2009 - 2014
MA State Medical License 1985 - 2007
CT State Medical License 1980 - 1983
American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Cardiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

172 citations
The Pediatric Risk of Mortality Score: Update 2015*
Murray M. Pollack, Richard Holubkov, Tomohiko Funai, J. Michael Dean, John T. Berger
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2016-01-01
478 citations
Efficacy and Safety of Milrinone in Preventing Low Cardiac Output Syndrome in Infants and Children After Corrective Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease
Timothy M. Hoffman, Gil Wernovsky, Andrew M. Atz, Thomas J. Kulik, David P. Nelson
Circulation. 2003-02-25
618 citations
Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension: Guidelines From the American Heart Association and American Thoracic Society
Steven H. Abman, Georg Hansmann, Stephen L. Archer, D. Dunbar Ivy, Ian Adatia
Circulation. 2015-11-24

Press Mentions

Wayne J. Franklin, M.D., F.A.C.C., Named Senior Vice President of the Children’s National Heart CenterMarch 13th, 2024
Pediatric Hospital Beds Are in High Demand for Ailing Children. Here’s WhyMarch 16th, 2023
DC-Area Pediatricians Explain Which Viruses They're Seeing in Patients Right NowSeptember 20th, 2021
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