JohnCostelloMDMPH

Summary

• Dr. John M. Costello is a pediatric cardiac intensivist. He was recruited to MUSC Children’s Hospital in 2018 to serve as the Vice Chair of Clinical Research for the Department of Pediatrics and the Director of Research for the Children’s Heart Center.
  
  Dr. Costello received his undergraduate degree from The University of Notre Dame and his medical degree from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, IL. He completed a pediatric residency and dual fellowships in pediatric cardiology and critical care medicine, all at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Prior to coming to MUSC, Dr. Costello was a faculty member in the Department of Cardiology at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. More recently, he served as the Director of Inpatient Cardiology and the Medical Director of the Regenstein Cardiac Care Unit at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
  
  Dr. Costello sees patients in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at MUSC Children’s Hospital. He has a clinical interest in the evaluation and treatment of neonates with complex congenital heart disease.
  
  Dr. Costello is an active clinical investigator whose research focuses on critically ill children with cardiac disease. He completed the Masters in Public Health program with a concentration in Clinical Effectiveness at the Harvard School of Public Health. He has authored or co-authored over 140 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and is invited to speak regularly at national and international meetings. He is a past President of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society and the Midwest Pediatric Cardiology Society. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC4) and the Medical Advisory Board of the Children’s Heart Foundation. He is a Senior Associate Editor for Cardiology in the Young.