David Teitel, MD

David Teitel, MD, has been a member of the UCSF faculty since 1982, after completing a fellowship in pediatric cardiology at this institution. He was the chief of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology for over two decades and medical director of the UCSF Pediatric Heart Center from its inception through 2015. His patient care activities are centered in the cardiac catheterization laboratory, where he performs diagnostic and interventional procedures on infants, children, and adults with congenital heart disease, and in the Pediatric Heart Center, where he serves as the cardiology attending in the Cardiac ICU and Transitional Care Unit on a regular basis, and has a half-day clinic in general cardiology. He is an expert in the adaptations of the newborn cardiovascular system to birth and the alterations that occur with congenital heart disease, which has been the primary area of his research. He co-authored a book on this topic, titled Neonatal Cardiology, and gives lectures throughout the Americas and Europe on the heart and circulation of the fetus and child. He has also worked for many years in the Academic Senate of the University, and was the Chair of the UCSF division from 2017 to 2019. The Academic Senate is an independent liaison body that serves to represent faculty concerns and interests to both campus administration and the UC Office of the President, and shares governance of certain aspects of the University.
Education
Fellow, 1982 - Ped Cardiology, CVRI, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Fellow, 1980 - Ped Cardiology & Nephrology, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Quebec
Resident, 1979 - Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Quebec
Intern, 1976 - Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
M.D., 1975 - School of Medicine, University of Toronto
M.D., 1975 - Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
B.Sc., 1971 - Biol & Med Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Honors and Awards
  • Fellow, American Heart Association, 2009
  • UCSF Academic Senate Opportunity award, 1991
  • UCSF REAC Harris award, 1991
  • NIH Senior International Research Fellowship (1989-90), 1989
  • American Heart Association (CA) grant-in-aid (1988-91), 1988
  • New Investigator Research Award (NHLBI) (1983-86), 1983
  • Young Investigator Award (Honorable Mention), American College of Cardiology, 1983
  • Young Investigator Award (Second Prize), American Academy of Pediatrics (Pediatric Cardiology), 1982
  • Medical Research Council of Canada Research Fellowship (1980-82), 1980
  • Bristol Laboratories of Canada Award, 1974
  • Alpha Omega Alpha, 1973
  • Medical Research Council of Canada Summer Scholarship, 1973
  • Walter Watkins Scholarship, School of Medicine, University of Toronto, 1973
  • University College Alumni Scholarship, University of Toronto, 1971
  • Mary Beatty Scholarship, University of Toronto (1968-75), 1968
Websites
  1. Nawaytou H, Lakkaraju R, Stevens L, Reddy VM, Swami N, Keller RL, Teitel DF, Fineman JR. Management of pulmonary vascular disease associated with congenital left-to-right shunts: A single-center experience. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2024. PMID: 38763305


  2. Morell E, Colglazier E, Becerra J, Stevens L, Steurer MA, Sharma A, Nguyen H, Kathiriya IS, Weston S, Teitel D, Keller R, Amin EK, Nawaytou H, Fineman JR. A single institution anesthetic experience with catheterization of pediatric pulmonary hypertension patients. Pulmonary circulation 2024. PMID: 38618291


  3. O'Connor AM, Cassedy A, Wray J, Brown KL, Cohen M, Franklin RCG, Gaynor JW, MacGloin H, Mahony L, Mussatto K, Newburger JW, Rosenthal DN, Teitel D, Ernst MM, Wernovsky G, Marino BS. Differences in Quality of Life in Children Across the Spectrum of Congenital Heart Disease. The Journal of pediatrics 2023. PMID: 37640230



  4. Teitel DF, Silverman NH. In memoriam: Abraham Morris Rudolph. Pediatric research 2023. PMID: 37264137


  5. Tsoi SM, Jones K, Colglazier E, Parker C, Nawaytou H, Teitel D, Fineman JR, Keller RL. Persistence of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn: A case of de novo TBX4 variant. Pulmonary circulation 2022. PMID: 35874850



  6. Stevens L, Colglazier E, Parker C, Amin EK, Nawaytou H, Teitel D, Reddy VM, Welch CL, Chung WK, Fineman JR. Genetics dictating therapeutic decisions in pediatric pulmonary hypertension? A case report suggesting we are getting closer. 2022. PMID: 35506084


  7. Lin Y, Amin EK, Keller RL, Teitel DF, Nawaytou HM. Doppler Echocardiography Features of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Ex-Preterm Children. 2022. PMID: 34986343




  8. Teitel DF, Newburger JW, Sutton N, Tani LY, Harahsheh AS, Jone PN, Mensch DJ, Cotts T, Davidson A, Dahdah N, Johnson WH, Portman MA. Development and Utility of Quality Metrics for Ambulatory Pediatric Cardiology in Kawasaki Disease. Clinical pediatrics 2020. PMID: 31896280


  9. Levy PT, Jain A, Nawaytou H, Teitel D, Keller R, Fineman J, Steinhorn R, Abman SH, McNamara PJ, Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Network (PPHNet). Risk Assessment and Monitoring of Chronic Pulmonary Hypertension in Premature Infants. The Journal of pediatrics 2019. PMID: 31735418


  10. Steurer MA, Nawaytou H, Guslits E, Colglazier E, Teitel D, Fineman JR, Keller RL. Mortality in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia: Data from cardiac catheterization. Pediatric pulmonology 2019. PMID: 30938937




  11. Chowdhury D, Gurvitz M, Marelli A, Anderson J, Baker-Smith C, Diab KA, Edwards TC, Hougen T, Jedeikin R, Johnson JN, Karpawich P, Lai W, Lu JC, Mitchell S, Newburger JW, Penny DJ, Portman MA, Satou G, Teitel D, Villafane J, Williams R, Jenkins K, American College of Cardiology’s Adult Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology Section’s Ambulatory Pedi. Development of Quality Metrics in Ambulatory Pediatric Cardiology. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2017. PMID: 28153110






  12. Virzi L, Pemberton V, Ohye RG, Tabbutt S, Lu M, Atz TC, Barnard T, Dunbar-Masterson C, Ghanayem NS, Jacobs JP, Lambert LM, Lewis A, Pike N, Pizarro C, Radojewski E, Teitel D, Xu M, Pearson GD. Reporting adverse events in a surgical trial for complex congenital heart disease: the Pediatric Heart Network experience. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2011. PMID: 21397260



  13. Trucco SM, Barnoya J, Larrazabal LA, Castañeda A, Teitel DF. Detection rates of congenital heart disease in Guatemala. Cardiology in the young 2010. PMID: 21138614



  14. Michaels AD, Tacy T, Teitel D, Shapiro M, Grossman W. Invasive left ventricular energetics during enhanced external counterpulsation. American journal of therapeutics 2009. PMID: 19145208


  15. Natarajan S, Heiss C, Yeghiazarians Y, Fineman JR, Teitel DF, Tacy TA. Peripheral arterial function in infants and young children with one-ventricle physiology and hypoxemia. The American journal of cardiology 2009. PMID: 19268746




  16. Marino BS, Shera D, Wernovsky G, Tomlinson RS, Aguirre A, Gallagher M, Lee A, Cho CJ, Stern W, Davis L, Tong E, Teitel D, Mussatto K, Ghanayem N, Gleason M, Gaynor JW, Wray J, Helfaer MA, Shea JA. The development of the pediatric cardiac quality of life inventory: a quality of life measure for children and adolescents with heart disease. Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation 2008. PMID: 18347927


  17. Forbes TJ, Moore P, Pedra CA, Zahn EM, Nykanen D, Amin Z, Garekar S, Teitel D, Qureshi SA, Cheatham JP, Ebeid MR, Hijazi ZM, Sandhu S, Hagler DJ, Sievert H, Fagan TE, Ringwald J, Du W, Tang L, Wax DF, Rhodes J, Johnston TA, Jones TK, Turner DR, Pass R, Torres A, Hellenbrand WE. Intermediate follow-up following intravascular stenting for treatment of coarctation of the aorta. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2007. PMID: 17896405





  18. McQuillen PS, Hamrick SE, Perez MJ, Barkovich AJ, Glidden DV, Karl TR, Teitel D, Miller SP. Balloon atrial septostomy is associated with preoperative stroke in neonates with transposition of the great arteries. Circulation 2006. PMID: 16401771


  19. Graham TP, Beekman RH, Allen HD, Bricker JT, Freed MD, Hurwitz RA, McQuinn TC, Schieken RM, Strong WB, Zahka KG, Sanders SP, Colan SD, Cordes TM, Donofrio MT, Ensing GJ, Geva T, Kimball TR, Sahn DJ, Silverman NH, Sklansky MS, Weinberg PM, Hellenbrand WE, Lloyd TR, Lock JE, Mullins CE, Romes JJ, Teitel DF, Vetter VL, Silka MJ, Van Hare GF, Walsh EP, Kulik T, Giglia TM, Kocis KC, Mahoney LT, Schwartz SM, Wernovsky G, Wessel DL, Murphy D, Foster E, Benson DW, Baldwin HS, Hirshfeld JW, Kugler JD, Moskowitz WB, Creager MA, Lorell BH, Merli G, Rodgers GP, Rutherford JD, Tracy CM, Weitz HH, American College of Cardiology Foundation , American Heart Association , American College of Physicians Task Force on Clinical Competence , Writing Committee to Develop Training Recommendations for Pediatric Cardiology. ACCF/AHA/AAP recommendations for training in pediatric cardiology. A report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association/American College of Physicians Task Force on Clinical Competence (ACC/AHA/AAP Writing Committee to Deve Circulation 2005. PMID: 16230506


  20. Allen HD, Bricker JT, Freed MD, Hurwitz RA, McQuinn TC, Schieken RM, Strong WB, Zahka KG, Sanders SP, Colan SD, Cordes TM, Donofrio MT, Ensing GJ, Geva T, Kimball TR, Sahn DJ, Silverman NH, Sklansky MS, Weinberg PM, Beekman RH, Hellenbrand WE, Lloyd TR, Lock JE, Mullins CE, Rome JJ, Teitel DF, Vetter VL, Silka MJ, Van Hare GF, Walsh EP, Kulik T, Giglia TM, Kocis KC, Mahoney LT, Schwartz SM, Wernovsky G, Wessel DL, Murphy DJ, Foster E, Benson DW, Baldwin HS, Mahoney LT, McQuinn TC, American College of Cardiology Foundation , American Heart Association , American Academy of Pediatrics. ACC/AHA/AAP recommendations for training in pediatric cardiology. Pediatrics 2005. PMID: 16210422


  21. Beekman RH, Hellenbrand WE, Lloyd TR, Lock JE, Mullins CE, Rome JJ, Teitel DF, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions , American College of Cardiology Foundation , American Heart Association , American College of Physicians Task Force on Clinical Competence (ACC/AHA/AAP Writing Committee to D. ACCF/AHA/AAP recommendations for training in pediatric cardiology. Task force 3: training guidelines for pediatric cardiac catheterization and interventional cardiology endorsed by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2005. PMID: 16198867




  22. Kuehne T, Saeed M, Gleason K, Turner D, Teitel D, Higgins CB, Moore P. Effects of pulmonary insufficiency on biventricular function in the developing heart of growing swine. Circulation 2003. PMID: 14557371




  23. Kuehne T, Saeed M, Higgins CB, Gleason K, Krombach GA, Weber OM, Martin AJ, Turner D, Teitel D, Moore P. Endovascular stents in pulmonary valve and artery in swine: feasibility study of MR imaging-guided deployment and postinterventional assessment. Radiology 2003. PMID: 12563142



  24. Kuehne T, Saeed M, Moore P, Gleason K, Reddy G, Teitel D, Higgins CB. Influence of blood-pool contrast media on MR imaging and flow measurements in the presence of pulmonary arterial stents in swine. Radiology 2002. PMID: 11997550



  25. Kuehne T, Saeed M, Reddy G, Akbari H, Gleason K, Turner D, Teitel D, Moore P, Higgins CB. Sequential magnetic resonance monitoring of pulmonary flow with endovascular stents placed across the pulmonary valve in growing Swine. Circulation 2001. PMID: 11696479













  26. Liddicoat JR, Klein JR, Reddy VM, Klautz RJ, Teitel DF, Hanley FL. Hemodynamic effects of chronic prenatal ventricular pacing for the treatment of complete atrioventricular block. Circulation 1997. PMID: 9264514







  27. Boekkooi PF, Baan J, Teitel DF, Rudolph AM. Effect of drugs on chemoreceptor responsiveness in fetal sheep. Pediatric research 1995. PMID: 8618797





  28. van Bel F, Roman C, Klautz RJ, Teitel DF, Rudolph AM. Relationship between brain blood flow and carotid arterial flow in the sheep fetus. Pediatric research 1994. PMID: 8190521



  29. van Bel F, Klautz RJ, Steendijk P, Schipper IB, Teitel DF, Baan J. The influence of indomethacin on the autoregulatory ability of the cerebral vascular bed in the newborn lamb. Pediatric research 1993. PMID: 8233722





  30. Klautz RJ, van Bel F, Teitel DF, Steendijk P, Baan J. Myocardial perfusion and performance after indomethacin administration in newborn lambs. Pediatric research 1993. PMID: 8460068


  31. Teitel DF, Klautz RJ, Cassidy SC, Steendijk P, van der Velde ET, van Bel F, Baan J. The end-systolic pressure-volume relationship in young animals using the conductance technique. European heart journal 1992. PMID: 1478208


  32. Boekkooi PF, Baan J, Teitel D, Rudolph AM. Chemoreceptor responsiveness in fetal sheep. The American journal of physiology 1992. PMID: 1636755


  33. Cassidy SC, Schmidt KG, Van Hare GF, Stanger P, Teitel DF. Complications of pediatric cardiac catheterization: a 3-year study. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1992. PMID: 1564229




  34. van Bel F, Schipper IB, Klautz RJ, Teitel DF, Steendijk P, Baan J. Acceleration of blood flow velocity in the carotid artery and myocardial contractility in the newborn lamb. Pediatric research 1991. PMID: 1956721


  35. Iwamoto HS, Teitel DF, Rudolph AM. Effect of birth-related events on metabolism in fetal sheep. Pediatric research 1991. PMID: 1896261



  36. Teitel DF, Klautz R, Steendijk P, van der Velde ET, van Bel F, Baan J. The end-systolic pressure-volume relationship in the newborn lamb: effects of loading and inotropic interventions. Pediatric research 1991. PMID: 1896251


  37. Cave C, Longaker MT, Merrick S, Teitel DF, Goldstone J, Verrier ED. Infective endocarditis and an embolomycotic aneurysm in a 25-month-old child. The Journal of cardiovascular surgery 1990. PMID: 2262512



  38. Teitel DF, Iwamoto HS, Rudolph AM. Changes in the pulmonary circulation during birth-related events. Pediatric research 1990. PMID: 2342829


  39. Brett CM, Teitel DF, Heymann MA, Rudolph AM. The young lamb can increase cardiovascular performance during isoflurane anesthesia. Anesthesiology 1989. PMID: 2817470


  40. Kersting-Sommerhoff BA, Diethelm L, Teitel DF, Sommerhoff CP, Higgins SS, Higashino SS, Higgins CB. Magnetic resonance imaging of congenital heart disease: sensitivity and specificity using receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. American heart journal 1989. PMID: 2741781



  41. Shaddy RE, Tyndall MR, Teitel DF, Li C, Rudolph AM. Regulation of cardiac output with controlled heart rate in newborn lambs. Pediatric research 1988. PMID: 3205609





  42. Sidi D, Teitel DF, Kuipers JR, Heymann MA, Rudolph AM. Effect of beta-adrenergic receptor blockade on responses to acute hypoxemia in lambs. Pediatric research 1988. PMID: 2895452


  43. Rudolph AM, Iwamoto HS, Teitel DF. Circulatory changes at birth. Journal of perinatal medicine 1988. PMID: 3225727



  44. Iwamoto HS, Teitel D, Rudolph AM. Effects of birth-related events on blood flow distribution. Pediatric research 1987. PMID: 3431945


  45. Teitel DF, Iwamoto HS, Rudolph AM. Effects of birth-related events on central blood flow patterns. Pediatric research 1987. PMID: 3684383



  46. Brett CM, Teitel DF, Heymann MA, Rudolph AM. The cardiovascular effects of isoflurane in lambs. Anesthesiology 1987. PMID: 3605737


  47. Tyndall MR, Teitel DF, Lutin WA, Clemons GK, Dallman PR. Serum erythropoietin levels in patients with congenital heart disease. The Journal of pediatrics 1987. PMID: 3559801


  48. Bernstein D, Finkbeiner WE, Soifer S, Teitel D. Perinatal myocardial infarction: a case report and review of the literature. Pediatric cardiology 1986. PMID: 3748837


  49. Teitel D, Sidi D, Bernstein D, Heymann MA, Rudolph AM. Chronic hypoxemia in the newborn lamb: cardiovascular, hematopoietic, and growth adaptations. Pediatric research 1985. PMID: 4058973


  50. Teitel DF, Sidi D, Chin T, Brett C, Heymann MA, Rudolph AM. Developmental changes in myocardial contractile reserve in the lamb. Pediatric research 1985. PMID: 4047765


  51. Silverman NH, Enderlein MA, Stanger P, Teitel DF, Heymann MA, Golbus MS. Recognition of fetal arrhythmias by echocardiography. Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU 1985. PMID: 3923048


  52. Carlsson EC, Rudolph A, Stanger P, Teitel D, Weber W, Yoshida H. Pediatric angiocardiography with iohexol. Investigative radiology 1985. PMID: 3972530








  53. Turley K, Silverman NH, Teitel D, Mavroudis C, Snider R, Rudolph A. Repair of aortico-left ventricular tunnel in the neonate: surgical, anatomic and echocardiographic considerations. Circulation 1982. PMID: 7074737


  54. Chesney RW, Kaplan BS, Teitel D, Colle E, McInnes RR, Goldman H, Scriver CR. Metabolic abnormalities in the idiopathic Fanconi syndrome: studies of carbohydrate metabolism in two patients. Pediatrics 1981. PMID: 7017570