November 2009
CURRICULUM VITAE
Mark Steven Sklansky, M.D.
A. Personal Information:
Name in Full Mark Steven Sklansky, M.D.
Business Address Pediatric Cardiology, Mail Stop #34
4650 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Business Phone (323) 361-8741
Business Fax (323) 361-1513
Home Address
Home Phone
Citizenship U.S.A.
E-Mail Address msklansky@chla.usc.edu
Website www.childrenshospitalla.org/FetalHearts
B. Education:
High School Corona del Mar, 1980 (Valedictorian)
Newport Beach, California
University Brown University, 1983 (B.A.: Biomedical Ethics)
Providence, Rhode Island
Medical School University of California, Irvine, 1987 (M.D.)
Irvine, California
Internship Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, 1987-1988
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Residency Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, 1988-1990
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Fellowship Texas Children's Hospital, 1990-1993
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
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Honors and Awards Best Doctors in America, 2003-2009
America’s Top Pediatricians, 2005-2006
America’s Top Cardiologists, 2007-2009
UC Irvine Evangeline Percival Award
Excellence in Pediatrics, 1989
Telly Award, Best Documentary
Childrens Miracle Network, Summer 2003
First Place, Behavioral Training
Dolphin Transesophageal Echocardiography
International Marine Animal Trainers’ Association
2005
Nahum Winer Memorial Lectureship
New York Academy of Medicine, 2007
Richard H. Paul Distinguished Teaching Award, 2008
Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology
University of Southern California
Keck School of Medicine
Licensure Medical Board of California (#G063760)
Board Certification American Board of Pediatrics (047848)
(1991-2005) Not Renewed
Sub-Board of Pediatric Cardiology (001163)
(1994-2015) Active
C. Professional Background:
Academic appointments
1993-1994 Pediatric Cardiology Associates
Sacramento, California
1994-2000: Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Assistant Clinical Professor of Radiology
University of California, San Diego
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2000-2002 Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology
University of California, San Diego
2002- Present Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Southern California
Keck School of Medicine
2005-Present Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Southern California
Keck School of Medicine
Clinical Administrative Appointments
2002-Present Director, Fetal Cardiology Program
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
2007-2008 Director, Fetal Cardiology Fourth Year Fellowship
Miwa Geiger, M.D.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
1999-2002 Director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program
UCSD School of Medicine
1994-2001 Director, Pediatric Echocardiography Laboratory
UCSD Medical Center
D. Society Memberships/Fellowships:
1995 Fellow, American College of Cardiology
1997 Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics
2008-Present Member, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
2006-Present Member, International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
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E. Service:
Professional Organizations
Secretary, Section on Fetal Echocardiography, American Institute of
Ultrasound in Medicine, 2008-Present
Member, Society of Pediatric Cardiology Training Program Directors,
1999-2005
Question Writer, Pediatric Cardiology Sub-Board Examination
American Board of Pediatrics (1996-2005)
Abstract Reviewer, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
Annual Convention (2007-2009)
University/Other Committees
Committee Member, Steering Committee
Institute for Maternal-Fetal Health
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
July 2002 - Present
Committee Member
Task Force on Training in Pediatric Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging
Society of Pediatric Cardiology Training Program Directors
1999-2005
Co-Chair, Ethics Resource Committee
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
July 2003-2007
Member, Ethics Resource Committee
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
July 2002-Present
Member, Medical Ethics Committee
UCSD Medical Center
1998-2002
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Member, Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment Group
UCSD Medical Center
1994-2002
Member, Fetal Diagnosis and Management Group
Kaiser Permanente, San Diego
1994-2002
Editorships
Associate Editor, Pediatric Cardiology, 2006-Present
Guest Editor, Fetal Cardiology Issue, Pediatric Cardiology
May/June 2004
Editorial Boards
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 1995-2000
Journal Reviews
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
Circulation
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Prenatal Diagnosis
American Journal of Cardiology
Pediatric Research
Pediatric Cardiology
Community Service
Panelist, Symposium on Religion and Ethics: Life in the Balance Los Angeles, California: 2007
Participant, Chad Foundation for Athletes and Artists
Annual Echocardiography Screening Day
Manhattan Beach, California: 2005
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Symposia
Co-Director
4Th Annual Dru Carlson Memorial Symposium
Update on Fetal Echocardiography: 2007
Marina del Rey, California: 2007
Sessions Chaired
Moderator, Fetal Heart Abnormalities Requiring Immediate Post-Delivery Attention
Annual Meeting, American Institute of ultrasound in Medicine
New York, New York: 2009
Moderator, Fetal Heart Abstract Session
18th World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics/Gynecology
Chicago, Illinois: 2008
Moderator, Fetal Cardiovascular Pathology
6th Annual Update on Pediatric Cardiovascular Disease
Orlando, Florida: 2003
Moderator, Beyond Diagnosis: Image-Guided Therapy
American Society of Echocardiography Annual Meeting
Las Vegas, Nevada 2003
Moderator, State of the Art Fetal Cardiology
Annual Meeting, American Society of Echocardiography
Orlando, Florida: 2002
Consultantships
Consultant, Philips Medical Systems
Bothel, Washington: 2006
Speaker, Fetal 3D Echocardiography
Phillips Users Group Symposium
Marina del Rey: 2006
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F. Research Activities
Major Areas of Research Interest
Fetal Cardiology
Prenatal Screening for Congenital Heart Disease
Three-Dimensional Fetal Echocardiography
Veterinary Cardiology
Research In Progress
Evaluation of Perinatal Management Strategies Following the Prenatal Diagnosis of Major Forms of Congenital Heart Disease
Fetal Echocardiographic Evaluation of the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
Cardiac Findings in Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome
Research Grants
Congenital Heart Disease Assessment Using 3-Dimensional Ultrasound
Co-Principal Investigator
UCSD Academic Senate Grant: $6000.00
Volume-Rendered Fetal Three-Dimensional Echocardiography
Co-Principal Investigator
UCSD Academic Senate Grant: $6000.00
G. Invited Lectures
Distinguished Lectures
3D/4D Fetal Echocardiography: State of the Art
Nahum Weiner Lecture
New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York: 2007
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International
Transesophageal Echocardiography
Roberto del Rios Children’s Hospital
Santiago, Chile: 2001
Three-Dimensional Fetal Cardiac Scanning
Conference on Three-Dimensional Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Kings College, London: 1998
Other
Clinical Impact of Prenatal Detection and Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease
Fetal Echocardiography for the Clinician (Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine)
Scottsdale, Arizona: 2009
Abnormalities of the Four-Chamber View
Fetal Echocardiography for the Clinician (Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine)
Scottsdale, Arizona: 2009
Coarctation of the Aorta, Pulmonary Stenosis/Atresia with Intact Ventricular
Septum
Fetal Echocardiography for the Clinician (Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine)
Scottsdale, Arizona: 2009
Pitfalls of Screening for Congenital Heart Disease: Perspective of the Pediatric Cardiologist
Fetal Echocardiography for the Clinician (Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine)
Scottsdale, Arizona: 2009
Second Trimester Screening for Congenital Heart Disease
Los Angeles Radiologic Society
Los Angeles, California: 2009
Detailed Fetal Echocardiographic Evaluation: The Abnormal Fetal Heart
Los Angeles Radiologic Society
Los Angeles, California: 2009
Understanding Congenital Heart Defects: Outflow Tract Lesions: Step-by-Step
Annual Meeting, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
New York, New York: 2009
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Confirmation of Normal Fetal Cardiac Anatomy
Annual Meeting, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
New York, New York: 2009
Prenatal Diagnosis of Fetal Heart Abnormalities Requiring Immediate Post-Delivery Attention
Annual Meeting, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
New York, New York: 2009
Fetal Echocardiography: What is Important?
Grand Rounds, Department of Reproductive Medicine
University of California, San Diego; San Diego, California: 2009
Fetal Echocardiography: What is Important?
San Diego Sonographers Society
San Diego, California: 2009
Screening for Congenital Heart Disease in Low Risk Pregnancies
Innovations in Ultrasound 2008
Hoag Memorial Hospital, Irvine, California: 2008
Detailed Fetal Echocardiography
Innovations in Ultrasound 2008
Hoag Memorial Hospital, Irvine, California: 2008
3D/4D Fetal Cardiac Imaging: State-of-the-Art
Innovations in Ultrasound 2008
Hoag Memorial Hospital, Irvine, California: 2008
Echocardiographic Manifestations of Fetal Cardiac Anomalies
First Phoenix Fetal Cardiology Symposium
Phoenix, Arizona: 2008
New Technologies in Fetal Cardiac Imaging
First Phoenix Fetal Cardiology Symposium
Phoenix, Arizona: 2008
The Abnormal Fetal Heart: Impact of Prenatal Diagnosis on Postnatal Outcome
First Phoenix Fetal Cardiology Symposium
Phoenix, Arizona: 2008
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3D/4D Fetal Cardiac Imaging
Annual Meeting, Western Society of Pediatric Cardiology
San Francisco, California: 2008
Management of Cardiac Lesions
Annual Convention, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
San Diego, California: 2008
Basic Screening for Congenital Heart Disease in Clinical Practice
Annual Convention, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
San Diego, California: 2008
Performing an Extended Basic Examination of the Fetal Heart
Annual Convention, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
San Diego, California: 2008
Abnormal Fetal Cardiac Case Demonstrations: Step-by-Step Approach
Annual Convention, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
San Diego, California: 2008
Clinical Impact of Prenatal Detection and Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease Dru Carlson Memorial Symposium, Marina del Rey, California: 2007
Abnormalities of the Four-Chamber View
Dru Carlson Memorial Symposium, Marina del Rey, California: 2007
Coarctation of the Aorta and Pulmonary Stenosis/Atresia
Dru Carlson Memorial Symposium, Marina del Rey, California: 2007
The Pitfalls of Screening for Congenital Heart Disease
Dru Carlson Memorial Symposium, Marina del Rey, California: 2007
Clinical Impact of Prenatal Detection of Congenital Heart Disease
3rd Symposium of the Echocardiographic Evaluation of Congenital Heart Disease
Marina del Rey, California: 2007
3D/4D Fetal Cardiac Imaging: State of the Art
Annual Symposium of the Institute for Maternal-Fetal Health
Pasadena, California: 2007
Prenatal Detection of Congenital Heart Disease: Clinical Implications
Annual Convention, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
New York, New York: 2007
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Functional Echocardiography in the Neonate Course
University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California: 2007
Introduction to Pediatric Cardiology
Medical Student Teach-In for Second Year Medical Students
University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California: 2007
State of the Art in Evaluation: Have We Found a Change in the Natural History of Congenital Heart Disease Yet?
American Heart Association Annual Meeting
Chicago, Illinois: 2006
Congenital Heart Disease: Clinical Impact of Prenatal Diagnosis
Institute for Maternal-Fetal Health Inaugural Symposium
Santa Monica, California: 2006.
Fetal 3D Echocardiography
American Society of Echocardiography Annual Meeting
Baltimore, Maryland: 2006.
Clinical Impact of Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease
3rd Annual Dru Carlson Memorial Symposium
Marina del Rey, California: 2006
Fetal 3-D Echo Imaging
American College of Cardiology Annual Meeting
Atlanta, Georgia: 2006
Formal Fetal Echocardiography: A Pediatric Cardiologist’s Approach
American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Annual Meeting
Washington, D.C.: 2006
Congenital Heart Disease: Clinical Impact of Prenatal Diagnosis