David Teitel, MD
Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine

415-353-4142

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.

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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.

Awards

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  • 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

Education & Training

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  • Fellow Ped Cardiology CVRI, UCSF, San Francisco, CA 1982
  • Fellow Ped Cardiology & Nephrology Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Quebec 1980
  • Resident Pediatrics Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Quebec 1979
  • Intern Medicine McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada 1976
  • M.D. School of Medicine University of Toronto 1975
  • M.D. Medicine University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada 1975
  • B.Sc. Biol & Med Sciences University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada 1971

Interests

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  • global health
  • developmental cardiovascular physiology
  • cardiac mechanics
  • heart center administration
  • digital technology in learning
  • pediatric interventional cardiac catheterization
  • medical education
  • Pediatric cardiology
  • bioinformatics
  • neonatal cardiology
  • computer technology in cardiology

Websites

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Grants and Projects

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Publications (117)

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Quality Assurance, Health CarePulmonary CirculationHeart Defects, CongenitalMucocutaneous Lymph Node SyndromeSheepParentsMyocardial ContractionCardiologyPersistent Fetal Circulation SyndromeAmbulatory CarePulmonary ArteryAnimals, NewbornPediatricsBlood CirculationCardiac Catheterization

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