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Joseph D. Kuebler, M.D., M.B.A.

Joseph D. Kuebler, M.D., M.B.A.

Pediatrics , Pediatric Cardiology , Pediatric Critical Care

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About Me

Professional Background

Joseph D. Kuebler is a pediatric cardiac intensivist with board certifications in both pediatric critical care and pediatric cardiology. He attended medical school at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Buffalo, NY. Dr. Kuebler completed his pediatric residency at Yale New Haven...
Joseph D. Kuebler is a pediatric cardiac intensivist with board certifications in both pediatric critical care and pediatric cardiology. He attended medical school at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Buffalo, NY. Dr. Kuebler completed his pediatric residency at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital including a year as a chief resident. He then went on to do a pediatric cardiology fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School including a year of advanced cardiac imaging (TEE, fetal echocardiography and cardiac MRI). Most recently, Dr. Kuebler returned to western NY for a pediatric critical care fellowship at the University of Rochester Medical Center/Golisano Children's Hospital. He is an assistant professor of pediatrics in the divisions of pediatric critical care and cardiology and is the medical director of the pediatric cardiac care center.

Dr. Kuebler's clinical focus is in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit as well as in point-of-care ultrasound, and transthoracic echocardiography. He is the local clinical champion for the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC4), a national quality improvement collaborative and is the medical director for point-of-care ultrasound within the division of pediatric critical care.

Faculty Appointments

Assistant Professor - Department of Pediatrics, Critical Care (SMD)

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center. 2016 - 2018

Fellowship, Pediatric Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital. 2012 - 2016

Residency, Pediatrics, Yale New Haven Hospital. 2009 - 2012

Internship, Pediatrics, Yale New Haven Hospital. 2008 - 2009

Education

MD | University at Buffalo. 2008

Awards

2018 University of Rochester/Golisano Children's Hospital Medical Student Teaching Award.

Research

Quality improvement and outcomes research in pediatric cardiology
Point-of-care ultrasound
Use of echocardiography in the intensive care unit
3-dimensional echocardiography

Publications

Journal Articles

Infants Admitted to US Intensive Care Units for RSV Infection During the 2022 Seasonal Peak.

Halasa N, Zambrano LD, Amarin JZ, Stewart LS, Newhams MM, Levy ER, Shein SL, Carroll CL, Fitzgerald JC, Michaels MG, Bline K, Cullimore ML, Loftis L, Montgomery VL, Jeyapalan AS, Pannaraj PS, Schwarz AJ, Cvijanovich NZ, Zinter MS, Maddux AB, Bembea MM, Irby K, Zerr DM, Kuebler JD, Babbitt CJ, Gaspers MG, Nofziger RA, Kong M, Coates BM, Schuster JE, Gertz SJ, Mack EH, White BR, Harvey H, Hobbs CV, Dapul H, Butler AD, Bradford TT, Rowan CM, Wellnitz K, Staat MA, Aguiar CL, Hymes SR, Randolph AG, Campbell AP,

JAMA network open.. 2023 August 16 (8):e2328950. Epub 08/01/2023.

Tachyarrhythmias During Hospitalization for COVID-19 or Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children and Adolescents.

Dionne A, Friedman KG, Young CC, Newhams MM, Kucukak S, Jackson AM, Fitzgerald JC, Smallcomb LS, Heidemann S, McLaughlin GE, Irby K, Bradford TT, Horwitz SM, Loftis LL, Soma VL, Rowan CM, Kong M, Halasa NB, Tarquinio KM, Schwarz AJ, Hume JR, Gertz SJ, Clouser KN, Carroll CL, Wellnitz K, Cullimore ML, Doymaz S, Levy ER, Typpo KV, Lansell AN, Butler AD, Kuebler JD, Zambrano LD, Campbell AP, Patel MM, Randolph AG, Newburger JW,

Journal of the American Heart Association.. 2022 October 17 :e025915. Epub 10/17/2022.

Case report and review of the literature: Successful transition from acute continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration therapy to chronic peritoneal dialysis in a chronically ventilated child with hypoplastic left heart syndrome following fontan.

Martin SD, Lande MB, Kuebler JD, Cholette JM

Frontiers in pediatrics.. 2022 10 :1040869. Epub 11/01/2022.

Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: Survey of Protocols for Early Hospital Evaluation and Management.

Dove ML, Jaggi P, Kelleman M, Abuali M, Ang JY, Ballan W, Basu SK, Campbell MJ, Chikkabyrappa SM, Choueiter NF, Clouser KN, Corwin D, Edwards A, Gertz SJ, Ghassemzadeh R, Jarrah RJ, Katz SE, Knutson SM, Kuebler JD, Lighter J, Mikesell C, Mongkolrattanothai K, Morton T, Nakra NA, Olivero R, Osborne CM, Panesar LE, Parsons S, Patel RM, Schuette J, Thacker D, Tremoulet AH, Vidwan NK, Oster ME

The Journal of pediatrics.. 2020 October 16 Epub 10/16/2020.

Normal Values and Growth-Related Changes of Left Ventricular Volumes, Stress, and Strain in Healthy Children Measured by 3-Dimensional Echocardiography.

Kuebler JD, Ghelani S, Williams DM, Nathan M, Marx G, Colan SD, Harrild DM

The American journal of cardiology.. 2018 July 15122 (2):331-339. Epub 04/24/2018.

Left Main Coronary Artery Atresia in an Infant With Inclusion-Cell Disease.

Bounds RL, Kuebler J, Cholette JM, Alfieris GM, Emani SM, Wittlieb-Weber CA

World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery.. 2018 March 9 (2):246-250. Epub 09/12/2016.

Longitudinal Assessment of the Doppler-Estimated Maximum Gradient in Patients With Congenital Valvar Aortic Stenosis Pre- and Post-Balloon Valvuloplasty.

Kuebler JD, Shivapour J, Yaroglu Kazanci S, Gauvreau K, Colan SD, McElhinney DB, Brown DW

Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging.. 2018 March 11 (3):e006708. Epub 1900 01 01.

Left Atrial Volumes and Strain in Healthy Children Measured by Three-Dimensional Echocardiography: Normal Values and Maturational Changes.

Ghelani SJ, Brown DW, Kuebler JD, Perrin D, Shakti D, Williams DN, Marx GR, Colan SD, Geva T, Harrild DM

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography.. 2018 February 31 (2):187-193.e1. Epub 12/06/2017.

Myocardial rescue with autologous mitochondrial transplantation in a porcine model of ischemia/reperfusion.

Kaza AK, Wamala I, Friehs I, Kuebler JD, Rathod RH, Berra I, Ericsson M, Yao R, Thedsanamoorthy JK, Zurakowski D, Levitsky S, Del Nido PJ, Cowan DB, McCully JD

The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.. 2017 April 153 (4):934-943. Epub 11/15/2016.

Soft robotic sleeve supports heart function.

Roche ET, Horvath MA, Wamala I, Alazmani A, Song SE, Whyte W, Machaidze Z, Payne CJ, Weaver JC, Fishbein G, Kuebler J, Vasilyev NV, Mooney DJ, Pigula FA, Walsh CJ

Science translational medicine.. 2017 January 189 (373)Epub 1900 01 01.

Exercise Performance in Patients with D-Loop Transposition of the Great Arteries After Arterial Switch Operation: Long-Term Outcomes and Longitudinal Assessment.

Kuebler JD, Chen MH, Alexander ME, Rhodes J

Pediatric cardiology.. 2016 February 37 (2):283-9. Epub 10/06/2015.

Risk factors and outcome of Fontan-associated plastic bronchitis: a case-control study.

Schumacher KR, Singh TP, Kuebler J, Aprile K, O'Brien M, Blume ED

Journal of the American Heart Association.. 2014 April 223 (2):e000865. Epub 04/22/2014.

Risk of injury and fatality in single vehicle rollover crashes: danger for the front seat occupant in the "outside arc".

Jehle D, Kuebler J, Auinger P

Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.. 2007 October 14 (10):899-902. Epub 08/29/2007.

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