Dr. Joseph R Cava MD
Cardiologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Cardiology
9000 W Wisconsin Ave Children's Hospital Milwaukee WI, 53226About
Dr. Cava is dedicated to the care of children with congenital and acquired heart disease.
Education and Training
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine 1994
Board Certification
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD- 2015
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Cardiology- 2014
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Chest pain in children and adolescents.
- Marfan syndrome type II: there is more to Marfan syndrome than fibrillin 1.
- Idiopathic infantile arterial calcification: a case report of prenatal and postnatal echocardiographic diagnosis.
- Computational simulations demonstrate altered wall shear stress in aortic coarctation patients treated by resection with end-to-end anastomosis.
- Rhizobium leguminosarum CFN42 genetic regions encoding lipopolysaccharide
- The Impact of Cardiac Motion on Aortic Valve Flow Used in Computational Simulations of the Thoracic Aorta.
Treatments
- Telemedicine, Heart Problems
- Anxiety
- Heart Disease
- Birth Defects
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Pain
Fellowships
- Christ Hospital and Medical Center 2000
- Christ Hospital & Medical Centers 2000
- Pediatrics Cardiology - Hope Children's Hospital - Oak Lawn, IL 1997
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