Justin H. Berger, MD, PhD

Washington University in St. Louis (WU)

Justin Berger, MD, PhD is an attending physician in the Division of Cardiology on the Pediatric Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant service. As a pediatric physician-scientist, his research and clinical interests focus on underlying metabolic causes for the development of pediatric heart failure. He has particular interest in cardiomyocyte lipid homeostasis relevant to heart failure with emphasis on obesity-driven diastolic heart failure, a common entity in many forms of pediatric heart failure. This work combined basic science models with translational approaches, and has been supported by multiple intramural and NIH grants. Dr. Berger has also published on genetic causes of pediatric cardiomyopathy, risk factors for dyslipidemia in congenital heart disease, and appropriate lipid screening in these populations.