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Stephanie A. Goldstein
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Stephanie A. Goldstein, MD

Languages spoken: English

Dr. Goldstein earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in Biomedical Engineering. She received her medical degree from the University of Colorado, and completed her Pediatrics residency at the University of Michigan, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. She then went on to complete a Pediatric Cardiology fellowship and Pediatric Critical Care fellowship at the University of Michigan, C.S Mott Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Goldstein’s clinical interests are focused on the care of critical ill children with congenital and acquired heart disease and she cares for these children in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at Primary Children’s Hospital through the Division of Pediatric Critical Care. She has a particular interest in extracorporeal and mechanical support.

Dr. Goldstein’s academic interests include investigating the inflammation within the chest tube drainage of children after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. She also has an interest in modifiable risk factors to prevent the development of feeding disorders after neonatal cardiac surgery.

Board Certification

American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Cardiology)
American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine)

Dr. Goldstein earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in Biomedical Engineering. She received her medical degree from the University of Colorado, and completed her Pediatrics residency at the University of Michigan, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. She then went on to complete a Pediatric Cardiology fellowship and Pediatric Critical Care fellowship at the University of Michigan, C.S Mott Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Goldstein’s clinical interests are focused on the care of critical ill children with congenital and acquired heart disease and she cares for these children in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at Primary Children’s Hospital through the Division of Pediatric Critical Care. She has a particular interest in extracorporeal and mechanical support.

Dr. Goldstein’s academic interests include investigating the inflammation within the chest tube drainage of children after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. She also has an interest in modifiable risk factors to prevent the development of feeding disorders after neonatal cardiac surgery.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics -Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Academic Divisions Critical Care
Board Certification
American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Cardiology)
American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine)

Education history

Undergraduate Major: Biomedical Engineering; Minor: Mathematics - University of Michigan B.S.
Doctoral Training Medicine - University of Colorado School of Medicine M.D.
Residency Pediatrics - University of Michigan Resident
Fellowship Pediatric Cardiology - University of Michigan Fellow
Fellowship Pediatric Critical Care - University of Michigan Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Goldstein SA, Hoffenberg E (2013). Peutz-Jegher syndrome in childhood: need for updated recommendations?. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 56(2), 191-5.
  2. Goldstein SA, Beshish AG, Bush LB, Lowery RE, Wong JH, Schumacher KR, Halligan NLN, Cornell TT, Rocchini A (2019). Analysis of Inflammatory Cytokines in Postoperative Fontan Pleural Drainage. Pediatric cardiology, 40(4), 744-752.
  3. Goldstein SA, LaPage MJ, Dechert BE, Serwer GA, Yu S, Lowery RE, Bradley D (2018). Decreased inappropriate shocks with new generation ICDs in children and patients with congenital heart disease. Congenital heart disease, 13(3), 413-418.
  4. Goldstein SA, Watkins KJ, Lowery RE, Yu S, Knight RM, Drayton AK, Sayers L, Gaies (2022). Oral Aversion in Infants With Congenital Heart Disease: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study. Pediatric critical care medicine, 23(3), e171-e179.
  5. Wilson HC, Gunsaulus ME, Owens GE, Goldstein SA, Yu S, Lowery RE, Olive M (2023). Failed Extubation in Neonates After Cardiac Surgery: A Single-Center, Retrospective Study. Pediatric critical care medicine,
  6. Moza R, Winder M, Adamson GT, Ou Z, Presson AP, Vijayarajah S, Goldstein SA, Bailly D (2023). Prediction Model with External Validation for Early Detection of Postoperative Pediatric Chylothorax. Pediatric cardiology, 44(6), 1367-1372.
  7. S.A. Goldstein, M. Winder, , C. Carter, J.B. Diamond, E. Bowles, T.B. Martins, H.R. Hill, D.K. Baill (2024). Cytokines in chest tube drainage after pediatric cardiac surgery - is chylothorax the only phenotype? . Cytokine,
  8. Aoki JA, Denorme F, Cody MJ, Perry DP, Rustad JL, Brown SM, Goldstein SA, Middleton EA, Yost CC, Harris ES, NHLBI Prevention and Early Treatment of Acute Lung Injury (PETAL) Network Investigator (2025). Plasma surrogate markers of neutrophil extracellular traps correlate with disease severity in patients with moderate to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. Journal of inflammation (London, England), 22(1), 22.