Stanford School of Medicine

Norman H. Silverman

Contact Information

  • Clinical Offices
    Pediatric Heart Center 725 Welch Rd MC 5912 Palo Alto, CA 94304-1601
    Telephone Work (650) 721-2121 Fax
  • Academic Offices
    Personal Information
    Email norm.silverman@stanford.edu Tel (650) 723-7913
    Administrative Contact
    Claudia Mae Lawrence Faculty Affairs Coordinator Tel Work (650)723-7913
    Not for medical emergencies or patient use

Clinical Focus

  • Cardiology (Heart), Pediatric
  • Pediatric Cardiology

Administrative Appointments

  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,, Stanford University Medical Center , (1974– 1975 )
  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,, University of California, San Francisco , (1975– 1982 )
  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics,, University of California, San Francisco , (1979– 1985 )
  • Professor of Radiology in Residence,, University of California, San Francisco , (1985– 2002 )
  • 2002–present Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology),, Stanford University Medical Center , (2002– present )

Honors and Awards

  • Roma and Marvin Auerback Scholar in Pediatric Cardiolgy, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University (2005-current)
  • Award for Excellence in Teaching, American Society of Echocardiography (2008)
  • Fellow, American Society of Echocardiography (2004)
  • Fellow, American Heart Association (2004)
  • Garbose Lecture, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington DC (1999)
  • 13th Jerome Liebman Visiting Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (1996)
  • 23rd Annual Katkov-Lundeen Visiting Professorship in Pediatric Cardiology, Minneapolis Children's Hospital (2004)
  • Sackler Visiting Fellow, University of Tel Aviv Israel (2001, 2004)
  • Founder's Award, American Society of Echocardiography (2000)
  • Janet Baldwin Lecture, Society of Pediatric Cardiology of New York (1999)

Professional Education

  • Board Certification: Pediatric Cardiology, American Board of Pediatrics (1975)
  • D.Sc.Med., University of the Witwatersrand Medicine (1985)
  • UCSF Medical Center (1974) CA
  • Board Certification: General Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics (1973)
  • Johannesburg General Hospital (1972) South Africa
  • F.C.P. (S.A.) F.C.P. (S.A.), South African College of Medicine Pediatrics (1970)
  • University of Witwatersrand (1966) South Africa
  • M.B., B.Ch., University of the Witwatersrand Medicine (1966)

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

Community & International Work

  • Children's Heartlink Mumbai, India. 2007, Asian Heart Institue More »

Research Interests

My research interests center around cardiac ultrasound. I am currently working on several areas in the development of human cardiac ultrasound.

The first is fetal cardiac ultrasound. I have continued to develop and foster research and development in this area. I am associated with the cardiac surgeons and interventional cardiologists to develop a program for fetal cardiac intervention at Stanford.

Secondly, I am currently establishing a program for development of three- dimensional ultrasound to aid conventional echocardiography in diagnosis and management. This program will assess both the prenatal and postnatal capabilities.

Publications