Stanford School of Medicine

Daniel Bernstein

Contact Information

  • Clinical Offices
    Pediatric Heart Center 725 Welch Rd MC 5912 Palo Alto, CA 94304-1601
    Telephone Work (650) 721-2121 Fax (650) 725-8343
  • Academic Offices
    Personal Information
    Email danb@stanford.edu Tel (650) 723-7913
    Administrative Contact
    Kari Costa Administrative Assistant
    Not for medical emergencies or patient use

Clinical Focus

  • Pediatric Cardiology
  • Pediatric Heart Transplantation
  • Pediatric Heart Failure

Administrative Appointments

  • Director, Children's Heart Center, Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford , (2001– present )

Honors and Awards

  • Alfred Woodley Salter and Mabel G. Salter Endowed Professor of Pediatrics, Stanford University (April 2004-present)

Professional Education

  • Board Certification: Pediatric Cardiology, American Board of Pediatrics (1985)
  • UCSF Medical Center (1986) CA
  • Board Certification: Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics (1984)
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1983) NY
  • Montefiore Medical Center (1982) NY
  • Montefiore Medical Center (1979) NY
  • New York University School of Medicine (1978) NY

Postdoctoral Advisees

Research Interests

We are interested in the role of the sympathetic nervous system and its cellular components (adrenergic receptors, G proteins) in regulating cardiac development and function. We are also interested in developing tools for examination of cardiovascular physiologic parameters in transgenic and targeted gene disruption mouse models of cardiovascular disease. Specific projects underway in our lab include:

1. Evaluation of the role of beta1 and beta2 adrenergic receptor subtypes in regulating cardiac structure and function by producing mice with targeted gene disruption of these receptors.

2. Evaluation of the role of crosstalk between beta receptors and other signaling pathways (MAPK,Akt,PKC) in regulating cardiac structure and function.

3. Role of beta receptors in regulation of intracellular and intramitochondrial calcium.

4. Role of beta receptors in adriamycin cardiotoxicity.

5. Exercise physiology in the mouse

6. Gene microarray analysis of cardiomyopathy models.

We also are interested in clinical cardiac transplantation in children, specifically:

1. The application of gene microarray methods of cardiac allograft rejection in pediatric patients.

2. Assessment of new techniques of immunosuppression in children.

3. Long-term complications in pediatric heart transplant patients.

Clinical Trials

Publications