Michael Brook, MD
Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine

He serves as director of UCSF's pediatric echocardiography laboratory.

Brook earned his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He completed a general pediatrics residency at Children's Wisconsin hospital and a postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric cardiology at UCSF. He joined the UCSF faculty in 1992.

• Right Ventricular Systolic-to-Diastolic Time Index: Hypoplastic Left Heart Fetuses Differ Significantly from Normal Fetuses.
  Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2015 Nawaytou HM, Peyvandi S, Brook MM, Silverman N, Moon-Grady AJ
• Twin-reversed arterial perfusion sequence associated with decreased fetal cerebral vascular impedance.
  Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2015 Peyvandi S, Feldstein VA, Hirose S, Rand L, Brook MM, Moon-Grady AJ
• 2015 SPCTPD/ACC/AAP/AHA Training Guidelines for Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Programs (Revision of the 2005 Training Guidelines for Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Programs).
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2015 Ross RD, Brook M, Feinstein JA, Koenig P, Lang P, Spicer R, Vincent JA, Lewis AB, Martin GR, Bartz PJ, Fischbach PS, Fulton DR, Matherne GP, Reinking B, Srivastava S, Printz B, Geva T, Shirali GS, …
• 2015 SPCTPD/ACC/AAP/AHA Training Guidelines for Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Programs (Revision of the 2005 Training Guidelines for Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Programs): Introduction.
  Circulation 2015 Ross RD, Brook M, Koenig P, Feinstein JA, Lang P, Spicer RL, Vincent JA, Society of Pediatric Cardiology Training Program Directors, American College of Cardiology, American Academy of Pediatrics, …
• 2015 SPCTPD/ACC/AAP/AHA Training Guidelines for Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Programs (Revision of the 2005 Training Guidelines for Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Programs): Introduction.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2015 Ross RD, Brook M, Koenig P, Feinstein JA, Lang P, Spicer RL, Vincent JA
• Task Force 3: Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Training in Cardiac Catheterization.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2015 Armsby LB, Vincent RN, Foerster SR, Holzer RJ, Moore JW, Marshall AC, Latson L, Brook M
• Task Force 3: Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Training in Cardiac Catheterization. SPCTPD/ACC/AAP/AHA.
  Circulation 2015 Armsby LB, Vincent RN, Foerster SR, Holzer RJ, Moore JW, Marshall AC, Latson L, Brook M, Society of Pediatric Cardiology Training Program Directors, American College of Cardiology, American Academy of…
• Catecholamine-resistant hypotension and myocardial performance following patent ductus arteriosus ligation.
  Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 2014 Noori S, McNamara P, Jain A, Lavoie PM, Wickremasinghe A, Merritt TA, Solomon T, Sekar K, Attridge JT, Swanson JR, Gillam-Krakauer M, Reese J, Poindexter BB, Brook M, Auchus RJ, Clyman RI, PDA …
• Prenatal findings in total anomalous pulmonary venous return: a diagnostic road map starts with obstetric screening views.
  Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 2014 Ganesan S, Brook MM, Silverman NH, Moon-Grady AJ
• Prenatal tricuspid valve size as a predictor of postnatal outcome in patients with severe pulmonary stenosis or pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum.
  Fetal diagnosis and therapy 2014 Lowenthal A, Lemley B, Kipps AK, Brook MM, Moon-Grady AJ
• Left heart structures in human neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia and the effect of fetal endoscopic tracheal occlusion.
  Fetal diagnosis and therapy 2013 Rocha LA, Byrne FA, Keller RL, Miniati D, Brook MM, Silverman NH, Moon-Grady AJ
• Tissue Doppler is more sensitive and reproducible than spectral pulsed-wave Doppler for fetal right ventricle myocardial performance index determination in normal and diabetic pregnancies.
  Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2013 Bui YK, Kipps AK, Brook MM, Moon-Grady AJ
• Can a complete fetal echocardiogram be performed at 12 to 16 weeks' gestation?
  Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2012 Moon-Grady A, Shahanavaz S, Brook M, Rodriguez H, Hornberger LK
• Prenatal diagnosis of atrial restriction in hypoplastic left heart syndrome is associated with decreased 2-year survival.
  Prenatal diagnosis 2012 Lowenthal A, Kipps AK, Brook MM, Meadows J, Azakie A, Moon-Grady AJ
• Effectiveness of sotalol as first-line therapy for fetal supraventricular tachyarrhythmias.
  The American journal of cardiology 2012 Shah A, Moon-Grady A, Bhogal N, Collins KK, Tacy T, Brook M, Hornberger LK
• Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the noncoronary cusp: not a benign lesion.
  Pediatric cardiology 2012 Anwar S, Brook M, Mavroudis C, Hobbs R, Lorber R
• Echocardiographic risk stratification of fetuses with sacrococcygeal teratoma and twin-reversed arterial perfusion.
  Fetal diagnosis and therapy 2011 Byrne FA, Lee H, Kipps AK, Brook MM, Moon-Grady AJ
• Prenatal diagnosis of hypoplastic left heart syndrome in current era.
  The American journal of cardiology 2011 Kipps AK, Feuille C, Azakie A, Hoffman JI, Tabbutt S, Brook MM, Moon-Grady AJ
• Echocardiography-guided interventions.
  Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2009 Silvestry FE, Kerber RE, Brook MM, Carroll JD, Eberman KM, Goldstein SA, Herrmann HC, Homma S, Mehran R, Packer DL, Parisi AF, Pulerwitz T, Seward JB, Tsang TS, Wood MA
• Pulmonary valve cusp augmentation with autologous pericardium may improve early outcome for tetralogy of Fallot.
  The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2007 Anagnostopoulos P, Azakie A, Natarajan S, Alphonso N, Brook MM, Karl TR
• Guidelines and standards for performance of a pediatric echocardiogram: a report from the Task Force of the Pediatric Council of the American Society of Echocardiography.
  Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2006 Lai WW, Geva T, Shirali GS, Frommelt PC, Humes RA, Brook MM, Pignatelli RH, Rychik J, Task Force of the Pediatric Council of the American Society of Echocardiography, Pediatric Council of the American…
• Reliability of two-dimensional echocardiography in the assessment of clinically significant abnormal hemidiaphragm motion in pediatric cardiothoracic patients: Comparison with fluoroscopy.
  Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2006 Miller SG, Brook MM, Tacy TA
• Effect of transcatheter atrial septal defect closure in children on left ventricular diastolic function.
  The American journal of cardiology 2005 Giardini A, Moore P, Brook M, Stratton V, Tacy T
• Accuracy of coronary artery anatomy using two-dimensional echocardiography in d-transposition of great arteries using a two-reviewer method.
  Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2004 Gremmels DB, Tacy TA, Brook MM, Silverman NH
• Fetal surgery for congenital diaphragmatic hernia and pulmonary sequestration complicated by postnatal diagnosis of transposition of the great arteries.
  Fetal diagnosis and therapy 2004 Hamrick SE, Brook MM, Farmer DL
• Value of clinical and echocardiographic features in predicting outcome in the fetus, infant, and child with tetralogy of Fallot with absent pulmonary valve complex.
  The American journal of cardiology 2002 Moon-Grady AJ, Tacy TA, Brook MM, Hanley FL, Silverman NH
• Comparison of contrast echocardiography versus cardiac catheterization for detection of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations.
  The American journal of cardiology 2002 Feinstein JA, Moore P, Rosenthal DN, Puchalski M, Brook MM
• The Ross procedure in children and young adults: a word of caution.
  The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2001 Laudito A, Brook MM, Suleman S, Bleiweis MS, Thompson LD, Hanley FL, Reddy VM
• Improved surgical outcome after fetal diagnosis of hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
  Circulation 2001 Tworetzky W, McElhinney DB, Reddy VM, Brook MM, Hanley FL, Silverman NH
• Perioperative administration of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors decreases the severity and duration of pleural effusions following bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis.
  Cardiology in the young 2001 Thompson LD, McElhinney DB, Culbertson CB, Hardy CE, Brook MM, Reddy VM, Hanley FL
• Inhaled nitric oxide in neonates with persistent pulmonary hypertension.
  Lancet (London, England) 2001 Tworetzky W, Bristow J, Moore P, Brook MM, Segal MR, Brasch RC, Hawgood S, Fineman JR
• Elective primary repair of acyanotic tetralogy of Fallot in early infancy: overall outcome and impact on the pulmonary valve.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2000 Parry AJ, McElhinney DB, Kung GC, Reddy VM, Brook MM, Hanley FL
• Evaluation of the morphology of the oval fossa for placement of devices.
  Cardiology in the young 2000 Ussia GP, Momenah TS, Ursell P, Brook MM, Moore P, De Luca F, Silverman NH
• Transesophageal echocardiographic predictors for successful transcatheter closure of defects within the oval fossa using the CardioSEAL septal occlusion device.
  Cardiology in the young 2000 Momenah TS, McElhinney DB, Brook MM, Moore P, Silverman NH
• Surgical intervention for complications of transcatheter dilation procedures in congenital heart disease.
  The Annals of thoracic surgery 2000 McElhinney DB, Reddy VM, Moore P, Brook MM, Hanley FL
• Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography for infants and children undergoing congenital heart surgery: the role of the anesthesiologist.
  Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 1999 Russell IM, Silverman NH, Miller-Hance W, Brook M, Cassorla L, Rouine-Rapp K, Tacy T, Cahalan MK
• Asymmetrically short tendinous cords causing congenital tricuspid regurgitation: improved understanding of tricuspid valvar dysplasia in the era of color flow echocardiography.
  Cardiology in the young 1999 McElhinney DB, Silverman NH, Brook MM, Hanley FL, Stanger P
• Pediatric bacterial endocarditis. Treatment and prophylaxis.
  Pediatric clinics of North America 1999 Brook MM
• Echocardiographic diagnosis alone for the complete repair of major congenital heart defects.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1999 Tworetzky W, McElhinney DB, Brook MM, Reddy VM, Hanley FL, Silverman NH
• Intramyocardial hematoma causing cardiac tamponade after repair of Ebstein malformation: erroneous echocardiographic diagnosis as intracavitary thrombus.
  Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 1998 Momenah TS, McElhinney DB, Brook MM, Teitel DF, Hanley FL, Silverman NH
• Atrioventricular septal defect with common valvar orifice and tetralogy of Fallot revisited: making a case for primary repair in infancy.
  Cardiology in the young 1998 McElhinney DB, Reddy VM, Silverman NH, Brook MM, Hanley FL
• Echocardiographic hemodynamic and morphometric predictors of survival after two-ventricle repair in infants with critical aortic stenosis.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1998 Kovalchin JP, Brook MM, Rosenthal GL, Suda K, Hoffman JI, Silverman NH
• Rare forms of isolation of the subclavian artery: echocardiographic diagnosis and surgical considerations.
  Cardiology in the young 1998 McElhinney DB, Silverman NH, Brook MM, Reddy VM, Hanley FL
• Repair of congenital tricuspid valve abnormalities with artificial chordae tendineae.
  The Annals of thoracic surgery 1998 Reddy VM, McElhinney DB, Brook MM, Silverman NH, Stanger P, Hanley FL
• The effects of inhaled nitric oxide on postoperative pulmonary hypertension in infants and children undergoing surgical repair of congenital heart disease.
  Anesthesia and analgesia 1998 Russell IA, Zwass MS, Fineman JR, Balea M, Rouine-Rapp K, Brook M, Hanley FL, Silverman NH, Cahalan MK
• Geometric mismatch of pulmonary and aortic anuli in children undergoing the Ross procedure: implications for surgical management and autograft valve function.
  The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 1998 Reddy VM, McElhinney DB, Phoon CK, Brook MM, Hanley FL
• Atrioventricular valve function after single patch repair of complete atrioventricular septal defect in infancy: how early should repair be attempted?
  The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 1998 Reddy VM, McElhinney DB, Brook MM, Parry AJ, Hanley FL
• Isolated left superior vena cava to the left atrium with situs solitus and dextrocardia: extracardiac repair facilitated by juxtaposition of the atrial appendages.
  The American journal of cardiology 1997 McElhinney DB, Mishaly DA, Moore P, Brook MM, Reddy VM, Hanley FL
• Growth of the hypoplastic left ventricle?
  Pediatric cardiology 1997 Kovalchin JP, Brook MM, Silverman NH
• Aberrant left coronary artery arising from the right sinus of Valsalva with a right coronary arteriovenous malformation.
  Pediatric cardiology 1997 Phoon CK, Van Son J, Moore PA, Brook MM, Haas GS, Higgins CB
• Repair of truncus arteriosus with intact ventricular septum (Van Praagh type B2) in a neonate.
  The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 1997 McElhinney DB, Reddy VM, Brook MM, Hanley FL
• Gastric foreign body: a potential risk when using transesophageal echo.
  Anesthesia and analgesia 1997 Brook M, Chard PS, Brock-Utne JG
• Coarctation repair using end-to-side anastomosis of descending aorta to proximal aortic arch.
  The Annals of thoracic surgery 1996 Rajasinghe HA, Reddy VM, van Son JA, Black MD, McElhinney DB, Brook MM, Hanley FL
• Fulminant development of pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas in an infant after total cavopulmonary shunt.
  Pediatric cardiology 1996 Bernstein HS, Ursell PC, Brook MM, Hanley FC, Silverman NH, Bristow J
• Routine primary repair of tetralogy of Fallot in neonates and infants less than three months of age.
  The Annals of thoracic surgery 1995 Reddy VM, Liddicoat JR, McElhinney DB, Brook MM, Stanger P, Hanley FL
• Development of pulmonary arteriovenous fistulae in children after cavopulmonary shunt.
  Circulation 1995 Bernstein HS, Brook MM, Silverman NH, Bristow J
• Factors determining reopening of the ductus arteriosus after successful clinical closure with indomethacin.
  The Journal of pediatrics 1995 Weiss H, Cooper B, Brook M, Schlueter M, Clyman R
• Use of ATP-MgCl2 in the evaluation and treatment of children with pulmonary hypertension secondary to congenital heart defects.
  Circulation 1994 Brook MM, Fineman JR, Bolinger AM, Wong AF, Heymann MA, Soifer SJ
• Nonlinearity of the left ventricular end-systolic wall stress-velocity of fiber shortening relation in young pigs: a potential pitfall in its use as a single-beat index of contractility.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1994 Banerjee A, Brook MM, Klautz RJ, Teitel DF
• Cardiac ultrasonography in structural abnormalities and arrhythmias. Recognition and treatment.
  The Western journal of medicine 1993 Brook MM, Silverman NH, Villegas M
• Trends in mortality in children hospitalized with meningococcal infections, 1957 to 1987.
  The Pediatric infectious disease journal 1989 Havens PL, Garland JS, Brook MM, Dewitz BA, Stremski ES, Troshynski TJ