Education
- Fellowship - Mount Sinai Medical Center
- Residency - Nicklaus Children's Hospital
- Medical School - Chicago Coll of Osteopathic Med.
Board Certifications
- Am Bd Pediatrics (Pediatrics) - Certified
- Am Bd Peds (Ped Infectious Diss) - Certified
Biography
Shanna R. Kowalsky-Herbst, DO
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist
Dr. Shanna R. Kowalsky-Herbst is a pediatric infectious diseases specialist at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. She earned her medical degree from Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in Illinois. Dr. Kowalsky completed a residency in pediatrics at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. She then pursued a fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. Her clinical interests include congenital infections, viral Infections and transplant infectious diseases (ID).
Dr. Kowalsky-Herbst is board certified in pediatrics and pediatrics infectious diseases. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed journals and she has presented at medical conferences.
Dr. Kowalsky-Herbst is employed by Nicklaus Children’s Pediatric Specialists (NCPS), the multispecialty medical group practice of Nicklaus Children’s Health System.
The Division of Infectious Diseases at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital uses state-of-the-art diagnostic tools to identify acute or chronic viral and bacterial diseases, so that effective treatment can be instituted as quickly as possible. The care team also works closely with the hospital’s Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute to assist immunocompromised children and teens who suffer from multiple episodes of infection. Developed in collaboration with the Department of Laboratory Medicine, the division’s Virology Diagnostic Center uses enzyme immunoassays, immunofluorescence, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and cell culture systems for rapid diagnosis of many common illnesses, including respiratory, gastrointestinal and central nervous system (CNS) infections.
Publications
Jhaveri, S., Ahlualia, N., ..., Kowalsky, S., et al (2021). Longitudinal Echocardiographic Assessment of Coronary Arteries and Left Ventricular Function following Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children. Journal of pediatrics, 228 (), @290-293. View in Pubmed
Riollano-Cruz, M., Akkoyun, E., ..., Kowalsky, S., et al (2021). Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children related to COVID-19: A New York City experience. Journal of medical virology, 93 (1), @424-433. View in Pubmed
Vu, C.A., Riollano-Cruz, M., Kowalsky, S., et al (2021). Supratherapeutic Posaconazole Concentration in a Pediatric Transplant Patient With Confirmed Rhizopus Infection. The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics, 26 (7), @753-757. View in Pubmed
Kaushik, S., Aydin, S., ..., Kowalsky, S., et al (2020). Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Associated with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection (MIS-C): A Multi-institutional Study from New York City. Journal of pediatrics, 224 (), @24-29. View in Pubmed
Noriega, V.M., Haye, K.K. ..., Kowalsky, S., et al (2014). Human cytomegalovirus modulates monocyte-mediated innate immune responses during short-term experimental latency in vitro. Pediatric transplantation, 88 (16), @9391-9405. View in Pubmed
Groner, A., Kowalsky, S., Arnon, R., et al (2013). Endocarditis Due to Cardiobacterium hominis in a 4-Year-Old Boy, Complicated by Right Lower Lobe Pulmonary Artery Mycotic Aneurysm. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2 (3), @278-280. View in Pubmed
Kowalsky, S., Arnon, R., Posada, R. (2013). Prevention of cytomegalovirus following solid organ transplantation: a literature review. Pediatric transplantation, 17 (6), @499-509. View in Pubmed
Kowalsky, S., Cotilla, M. (). Neonatal herpes simplex virus infection: diagnosis and management; literature review. International Pediatrics Journal, 23 (4), @223.
