David T Balzer, MD
*Pediatrics - certified
St. Louis Children's Hospital
For Patients:
To request an appointment, call 800.678.KIDS (5437) or fill out our online form.
For Referring Physicians:
To refer a patient, call Children's Direct at 800.678.HELP (4357).
2Nd Floor Suite D
Saint Louis, MO 63110
314.454.6095
Education
Internship: Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital St. Louis MO
Residency: Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital St. Louis MO
Fellowship: St. Louis Children's Hospital
Health Plans Accepted
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Aetna HMO/Open Access |
Aetna Managed Choice POS |
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Aetna Medicare HMO |
Aetna Medicare Open Access (HMO/POS |
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Aetna Medicare PPO |
Aetna PPO |
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Baxter Regional PHO |
BCBS of IL PPO |
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BCBS/Anthem(Blue Access Choice PPO |
BCBS/Anthem(Blue Access PPO) |
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Beech Street/Capp Care PPO |
Best Doctors Inc |
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Capital Regional Medical Center PP |
Cigna Open Access HMO/POS |
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Cigna PPO |
CMR (Care Management Resources) |
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Community Care Network PPO |
CorVel PPO |
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Coventry Advantra HMO - Medicare |
Coventry HMO/POS |
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Coventry PPO |
Decatur Memorial Tertiary/Quarterna |
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First Health |
Great-West HMO/POS |
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Great-West Open Access |
Great-West PPO |
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Hannibal Health Network Tertiary |
Health Alliance HMO & PPO |
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HealthCare USA MC+ |
Healthlink Open Access/HMO/POS |
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Healthlink PPO |
HFN Inc. PPO |
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Home State-MC+ |
Humana Gold Choice PFFS - Medicare |
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Humana PPO/ChoiceCare Network |
HumanaChoice PPO-Medicare |
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Illinois Public Aid/Health Connect |
IPA Secondary to Medicare |
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Mail Handlers/CNA PPO |
Medicaid MO/ Missouri HealthNet |
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Medicare |
Mercy Health Plan HMO/POS |
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Mercy Health Plan PPO |
MO Medicaid Secondary to Medicare |
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MultiPlan PPO |
PPO Next/HealthStar |
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Primrose Tertiary/Quarternary |
Private Health Care Systems PPO |
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Providers Network of America |
Quincy Health Care Management |
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St. John's Health System Tertiary |
Tricare/Triwest Prime HMO/POS |
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Tricare/Triwest Standard/ Extra PPO |
Union Pacific RR Emp. Health System |
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United Healthcare Choice/Choice+ |
United Healthcare PPO/ Options |
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United Healthcare Select/Select+POS |
USA Managed Care Org |
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Wellborn HMO |
Spontaneous Echocardiographic Contrast Associated with Portosystemic Shunt Due to Persistent Patent Ductus Venosus.Toib A, Goldstein SB, Khanna G, Canter CE, Lee CK, Balzer DT, Singh GK.Congenit Heart Dis. 2011 Nov 30. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2011.00587.x. [Epub ahead of print]
- PMID:
- 22129147
- [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Related citationsDefect closure in the lipomatous hypertrophied atrial septum with the Amplatzer muscular ventricular septal defect closure device: a case series.Lin CH, Balzer DT, Lasala JM.Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2011 Jul 1;78(1):102-7. doi: 10.1002/ccd.22858. Epub 2011 Mar 17.
- PMID:
- 21416575
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsHypoplastic left heart associated with scimitar syndrome.McBride ME, Huddleston CB, Balzer DT, Goel D, Gazit AZ.Pediatr Cardiol. 2009 Oct;30(7):1037-8. Epub 2009 Jun 4.
- PMID:
- 19495846
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsBiventricular assist devices as a bridge to heart transplantation in small children.Gandhi SK, Huddleston CB, Balzer DT, Epstein DJ, Boschert TA, Canter CE.Circulation. 2008 Sep 30;118(14 Suppl):S89-93.
- PMID:
- 18824776
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free ArticleRelated citationsBeyond Berlin: heart transplantation in the "untransplantable".Gandhi SK, Grady RM, Huddleston CB, Balzer DT, Canter CE.J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008 Aug;136(2):529-31. Epub 2008 Jun 2. No abstract available.
- PMID:
- 18692672
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsElectrocardiographic diagnosis of myocardial ischemia in children: is a diagnostic electrocardiogram always diagnostic?Gazit AZ, Avari JN, Balzer DT, Rhee EK.Pediatrics. 2007 Aug;120(2):440-4.
- PMID:
- 17671071
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free ArticleRelated citationsSurveillance for transplant coronary artery disease in infant, child and adolescent heart transplant recipients: an intravascular ultrasound study.Nicolas RT, Kort HW, Balzer DT, Trinkaus K, Dent CL, Hirsch R, Canter CE.J Heart Lung Transplant. 2006 Aug;25(8):921-7. Epub 2006 Jul 11.
- PMID:
- 16890112
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsTranscatheter repair of recurrent postinfarct ventricular septal defects.Shah NR, Goldstein JA, Balzer DT, Lasala JM, Moazami N.Ann Thorac Surg. 2005 Nov;80(5):1907-9.
- PMID:
- 16242481
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsRelation of age, severity of illness, and hemodynamics with brain natriuretic peptide levels in patients <20 years of age with heart disease.Lin NC, Landt ML, Trinkaus KM, Balzer DT, Kort HW, Canter CE.Am J Cardiol. 2005 Sep 15;96(6):847-50.
- PMID:
- 16169375
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsTranscatheter Closure of Intracardiac Shunts.Balzer DT.Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med. 2004 Oct;6(5):417-422.
- PMID:
- 15324617
- [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Related citationsNovel use of the Amplatzer duct occluder to close perivalvar leak involving a prosthetic mitral valve.Kort HW, Sharkey AM, Balzer DT.Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2004 Apr;61(4):548-51.
- PMID:
- 15065155
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsTranscatheter occlusion of baffle leaks following atrial switch procedures for transposition of the great vessels (d-TGV).Balzer DT, Johnson M, Sharkey AM, Kort H.Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2004 Feb;61(2):259-63.
- PMID:
- 14755824
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsRadiofrequency perforation in the treatment of acquired left pulmonary artery atresia following repair of tetralogy of Fallot.Kort HW, Balzer DT.Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2003 Sep;60(1):79-81.
- PMID:
- 12929107
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsTranscatheter closure of recurrent postmyocardial infarction ventricular septal defects utilizing the Amplatzer postinfarction VSD device: a case series.Goldstein JA, Casserly IP, Balzer DT, Lee R, Lasala JM.Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2003 Jun;59(2):238-43. Review.
- PMID:
- 12772250
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsInhaled Nitric Oxide as a Preoperative Test (INOP Test I): the INOP Test Study Group.Balzer DT, Kort HW, Day RW, Corneli HM, Kovalchin JP, Cannon BC, Kaine SF, Ivy DD, Webber SA, Rothman A, Ross RD, Aggarwal S, Takahashi M, Waldman JD.Circulation. 2002 Sep 24;106(12 Suppl 1):I76-81.
- PMID:
- 12354713
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free ArticleRelated citationsCardiac transplantation for pediatric restrictive cardiomyopathy: presentation, evaluation, and short-term outcome.Kimberling MT, Balzer DT, Hirsch R, Mendeloff E, Huddleston CB, Canter CE.J Heart Lung Transplant. 2002 Apr;21(4):455-9.
- PMID:
- 11927222
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsLung transplantation for pulmonary vascular disease.Mendeloff EN, Meyers BF, Sundt TM, Guthrie TJ, Sweet SC, de la Morena M, Shapiro S, Balzer DT, Trulock EP, Lynch JP, Pasque MK, Cooper JD, Huddleston CB, Patterson GA.Ann Thorac Surg. 2002 Jan;73(1):209-17; discussion 217-9.
- PMID:
- 11834012
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
