Dr. Jane  Newburger

Dr. Jane Newburger

Dr. Jane Newburger received her Medical Degree from Harvard Medical School and her Master’s in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. She trained in pediatrics then cardiology at Children’s Hospital Boston. She joined the faculty of the Department of Cardiology as Instructor in Pediatrics and advanced over the next 19 years to Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Associate Chief for Academic Affairs in Cardiology at Children’s Hospital Boston. Dr. Newburger served on the National Heart Lung Blood Institute Advisory Council and is no Senior Editor of Circulation. She has made fundamental contributions with major impact on clinical practice in two fields: neurological and developmental outcomes after pediatric cardiac surgery, and evaluation and therapy of Kawasaki disease. She has received numerous awards and is a prolific author. She maintains an active practice comprised of patients with congenital and acquired heart disease.