Dr. Ian Balfour

Dr. Ian Balfour joined Pediatric Cardiology Services in December, 2007. 

Education/ Training

Medical Degree: 
University of the West Indies, Kingston Jamaica W.I.

Residency:
Kingston Region Hospitals, Kingston Jamaica
Harlem Hospital Center, NY NY

Fellowship:
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta GA

Board Certifications

• American Board of Pediatrics
• American Board of Pediatrics, Sub-Board in Pediatric Cardiology

Memberships

• American College of Cardiology
• International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation.

Academic Appointments

• St Louis University Health Sciences Center in the Department ofPediatrics, Division of Cardiology:
• Assistant Professor 1983-1988.
• Associate Professor 1988-1993.
• Professor 1993- 2007.

Publications/Presentations

Balfour, IC., Srun, SW., Wood, E., Belsha, C., Marshall, D., Ferdman, B: Early Renal Benefit of Rapamycin Combined With Reduced Calcineurin Inhibitor Dose in Pediatric Heart Transplant Patients. Journal of Heart & Lung Transplantation 2006: 25(5) 518-22.

Balfour I, Jureidini S, Rahimi B: “Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease”. In Ferdinand K: Educational Review Manual in Cardiovascular Disease, Castle Connolly Graduate Medical Publishing, Ltd. 2009; p 219-256.

Ponciroli KM. Jureidini SB. Dempsher D. Balfour I. Fludrocortisone in the management of an infant with a single ventricle and an overly tightened pulmonary artery band. [Case Report Journal Article] Pediatric Cardiology. 27(5):640-2, 2006 Sep-Oct.

Sopheak Srun MPH, Su-chiung Chen MD, Ian Balfour MD, Barbara Ferdman MD, Saadeh Jureidini MD: Ethnic Factor in Clinical Manifestation of Kawasaki Disease. Presented at the Midwest Pediatric Cardiology Society, September 9-10, 2004, Cleveland, Ohio. Also presented at the International Kawasaki Disease Symposium, February 2005. San Diego, CA, as “The Influence of Ethnicity on the Clinical Manifestations of Kawasaki Disease” (poster).

Michael Zahra MD, Sopheak Srun, Craig W. Belsha MD, Donna L. Marshall RN, Paul Hauptman MD, Kenneth O. Schowengerdt MD, Ian C. Balfour MD. Medium Term Renal Outcome of Pediatric Heart Transplant Patients on Reduced Calcineurin Inhibitor and Rapamycin. Presented at the 56th Annual American College of Cardiology Scientific Session in New Orleans, LA March 24-27, 2007 and at the 27th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation in San Francisco, CA April 25-28, 2007 (poster presentations).