The Cardiac Center at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital
Physician Biography
Dr. Scholl comes to Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital from
Monroe Carrell, Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University
Medical Center, where he was Assistant Professor in the Department
of Cardiac Surgery and Surgical Director of Heart Transplantation
and Director of the Cardiac Assist Device Program. Prior
to that, he was Interim Chief of Cardiac Surgery at Nashville
Veterans Administration Hospital.
Dr. Scholl was a featured resident in six episodes of the New York Times Television program “Resident Life,” which aired in 2003 on The Learning Channel. His research at Vanderbilt concerned the development of a cardiac tissue bank for proteomic analysis of cardiac function, development and pathophysiology. He is also one of the patent holders for an implantable pediatric assist device and is a reviewer for “The European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery & Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery.”
Dr. Scholl’s major clinical interest is improving the safety and quality of neonatal and pediatric cardiac surgery.
Contact Information
1150 North 35 Avenue
Suite 575
Hollywood, FL 33021
Phone: (954) 985-6939
Fax: (954) 965-6405
Recent Articles
1. Scholl FG. Sen L. Drinkwater DC. Laks H. Ma XY. Hong YS. Chang P. Cui G. Effects of human tissue plasminogen gene transfer on allograft coronary atherosclerosis. Journal of Heart & Lung Transplantation. 20(3):322-9, 2001 Mar.
2. Khoo MS, Scholl F, Dignan R, Rottman JN. Migration and infection of a pace-sense lead from an abdominal defibrillator system. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2002 Nov;25(11):1652-5.
3. Schroder C, Scholl F, Daon E, Goodwin A, Frist WH, Roberts JR, Christian KG, Ninan M, Milstone AP, Loyd JE, Merrill WH, Pierson RN 3rd. A modified bronchial anastomosis technique for lung transplantation. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2003 Jun;75(6):1697-704.
4. Pretorius M, Scholl FG, McFarlane JA, Murphey LJ, Brown NJ : A Pilot Study Indicating That Bradykinin B2 Receptor Antagonism Attenuates Protamine-Related Hypotension After Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2005 Nov;78(5):477-85.
5. Scholl FG, Webb D, Christian K, Drinkwater DC: Rapid Diagnosis of Cannula Migration by Cerebral Oximetry in Neonatal Arch Repair. Annals of Thoracic Surgery.2006 Jul;82(1):325-7
6. Smith HA, Canter JA, Christian KG, Drinkwater DC, Scholl FG, Christman BW, Rice GD, Barr FE, Summar ML: Nitric Oxide Precursors and Congenital Heart Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Oral Citrulline. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.2006Jul;132(1):58-65
Book Chapters
1. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Frank G. Scholl, Walter Merrill, In Current Therapy in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Yang and Cameron eds.; Mosby, Inc. Philadelphia, PA 2004
2. Cardiothoracic Surgery in the Next Decade. Richard N. Pierson III, Frank G. Scholl, In Surgery in the Next Century, Mullholland, MW and Greenfield, L eds.; Milestone Publishing, Ann Arbor, 2004
3. Antegrade, Retrograde or Both?. Frank G. Scholl, Davis C. Drinkwater, In Modern Myocardial Protection, Ricci, M and Salerno, T eds.; Futura Pub Co. November, 2003
4. Evaluation and Technique of Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy. Frank G. Scholl, Barbara K. Kinder, In Laparoscopic Surgery a Colloquium, Ronald Merrell, ed.; Springer-Verlag Inc. New York, NY USA 1998
5. Surgical Treatment of Heart Failure. Arie Blitz, Frank Scholl, Hillel Laks, In Heart Failure, Poole-Wilson, PA, Colucci, WS, Massie, BM, Chatterjee, K, Coats, AJS, eds.; Churchill Livingstone, NewYork, NY USA 1997
