Stacy Rustico

M.D.

Commander, Navy

Department of Primary Appointment:
School of Medicine
Pediatrics
Title
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Location: Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA
Research Interests:
Office Phone
619-532-5393

Education

Undergraduate:
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1999 – 2003, BSE, Biomedical Engineering

Medical School:
Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2004 – 2008, MD

Biography

Commander Stacy Rustico was born in Orange, California. She attended Arizona State University, graduating with a degree in Biomedical Engineering in 2003. She earned her medical degree from Saint Louis University in 2008. She commissioned into the Navy in 2004 under the Health Profession Scholarship Program.
Following medical school, CDR Rustico trained in Pediatrics at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), completing training in 2011. Following residency, LCDR Rustico served as a Staff Pediatrician at Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay. After a year of duty in GTMO, she started Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
In 2015 she completed training and returned to NMCSD where she works as a Pediatric Endocrinologist and is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics for the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences. Military assignments have included Civil Surgeon for Task Force Liberty- Operation Allies Welcome, Executive Officer of Medical Element Vaccination Support Team in Oklahoma, and Division Officer of Pediatric Subspecialty Clinic. CDR Rustico is currently serving as the vice-chair of Credentials Review Committee in addition to her role as Pediatric Endocrinologist and General Pediatrician.

Representative Bibliography

Rustico SE, Calabria AC, Garber SJ. Metabolic Bone Disease of Prematurity. Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology. 2014; 1(3):85-91.

Rustico SE, et al. Calcitriol treatment in metabolic bone disease of prematurity with elevated parathyroid hormone: A preliminary study. Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology. 2014; 2(1):14-20

Harrison VS, Rustico SE, Palladino AA, Ferrara C, Hawkes CP. Glargine co-administration with intravenous insulin in pediatric diabetic ketoacidosis is safe and facilitates transition to a subcutaneous regimen. Pediatric Diabetes, 2016. doi:10.1111/pedi.12462

Roy S, Rustico SE, Kublaoui B. Prevention and Treatment of Childhood Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome. Ahima RS (Ed.) Metabolic Syndrome. A Comprehensive Textbook, pp. 829-849,