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Co-Directors

A photo of Michael Gaies.

Michael Gaies, MD, MPH, MS

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Outcomes and quality assessment of perioperative care for congenital heart disease; multi-institutional collaborative quality improvement
2020 Research Annual Report

Jeffery D. Molkentin, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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David L.S. Morales, MD

Professor, UC Department of Surgery
Research Interests
Clinical and translational research related to mechanical circulatory support and tissue engineering; virtual surgical planning for complex...

Faculty

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Jeffrey B. Anderson, MD, MPH, MBA

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Research population health; health equity; congenital heart disease
Awais Ashfaq

Awais Ashfaq, MD, FACC, FACS

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Surgery
Research Interests
Ex-vivo perfusion; partial heart transplant
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Sarosh "Shawn" P. Batlivala, MD, MSCI

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Interventions for congenital heart disease; newborn screening for congenital heart defects; proteomic analysis of patients with congenital heart...
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Andrea Z. Beaton, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Rheumatic fever/heart disease
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James F. Cnota, MD

Director, Fetal Cardiology
Research Interests
Multicenter clinical studies; perinatal outcomes in congenital heart disease
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David S. Cooper, MD, MPH, MBA

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Research acute/chronic kidney injury; anticoagulation on extracorporeal support; teamwork; quality, safety and outcomes in the CICU
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Paul Critser, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Pulmonary hypertension; bronchopulmonary dysplasia; pediatric cardiology
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Allison A. Divanovic, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Echocardiographic predictors of cardiac involvement in the fetus with twin-twin transfusion syndrome; risk factors for intrauterine fetal demise in...
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Katja M. Gist, DO, MSc

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Critical care nephrology; outcomes research
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Stuart L. Goldstein, MD, FAAP, FNKF

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Acute kidney injury epidemiology and biomarkers; heart failure associated chronic kidney disease; nephrotoxic medication associated acute kidney...
Kohta Ikegami

Kohta Ikegami, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Cardiovascular diseases; laminopathies; progeria; chromosome organization; transcriptional regulation; nuclear envelope
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Tara Karamlou, MD, MSc

Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Research Interests
Clinical outcomes; prospective clinical and observational trials; population health research; quality improvement in congenital heart surgery
A photo of Nadine Kasparian.

Nadine A. Kasparian, PhD, MAPS

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Emotional and mental healthcare of those affected by heart disease; mental health; neurodevelopment; neurobiological responses to stress;...
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Bradley B. Keller, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Clinical translation of outpatient telemedicine
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Wonshill Koh, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Sean M. Lang, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Appropriate clinical use of echocardiograms; advanced imaging including CMR and CT
David Lehenbauer

David Lehenbauer, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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David Leone, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Utilizing artificial intelligence to improve the care and outcomes with those born with congenital heart disease
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Shijie Liu, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Angela Lorts, MD, MBA

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Myocardial remodeling
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Cat A. Makarewich, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Douglas Millay , PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Andrew Misfeldt, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Outcomes; mechanical circulatory support; chronic critical illness
A photo of David Morales.

David L.S. Morales, MD

Professor, UC Department of Surgery
Research Interests
Clinical and translational research related to mechanical circulatory support and tissue engineering; virtual surgical planning for complex...
A photo of Alexander Opotowsky.

Alexander Opotowsky, MD, MMSc

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Adult congenital heart disease; exercise testing and physiology; biomarkers; biobanking; pulmonary hypertension; pulmonary vascular disease; right...
A photo of Adam Powell.

Adam W. Powell, MD, MS, FACC

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in congenital and acquired heart disease; hematological and oncological disorders and genetic disease; fitness in...
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Mattia Quattrocelli, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Muscle and heart physiology; pharmacology; epigenetics; metabolism
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A photo of James A. Reagor.

James A. Reagor, MPS, CCP, FPP

Associate Professor, UC Department of Surgery
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Kristin Schneider, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Shabana Shahanavaz, MD, MBBS

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Research focused on catheter-based intervention for treatment of congenital heart defects, clinical trials in congenital interventional...
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Robert M. Siegel, MD, FAAP

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Obesity treatment and prevention; exercise and behavioral economic interventions
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Elaine M. Urbina, MD, MS

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Effect of CV risk factors on non-invasive measures of the heart and arteries
Joshua S Waxman

Joshua S. Waxman, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Cardiac development; heart regeneration; congenital heart defects; molecular signaling pathways; transcription factors; retinoid acid signaling;...
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A photo of Derek Weyhrauch.

Derek Weyhrauch, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Pediatric cardiology; health care quality and outcomes; big data analytics; lipid disorder, hypertension, and obesity clinical outcomes
A photo of Ivan Wilmot.

Ivan Wilmot, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Care of children with advanced heart failure requiring mechanical circulatory support; quality of life in children with heart failure; transplant and...
A photo of Jessica Woo.

Jessica G. Woo, MHSA, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Early life influences on the development of pediatric obesity; severe obesity in childhood; breastfeeding and complementary food; life-course...
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