MEDICAL SERVICES
Specialties
Departments
Programs
Languages
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English
EDUCATION
Undergraduate Degree
Engineering Sciences
- Dartmouth College , 1993 , Hanover , NH
Graduate Degree
PhD, Biomedical Engineering
- Duke University , 2001 , Durham , NC
Medical School
- Duke University , 2001 , Durham , NC
Internship
Pediatrics
- University of California at San Francisco , 2002 , San Francisco , CA
Residency
Pediatrics
- University of California at San Francisco , 2004 , San Francisco , CA
Fellowship
Cardiology
- Boston Children's Hospital , 2007 , Boston , MA
Fellowship
Senior Fellow, Cardiac Imaging
- Boston Children's Hospital , 2007 , Boston , MA
Philosophy of Care
For me, being a pediatric cardiologist is a dream job. I realized during my time in college that this field perfectly combined my interest in Engineering (after all, the human heart works basically as a battery and a pump) with my affinity for the intensely personal relationships formed between a physician and his patient. I try to bring my awareness of the importance of this combination to bear in my daily interactions with my patients, by recognizing that the style with which I communicate with them is just as important as the rigor of the science that I bring to bear in diagnosing and treating their (or their children’s) heart problems. Moreover, I strive to treat each patient with the high degree of respect and compassion that I feel that everyone who comes through the doors of Boston Children’s Hospital deserves.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
In my work at Boston Children’s Hospital, I feel that I have come full circle. I was born and grew up in Massachusetts, not far from Boston. After moving to New Hampshire to attend Dartmouth College, I embraced the field of Engineering, but also became intrigued by the Biological Sciences. It was then natural for me to enroll in a PhD program in Biomedical Engineering at my next destination, Duke University. My fascination with Biology continued, leading me towards the MD program at Duke. After finishing my MD/PhD there, I moved on to San Francisco for my pediatric residency at the University of California. After 3 wonderful years, I applied to the Fellowship program in Pediatric Cardiology at the best program in the country, Boston Children’s Hospital. Thrilled to have been given a spot, I spent 3 years here for my traditional fellowship then another year pursuing advanced training in Pediatric and Fetal Imaging. Offered the opportunity to stay on as faculty, I jumped at the chance. Since that time, I have continued to develop a strong clinical interest in fetal and pediatric cardiology, with a particular focus in imaging. My research interests surround the development of novel ultrasound-based methods to characterize cardiac structure and function within pediatric cardiology.
CERTIFICATIONS
- American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology
PUBLICATIONS
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- Risk Factors for Left Ventricular Dysfunction Following Surgical Management of Cardiac Fibroma. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 Feb; 14(2):e011748. View abstract
- Dynamic Annular Modeling of the Unrepaired Complete Atrioventricular Canal Annulus. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Dec 23. View abstract
- Autologous mitochondrial transplantation for cardiogenic shock in pediatric patients following ischemia-reperfusion injury. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Dec 01. View abstract
- Cardiac Dysfunction in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: A Call to Action. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 10 27; 76(17):1962-1964. View abstract
- Cardiac resynchronization therapy improves the ventricular function of patients with Fontan physiology. Am Heart J. 2020 12; 230:82-92. View abstract
- Impact of Pregnancy on Ventricular Strain in Women with Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot. Pediatr Cardiol. 2020 Dec; 41(8):1795-1799. View abstract
- Resynchronizing Right and Left Ventricles With Right Bundle Branch Block in the Congenital Heart Disease Population. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2020 Dec; 6(14):1762-1772. View abstract
- Speckle tracking echocardiographically-based analysis of ventricular strain in children: an intervendor comparison. Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 2020 May 21; 18(1):15. View abstract
- Three-Dimensional Speckle Tracking Echocardiography for Assessment of Left Ventricular Function and Myocardial Mechanics after Pediatric Heart Transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2020 Apr; 39(4S):S457. View abstract
- Three-Dimensional Modeling of Surgically Implanted Stent-Based Valves in the Mitral Position in Children. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 08; 110(2):670-675. View abstract
- Normal Values for Left Ventricular Strain and Synchrony in Children Based on Speckle Tracking Echocardiography. Am J Cardiol. 2019 05 01; 123(9):1546-1554. View abstract
- Characterization of Left Ventricular Dysfunction by Myocardial Strain in Critical Pulmonary Stenosis and Pulmonary Atresia After Neonatal Pulmonary Valve Balloon Dilation. Am J Cardiol. 2019 02 01; 123(3):454-459. View abstract
- Three-Dimensional Mitral Valve Morphology in Children and Young Adults With Marfan Syndrome. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2018 11; 31(11):1168-1177.e1. View abstract
- Left Atrial Size and Function in Patients With Congenital Aortic Valve Stenosis. Am J Cardiol. 2018 11 01; 122(9):1541-1545. View abstract
- Impact of Ventricular Morphology on Fiber Stress and Strain in Fontan Patients. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2018 07; 11(7):e006738. View abstract
- Impact of surgical pulmonary valve replacement on ventricular strain and synchrony in patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance feature tracking study. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2018 06 18; 20(1):37. View abstract
- Impact of the cone operation on left ventricular size, function, and dyssynchrony in Ebstein anomaly: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2018 05 21; 20(1):32. View abstract
- Normal Values and Growth-Related Changes of Left Ventricular Volumes, Stress, and Strain in Healthy Children Measured by 3-Dimensional Echocardiography. Am J Cardiol. 2018 07 15; 122(2):331-339. View abstract
- Left Atrial Volumes and Strain in Healthy Children Measured by Three-Dimensional Echocardiography: Normal Values and Maturational Changes. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2018 02; 31(2):187-193.e1. View abstract
- Three-Dimensional Mitral Valve Morphology and Age-Related Trends in Children and Young Adults with Structurally Normal Hearts Using Transthoracic Echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2017 Jun; 30(6):561-571. View abstract
- Autologous mitochondrial transplantation for dysfunction after ischemia-reperfusion injury. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 07; 154(1):286-289. View abstract
- Fetal Growth Restriction and Long-Term Cardiovascular Risk: Is It Time to Get With the Program? Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 01; 10(1). View abstract
- Echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging based strain analysis of functional single ventricles: a study of intra- and inter-modality reproducibility. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Jul; 32(7):1113-20. View abstract
- Comparison Between Echocardiography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Predicting Transplant-Free Survival After the Fontan Operation. Am J Cardiol. 2015 Oct 01; 116(7):1132-8. View abstract
- Relation of biventricular strain and dyssynchrony in repaired tetralogy of fallot measured by cardiac magnetic resonance to death and sustained ventricular tachycardia. Am J Cardiol. 2015 Mar 01; 115(5):676-80. View abstract
- Impact of transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement on biventricular strain and synchrony assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2013 Dec; 6(6):680-7. View abstract
- Ventricular strain in fetuses with aortic stenosis and evolving hypoplastic left heart syndrome before and after prenatal aortic valvuloplasty. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2014; 35(1):18-26. View abstract
- Left ventricular function and geometry in fetuses with severe tricuspid regurgitation. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Jul; 40(1):55-61. View abstract
- Comparison of cardiac MRI tissue tracking and myocardial tagging for assessment of regional ventricular strain. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2012 Dec; 28(8):2009-18. View abstract
- Circumferential and longitudinal ventricular strain in the normal human fetus. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2012 Jan; 25(1):105-11. View abstract
- Postnatal left ventricular diastolic function after fetal aortic valvuloplasty. Am J Cardiol. 2011 Aug 15; 108(4):556-60. View abstract
- Longitudinal exercise capacity of patients with repaired tetralogy of fallot. Am J Cardiol. 2011 Jul 01; 108(1):99-105. View abstract
- Relation of left ventricular dyssynchrony measured by cardiac magnetic resonance tissue tracking in repaired tetralogy of fallot to ventricular tachycardia and death. Am J Cardiol. 2011 May 15; 107(10):1535-40. View abstract
- Late pulmonary valve replacement in patients with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum: a case-matched study. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Feb; 91(2):555-60. View abstract
- Long-term pulmonary regurgitation following balloon valvuloplasty for pulmonary stenosis risk factors and relationship to exercise capacity and ventricular volume and function. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 Mar 09; 55(10):1041-7. View abstract
- Pulmonary valve replacement in tetralogy of Fallot: impact on survival and ventricular tachycardia. Circulation. 2009 Jan 27; 119(3):445-51. View abstract
- A computer model of normal conduction in the human atria. Circ Res. 2000 Sep 29; 87(7):E25-36. View abstract
- A flexible method for simulating cardiac conduction in three-dimensional complex geometries. J Electrocardiol. 2000 Jul; 33(3):241-51. View abstract
- A finite volume model of cardiac propagation. Ann Biomed Eng. 1997 Mar-Apr; 25(2):315-34. View abstract