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Medical Services

Specialties

Programs & Services

Education

Medical School

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

2004, Madrid, Spain

Residency

Hospital Gregorio Marañón

2009, Madrid, Spain

Fellowship

Research Fellow, Pediatric Cardiology & Pediatric Rehabilitation

Hospital Gregorio Marañón

2010, Madrid, Spain

Fellowship

Research Fellow, Pediatric Cardiology

Boston Children's Hospital

2012, Boston, MA

Fellowship

Clinical Fellow, Pediatric Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology

Boston Children's Hospital

2013, Boston, MA

Graduate School

PhD

Universidad Complutense of Madrid

2014, Madrid, Spain

Fellowship

Clinical Fellow, Pediatric Rehabilitation

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

2015, Boston, MA

Professional History

Dr. Ubeda Tikannen has completed two research fellowships, and two clinical fellowship in pediatric rehabilitation medicine at Boston Children’s and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. Her clinical practice and research interests are focused on improving the functional outcomes and quality of life for children with disabilities; more specifically those with congenital heart disease, heart transplants and VADs. Life expectancy of children with congenital heart disease has increased over the past three decades due to advances in clinical management and surgical fields. Many of these innovations have taken place here at BCH.

She has benefited from clinical training in Europe and the US and created the first Pediatric Cardiac Rehabilitation Program in the world at the Hospital Gregorio Marañon of Madrid before joining the teams at Boston Children's and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital to continue this exciting clinical pathway.

Publications

  1. Core components of a rehabilitation program in pediatric cardiac disease. Front Pediatr. 2023; 11:1104794. View Abstract

  2. Rehabilitation in Pediatric Heart Failure and Heart Transplant. Front Pediatr. 2021; 9:674156. View Abstract

  3. Acquired Brain Injury in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: Special Considerations for Delirium Protocols. J Pediatr Intensive Care. 2021 Nov; 10(4):243-247. View Abstract

  4. The Palliative Use of Intrathecal Baclofen in Niemann-Pick Disease Type C. Pediatrics. 2019 11; 144(5). View Abstract

  5. Predictors of Postoperative Rehabilitation Therapy Following Congenital Heart Surgery. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 05 12; 7(10). View Abstract

  6. A Randomized Trial Comparing Cardiac Rehabilitation to Standard of Care for Adults With Congenital Heart Disease. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2018 03; 9(2):185-193. View Abstract

  7. Relationship between Exercise Parameters and Noninvasive Indices of Right Ventricular Function in Patients with Biventricular Circulation and Systemic Right Ventricle. Congenit Heart Dis. 2015 Sep-Oct; 10(5):457-65. View Abstract

  8. Exercise oscillatory ventilation in patients with Fontan physiology. Circ Heart Fail. 2015 Mar; 8(2):304-11. View Abstract

  9. Physical activity is associated with improved aerobic exercise capacity over time in adults with congenital heart disease. Int J Cardiol. 2013 Oct 12; 168(5):4685-91. View Abstract

  10. Paediatric cardiac rehabilitation in congenital heart disease: a systematic review. Cardiol Young. 2012 Jun; 22(3):241-50. View Abstract

  11. Exercise testing and training in children with congenital heart disease. Circulation. 2010 Nov 09; 122(19):1957-67. View Abstract

  12. [Functional outcomes after resection of hip arthroplasty (Girdlestone technique)]. Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol. 2008 Jan-Feb; 43(1):13-8. View Abstract

It is an honor to work with kids who bravely face life-changing events and their families. My goal is to provide kids with cerebral palsy and congenital heart disease a personalized, multidisciplinary cardiac rehab program in the inpatient and outpatient setting to help them become independent and functional adults. It is a privilege to partner with leading experts at BCH.

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