Michelle Gurvitz, MD
Program Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellowship at Harvard Medical School; Wellbeing Director, Department of Cardiology; Senior Associate Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
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Michelle Gurvitz, MD
Program Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellowship at Harvard Medical School; Wellbeing Director, Department of Cardiology; Senior Associate Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Medical Services
Languages
English
Education
Undergraduate School
University of Michigan
1991
Ann Arbor
MI
Medical School
University of California, David Geffen School of Medicine
1995
Los Angeles
CA
Residency
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
1999
Los Angeles
CA
Fellowship
Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA
2003
Los Angeles
CA
Graduate School
University of California Los Angeles School of Public Health
2005
Los Angeles
CA
Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics (Cardiology)
American Board of Internal Medicine (General)
American Board of Internal Medicine (Adult Congenital Heart Disease)
Professional History
Dr. Gurvitz is an assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and a staff cardiologist with the Boston Adult Congenital Heart program at Boston Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Gurvitz is board certified in pediatrics, internal medicine and pediatric cardiology and has a Master’s degree in Health Services Research. Currently, Dr. Gurvitz divides her time between research, clinical care, and administrative activities. Dr. Gurvitz also sits on a number of committees and advisory boards regarding care of adults with CHD. These include the Medical Advisory Board of the Adult Congenital Heart Association, steering committee of the Congenital Heart Public Health Consortium, founding member of the Alliance for Adult Research in Congenital Cardiology, member of the adult congenital committees of the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Gurvitz also maintains an active clinical practice seeing adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease
Approach to Care
With experience as both a pediatric and adult congenital cardiologist, I have had the privilege of caring for patients with congenital heart disease across the age spectrum. From neonates to those in their 70s and still going strong, I learn from my patients and their families every day. They constantly reinforce that care is not only about the heart condition, but about the person with the heart condition. Working with our BACH adult congenital team and other Heart Center teams, I strive to give my patients the best care available and to keep them as healthy as possible now and for the decades to come.
Publications
Design and rationale of "Antecedents and correlates of well-being in young adults with congenital heart disease in the Boston Circulatory Arrest Study (BCAS-Adult)". View Abstract
Theory-based and Person-centered Approach to Design a Digital Tool for Improving Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease Care. View Abstract
Acute Effects of Enhanced External Counterpulsation in Adults With Fontan Circulation. View Abstract
Evaluating the factor structure of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) in adults with congenital heart disease. View Abstract
Elevating diversity, inclusion, and health equity in Pediatric Heart Network Scholars grant funding: unique opportunities and lessons learned. View Abstract
Fontan circulation and systemic disease - a retrospective cohort analysis over 35 years of follow-up. View Abstract
Outcomes in Adult Congenital Heart Disease Patients With Down Syndrome Undergoing a Cardiac Surgical Procedure. View Abstract
Rationale and design of CHD PULSE: Congenital Heart Disease Project to Understand Lifelong Survivor Experience. View Abstract
Health Service Use and Costs During Pregnancy Among Privately Insured Individuals With Congenital Heart Disease. View Abstract
Social Determinants of Health Including Child Opportunity Index Leading to Gaps in Care for Patients With Significant Congenital Heart Disease. View Abstract
Recommendations for Centers Performing Pediatric Heart Surgery in the United States. View Abstract
Recommendations for centers performing pediatric heart surgery in the United States. View Abstract
Design and Harmonization Approach for the Multi-Institutional Neurocognitive Discovery Study (MINDS) of Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Neuroimaging Ancillary Study: A Technical Note. View Abstract
Recommendations for Centers Performing Pediatric Heart Surgery in the United States. View Abstract
Design of a multi-institutional neurocognitive discovery study in adult congenital heart disease (MINDS-ACHD). View Abstract
Development of the Residual Lesion Score for congenital heart surgery: the RAND Delphi methodology. View Abstract
Disproportionate Negative Career Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Female Pediatric Cardiologists in the Northeast United States. View Abstract
Canadian Cardiovascular Society 2022 Guidelines for Cardiovascular Interventions in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease. View Abstract
Addressing Social Determinants of Health and Mitigating Health Disparities Across the Lifespan in Congenital Heart Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. View Abstract
T Cell Response to Influenza Vaccination Remains Intact in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease Who Underwent Early Thymectomy. View Abstract
Operational and Ethical Considerations for a National Adult Congenital Heart Disease Database. View Abstract
Advances in Managing Transition to Adulthood for Adolescents With Congenital Heart Disease: A Practical Approach to Transition Program Design: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. View Abstract
Transition readiness in congenital heart disease: Are teens and young adults getting the recommended information? View Abstract
Cognitive impairment in adult CHD survivors: A pilot study. View Abstract
Association of Insurance Status With Emergent Versus Nonemergent Hospital Encounters Among Adults With Congenital Heart Disease. View Abstract
Associations Between Clinical Outcomes and a Recently Proposed Adult Congenital Heart Disease Anatomic and Physiological Classification System. View Abstract
Atrial pacing in Fontan patients: The effect of transvenous lead on clot burden. View Abstract
Association of Damaging Variants in Genes With Increased Cancer Risk Among Patients With Congenital Heart Disease. View Abstract
Differences in perceptions of transition readiness between parents and teens with congenital heart disease: do parents and teens agree? View Abstract
Difference in the prevalence of intracardiac thrombus on the first presentation of atrial fibrillation versus flutter in the pediatric and congenital heart disease population. View Abstract
Resynchronizing Right and Left Ventricles With Right Bundle Branch Block in the Congenital Heart Disease Population. View Abstract
Patient Sharing and Health Care Utilization Among Young Adults With Congenital Heart Disease. View Abstract
Interobserver agreement of the anatomic and physiological classification system for adult congenital heart disease. View Abstract
Characteristics of Adults With Congenital Heart Defects in the United States. View Abstract
Adult Congenital Heart Disease-Preparing for the Changing Work Force Demand. View Abstract
Adverse Pregnancy Conditions Among Privately Insured Women With and Without Congenital Heart Defects. View Abstract
Transition Readiness in Teens and Young Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: Can We Make a Difference? View Abstract
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic Implications in Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Disease. View Abstract
Echocardiography-guided determination of reliable atrial pacing in a patient with congenital heart disease. View Abstract
Assessing Pregnancy, Gestational Complications, and Co-morbidities in Women With Congenital Heart Defects (Data from ICD-9-CM Codes in 3 US Surveillance Sites). View Abstract
Cancer Risk in Congenital Heart Disease-What Is the Evidence? View Abstract
Receipt of American Heart Association-Recommended Preconception Health Care Among Privately Insured Women With Congenital Heart Defects, 2007-2013. View Abstract
Increasing Evidence for and a Word of Caution About an Association Between Cancer and Congenital Heart Disease. View Abstract
Surveillance of Congenital Heart Defects among Adolescents at Three U.S. Sites. View Abstract
2018 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines. View Abstract
2018 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines. View Abstract
Population-based surveillance of congenital heart defects among adolescents and adults: surveillance methodology. View Abstract
Frontiers in Fontan failure: Innovation and improving outcomes: A conference summary. View Abstract
A National Population-based Study of Adults With Coronary Artery Disease and Coarctation of the Aorta. View Abstract
Epidemiology of ACHD: What Has Changed and What is Changing? View Abstract
2018 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines. View Abstract
2018 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines. View Abstract
A Pilot Study of Inspiratory Muscle Training to Improve Exercise Capacity in Patients with Fontan Physiology. View Abstract
Stroke in Adults With Coarctation of the Aorta: A National Population-Based Study. View Abstract
Transition Education: Formative Steps, in Need of Direction. View Abstract
College students with congenital heart disease: A critical time for transition. View Abstract
Association of Albuminuria With Major Adverse Outcomes in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: Results From the Boston Adult Congenital Heart Biobank. View Abstract
Outcomes of Patients With Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome Reaching Adulthood After Fontan Palliation: Multicenter Study. View Abstract
Fontan-Associated Liver Disease: Proceedings from the American College of Cardiology Stakeholders Meeting, October 1 to 2, 2015, Washington DC. View Abstract
Exposure to Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation From Cardiac Procedures and Malignancy Risk in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease. View Abstract
Development of Quality Metrics in Ambulatory Pediatric Cardiology. View Abstract
Advancing the Measurement of Care Coordination in Pediatric Behavioral Health. View Abstract
Prevalence of Cancer in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease Compared With the General Population. View Abstract
Emerging Research Directions in Adult Congenital Heart Disease: A Report From an NHLBI/ACHA Working Group. View Abstract
Exposure to Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation From Cardiac Procedures in Patients With Congenital Heart Disease: 15-Year Data From a Population-Based Longitudinal Cohort. View Abstract
Hybrid Approach for Off-Pump Pulmonary Valve Replacement in Patients With a Dilated Right Ventricular Outflow Tract. View Abstract
Evaluation of Health Care Quality in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease. View Abstract
Feasibility of Using Electronic Medical Record Data for Tracking Quality Indicators in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease. View Abstract
Survival of adults with ASD2: a call for a longitudinal clinical registry. View Abstract
Electronic medical record integration with a database for adult congenital heart disease: Early experience and progress in automating multicenter data collection. View Abstract
Task Force 6: Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Training in Adult Congenital Heart Disease. View Abstract
Task Force 6: Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Training in Adult Congenital Heart Disease. SPCTPD/ACC/AAP/AHA. View Abstract
2015 SPCTPD/ACC/AAP/AHA Training Guidelines for Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Programs (Revision of the 2005 Training Guidelines for Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Programs). View Abstract
Current and future status of adult congenital training in North America. View Abstract
Clinicians' perspectives on patient satisfaction in adult congenital heart disease clinics--a dimension of health care quality whose time has come. View Abstract
Transition in congenital heart disease: it takes a village. View Abstract
Clinical research priorities in adult congenital heart disease. View Abstract
Heart failure in pregnant women with cardiac disease: data from the ROPAC. View Abstract
Building quality indicators to improve care for adults with congenital heart disease. View Abstract
Public health science agenda for congenital heart defects: report from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention experts meeting. View Abstract
Improving heart disease knowledge and research participation in adults with congenital heart disease (the Health, Education and Access Research Trial: HEART-ACHD). View Abstract
Prevalence and predictors of gaps in care among adult congenital heart disease patients: HEART-ACHD (The Health, Education, and Access Research Trial). View Abstract
Left and right ventricular diastolic function in adults with surgically repaired tetralogy of Fallot: a multi-institutional study. View Abstract
Hospitalizations and mortality in the United States for adults with Down syndrome and congenital heart disease. View Abstract
Aortic root dilatation in adults with surgically repaired tetralogy of fallot: a multicenter cross-sectional study. View Abstract
Best practices in managing transition to adulthood for adolescents with congenital heart disease: the transition process and medical and psychosocial issues: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. View Abstract
Prevalence of left ventricular systolic dysfunction in adults with repaired tetralogy of fallot. View Abstract
From numbers to guidelines. View Abstract
Arrhythmia burden in adults with surgically repaired tetralogy of Fallot: a multi-institutional study. View Abstract
The CALF (Congenital Heart Disease in Adults Lower Extremity Systemic Venous Health in Fontan Patients) study. View Abstract
Echo rounds: intramural left coronary artery. View Abstract
Electrocardiogram screening of infants for long QT syndrome: survey of pediatric cardiologists in North America. View Abstract
State of the science: promoting self-care in persons with heart failure: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. View Abstract
Distorted cardiac anatomy: the congenital (R)evolution. View Abstract
Repaired tetralogy of Fallot in the adult: monitoring and management. View Abstract
An unusual presentation in a patient with Shone's anomaly. View Abstract
Missed diagnosis of critical congenital heart disease. View Abstract
Multicenter research in adult congenital heart disease. View Abstract
Considerations of a one-and-one-half ventricle repair in a 47-year-old patient. View Abstract
Intraoperative pulmonary artery stenting: an alternative technique for the management of pulmonary artery stenosis. View Abstract
Ebstein's anomaly of the tricuspid valve. View Abstract
Changes in hospitalization patterns among patients with congenital heart disease during the transition from adolescence to adulthood. View Abstract
Current practice of exercise stress testing among pediatric cardiology and pulmonology centers in the United States. View Abstract
Variations in adult congenital heart disease training in adult and pediatric cardiology fellowship programs. View Abstract
Frequency of aortic root dilation in children with a bicuspid aortic valve. View Abstract
Altered cerebral dominance in atopy and in children of asthmatic mothers. View Abstract