UPMC Medical Education Pediatric Cardiology

Fellowship · Pittsburgh, PA

Sponsored by UPMC Medical Education · Directors Mark DeBrunner and Tyler Harris

Mark DeBrunner, MD
Director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program
Cardiologist, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
Tyler Harris, MD
Program Director
Cardiologist, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
Cardiology, Pediatrics, Troponin, Medical Education
Adam Christopher, MD
Associate Program Director · Papers with 4 fellows since 2023
Cardiologist, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
Congenital heart disease, Cardiac MRI, Cardiac Imaging, Cardiac CT
Kirsten Rose-Felker, MD
Associate Program Director
Cardiologist, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
Jacqueline Kreutzer, MD
Chief, Pediatric Cardiology · Papers with 2 fellows since 2023
Adult congenital heart disease physician, Division Director at Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
Comparison Between Surgical vs Balloon Angioplasty vs Intravascular Stent Placement for Recurrent or Native Coarctation of the aorta, Cardiac catheterization and transcatheter intervention in congenital heart disease: novel catheter/device technology and clinical applications, Prenatal cardiac catheter intervention, physiopathology, invasive assessment and transcatheter therapies
Adam Seitz, MD
Faculty
Cardiologist at UPMC Pinnacle
Afshan Rizvi, MD
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellowship
Cardiovascular Disease fellow, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Anita Saraf, MD, PhD
Faculty · Papers with 2 fellows since 2023
Adult congenital heart disease physician, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
Developing a better understanding the role of genetic mutations, chronic inflammation and mechanical strain on cardiomyocytes, ACHD, Congenital heart disease, iPSCs
Arvind K. Hoskoppal, MD, MHS
Director, UPMC Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program; Co-Director, UPMC Aortic Center; Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine · Papers with 2 fellows since 2023
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine
Ashley Draxinger
Staff
Registered nurse at UPMC Medical Education
Avihu Gazit, MD
Chief, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Medicine
Critical care (intensivists) physician, Patrick Dick Memorial Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology at UPMC Medical Education
Post-operative heart, lung, and heart-lung transplants, Patients with severe, acquired cardiac conditions (myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, malignant arrhythmias, etc.)
Brenda Mendizabal, MD, MS
Director of Preventive Cardiology, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh; Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pediatric medicine physician, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
Pediatric Dyslipidemia, Pediatric Hypertension, Cardiac changes associated with acute and chronic pediatric hypertension, Exercise-induced hypertension in the pediatric population
Brian Feingold, MD, MS
Medical Director, Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Programs; Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pediatric medicine physician, Professor of Pediatrics at Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
Immune Cell Function and Transplant Outcomes- Heart Transplants, Cardiac Biomarkers in Pediatric Cardiomyopathy, MRI quantification of cardiac fibrosis after heart transplantation, Pediatric Heart Transplant Study
Bryan Funari, MD
Faculty
Cardiologist, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
Bryan Goldstein, MD
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh; Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine · Papers with 2 fellows since 2023
Cardiologist, Professor of Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine at UPMC Medical Education
Congenital Heart Disease, Fontan Circulation, Endothelial Dysfunction, Diastolic Dysfunction
Carley Bright, DO
Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship
Cardiovascular Disease fellow, Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
Christopher Follansbee, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine · Papers with 4 fellows since 2023
Cardiologist, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
Collin Kramer, MD
PGY-6
Cardiovascular Disease fellow, Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
Concetta Lombardo
Staff
Physician assistant in pediatric cardiology at UPMC Medical Education
Craig Dobson, MD
Faculty · Papers with 2 fellows since 2023
Cardiologist, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
Cardiology, Population health, Database, Genetics
David Freeman, MD
Faculty
Pediatric medicine physician
Elizabeth Caris, MD
Staff
Cardiologist at Upmc
Evan Ammerman
PGY-5
Evonne Morell, DO
Director, Inpatient Cardiology Services; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Cardiologist, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
Improving single ventricle survival, Quality improvement projects

Mark DeBrunner, MD
Director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program
Cardiologist, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
Tyler Harris, MD
Program Director
Cardiologist, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
Cardiology, Pediatrics, Troponin, Medical Education
Adam Christopher, MD
Associate Program Director · Papers with 4 fellows since 2023
Cardiologist, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
Congenital heart disease, Cardiac MRI, Cardiac Imaging, Cardiac CT
Kirsten Rose-Felker, MD
Associate Program Director
Cardiologist, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
Jacqueline Kreutzer, MD
Chief, Pediatric Cardiology · Papers with 2 fellows since 2023
Adult congenital heart disease physician, Division Director at Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
Comparison Between Surgical vs Balloon Angioplasty vs Intravascular Stent Placement for Recurrent or Native Coarctation of the aorta, Cardiac catheterization and transcatheter intervention in congenital heart disease: novel catheter/device technology and clinical applications, Prenatal cardiac catheter intervention, physiopathology, invasive assessment and transcatheter therapies
Adam Seitz, MD
Faculty
Cardiologist at UPMC Pinnacle
Afshan Rizvi, MD
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellowship
Cardiovascular Disease fellow, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Anita Saraf, MD, PhD
Faculty · Papers with 2 fellows since 2023
Adult congenital heart disease physician, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
Developing a better understanding the role of genetic mutations, chronic inflammation and mechanical strain on cardiomyocytes, ACHD, Congenital heart disease, iPSCs
Arvind K. Hoskoppal, MD, MHS
Director, UPMC Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program; Co-Director, UPMC Aortic Center; Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine · Papers with 2 fellows since 2023
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine
Ashley Draxinger
Staff
Registered nurse at UPMC Medical Education
Avihu Gazit, MD
Chief, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Medicine
Critical care (intensivists) physician, Patrick Dick Memorial Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology at UPMC Medical Education
Post-operative heart, lung, and heart-lung transplants, Patients with severe, acquired cardiac conditions (myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, malignant arrhythmias, etc.)
Brenda Mendizabal, MD, MS
Director of Preventive Cardiology, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh; Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pediatric medicine physician, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
Pediatric Dyslipidemia, Pediatric Hypertension, Cardiac changes associated with acute and chronic pediatric hypertension, Exercise-induced hypertension in the pediatric population
Brian Feingold, MD, MS
Medical Director, Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Programs; Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pediatric medicine physician, Professor of Pediatrics at Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
Immune Cell Function and Transplant Outcomes- Heart Transplants, Cardiac Biomarkers in Pediatric Cardiomyopathy, MRI quantification of cardiac fibrosis after heart transplantation, Pediatric Heart Transplant Study
Bryan Funari, MD
Faculty
Cardiologist, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
Bryan Goldstein, MD
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh; Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine · Papers with 2 fellows since 2023
Cardiologist, Professor of Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine at UPMC Medical Education
Congenital Heart Disease, Fontan Circulation, Endothelial Dysfunction, Diastolic Dysfunction
Carley Bright, DO
Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship
Cardiovascular Disease fellow, Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
Christopher Follansbee, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine · Papers with 4 fellows since 2023
Cardiologist, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
Collin Kramer, MD
PGY-6
Cardiovascular Disease fellow, Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
Concetta Lombardo
Staff
Physician assistant in pediatric cardiology at UPMC Medical Education
Craig Dobson, MD
Faculty · Papers with 2 fellows since 2023
Cardiologist, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
Cardiology, Population health, Database, Genetics
David Freeman, MD
Faculty
Pediatric medicine physician
Elizabeth Caris, MD
Staff
Cardiologist at Upmc
Evan Ammerman
PGY-5
Evonne Morell, DO
Director, Inpatient Cardiology Services; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Cardiologist, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med
Improving single ventricle survival, Quality improvement projects