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Vivek Allada, MD
Job Title
Interim Chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Job Title
Co-Director, Heart Institute
Job Title
Director of Clinical Services, Pediatric Cardiology
Job Title
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 3
Pittsburgh,
PA
15224
412-692-5436
Phone
412-692-5138
Fax
Email
vivek.allada@chp.edu
Education and Training
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Medical School: |
1986 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
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Residency: |
1989 Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California |
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Fellowship: |
1992 David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA |
Memberships
- Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP)
- Fellow, American College of Cardiology (FACC)
- Member, American Society of Echocardiography (ASE)
- Member, AHA Fellow Research Day Task Force
- Member, American Academic of Pediatrics, Section on Cardiology & Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Member, AHA Expert Panel on Population and Prevention Scientific Writing Group: Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in High Risk Pediatric Populations
Board Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology
Awards
- Frances Donnally Winzer award, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles Residency Program
- Mead Johnson award for clinical and research excellence, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
- Certificate of Merit, Radiology Society of North America (RSNA), 11/25-30, 87th Scientific Assembly
- Certificate of Merit, RSNA 88th Scientific Assembly. Williams PL, Ratib O, Boechat I, Gomes A, Child J, Allada V: Advantages of cardiac MRI for the evaluation of pulmonary artery morphology in Tetralogy of Fallot
- Heart of Gold Teaching award, for outstanding teacher 2003, UCLA Pediatric Cardiology Fellows
Publications
- Cardiovascular risk reduction in high-risk pediatric patients: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Expert Panel on Population and Prevention Science; the Councils on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, Epidemiology and Prevention, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism, High Blood Pressure Research, Cardiovascular Nursing, and the Kidney in Heart Disease; and the Interdisciplinary Working Group on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research.
Kavey RE, Allada V, Daniels SR, Hayman LL, McCrindle BW, Newburger JW, Parekh RS, Steinberger J, , , , , , , , ,
J Cardiovasc Nurs - Cardiovascular risk reduction in high-risk pediatric patients: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Expert Panel on Population and Prevention Science; the Councils on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, Epidemiology and Prevention, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism, High Blood Pressure Research, Cardiovascular Nursing, and the Kidney in Heart Disease; and the Interdisciplinary Working Group on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research: endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Kavey RE, Allada V, Daniels SR, Hayman LL, McCrindle BW, Newburger JW, Parekh RS, Steinberger J, , , , , , , ,
Circulation - Cardiac MR imaging and MR angiography for assessment of complex tetralogy of Fallot and pulmonary atresia.
Boechat MI, Ratib O, Williams PL, Gomes AS, Child JS, Allada V
Radiographics - Variations in adult congenital heart disease training in adult and pediatric cardiology fellowship programs.
Gurvitz MZ, Chang RK, Ramos FJ, Allada V, Child JS, Klitzner TS
J Am Coll Cardiol - Results of aortic valve-sparing and restoration with autologous pericardial leaflet extensions in congenital heart disease.
Odim J, Laks H, Allada V, Child J, Wilson S, Gjertson D
Ann Thorac Surg - Limited efficacy of growth hormone (GH) during transition of GH-deficient patients from adolescence to adulthood: a phase III multicenter, double-blind, randomized two-year trial.
Mauras N, Pescovitz OH, Allada V, Messig M, Wajnrajch MP, Lippe B,
J Clin Endocrinol Metab - Frequency of aortic root dilation in children with a bicuspid aortic valve.
Gurvitz M, Chang RK, Drant S, Allada V
Am J Cardiol - Transthoracic echocardiographic guidance of transcatheter atrial septal defect closure.
Kardon RE, Sokoloski MC, Levi DS, Perry JS, Schneider DJ, Allada V, Moore JW
Am J Cardiol - Myocardial perfusion and viability by positron emission tomography in infants and children with coronary abnormalities: correlation with echocardiography, coronary angiography, and histopathology.
Hernandez-Pampaloni M, Allada V, Fishbein MC, Schelbert HR
J Am Coll Cardiol - Noninvasive measurement of myocardial activity concentrations and perfusion defect sizes in rats with a new small-animal positron emission tomograph.
Kudo T, Fukuchi K, Annala AJ, Chatziioannou AF, Allada V, Dahlbom M, Tai YC, Inubushi M, Huang SC, Cherry SR, Phelps ME, Schelbert HR
Circulation - Outcome of staged surgical approach to neonates with single left ventricle and moderate size bulboventricular foramen.
Lan YT, Chang RK, Drant S, Odim J, Laks H, Wong AL, Allada V
Am J Cardiol - An uncommon echocardiographic marker for anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery: visualization of intercoronary collaterals within the ventricular septum.
Hildreth B, Junkel P, Allada V, Sintek C, Sapin S
Pediatr Cardiol - Suggestive linkage of situs inversus and other left-right axis anomalies to chromosome 6p.
Vitale E, Brancolini V, De Rienzo A, Bird L, Allada V, Sklansky M, Chae CU, Ferrero GB, Weber J, Devoto M, Casey B
J Med Genet - Electrocardiographic and echocardiographic features that distinguish anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from pulmonary artery from idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
Chang RR, Allada V
Pediatr Cardiol - Staged surgical approach to neonates with aortic obstruction and single-ventricle physiology.
Odim JN, Laks H, Drinkwater DC, George BL, Yun J, Salem M, Allada V
Ann Thorac Surg - The incisional pulmonary artery band.
Laks H, Odim JN, Sadeghi AM, Allada V
Ann Thorac Surg - Coronary MR angiography in Kawasaki disease.
Duerinckx AJ, Troutman B, Allada V, Kim D
AJR Am J Roentgenol - Derivation of input function from FDG-PET studies in small hearts.
Wu HM, Huang SC, Allada V, Wolfenden PJ, Schelbert HR, Phelps ME, Hoh CK
J Nucl Med - Management of the anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery.
Ardehali A, Laks H, Allada V
Adv Card Surg - Developmental changes in brain metabolism in sedated rhesus macaques and vervet monkeys revealed by positron emission tomography.
Jacobs B, Chugani HT, Allada V, Chen S, Phelps ME, Pollack DB, Raleigh MJ
Cereb Cortex - Aortic implantation of anomalous left coronary artery. An improved surgical approach.
Laks H, Ardehali A, Grant PW, Allada V
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg - Aortic to right ventricular shunt for pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum.
Laks H, Gates RN, Grant PW, Drant S, Allada V, Harake B
Ann Thorac Surg - Selective anterograde coronary arteriography in neonates with d-transposition of the great arteries: accuracy and safety.
Allada V, Jarmakani JM, Day RW, Galindo A, Isabel-Jones JB
J Am Coll Cardiol - Evolution of therapy for D-transposition of the great arteries.
Kaplan S, Allada V
Circulation - Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in an infant with coronary artery stenosis after arterial switch operation.
Allada V, Jarmakani JM, Yeatman L
Am Heart J
Research Interests
- Application of imaging modalities to assess coronary artery anatomy and function
Last Update
October 4, 2012
October 4, 2012
