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Curt DeGroff, MD
Job Title
Director, Cardiovascular Non-Invasive Imaging Program
Job Title
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
3705 Fifth Ave.
Pittsburgh,
PA
15213
412-692-5540
Phone
412-692-5138
Fax
Email
curt.degroff@chp.edu
Education and Training
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Medical School: |
1989 SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, NY |
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Residency: |
1992 Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA |
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Fellowship: |
1995 Oregon Health Science University, Portland, OR |
Memberships
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American College of Cardiology
- American Heart Association CV Disease in the Young
- American Society of Echocardiography/Pediatric
Publications
- Altered ventricular mechanics in cardiac allografts: a tissue Doppler study in 30 children without prior rejection events.
Pauliks LB, Pietra BA, Kirby S, Logan L, DeGroff CG, Boucek MM, Valdes-Cruz LM
J Heart Lung Transplant - Regional myocardial velocities and isovolumic contraction acceleration before and after device closure of atrial septal defects: a color tissue Doppler study.
Pauliks LB, Chan KC, Chang D, Kirby SK, Logan L, DeGroff CG, Boucek MM, Valdes-Cruz LM
Am Heart J - Non-invasive detection of acute allograft rejection in children by tissue Doppler imaging: myocardial velocities and myocardial acceleration during isovolumic contraction.
Pauliks LB, Pietra BA, DeGroff CG, Kirby KS, Knudson OA, Logan L, Boucek MM, Valdes-Cruz LM
J Heart Lung Transplant - Design and baseline characteristics of participants in the study of antihypertensive therapy in children and adolescents with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD).
Cadnapaphornchai MA, Fick-Brosnahan GM, Duley I, Johnson AM, Strain JD, DeGroff CG, Schrier RW
Contemp Clin Trials - Insights into the effect of aortic compliance on Doppler diastolic flow patterns seen in coarctation of the aorta: a numeric study.
DeGroff CG, Orlando W, Shandas R
J Am Soc Echocardiogr - Influence of connection geometry and SVC-IVC flow rate ratio on flow structures within the total cavopulmonary connection: a numerical study.
Khunatorn Y, Mahalingam S, DeGroff CG, Shandas R
J Biomech Eng - First-order system least squares for elastohydrodynamics with application to flow in compliant blood vessels.
Heys JJ, DeGroff CG, Orlando WW, Manteuffel TA, McCormick SF
Biomed Sci Instrum - Designing the optimal Total Cavopulmonary Connection: pulsatile versus steady flow experiments.
DeGroff CG, Shandas R
Med Sci Monit - Jet eccentricity: a misleading source of agreement between Doppler/catheter pressure gradients in aortic stenosis.
Degroff CG
J Am Soc Echocardiogr - Changing Electrocardiographic Patterns During Medical Treatment in a Patient With Anomalous Left Coronary Artery Originating From the Pulmonary Artery.
Brekke D, DeGroff CG, Schaffer M
Circulation
Research Interests
- Computational fluid dynamics in congenital and acquired heart disease
- Digital signal analysis and artificial neural networks to improve therapeutic and diagnostic techniques in pediatric cardiology
Biography Summary
Curt DeGroff, MD, is director of Children's Cardiovascular Non-Invasive Imaging Program and associate professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh Schol of Medicine. He comes to Pittsburgh from The Children's Hospital in Denver, where he helped manage its non-invasive imaging program. In addition to his medical credentials, Dr. DeGroff has a master's degree in electrical engineering. His research interests include using digital signal analysis and artificial neural networks as well as computational fluid dynamic modeling to improve therapeutic and diagnostic techniques in pediatric cardiology.
