Cardiology

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Gaurav Arora, MD

Associate Director of Electrophysiology
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine


Pediatric Cardiology
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
3705 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

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gaurav.arora@chp.edu
Patient Appointment Information
Education and Training

Medical School:

1997 Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Residency:

2001 Baylor College of Medicine Affiliated Hospitals
Houston, TX

Fellowship:

2006 Texas Children's Hospital
Memberships
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Heart Rhythm Society
Board Certification
  • American Board of Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Pediatrics
  • American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology
Awards
  • President's Honor Roll, Rice University
  • Phi Beta Kappa, Rice University
  • National Merit Scholarship, Rice University
  • Indian Doctor's Club Medical Education Scholarship, Baylor College of Medicine
  • Finalist, Young Investigators' Competition, Section on Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, American Academy of Pediatric Meeting
Publications
  • Arora G, Carlson KM, Neish SR. Anomalies of Systemic Venous Return: Right Superior Vena Cava Draining to Left Atrium. Pediatric Cardiology 2005; 26:115-116.
  • Moffett BS, Arora G, Bricker JT. Treatment of Acute Rheumatic Carditis with Choline Magnesium Trisalyicylate in a Patient Needing Surgery. J Pediatr Pharmacol Ther 2003; 8:290-292.
  • Franklin WJ, Arora G, Ayres NA. Pneumopericardium and Pneumomediastinum in an Adolescent after Blunt Chest Trauma. Tex Heart Inst J 2003; 30:338-339.
Current Research Interests
  • Utility of Echocardiography in the Evaluation of Chest Pain in Children. Baylor College of Medicine; Co-Investigator. Manuscript accepted pending revision.
  • Tachycardia-Induced Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Infants and Children. Baylor College of Medicine: Co-Investigator. Manuscript in preparation.
  • Pathway location in Patients with WPW Using Dopper-Tissue Imaging. Baylor college of Medicine; Co-Investigator. In progress.

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