Chitra Ravishankar, MD, MBBS

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Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending covering "The Infant Single Ventricle Management and Monitoring Program", The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending in Pediatric Cardiology (including heart failure/transplant), The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Cardiology consultation service in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Cardiology lead for Global Patient Services, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending in Pediatric Cardiology for the Lymphatic service, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Medical Director of the Cardiology Consult Service, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Chief, Division of Cardiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics

Contact information
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Cardiology
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Suite 8NW90 - Main Bldg.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-425-6116
Fax: 215-590-5825
Education:
MBBS
University of Bombay, India, 1989.
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Selected Publications

Ravishankar C: Editorial: The interstage period after Stage II is just as “risky” as the traditional interstage period in HLHS.(accepted for publication). JACC Advances 3(5): 100935, April 2024.

Pruitt C et al for the PHN Investigators: Longitudinal Assessment of Growth 10 Years After the Norwood Procedure: Results from the Single Ventricle Reconstruction Trial (SVRIII). Oral presentation at the AAP. AAP 2024.

E. Jessica: ECMO and Fontan. Accepted for poster presentation at the PCICS Annual meeting. PCICIS 2024.

Elias MD, Brothers JA, Hogarty AN, Martino J, O'Byrne ML, Patel C, Stephens P, Tingo J, Vetter VL, Ravishankar C, Giglia TM.: Outcomes Associated with Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysms after Kawasaki Disease: A Single-Center United States Experience. (In press). J Pediatr. 2024.

Ware AL, Jones C, Kipps AK, Khadr L, Marcuccio E, Patel SS, Plummer S, Ravishankar C, Figueroa M.: Feeding Variation among Infants in Acute Care Cardiology Units. (In press). Pediatr Cardiol. 2024.

Ilana T Schwartz, MD1, Jan Leonard, MSPH2, Alexis Z Tomlinson, PhD2, Luma Essaid, MD3, Alyson Stagg, CRNP4, Chitra Ravishankar, MD, MBBS4, Therese M Giglia, MD4, Monique M Gardner, MD4, Rachel J Shustak, MD, MSCE4: Brain natriuretic peptide as a predictor of days alive and out of hospital during the interstage period in infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Accepted for poster presentation at the AHA. AHA 2024.

Cathleen Pruitt, MD, MSCI; Linda M Lambert, MSN, FNP; Zhining Ou, MS; Caren Goldberg, MD, MS; Angela Presson, PhD; Alaa Aljiffry, MBBS, MD; Jeffrey Anderson, MD, MPH; Jon Detterich, MD; Benjamin Frischhertz, MD; Katherin Lupton, MPH, BS; Andrew McCrary, MD; Brian McCrindle, MD, MPH; Amanda McCormick, MD; Jane Newburger, MD, MPH; Christian Pizarro, MD; Chitra Ravishankar, MD; Nancy Rudd, BSN, MS; Amee Shah, MD; Felicia Trachtenberg, PhD; LuAnn Minich, MD; For the Pediatric Heart Network Investigators : THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL DETERMINANTS ON GROWTH AT 10 YEARS AFTER THE NORWOOD PROCEDURE: RESULTS FROM THE SINGLE VENTRICLE RECONSTRUCTION (SVR) TRIAL. Accepted for poster presentation at the AHA. AHA 2024.

Stagg A, Giglia TM, Gardner MM, Shustak RJ, Natarajan SS, Hehir DA, Szwast AL, Rome JJ, Ravishankar C, Preminger TJ: Feasibility of Digital Stethoscopes in Telecardiology Visits for Interstage Monitoring in Infants with Palliated Congenital Heart Disease. Pediatr Cardiol 44(8): 1702-1709. Dec 2023.

Stack KO MD, Schluger C BA, Roberts AL PhD, Lawrence K MD, Balsara S MD, Hunt M MD, Kaplinski M MD MPH5, Gardner MM MD, Ravishankar C MD, Rossano J MD, Goldberg DJ MD, Mahle M BS, O’Connor MJ MD, Mascio CE MD, Gaynor JW MD, Burstein D MD : Impact of Ventricular Dysfunction and Atrioventricular Valve Regurgitation on Pre-Fontan Attrition. Ann Thorac Surg 116(4): 778-785. October 2023.

Balsara SL, Burstein D, Ittenbach RF, Kaplinski M, Gardner MM, Ravishankar C, Rossano J, Goldberg DJ, Mahle M, O'Connor MJ, Mascio CE, Gaynor JW, Preminger TJ.: Combined ventricular dysfunction and atrioventricular valve regurgitation after the Norwood procedure are associated with attrition prior to superior cavopulmonary connection. JTCVS Open 16: 714-725. October 2023.

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