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Vivekanand (Vivek) Allada, MD

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Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Cardiology)
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Associate Chief, Outpatient and Community Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Director of Strategic Operations, Cardiac Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Hospital Senior Medical Director, Cardiac Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Director, Cardiac Center Operations, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Department: Pediatrics
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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Rm 8NW61
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3a University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1983.
21 7 MD 1f (Doctor of Medicine) c
3a University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1986.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

2c4 Kavey, R-EW, Allada V, Daniels SR, Hayman LL, McCrindle BW, Newburger JW, Parekh RS, Steinberger J: AHA Scientific Statements: 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. Circulation 114:2710-2738, 2006. PMID: 17130340
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Selected Publications

17c Shustak RJ, Ramachandran J, Thayer JG, Mitchell L, Nadaraj S, Lizano Santamaria RW, Schultz AH, Allada V, Jenssen BP: Introducing an Electronic Health Record-Linked System for Parental Tobacco Treatment in Outpatient Pediatric Cardiology Clinic. American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2025 2025.

163 42. Wittleib-Weber, C, Dorfman A, Elias M, Schultz A, Barnes L, Rissler E, Mitchell L, Guzman E, Allada V: Improving efficiency of practice in a large academic ambulatory pediatric cardiology practice: Creation of a new nursing coverage model. CHOP Employee Well-Being Summit 2024.

129 Snyder K, Drant S, Caris E, Christopher A, Allada V: Tricuspid valve size relationship to right ventricular volume in post-operative Tetralogy of Fallot patients. Pediatr Cardiol. Springer Nature, 43(4): 887-893, April 2022.

193 Vargas D, Zhou H, Yu X, Diamond S, Yeh J, Allada V, Krishnamurthy G, Price M, Allen B, Alexander J, Schmidhofer J, Kreutzer J, Vincent J, Morell V, Bacha E, Diacovo T: Cangrelor PK / PD Analysis in Post-Operative Neonatal Cardiac Patients at Risk for Thrombosis. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis 19(1): 202-211, January 2021.

198 Drant S, Allada V: “Echocardiography lab productivity” in “Echocardiography in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease: From Fetus to Adult” Textbook: “Echocardiography in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease: From Fetus to Adult” Lai W, Mertens L, Cohen M, Geva T (eds.). Oxford, UK, Wiley-Blackwell, 2021 Notes: Chapter.

157 Snyder K, Drant S, Allada V: Tricuspid valve size relationship to right ventricular volume in post-operative Tetralogy of Fallot patients. American Society of Echocardiography Scientific Sessions 2020, Aurora, CO. Jun 2020 Notes: Accepted Moderated ePoster Presentation.

12c Taylor MD, Allada V, Moritz ML, Nowalk AJ, Sindhi R, Aneja RK, Torok K, Morowitz MJ, Michaels M, Carcillo JA.: Use of C-Reactive Protein and Ferritin Biomarkers in Daily Pediatric Practice. Pediatr Rev 41(4): 172-183, Apr 2020.

16a Vargas D, Zhou H, Yu X, Diamond S, Yeh J, Allada V, Krishnamurthy G, Price M, Allen B, Alexander J, Schmidhorfer J, Vincent J, Kreutzer J, Morell V, Bacha E, Diacovo T: “Cangrelor PK/PD and Safety Study in Post-Operative Neonatal cardiac patients at risk for shunt thrombosis" JAHA 2020.

116 40. Snyder K, Drant S, Allada V: “Tricuspid valve size relationship to right ventricular volume in post-operative Tetralogy of Fallot patients” Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 2020.

1a6 V. Allada, Editor: "Master Class in Congenital Cardiac Morphology 2019" UPMC Physician Resources website: UPMCPhysicianResources.com/CardiacMorphologyMasterClass. V. Allada (eds.). UPMC Physician Resources, 2019 Notes: Compilation of UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Cardiac Center Master Class Multimodality, multidisciplinary lectures, 2020.

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