Allison Leigh Tsao, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Attending Cardiologist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Medicine
Contact information
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BS (Biomedical Engineering/ Materials Science & Engineering)
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2007.
MD (Medicine)
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2011.
Permanent linkBS (Biomedical Engineering/ Materials Science & Engineering)
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2007.
MD (Medicine)
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2011.
Selected Publications
Juan M Ortega-Legaspi, Arwa Saidi, Fred H Rodriguez, Wilson W Lam, Andrew Pistner, Leigh C Reardon, Christopher E Mascio, Allison Tsao, Karen Stout, Sumeet S Vaikunth: Heart Failure Management in the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Patient: Part II: Non-Pharmacologic Therapies. Journal of Cardiac Failure - Intersections November 2025.Juan M Ortega-Legaspi, Arwa Saidi, Fred H Rodriguez, Wilson W Lam, Andrew Pistner, Leigh C Reardon, Christopher E Mascio, Allison Tsao, Karen Stout, Sumeet S Vaikunth: Heart Failure Management in the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Patient: Part I: Medical Therapy. Journal of Cardiac Failure - Intersections November 2025.
Das TM, Alshawabkeh L, Haeffele C, Tsao AL, Vaikunth S.: “Can We Clip It?”: A Review of TEER in the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Population. http://www.acc.org. October 2025 Notes: https://www.acc.org/Latest-in-Cardiology/Articles/2025/10/20/11/41/Can-We-Clip-It.
Sana Rehman MBBS, Tayyab Shah MD, Yousuf Shah MD, Andrew Schwartz BS, Kriyana P. Reddy BS, Lauren Glassmoyer MD, Taisei Kobayashi MD, Allison Tsao MD, Ashwin Nathan MD, MS, Jay S. Giri MD, MPH, Alexander C. Fanaroff MD, MHS: Enrollment of Older Patients, Women, and Historically Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Groups in Pulmonary Embolism Trials: A Systematic Review. Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions October 2025.
Freddo AM, Mondal A, Tomlinson AZ, Eron M, Denduluri S, Farkas I, Partington S, Ruckdeschel E, Tsao AL, Mavroudis CD, Nuri M, Fuller S, Kim YY, Vaikunth S.: Comparison of Arrhythmia Prevalence and Incidence in Adult Patients with Lateral Tunnel and Extra-Cardiac Fontan Circulation. Pediatr Cardiol August 2025.
Freddo AM, Eron M, Mondal A, Tomlinson AZ, Denduluri S, Partington S, Ruckdeschel E, Tsao AL, Mavroudis CD, Nuri M, Fuller S, Ortega-Legaspi JM, Kim YY, Vaikunth S.: Cardiac Medication Prescription Pattern and Association With Transplant-free Survival in the Adult Fontan Population. JACC Advances 4(9), Aug 2025.
Tsao AL, Colello S, Gillespie MJ: Transcatheter Repair of a Sinus Venosus Defect With a Modified Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Prosthesis. JACC Case Rep 30(9), May 2025.
Tsao AL, Shapeton AD: Requiem for Routine Self-Expanding TAVR Valves? A Commentary on the Comparative Analysis of Evolut PRO Versus Sapien Ultra Valves for Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Registry (OPERA-TAVI). J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 37(6): 849-851, Jun 2023.
Tsao AL, Boden WE: Chronic Total Occlusion PCI and Optimal Medical Therapy: Are We Still Putting the Cart Before the Horse? Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 16(3): e009604, Mar 2023.
Kazmi MA, Spitzmueller C, Yu J, Madera JM, Tsao AS, Dawson JF, Pavlidis I.: Search committee diversity and applicant pool representation of women and underrepresented minorities: A quasi-experimental field study. J Appl Psychol 107(8): 1414-1427, Aug 2022.