Alexander Davidson, MD
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Cardiology)
Director of Pulmonary Hypertension, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Cardiology
34th & Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division of Cardiology
34th & Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email:
davidsona@chop.edu
davidsona@chop.edu
Education:
MD
Universite Catholique de Louvain Medical School, Brussels, Belgium, 1980.
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Universite Catholique de Louvain Medical School, Brussels, Belgium, 1980.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Adult Congenital Heart DiseasePulmonary Hypertension
Selected Publications
Abman SH, Mullen MP, Sleeper LA, Austin ED, Rosenzweig EB, Kinsella JP, Ivy D, Hopper RK, Raj JU, Fineman J, Keller RL, Bates A, Krishnan US, Avitabile CM, Davidson A, Natter MD, Mandl KD: Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Network. Characterisation of paediatric pulmonary hypertensive vascular disease from the PPHNet Registry. Eur Respir J. 59(1): 2003337, December 2021.F. DeBie, K. Allegaert, H. Hendrick, N. Rintoul, A. Davidson: Treprostinil Attains Clinically Therapeutic Concentrations in Neonates with Pulmonary Hypertension on ECMO. Pharmacotherapy 40(10): 1054-1060, August 2020.
David F Teitel, Jane W. Newburger, Nicole Sutton, Lloyd Y. Tani, Ashraf S. Harahsheh, Pei-No Jone, Deborah J. Mensch, Timothey Cotts, Alex Davidson, Nagib DAhdah, Walter H Johnson, Jr., Michael A. Portman: Development of Quality Metrics in Ambulatory Pediatric Cardiology in Kawasaki Disease. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 59(3): 245-251, March 2020.
O’Bryne ML, Faerber JA, Katcoff H, Frank DB, Davidson A, Giglia TM, Avitabile CM: Variation in the use of pulmonary vasodilators in children and adolescents with pulmonary hypertension. American Heart Association, Philadelphia, PA November 2019 Notes: Podium.
Chowdhury Devyani, Gurvitz Michelle, Marelli Ariane, Anderson Jeffrey, Baker-Smith Carissa, Diab Karim A., Edwards Thomas C, Hougen Tom, Jedeikin Roy, Johnson Jonathan N., Karpawich Peter, Lai Wyman, Lu Jimmy C., Mitchell Stephanie, Newburger Jane W., Penny Daniel J, Portman Michael A., Satou Gary, Teitel David, Villafane Juan, Williams Roberta, Jenkins Kathy; American College of Cardiology’s Adult Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology Section’s Ambulatory Pediatric Cardiology Quality Metrics Working Group, Williams Roberta,Jenkins Kathy, Gurvitz Michelle, Marelli Ariane, Campbell Robert, Chowdhury Devyani, Jedeikin Roy, Behera Sarina, Hokanson John, Lu Jimmy, Kakavand Bahram, Boris Jeff, Cardis Brian, Bensal Manish, Anderson Jeffrey, Schultz Amy, O'Connor Matthew, Vinocur Jeffrey M., Halnon Nancy; Johnson Jonathan, Barrett Cindy, Graham Eric, Krawczeski Catherine, Franklin Wayn, McGovern James, Hattendorf Brandy, Teitel David, Cotts Timothy, Davidson Alex, Harahsheh Ashraf, Johnson Walter, Jone Pei-Ni, Sutton Nicole, Tani Lloyd, Dahdah Nagib, Portman Michael, Mensch Deborah, Newburger Jane, Hougen Thomas, Cross Russell, Diab Karim, Satou Peter, Serwer Gerald, Villfane Juan, Edwards Tom, Penny Daniel, Carlson Karina, Jayakumar K. Anitha, Park Matthew, Tede Nikola, Uzark Tede, Baker Smith, Carissa, Fleishman Craig, Connuck David, Ettedgui Jose, Likes Maggie, Tsuda Takeshi.: Development of Quality Metrics in Ambulatory Pediatric Cardiology. J Am Coll of Cardiol. 69(5): 541-555, February 2017.
Anwar S, Fogel EJ, Doddasomayajula R, Davidson A, Keller MS, Harris MA, Whitehead KK, Fogel MA. : Feature tracking strain is similar to harmonic phase cardiac magnetic resonance in Fontan patients: a validation study. J Cardiovasc Magnetic Resonan Page: 234, 2014.
Grando-Ting J, Davidson A.: Anomalous left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery (A 6-week-old male presents for evaluation of a murmur). American College of Cardiology 4: 15-17, June 2007.
Grando-Ting J, Davidson A.: CT/MRI of the Month: 50-Year-Old Female with Dyspnea and Abnormal Chest X-Ray. American College of Cardiology Page: 67-69, Oct 2006.
Kramer H, Davidson A.: CT/MRI of the Month: 18-Year-Old Female With a Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Anomalous Coronary Artery. American College of Cardiology 15: e005987, March 2006.
Grando-Ting J, Davidson A.: Use of Cardiac MR in Adult Congenital Heart Disease. American College of Cardiology 15: 781-94, Feb 2006.