Sumeet S Vaikunth, MD, MEd
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Associate Program Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
East Pavilion, 2nd Floor
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
East Pavilion, 2nd Floor
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BA (International Policy Major)
Vanderbilt University, 2005.
MEd (Education)
University of California, 2008.
MD (Medicine)
University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 2012.
Permanent linkBA (International Policy Major)
Vanderbilt University, 2005.
MEd (Education)
University of California, 2008.
MD (Medicine)
University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 2012.
Selected Publications
Vaikunth S, Sundaravel S, Saef J, Ortega-Legaspi J: Novel Therapeutic Strategies in Heart Failure in Adult Congenital Heart Disease: of Medicines and Devices. Curr Heart Fail Rep Aug 2023 Notes: Online ahead of print.Saef J, Sundaravel S, Ortega-Legaspi J, Vaikunth S: Safety and Treatment Experience With Sodium/glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors in Adult Patients With Congenital Heart Disease. J Card Fail 29(6): 974-975, Jun 2023.
Vaikunth SS, Murphy DJ, Tremmel JA, Schnittger I, Mitchell RS, Maeda K, Rogers IS: Symptomatic Myocardial Bridging in D-Transposition of the Great Arteries Post-Arterial Switch. JACC Case Rep 19(8): 101730, Jan 2023.
Haeffele CL, Bykhovsky M, Vaikunth SS, Lui GK: Long Term Follow Up of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease. Pediatric Cardiology: Fetal, Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiology Andy DeFreitas and Ra-id Abdulla (eds.). 2023.
Tedla BA, Kim YY, Vaikunth SS: Novel Approaches to the Failing Congenital Heart. Current Cardiology Reports 2023 Notes: Accepted.
Saef J, Montgomery R, Cedars A, Tang WHW, Rossano JW, Maeda K, Kim YY, Vaikunth SS: Durable Mechanical Circulatory Support in Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Reviewing Clincal Considerations and Experience. J Clin Med 11(11): 3200, Jun 2022.
Vaikunth SS, Chan JL, Woo JP, Bykhovsky MR, Lui GK, Ma M, Romfh AW, Lamberti J, Mastrodicasa D, Fleischmann D, Fischbein MP: Tetralogy of Fallot and Aortic Dissection: Implications in Management. JACC Case Rep 4(10): 581-586, May 2022.
Kim JL, Vaikunth SS, Haeffele C, MacArthur JW: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenator as a bridge to heart-liver en bloc transplant in a patient with Fontan circulation. JTCVS Tech 12: 171-174, Jan 2022.
Vaikunth SS, Lui GK, Kim YY: Fingers in a dike: Systemic approach to coiling of aortopulmonary and venovenous collaterals in the Fontan referred for transplantation. International Journal of Cardiology CHD 6: 100291, Dec 2021.
Vaikunth SS, Leonard MB, Whitehead KK, Goldberg DJ, Rychik J, Zemel BS, Avitabile CM: Deficits in the Functional Muscle-Bone Unit in Youths with Fontan Physiology. J Pediatr(238), 202-207, Nov 2021.