Sumeet S Vaikunth - Faculty Biosketch

Sumeet S Vaikunth, MD, MEd

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)

Department: Medicine

Contact information

Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
East Pavilion, 2nd Floor
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Email:
sumeet.vaikunth@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Education:
BA (International Policy Major)
Vanderbilt University, 2005.
MEd (Education)
University of California, 2008.
MD (Medicine)
University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 2012.

Post-Graduate Training
Resident, Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles County Hospital, 2012-2016.
Fellow, Pediatric Cardiology, Stanford University, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, 2016-2019.
Fellow, Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Stanford University, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, 2019-2021.

Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2012.
American Board of Pediatrics , 2016.
American Board of Pediatrics, Sub-board of Pediatric Cardiology, 2020.
American Board of Internal Medicine, Adult Congenital Heart Disease, 2021.

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Selected Publications

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 Adv 20(4(9):102070.), Aug 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. Pediatric Cardiology Aug 2025.

Tedla BA, Kim YY, Kobayashi T, Fiorilli PN, Giri JS, Burke M, Partington SL, Abraham BP, Vaiyani D, Vaikunth SS: Pulmonary Embolism, Thrombectomy, and Catheter-Directed Lysis in Pregnant Woman With Fontan Palliation. JACC Case Rep 30(16)(103959), June 2025.

Shiue M, Nyman A, Karvell R, Partington SL, Preminger TJ, Reda C, Ruckdeschel E, Sullivan K, Tobin L, Vaikunth SS, Saef J, Tedla BA, Kim YY. : Experiences and Attitudes Toward Telemedicine in an Adult Congenital Heart Disease Clinic: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pediatr Cardiol June 2025.

Kim YY, Nyman A, Huang YS, Tomlinson AZ, McRae MP, Everson GT, Vaikunth S, Rosenthal B, Rychik J, Hoteit MA.: Alterations in Liver Perfusion in Adults With Fontan Circulation as Assessed by Dual Cholate Clearance. J Am Heart Assoc. 14(7)(e039479.), April 2025.

Lee GS, Maeda K, Ma M, Vaikunth S.: Outcomes of Physiologic vs. Anatomical Repair and Strategies For Left Ventricular Retraining in Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries. http://www.acc.org. Aug 5, 2025. Accessed [insert access date]. https://www.acc.org/Latest-in-Cardiology/Articles/2025/08/04/12/40/Outcomes-of-Physiologic-vs-Anatomical-Repair. 2025.

Saef J, Scandinaro A, Montgomery R, Sundaravel S, Weinreb S, Dodeja A, Lal RA, Patsias I, Gosain P, Castro M, Joseph N, Martinez ML, Laczko C, Kefalas M, Vaikunth S, Roth TS. : Advancements and Challenges in Contemporizing Care for Adult Patients with Congenital Heart Disease and Advanced Heart Failure: An Update on Application of Modern Heart Failure Technologies. Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine 1(3), Dec 2024.

Freddo AM, Ahmed H, Edelson JB, Ortega-Legaspi JM, Vaikunth S.: Safety and Efficacy of GLP-1 Agonists in a Cohort of Patients with Fontan Circulation. Pediatr Cardiol Nov 2024.

Vaikunth SS, Ortega-Legaspi JM, Conrad DR, Chen S, Daugherty T, Haeffele CL, Teuteberg J, Mclean R, MacArthur JW, Woo YJ, Maeda K, Ma M, Nasirov T, Hoteit M, Hilscher MB, Wald J, Mandelbaum T, Olthoff KM, Abt PL, Atluri P, Cevasco M, Mavroudis CD, Fuller S, Lui GK, Kim YY. : Mortality and morbidity after combined heart and liver transplantation in the failing Fontan: An updated dual center retrospective study. Clin Transplant 38((4):e15302.), April 2024.

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.