University of Cincinnati Department of Pediatrics

Holly M. Ippisch, MD, MS

Title

Clinical Instructor of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Email

holly.ippisch@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-4432

Fax

513-636-3952

Bio

Holly M. Ippisch, MD, has been an attending staff member of the Division of Cardiology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati Department of Pediatrics since 2005.

Dr. Ippisch's clinical subspecialty interests include echocardiography, congenital heart disease, preventive cardiology and pediatric obesity. She has clinics for the treatment of hyperlipidemia and hypertension.

Dr. Ippisch is a native of Ohio and completed her medical degree at Wright State University. She completed her pediatric internship and residency at Loma Linda University Children's Hospital in Loma Linda, California and completed her pediatric cardiology fellowship at Cincinnati Children's.

Dr. Ippisch's academic research interests relate to echocardiography, preventive cardiology, and pediatric obesity. She is a faculty member of the Cardiovascular Imaging Core Research Laboratory. She has given several presentations at national meetings relating to both the cardiac effects of pediatric obesity and to newer imaging modalities such as color M-mode and tissue Doppler imaging for assessing diastolic function. She is also a reviewer for the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography.

Dr. Ippisch is also a cardiologist for the multidisciplinary Comprehensive Weight Management Center team. As part of this team she evaluates and treats cardiovascular diseases in extremely overweight adolescents before and after bariatric surgery. She is also a research cardiologist for the CWMC Team with special interests in scientific studies related to this population.

Dr. Ippisch is an alumni of the National Institutes of Health funded Master's Training Program. As part of this competitive program Dr. Ippisch concurrently completed a Masters of Epidemiology fellowship at the University of Cincinnati while attending her Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at Cincinnati Children's. She has established collaborative relationships with faculty at the University of Cincinnati Department of Environmental Health.

Dr. Ippisch is an active member of the cardiology community. She is a member of the American Society of Echocardiography, Society of Pediatric Echocardiography, American Heart Association and Council of Cardiovascular Disease in the Young.

Dr. Ippisch is also active in community service as the volunteer Associate Medical Director for the Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon which is an event partially sponsored by Cincinnati Children's.

Credentials

BS: Wright State University, Biology, Dayton, OH, 1990

MD: Wright State University, Dayton, OH, 1997

Residency: Pediatrics, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, 1997 – 2000

Fellowship: Pediatric Cardiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, 2001 – 2004

Fellowship: Research Fellowship, Pediatric Cardiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, 2004 – 2005

MS: Masters in Epidemiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2006

Certification: Board Certified Pediatrics, Board Eligible Pediatric Cardiology

Additional Certification:Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)

Licensure: State Medical Board of Ohio

Awards and Honors

Nominee, Sandra Daugherty Award for Excellence in Cardiovascular Disease, American Heart Association, 2007

Research

Non-Invasive cardiac imaging modalities and techniques
Cardiovascular effects of pediatric obesity
Cardiovascular effects of exercise

Research Grants and Contracts

Effects of Dietary Fat on Post-Prandial Vascular Function in Overweight Children versus Normal Weight Controls,General Clinical Research Center, 2007-2009, PI.

T32 Grant, National Institutes of Environmental Health, Masters Training Program in Molecular Epidemiology in Children's Environmental Health, Associations between Overweight and Left Ventricular Structure and Function in Children and Adolescents, 2003-2006, Fellow.

National Institutes of Health, Pediatric Research LRP Program, 2004-2008, Awardee.

Publications, Most Recent

Ippisch, HM, Kimball, TR.: The Impact of Evolving Hand-carried Echocardiographic Technology on Outpatient Physical Examination Accuracy in Pediatric Cardiology. (Congenital Heart Disease, in press)

Hao M, Ippisch HM, Cook RS, Perry DL, Gottliebson WM, Hirsch R, Kimball TR. Implementation of an Objective Testing System in Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging for Pediatric Cardiology Fellows. (Journal of Pediatrics, in press)

Ippisch HM. Associations between Overweight and Left Ventricular Structure and Function in Children and Adolescents. Masters Thesis, accepted for publication on OhioLink, Nov. 2006. Thesis Committee: Stephen Daniels, M.D., Ph.D., Thomas Kimball, M.D., Ralph Buncher, D. Sc.

Presentations, Most Recent

Ippisch HM, Border WL, Witt SA, Glascock BJ, Khoury PR, Kimball TR. Diastolic function in obese children assessed by tissue Doppler imaging. 52nd Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology, Chicago, IL, March 31, 2003.

Ippisch HM, Kimball TR. Hand-carried cardiac ultrasound compared to conventional ultrasound for the evaluation of congenital heart disease. 14th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Society of Echocardiography, Las Vegas, NV, June 13, 2003.

Ippisch HM, Witt SA, Border WL, Glascock BJ, Khoury PR, Daniels SR, Kimball TR. Does a Weight Loss Reduction Program Improve Cardiac Dysfunction in Obese Children? American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions in Orlando, Florida, November 12th, 2003.

Ippisch HM, Witt SA, Glascock BJ, Mays W, Knecht S, Forment Y, Claytor R, Knilans TK, Daniels SR, Kimball TR. Do Cardiac Function and Exercise Performance Change In Obese Children Following Participation In A Weight Loss Program? 15th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Society of Echocardiography, San Diego, CA, June 28th, 2004.

Ippisch HM, Witt S, Glascock B, Inge T, Garcia V, Daniels SR, Kimball TR. Does Gastric Bypass Surgery Decrease Cardiac Risk Factors in Morbidly Obese Young Patients? American Academy of Pediatrics 2004 National Conference and Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, October 9th, 2004. Also presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in New Orleans, Louisiana, November 7th, 2004.

Ippisch HM, Wang B, Khoury P, Witt S, Glascock B, Garcia V, Daniels S, Inge T, Kimball T. Cardiac Risk Factors in Overweight Adolescents Are Reversible with Weight Loss. American Heart Association 47th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Orlando, FL, February 28, 2007. Nominated as one of four finalists for the Sandra Daugherty Award for Excellence in Cardiovascular Disease.