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Nicole Brown, MD


  • Medical Director, Cincinnati Children's Adult Care Services
  • Co-Director, Marfan and Aortic Disease Clinic
  • Associate Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellowship Program
  • Director, Center for Maternal Cardiac Care-Adult Congenital Heart Disease (Good Samaritan Hospital)
  • Attending Physician, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program
  • Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
My primary clinical and research interests include all forms of congenital heart disease, management of pregnancy in the setting of cardiovascular disease and genetically mediated aortic disease.
Nicole Brown, MD

About

Biography

I’m a native of Louisville, KY. I earned my undergraduate degree in biochemistry, graduating Summa Cum Laude from the University of Dayton. After completing my Medical Degree (MD) at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, I remained in Cincinnati for a combined residency in internal medicine and pediatrics. My pediatric cardiology fellowship was completed at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh at the University of Pittsburg Medical Center (UPMC) before returning to Cincinnati once again to be the first Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) fellow here. I have been on the faculty at Cincinnati Children's ever since.

I am the medical director of Cincinnati Children’s Adult Care Services under the leadership of the Chief of Staff office and co-director of the Marfan and Aortic Disease Clinic. I am also an attending cardiologist for the Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Program and the associate director of the ACHD Fellowship Program.

My primary clinical and research interests include all forms of congenital heart disease, management of pregnancy in the setting of cardiovascular disease and genetically mediated aortic disease. I participate in various clinical, educational and research activities within the Heart Institute at Cincinnati Children's and at several neighboring hospitals.

BS: Biochemistry, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, 2002.

MD: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2006.

Residency: Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, UC Medical Center and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2010.

Fellowship: Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2013.

Advanced Fellowship: Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2015.

Certifications: Internal Medicine-ABIM, 2010; General Pediatrics-ABP, 2010; Pediatric Cardiology-ABP, 2014; Adult Congenital Heart Disease-ABIM, 2015.

Interests

Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD); Marfan syndrome; Loeys-Dietz syndrome; Turner syndrome; Vascular EDS; Cantu syndrome; management of heart disease in pregnancy (cardio-obstetrics); single ventricle physiology and Fontan circulation; bicuspid aortic valve disease

Services and Specialties

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiovascular Genetics, Heart, Fontan Management Clinic

Interests

Congenital heart disease in adults; cardio-obstetrics; Marfan syndrome and other genetically-mediated aortic diseases; Turner syndrome; Cantu syndrome

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Publications

Rotational Position of the Aortic Root is Associated with Increased Aortic Dimensions in Marfan and Loeys-Dietz Syndrome. Powell, SK; Almeneisi, H; Alsaied, T; Shikany, A; Riley, L; Miller, E; Belonis, A; Weaver, KN; Brown, N; Mori, S; Tretter, JT. Pediatric Cardiology. 2021; 42:1157-1161.

Fontan-Associated Dyslipidemia. Lubert, AM; Alsaied, T; Palermo, JJ; Anwar, N; Urbina, EM; Brown, NM; Alexander, C; Almeneisi, H; Wu, F; Leventhal, AR; Aldweib, N; Mendelson, M; Opotowsky, AR. Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease. 2021; 10:e019578.

Clinical characteristics and rate of dilatation in Turner syndrome patients treated for aortic dilatation. Pater, CM; Gutmark-Little, I; Tretter, JT; Martin, LJ; Backeljauw, P; Brown, NM. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A. 2021; 185:141-149.

Cantu syndrome: A longitudinal review of vascular findings in three individuals. Parrott, A; Lombardo, R; Brown, N; Tretter, JT; Riley, L; Weaver, KN. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A. 2020; 182:1243-1248.

Lymphopenia in adults after the Fontan operation: prevalence and associations. Alsaied, T; Possner, M; Brown, N; Almeneisi, H; Szugye, C; Trout, AT; Niss, O; Palermo, JJ; Zafar, F; Dillman, JR; Veldtman, GR; Opotowsky, AR; Lubert, AM. Cardiology in the Young. 2020; 30:641-648.

From the Blog

How Will Congenital Heart Disease Affect My Pregnancy?
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How Will Congenital Heart Disease Affect My Pregnancy?

By Nicole Brown, MD1/21/2021

Born with Congenital Heart Disease: Questions to Ask A Doctor
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Born with Congenital Heart Disease: Questions to Ask A Doctor

By Nicole Brown, MD10/24/2018

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