Chet R. Villa, MD

Chet R. Villa, MD


  • Pediatric Cardiologist, Heart Failure & Transplantation
  • Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
I care for children with complex medical needs and severe heart disease. This includes children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy...
Chet R. Villa, MD

About

Biography

Children with severe heart disease once had few clinical options. While we’ve made many advances, it’s still critical that we improve therapeutic options and develop new approaches.

At Cincinnati Children’s, I care for children with complex medical needs and severe heart disease. This includes children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, RASopathies, and those in need of ventricular assist device therapy and heart transplant.

My research is focused on finding ways to provide care to children and young adults with heart disease who have limited access to advanced therapies.

MD: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 2007.

Residency: Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.

Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 2010; Pediatric Cardiology, 2014.

Interests

Advanced heart failure; heart transplantation; cardiomyopathy; mechanical circulatory support

Interests

Ventricular assist device therapy; Duchenne muscular dystrophy

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Publications

Abstract 4368927: Fat Mass and Systolic Blood Pressure are Modifiable CV Risk Factors Associated with Adverse Myocardial Changes in Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Sill, J; Greiner, E; Urbina, E; Villa, C. Circulation. 2025; 152:a4368927.

Epicardial Adipose Tissue in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Cardiomyopathy. Greiner, E; Miles, KG; Gao, Z; Lang, SM; Ryan, TD; Ollberding, NJ; Mantell, BS; Rutter, MM; Tian, C; Villa, CR. Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease. 2025; 14:e042300.

Consensus recommendations and considerations for the delivery and monitoring of gene therapy in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Wolff, JM; Capocci, N; Atas, E; Bharucha-Goebel, DX; Brandsema, JF; Butterfield, RJ; Chadwick, CB; Corti, M; Crawford, TO; Cripe, L; Yang, ML; Zaidman, CM; Leon-Astudillo, C; Byrne, BJ. Neuromuscular Disorders. 2025; 54:106208.

11OHeart transplantation in males with dystrophinopathy: an advanced cardiac therapies improving outcomes network (ACTION) dystrophinopathy registry analysis. Hayes, E; Villa, C; Nandi, D; Cripe, L; Wittlieb-Weber, C; Hsu, D; Auerbach, S; Martinez, H; Shugh, S; Asante-Korang, A; Mokshagundam, D; Shih, R; Radel, L; Cunningham, T. Neuromuscular Disorders. 2025; 53:105825.

672PFrom case to caution: hyponatremia in a patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy on vamorolone and lessons for clinicians. Tian, C; Nasomyont, N; Ryan, T; Villa, C; Reebals, L; Zygmunt, A; Rutter, M. Neuromuscular Disorders. 2025; 53:105648.

"An Ounce of Prevention… ". Greiner, E; Villa, CR. Muscle and Nerve. 2025; 71:925-927.

Heart Transplantation Outcomes for Fontan Patients When Using Contemporary Strategies: Heart-Liver Transplantation and Ventricular Assist Device Therapy. Hogue, SJ; Greenberg, JW; Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, A; Villa, CR; Chin, C; Lorts, A; Opotowsky, AR; Lehenbauer, DG; Morales, DL S. World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Hearth Surgery. 2025; 16:368-375.

Cardiac treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy: consensus recommendations from the ACTION muscular dystrophy committee. Esteso, P; Auerbach, SR; Bansal, N; Harris, R; Soslow, JH; Birnbaum, BF; Conway, J; Cripe, LH; Nandi, D; Hayes, E; Villa, CR; Shugh, S; Wittlieb-Weber, CA; Shih, R. Cardiology in the Young. 2025; 35:770-775.

Taking ACTION to detect myocarditis related to recombinant gene transfer therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; Consensus recommendations for cardiac surveillance. Kaufman, BD; Veerapandiyan, A; Soslow, JH; Wittlieb-Weber, C; Esteso, P; Olson, AK; Shih, R; Bansal, N; Lal, A; Gambetta, K; Hsu, D; Cripe, L; Villa, C; Nandi, D. Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases. 2025; 12:173-182.

Deep Learning for Automated Measurement of Total Cardiac Volume for Heart Transplantation Size Matching. Szugye, NA; Mahalingam, N; Somasundaram, E; Villa, C; Segala, J; Segala, M; Zafar, F; Morales, DL S; Moore, RA. Pediatric Cardiology. 2025; 46:590-598.

From the Blog

Top 5 Things to Know About the Heart in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
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Top 5 Things to Know About the Heart in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

By Chet Villa, MD5/30/2019

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