Cardiology Fellowship

MBBS: Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai, India, 2007.

Residency: Pediatrics, JJMMC, Davangere, India, 2010.

Residency: Pediatrics, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 2015.

Baskar S, Jhaveri S, Alkhouri N. Cardiovascular Risk in Pediatric Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Recent Advances. Clin Lipidol. 2015.

Baskar S, Aziz PF. Genotype-phenotype correlation in long QT syndrome. Glob Cardiol Sci Pract. 2015 Jun;2:26.

Baskar S, George PL, Eghtesad B, Radhakrishnan K, Hupertz V, Aziz PF, Alkhouri N. Cardiovascular risk factors and cardiac disorders in long-term survivors of pediatric liver transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2015 Feb;19(1):48-55.

Baskar S, Ackerman MJ, Clements D, Mayuga KA, Aziz PF. Compound heterozygous mutations in the SCN5A-encoded Nav1.5 cardiac sodium channel resulting in atrial standstill and His-Purkinje system disease. J Pediatr. 2014 Nov;165(5):1050-2.

Briggs TA, Rice GI, Daly S, Urquhart J, Gornall H, Bader-Meunier B, Baskar K, Baskar S, Baudouin V, Beresford MW, Black GC, Dearman RJ, de Zegher F, Foster ES, Francès C, Hayman AR, Hilton E, Job-Deslandre C, Kulkarni ML, Le Merrer M, Linglart A, Lovell SC, Maurer K, Musset L, Navarro V, Picard C, Puel A, Rieux-Laucat F, Roifman CM, Scholl-Bürgi S, Smith N, Szynkiewicz M, Wiedeman A, Wouters C, Zeef LA, Casanova JL, Elkon KB, Janckila A, Lebon P, Crow YJ. Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase deficiency causes a bone dysplasia with autoimmunity and a type I interferon expression signature. Nat Genet. 2011 Feb;43(2):127-31.

Kulkarni AM, Baskar S, Kulkarni ML, Kulkarni AJ, Mahuli AV, Vittalrao S, Kulkarni PM. Fetal intracranial calcification: pseudo-TORCH phenotype and discussion of related phenotypes. Am J Med Genet A. 2010 Apr;152A(4):930-7.

Baskar S, Kulkarni ML, Kulkarni AM, Vittalrao S, Kulkarni PM. Adams-Oliver syndrome: Additions to the clinical features and possible role of BMP pathway. Am J Med Genet A. 2009 Aug;149A(8):1678-84.

Kathleen Colman, MD Clinical Cardiology Fellow, Heart Institute 513-803-9007 kathleen.ohara@cchmc.org

Paul Critser, MD, PhD Clinical Cardiology Fellow, Heart Institute 513-636-7396 paul.critser@cchmc.org

Erica L. Del Grippo, DO Clinical Cardiology Fellow, Division of Cardiology 513-803-8363 erica.delgrippo@cchmc.org

Patrick Evers, MD Clinical Cardiology Fellow, Heart Institute 513-803-9030 patrick.evers@cchmc.org

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Patrick Evers, MD

Clinical Cardiology Fellow, Heart Institute

Phone 513-803-9030

Email patrick.evers@cchmc.org

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Undergraduate: University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.

Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.

Residency: Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2015.

Evers PD, Vernon MM, Schultz AH. Critical Congenital Heart Disease Screening Practices Among Licensed Midwives in Washington State. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2015 Mar;60(2):206-10.

Evers PD, Logan JE, Sills V, Chin AI. Karnofsky Performance Status predicts overall survival, cancer-specific survival, and progression-free survival following radical cystectomy for urothelial carcinoma. World Journal of Urology. 2014 Apr;32(2):385-91.

Evers PD. Pre-emptive virology screening in the pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant population: A cost effectiveness analysis. Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Therapy. 2013 Sep-Dec;6(3-4):81-8.

Vlashi E, Lagadec C, Vergnes L, Matsutani T, Masui K, Poulou M, Popescu R, DellaDonna L, Evers P, Dekmezian C, Reue K, Christofk H, Mischel P, Pajonk F. The metabolic state of glioma stem cells and nontumorigenic cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. 2011 Sep 20;108(38):16062-7.

Evers P, Lee PP, DeMarco J, Agazaryan N, Sayre J, Selch M, Pajonk F. Irradiation of the potential cancer stem cell niches in the adult brain improves progression-free survival of patients with malignant glioma. BMC Cancer. 2010;10:384.

Stephanie Ghaleb, MD Clinical Cardiology Fellow, Division of Cardiology 513-636-4888 stephanie.ghaleb@cchmc.org

Seth B. Gray, MD Clinical Cardiology Fellow, Division of Cardiology 513-636-4214 seth.gray@cchmc.org

Jesse E. Hansen, MD Clinical Cardiology Fellow, Heart Institute 513-636-4888 jesse.hansen@cchmc.org

Soultana (Tania) Kourtidou, MD, MSc Clinical Fellow, Advanced Cardiac Imaging, Heart Institute 513-636-4432 soultana.kourtidou@cchmc.org

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Soultana (Tania) Kourtidou, MD, MSc

Clinical Fellow, Advanced Cardiac Imaging, Heart Institute

Phone 513-636-4432

Email soultana.kourtidou@cchmc.org

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Clinical Interests

Pediatric cardiology; echocardiography; cardiac MRI; fetal echocardiography

Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship: Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

General Pediatrics Residency: St. Barnabas Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2014.

MSc: Preventive Cardiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.

MD: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, 2006.

Kourtidou S, Evers PD, Jorgensen NW, Kronmal RA, Lewin MB, Schultz AH. Applicability of the First Pediatric Appropriate Use Criteria for Outpatient Echocardiography to Clinical Practice. JASE. 2017.

Kourtidou S, Slee EA, Bruce ME, Mangione-Smith RH, Portman MA. Kawasaki Disease Substantially Impacts Health Related Quality of Life. J Peds. 2017.

Nanas S, Gerovasilli V, Dimopoulos S, Pierrakos C, Kourtidou S, Sarafoglou S, Venetsanakos J, Roussos C, Nanas J, Anastasiou-Nana M. Inotropic agents improve the peripheral microcirculation of patients with end stage chronic heart failure. J Card Fail. 2008 Jun;14(5):400-6.

Hugo R. Martinez, MD Clinical Fellow, Advanced Heart Failure, Division of Cardiology 832-498-4835 hugo.martinez@cchmc.org

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Hugo R. Martinez, MD

Clinical Fellow, Advanced Heart Failure, Division of Cardiology

Phone 832-498-4835

Email hugo.martinez@cchmc.org

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Clinical Interests

Pediatric heart failure; genetic basis of pediatric heart disease

Biography

Hugo R. Martinez, MD, is a pediatric cardiologist currently training in advanced heart failure, cardiomyopathy, mechanical circulatory support, and transplant.

His current research interests include genetic causes of cardiovascular disease, novel drug therapies for cardiomyopathies, and novel biomarkers in heart failure.

MD: Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, Mexico.

Residency: Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX.

Fellowship: Cardiology, Indiana University Health, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN.

Fellowship: Heart Failure and Transplantation, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.

Martinez HR, Ware SM, Schamberger MS, Parent JJ. Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy and heterotaxy syndrome. Prog Pediatr Cardiol. 2017 Jul.

Bainbridge MN, Davis EE, Choi WY, Dickson A, Martinez HR, Wang M, Dinh H, Muzny DM, Pignatelli R, Katsanis N, Boerwinkle E, Gibbs RA, Jefferies JL. Loss of Function Mutations in NNT Are Associated With Left Ventricular Noncompaction. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2015 Aug;8(4):544-52.

Martinez HR, Craigen WJ, Ummat M, Adesina AM, Lotze TE, Jefferies JL. Novel cardiovascular findings in association with a POMT2 mutation: three siblings with α-dystroglycanopathy. Eur J Hum Genet. 2014 Apr;22(4):486-91.

Cecchi A, Ogawa N, Martinez HR, Carlson A, Fan Y, Penny DJ, Guo DC, Eisenberg S, Safi H, Estrera A, Lewis RA, Meyers D, Milewicz DM. Missense mutations in FBN1 exons 41 and 42 cause Weill-Marchesani syndrome with thoracic aortic disease and Marfan syndrome. Am J Med Genet A. 2013 Sep;161A(9):2305-10.

Jefferies JL, Pignatelli RH, Martinez HR, Robbins-Furman PJ, Liu P, Gu W, Lupski JR, Potocki L. Cardiovascular findings in duplication 17p11.2 syndrome. Genet Med. 2012 Jan;14(1):90-4.

Martinez HR, Pignatelli R, Belmont JW, Craigen WJ, Jefferies JL. Childhood onset of left ventricular dysfunction in a female manifesting carrier of muscular dystrophy. Am J Med Genet A. 2011 Dec;155A(12):3025-9.

Martinez HR, Niu MC, Sutton VR, Pignatelli R, Vatta M, Jefferies JL. Coffin-Lowry syndrome and left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy with a restrictive pattern. Am J Med Genet A. 2011 Dec;155A(12):3030-4.

Blinder JJ, Martinez HR, Craigen WJ, Belmont J, Pignatelli RH, Jefferies JL. Noncompaction of the left ventricular myocardium in a boy with a novel chromosome 8p23.1 deletion. Am J Med Genet A. 2011 Sep;155A(9):2215-20.

Pignatelli R, Law MA, Martinez HR, Altman C, Ayres N, Jefferies JL, Ganame J. Two-dimensional speckle strain imaging in the management of paraganglioma, acute junctional tachycardia, and myocardial dysfunction in a child. Tex Heart Inst J. 2012;39(1):119-21.

Martinez HR, Belmont JW, Craigen WJ, Taylor MD, Jefferies JL. Left ventricular noncompaction in Sotos syndrome. Am J Med Genet A. 2011 May;155A(5):1115-8.

Onyekachukwu Osakwe, MD, MPH Clinical Cardiology Fellow, Division of Cardiology 513-636-8363 onyekachukwu.osakwe@cchmc.org

Colleen Pater, MD Clinical Cardiology Fellow, Heart Institute 513-803-8998 colleen.pater@cchmc.org

Adam Powell, MD Clinical Cardiology Fellow, Heart Institute 513-636-4432 adam.powell@cchmc.org

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Adam Powell, MD

Clinical Cardiology Fellow, Heart Institute

Academic Affiliation

Phone 513-636-4432

Email adam.powell@cchmc.org

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Clinical & Research Interests

Clinical

Pediatric cardiology

Research

General pediatric cardiology; neurodevelopmental outcomes in pediatric cardiology; cardiology imaging

Biography

After residency, Dr. Powell spent an extra year at Wright-Patterson AFB serving as the chief resident, in which he had an active educational mission and served on multiple hospital committees. He then spent the next three years being stationed at Shaw AFB serving as the medical director of the Pediatric and Immunization Clinics. During his time in the Air Force, Dr. Powell was awarded the Air Force Achievement Medal and the Air Force Commendation Medal.

MD: Medical University of South Carolina.

Residency: Wright State/Wright-Patterson AFB Integrated Pediatric Residency.

Certification: Board Certified by The American Board of Pediatrics.

Powell A. Critical Appraisal of: Ikle L, Hale K, Fashaw L, Boucek M, Resenberg AA. Developmental outcome of patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome treated with heart transplantation. J Pediatr. 2003; 142 (1): 20.5. In the PedsCCM Evidence-Based Journal Club. March 1, 2015.

Powell A. Leg-length discrepancy and hemangiomas in a 15-month-old girl: what’s the cause? Consultant for Pediatricians. 2015 Feb; 14 (2): 74-75.

Powell A. Critical Appraisal of: Michiels EA, Dumas F, Quan L, Selby L, Copass M, Rea T. Long-Term Outcomes Following Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2013 Oct; 14 (8): 755-60. In the PedsCCM Evidence-Based Journal Club. July 26, 2014.

Powell A. Newly Diagnosed Diaphragmatic Hernia in a 13 Month Old. Pediatric Oncall Journal. 2014; 11(3).

Jeffrey A. Robinson, MD Clinical Fellow, Pediatric Cardiac Electrophysiology, Heart Institute 513-636-4686 jeffrey.robinson@cchmc.org

Jeffrey A. Robinson, MD

Clinical Fellow, Pediatric Cardiac Electrophysiology, Heart Institute

Phone 513-636-4686

Email jeffrey.robinson@cchmc.org

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Clinical Interests

Pediatric electrophysiology; pediatric cardiology

MD: The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2011.

Residency: Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, Rochester, MN, 2014.

Fellowship: Pediatric Cardiology, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, 2017.

Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 2014.