Cardiology
Meet the Team

Meet our Experts

Director

Michael Gaies, MD, MPH, MS

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Outcomes and quality assessment of perioperative care for congenital heart disease; multi-institutional collaborative quality improvement

Faculty

Andrea Z. Beaton, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Rheumatic fever/heart disease
Research Interests
Multicenter clinical studies; perinatal outcomes in congenital heart disease
Research Interests
Research acute/chronic kidney injury; anticoagulation on extracorporeal support; teamwork; quality, safety and outcomes in the CICU

Paul Critser, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Pulmonary hypertension; bronchopulmonary dysplasia; pediatric cardiology

Allison A. Divanovic, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Echocardiographic predictors of cardiac involvement in the fetus with twin-twin transfusion syndrome; risk factors for intrauterine fetal demise in...

Katja M. Gist, DO, MSc

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Critical care nephrology; outcomes research
Research Interests
Acute kidney injury epidemiology and biomarkers; heart failure associated chronic kidney disease; nephrotoxic medication associated acute kidney...
Research Interests
Adult congenital heart disease; exercise testing and physiology; biomarkers; biobanking; pulmonary hypertension; pulmonary vascular disease; right...

Robert M. Siegel, MD, FAAP

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Obesity treatment and prevention; exercise and behavioral economic interventions

Elaine M. Urbina, MD, MS

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Effect of CV risk factors on non-invasive measures of the heart and arteries

Derek Weyhrauch, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Pediatric cardiology; health care quality and outcomes; big data analytics; lipid disorder, hypertension, and obesity clinical outcomes

Ivan Wilmot, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Care of children with advanced heart failure requiring mechanical circulatory support; quality of life in children with heart failure; transplant and...