Overview
Christopher Follansbee, MD, is a pediatric cardiologist and is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. He received his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 2011 and completed his residency and fellowship at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Dr. Follansbee also completed additional training in the Pediatric Electrophysiology Fellowship Program at Texas Children’s Hospital in June 2019. He previously served on the faculty at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City as an Assistant Professor of Pediatric Cardiology and Electrophysiology.
Dr. Follansbee is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Arrhythmias. His top areas of expertise are Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, Long QT Syndrome, Ventricular Fibrillation, and Double Outlet Right Ventricle.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 24 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 6 articles in the study of Arrhythmias.
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Locations
4401 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
118 E 2nd St Ste W1150, Erie, PA 16507
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
UPMC Children's Hospital Of Pittsburgh
Gaurav Arora is a Pediatric Cardiologist in Pittsburgh,, Pennsylvania. Dr. Arora is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Arrhythmias. His top areas of expertise are Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, Pediatric Myocarditis, His Bundle Tachycardia, Gastrostomy, and Heart Transplant.
University Of Pittsburgh Physicians, Department Of Critical Care Medicine
Joan Toledo is a Pediatric Cardiologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Toledo is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Arrhythmias. His top areas of expertise are Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), Pediatric Myocarditis, Tissue Biopsy, and Heart Transplant.
UPMC Children's Hospital Of Pittsburgh
Laura Jean Olivieri, MD, is a board-certified Pediatric Cardiologist and the Director of Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging at Children's Hospital Pittsburgh, and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at University of Pittsburgh. She graduated from University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and completed her pediatric residency at Brown University in Providence, RI, where she also was invited to stay for a chief year. She completed her training in pediatric cardiology at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC following by a year in advanced cardiac imaging at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute specializing in cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging. She is expert in transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, cardiac MRI and cardiac CT. She is also considered a leader in the field of 3-dimensional reconstruction of congenital heart defects from 3D imaging, and in adapting MRI methods to babies and children. She is most interested in improving image acquisition using MRI and echocardiographic in 3D printing of heart models and has compiled a successful grant portfolio to that end. She also serves as Principal Investigator for an R01 to investigate application of cardiac MRI and Interventional Cardiac Magnetic Resonance on the care of pediatric heart transplant patients. This is a 4.5 million dollar, 5-year contract aimed at using CMR to guide interventional cardiac catheterization procedures, using less sedation for diagnostic CMR procedures and to advance diagnostic CMR capabilities to use less invasive testing. Dr. Olivieri is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Arrhythmias. Her top areas of expertise are Subpulmonary Stenosis, Coarctation of the Aorta, Tetralogy of Fallot, Heart Transplant, and Angioplasty.
Areas of Expertise
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- Advanced
- Long QT SyndromeDr. Follansbee isAdvanced. Learn about Long QT Syndrome.
- Wolff-Parkinson-White SyndromeDr. Follansbee isAdvanced. Learn about Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome.
- Experienced
- ArrhythmiasDr. Follansbee isExperienced. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- Atrioventricular Septal DefectDr. Follansbee isExperienced. Learn about Atrioventricular Septal Defect.
- Cardiac ArrestDr. Follansbee isExperienced. Learn about Cardiac Arrest.
- Congenital Heart Disease (CHD)Dr. Follansbee isExperienced. Learn about Congenital Heart Disease (CHD).
- Cor TriatriatumDr. Follansbee isExperienced. Learn about Cor Triatriatum.
- Double Outlet Left VentricleDr. Follansbee isExperienced. Learn about Double Outlet Left Ventricle.