Overview
Tarek Alsaied is a Pediatric Cardiologist and a Pediatrics provider in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Alsaied has been practicing medicine for over 17 years and is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tetralogy of Fallot. His top areas of expertise are Ebstein's Anomaly, Tetralogy of Fallot, Atrioventricular Septal Defect, Pulmonary Valve Stenosis, and Heart Transplant.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 164 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 15 articles in the study of Tetralogy of Fallot.
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Locations
4401 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
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.
1 Clinical Trials
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Bryan H. Goldstein MD, FACC, FSCAI is a pediatric interventional cardiologist and is certified in pediatric cardiology by the American Board of Pediatrics. He is director of the cardiac catheterization laboratory and interventional cardiology service at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine and completed his residency at the Boston Combined Residency in Pediatrics (Children’s Hospital Boston) and fellowship at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital (University of Michigan Medicine). Dr. Goldstein joined the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute in 2019. His clinical interests include congenital cardiac catheterization, minimally invasive transcatheter therapies, and single ventricle (Fontan) circulation. Dr. Goldstein has published numerous scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, is a frequent faculty member and presenter at national and international meetings, and is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP), American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology (FACC) and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (FSCAI). He is vice president of the Congenital Cardiac Research Collaborative (CCRC). View Dr. Goldstein's full list of publications from PubMed. Dr. Goldstein is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tetralogy of Fallot. His top areas of expertise are Congenital Cardiovascular Shunt, Tetralogy of Fallot, Pulmonary Atresia, Stent Placement, and Angioplasty.
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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 Tetralogy of Fallot. Her top areas of expertise are Subpulmonary Stenosis, Coarctation of the Aorta, Tetralogy of Fallot, Heart Transplant, and Angioplasty.
University Of Pittsburgh Physicians
Gaurav Arora is a Pediatric Cardiologist and a Pediatrics provider in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Arora is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tetralogy of Fallot. His top areas of expertise are Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, Pediatric Myocarditis, His Bundle Tachycardia, Gastrostomy, and Heart Transplant.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Elite
- Ebstein's AnomalyDr. Alsaied isElite. Learn about Ebstein's Anomaly.
- Distinguished
- Atrioventricular Septal DefectDr. Alsaied isDistinguished. Learn about Atrioventricular Septal Defect.
- Tetralogy of FallotDr. Alsaied isDistinguished. Learn about Tetralogy of Fallot.
- Advanced
- ArrhythmiasDr. Alsaied isAdvanced. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)Dr. Alsaied isAdvanced. Learn about Atrial Septal Defect (ASD).
- CardiomyopathyDr. Alsaied isAdvanced. Learn about Cardiomyopathy.
- Congenital Heart Disease (CHD)Dr. Alsaied isAdvanced. Learn about Congenital Heart Disease (CHD).
- Congenital Mitral StenosisDr. Alsaied isAdvanced. Learn about Congenital Mitral Stenosis.
- Heart TransplantDr. Alsaied isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Transplant.
- Experienced
- AnemiaDr. Alsaied isExperienced. Learn about Anemia.
- Aortic RegurgitationDr. Alsaied isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Regurgitation.
- Becker Muscular DystrophyDr. Alsaied isExperienced. Learn about Becker Muscular Dystrophy.
- Bicuspid Aortic ValveDr. Alsaied isExperienced. Learn about Bicuspid Aortic Valve.
- Blood ClotsDr. Alsaied isExperienced. Learn about Blood Clots.
- Cardiogenic ShockDr. Alsaied isExperienced. Learn about Cardiogenic Shock.

