Overview
Johanna Drickman, MD, is a pediatric cardiologist and is certified in pediatric cardiology by the American Board of Pediatrics. She is an attending at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She received her medical degree from Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University of Health Sciences and completed her residency at Beth Israel Medical Center followed by her fellowship at New York University Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital. Dr. Drickman joined the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute in 1991. Her clinical interests include echocardiography and outpatient cardiology. Dr. Drickman is a fellow the of American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Cardiology. She lives in the South Hills with her family, including a dog, a cat and 2 chinchillas. She enjoys hiking, music, and theatre. Are you already a patient of this provider and have a MyUPMC account? Log in to MyUPMC to schedule.
Dr. Drickman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Ventricular Septal Defects. Her top areas of expertise are Interrupted Aortic Arch and Ventricular Septal Defects.
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Locations
4401 Penn Ave Fl 3, Pittsburgh,, PA 15224
205 Millers Run Rd, Bridgeville,, PA 15017
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 Ventricular Septal Defects. Her top areas of expertise are Subpulmonary Stenosis, Coarctation of the Aorta, Tetralogy of Fallot, Heart Transplant, and Angioplasty.
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Prapti Kanani is a Pediatric Cardiologist in Wexford,, Pennsylvania. Dr. Kanani is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Ventricular Septal Defects. Her top areas of expertise are Patent Ductus Arteriosus, Atrioventricular Septal Defect, Endocardial Cushion Defect, and Partial Atrioventricular Canal.
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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 Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Ventricular Septal Defects. His top areas of expertise are Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, Long QT Syndrome, Ventricular Fibrillation, and Double Outlet Right Ventricle.
Areas of Expertise
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- Experienced
- Interrupted Aortic ArchDr. Drickman isExperienced. Learn about Interrupted Aortic Arch.
- Ventricular Septal DefectsDr. Drickman isExperienced. Learn about Ventricular Septal Defects.