Laura Olivieri
Distinguished in Ventricular Septal Defects
Distinguished in Ventricular Septal Defects
UPMC Children's Hospital Of Pittsburgh
4401 Penn Ave, 
Pittsburgh,, PA 

Overview

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.

Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 123 peer reviewed articles and participating in 2 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 5 articles in the study of Ventricular Septal Defects.

Graduate Institution
University Of Chicago, Pritzker School Of Medicine
Specialties
Pediatric Cardiology
Licenses
Pediatric Cardiology in PA
Board Certifications
American Board Of Pediatrics
Fellowships
Children's National Medical Center
Hospital Affiliations
Upmc Children's Hospital Of Pittsburgh
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Female

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Locations

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
4401 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh,, PA 15224
Other Locations
Children's National Amb Surg Ctr at Montgomery CO
9850 Key West Ave, Rockville,, MD 20850

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.


2 Clinical Trials

XFM: (X-ray Fused With MRI) Guided Cardiac Catheterization
Radiation-Free Heart Catheterization Using MRI
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UPMC Children's Hospital Of Pittsburgh

4401 Penn Ave, 
Pittsburgh, PA 
 (0.1 miles away)
Languages Spoken:
English
Offers Telehealth

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.

Adam Christopher
Experienced in Ventricular Septal Defects
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Experienced in Ventricular Septal Defects
Pediatric Cardiology

UPMC Children's Hospital Of Pittsburgh

4401 Penn Ave, 
Pittsburgh, PA 
 (0.1 miles away)
Languages Spoken:
English
Offers Telehealth

Adam Christopher, MD, is a pediatric cardiologist and is certified in cardiovascular disease and pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics. He is the director of cardiac MRI and CT at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and is an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and completed his pediatrics residency at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital followed by his cardiology fellowship at UPMC Children’s. He also completed an advanced imaging fellowship at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Dr. Christopher’s clinical interests include non-invasive 3-dimensional imaging of complex congenital heart disease, and his research interests include novel MRI techniques to minimize the need for sedation as well as to better visualize complex flow patterns in congenital heart disease. He has published work in multiple respected cardiovascular imaging journals and is a member of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. Dr. Christopher lives in Allison Park with his wife and two children. View the full list of Dr. Christopher’s publications on PubMed. Dr. Christopher is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Ventricular Septal Defects. His top areas of expertise are Ebstein's Anomaly, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), and Tetralogy of Fallot.

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