
Overview
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 Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pulmonary Valve Stenosis. His top areas of expertise are Ebstein's Anomaly, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), and Tetralogy of Fallot.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 44 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 1 article in the study of Pulmonary Valve Stenosis.
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Locations
4401 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
Clinical Research
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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 Pulmonary Valve Stenosis. Her top areas of expertise are Patent Ductus Arteriosus, Atrioventricular Septal Defect, Endocardial Cushion Defect, and Partial Atrioventricular Canal.
Childrens Hospital Of Pittsburgh
Jacqueline Kreutzer, MD, FACC, FSCAI, is co-director of the Heart Institute at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and holds the Peter and Ada Rossin Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology. She is also a professor of pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and division director of cardiology. She is board-certified in pediatric cardiology by the American Board of Pediatrics and in adult congenital heart disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Kreutzer has over 20 years of practice in congenital catheter intervention and directed the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at UPMC Children’s for 15 years. A native of Argentina, she received her medical degree from the University of Buenos Aires Medical School. She completed a clinical fellowship in cardiac pathology at Harvard Medical School-Boston Children's Hospital and an internship and residency in pediatrics at the University of Florida Affiliated Hospitals. She then completed a fellowship in pediatric cardiology at the Harvard Medical School-Boston Children's Hospital. Dr. Kreutzer came to Pittsburgh from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Her main areas of academic interest include novel catheter/device technology, animal testing and clinical trials, prenatal cardiac catheter intervention, single ventricle variants, transcatheter therapies, transcatheter management of peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis, cardiac catheterization outcomes research and quality improvement, and transcatheter valve therapies. In addition to her clinical duties as leader of interventional cardiology at the Children’s Heart Institute, she has a strong academic and teaching record. She has authored more than 60 scientific publications and has served as guest reviewer for several journals, including Catheterization and Cardiovascular Intervention, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, American Journal of Cardiology, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, among others. She has taught extensively internally, nationally, and internationally. She is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and of the Society of Cardiac Angiography and Intervention and has served as active member of numerous societies, committees, and boards such as the American Board of Pediatrics, the American College of Cardiology NCDR IMPACT Registry, and the American Heart Association CDVY Committee on Congenital Cardiac Defects. View Dr. Kreutzer's full list of publications from PubMed. Dr. Kreutzer is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pulmonary Valve Stenosis. Her top areas of expertise are Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Pulmonary Valve Stenosis, Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula, Thrombectomy, and Angioplasty.
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 Pulmonary Valve Stenosis. His top areas of expertise are Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), Pediatric Myocarditis, Tissue Biopsy, and Heart Transplant.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Ebstein's AnomalyDr. Christopher isDistinguished. Learn about Ebstein's Anomaly.
- Experienced
- Coarctation of the AortaDr. Christopher isExperienced. Learn about Coarctation of the Aorta.
- Congenital Heart Disease (CHD)Dr. Christopher isExperienced. Learn about Congenital Heart Disease (CHD).
- Double Aortic ArchDr. Christopher isExperienced. Learn about Double Aortic Arch.
- Heart FailureDr. Christopher isExperienced. Learn about Heart Failure.
- Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)
- Pediatric MyocarditisDr. Christopher isExperienced. Learn about Pediatric Myocarditis.

