Biagio Pietra MD
Pediatric Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation
The Virginia Root Sutherland Chair Professor and Chief, Pediatric Cardiology
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1600 SW Archer Rd# 100297Gainesville, FL 32610
Phone+1 352-273-5422
Fax+1 352-273-5927
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Education & Training
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Cardiology, 1991 - 1994- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1988 - 1991
University of South Florida College of MedicineClass of 1988
Certifications & Licensure
FL State Medical License 2014 - 2026
OH State Medical License 1989 - 2026
CO State Medical License 1994 - 2025
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Cardiology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Longitudinal Changes in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Following Repeat Heart Transplant in Children and Young Adults.Melvin Chan, Lori Silveira, Daniel J Patterson, Margret E Bock, Biagio A Pietra
Pediatric Transplantation. 2024-11-01 - 2 citationsAn Analysis of 186 Transplants for Pediatric or Congenital Heart Disease: Impact of Pretransplant VAD.Mark Steven Bleiweis, Yuriy Stukov, Omar M Sharaf, Frederick J Fricker, Giles J Peek
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2024-05-01 - 1 citationsChanges in estimated glomerular filtration rate over the first year following repeat heart transplant in children and young adults.Melvin Chan, Lori Silveira, Daniel J Patterson, Margret E Bock, Biagio A Pietra
Pediatric Transplantation. 2024-02-01
Journal Articles
- Research Paper Anti-LFA-1 Induces CD8 T-cell Dependent Allograft Tolerance and Augments Suppressor Phenotype CD8 CellsTodd J Grazia, Biagio A Pietra, Martin R Zamora, Christine M Lin, ScienceDirect
Authored Content
- A Small Step for Heart Transplantation but a Huge Leap for Infant Heart TransplantationAugust 2022
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