Silvana Molossi MD PhD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
6651 Main StreetHouston, TX 77030
Overview of Dr. Molossi
Silvana Molossi, MD, PhD, graduated from the Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil, completed clinical and research fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology at the Hospital For Sick Children in Toronto, Canada and received her doctorate in Pathology and Cardiovascular Sciences from the University of Toronto. She served as a Professor of Pediatrics on the School of Medicine of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, where she supervised graduate students in the Master Program for Pediatrics and Cardiology. She served for 7 years as the Chief of the Pediatric Cardiology Division and Cardiac Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Dr. Molossi joined Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Cardiology Division, Texas Children’s Hospital, in March 2011. She has been involved in screening athletes for >20 years, holds the Vice-President of Science/Research position for the Championship Hearts Foundation and is on the Medical Advisory Board for the National Coronary Anomalies Foundation, non-profit organizations. She is a Fellow (FACC) of the American College of Cardiology and served as the Co-Chair of the Sports & Exercise Cardiology Section for the American College of Cardiology (2013-2016). In the past 12 years, she established the first Coronary Artery Anomalies Program and has co-founded the International Coronary Artery Anomalies Collaborative (ICAAC), furthering the knowledge in CAA. She serves as the Medical Director of the Coronary Artery Anomalies Program and Associate Chief for the Division of Cardiology at Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Molossi has contributed to various professional publications along her career, primarily focusing on Sports Cardiology and anomalous coronary arteries.
Education & Training
University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical SchoolResidency, Pediatrics, 2002 - 2004
OtherClass of 1985
Certifications & Licensure
TX State Medical License 2004 - 2026
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Cardiology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- The 2024 think tank on prevention of sudden cardiac death in the young: Pathway to survival. A report from the Cardiac Safety Research Consortium.Jordan E Ezekian, Charles C Anderson, Peter F Aziz, Samia Baluch, Stuart Berger
American Heart Journal. 2025-08-01 - Multimodal Imaging Directs Decision Making in Intraseptal L-AAOCA.Joseph Burns, Lindsay F Eilers, Stephen J Dolgner, Edward J Hickey, Silvana Molossi
JACC. Case Reports. 2025-06-25 - Mitral annular disjunction versus myocardial Ischemia in coronary artery anomalies.Vincent Bui, Silvana Molossi, Lindsay F Eilers, Shagun Sachdeva, Tam T Doan
Cardiology in the Young. 2025-05-01
Press Mentions
Teen Survives 18-Hour Heart Surgery, Celebrates Turning 15February 19th, 2025- Dell Children's & UT Health Austin Study Rare Cardiac DiseaseMarch 23rd, 2021
New Guidance on Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death in Athletes PublishedApril 15th, 2016
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