AlexanderROpotowskyMDMMSc

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Non-Invasive Cardiology, Exercise Physiology and Cardiac Rehabilitation

Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program; Co-Director, Heart Institute Research Core & Exercise Laboratory; Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital

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Office
Cincinnati ACHD Program
3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 203
Cincinnati, OH 45229
Phone+1 513-803-2243

Fax+1 513-803-0079

Education & Training

Brigham and Women's HospitalFellowship, Adult Congenital Heart Disease, 2009 - 2011
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2006 - 2009
Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2003 - 2006
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 2003

Certifications & Licensure

KY State Medical License 2019 - 2026
IN State Medical License 2019 - 2025
OH State Medical License 2019 - 2025
WV State Medical License 2020 - 2025
MA State Medical License 2005 - 2022
PA State Medical License 2006 - 2010
American Board of Internal Medicine Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology

Clinical Trials

Eisenmenger Quality Enhancement Research Initiative Start of enrollment: 2012 Jul 01
COMPLETED
Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation for Adolescents and Adults With Congenital Heart Disease Start of enrollment: 2013 Apr 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Improving Functional Capacity in Fontan Patients Through Inspiratory Muscle Training Start of enrollment: 2013 Dec 01
Completed
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Heart Transplantation Outcomes for Fontan Patients When Using Contemporary Strategies: Heart-Liver Transplantation and Ventricular Assist Device Therapy.
Spencer J Hogue, Jason W Greenberg, Amir Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, Chet R Villa, Clifford Chin
World Journal for Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery. 2025-01-15
1 citations
Propensity Score Analysis of Possible Medication Effects on Outcomes in Patients With Systemic Right Ventricles.
Amrit Misra, Carla P Rodriguez-Monserrate, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Mikael Dellborg, Flavia Fusco
JACC. Advances. 2025-01-01
Albuminuria Prevalence in Fontan Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Hannah Van Belle, Jef Van den Eynde, Aleksandra Cieplucha, Magalie Ladouceur, Kimberly Martinod
Pediatric Cardiology. 2024-12-17

Journal Articles

Editorial Comment Not Quite Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension but More Than a SOB Story∗
Ryan J Tedford, Bradley M Wertheim, Alexander R Opotowsky, ScienceDirect

Lectures

Core Curriculum: Update on Pulmonary Hypertension and Venous Thromboembolism Management
2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/17/2019
Panel Discussion Moderator
2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/17/2019

Authored Content

Strengths and Weaknesses of Echocardiography for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary HypertensionApril 2018

Press Mentions

AHA 2022 Science Published Across JACC JournalsNovember 4th, 2022

Grant Support

Accelerating research to advance care for adults with congenital heart disease through development of validated scalable computational phenotypesCINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR2020–2025