ChristopherAlmondMD

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care, Pediatric Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital

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Office
725 Welch Rd
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Phone+1 650-497-8000

Fax+1 650-497-8422

Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Cardiology, 2002 - 2006
Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1999 - 2002
Uconn School Of MedicineClass of 1999

Tacrolimus/Everolimus vs. Tacrolimus/MMF in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients Using the MATE Score Start of enrollment: 2018 Jan 29
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Multicenter Trial of ECMO in Children With Severe Cardiac Failure Using the Cardiohelp System Start of enrollment: 2024 Jul 01
Not yet recruiting
Not Applicable
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
Evaluating Pulse Oximetry Bias in Children With Darker Skin Pigmentation Start of enrollment: 2022 Aug 31
Recruiting
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
Pumps for Kids, Infants and Neonates (PumpKIN): The Jarvik 2015 Pivotal Trial Start of enrollment: 2024 Aug 01
Not yet recruiting
Not Applicable
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
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PubMed

75 citations
Decline in Heart Transplant Wait-list Mortality in the United States Following Broader Regional Sharing of Donor Hearts
Tajinder P. Singh, Christopher S. Almond, David O. Taylor, Dionne A. Graham
Circulation. Heart Failure. 2012-03-01
48 citations
Significant mortality, morbidity and resource utilization associated with advanced heart failure in congenital heart disease in children and young adults.
Danielle S. Burstein, Pirouz Shamszad, Dingwei Dai, Christopher S. Almond, Jack F. Price
American Heart Journal. 2019-03-01
51 citations
The Creation of a Pediatric Health Care Learning Network: The ACTION Quality Improvement Collaborative.
A. Lorts, L. Smyth, Robert J. Gajarski, Christina VanderPluym, Mary Mehegan
ASAIO Journal. 2020-01-01

Journal Articles

Characteristics of Deposits and Pump Exchange in the Berlin Heart EXCOR Ventricular Assist Device: Experience with 67 Cases
David N Rosenthal, Seth A Hollander, Beth Kaufman, Olaf Reinhartz, Christopher Almond, Katsuhide Maeda, Maryalice M Gowen, Pediatric Transplantation

Stanford Tests Pediatric Heart Pump That Could Close a Big Transplant GapMay 13th, 2024
Scientists in California, Texas to Study Ways to Help Children Receiving Heart TransplantsApril 20th, 2021
Girl Undergoes Unusual Heart Surgery After Compassionate-Use ExemptionOctober 16th, 2018
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