KionaYasminAllenMD

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

Attending Physician Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

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Dr. Kiona Allen is a pediatric cardiologist in Chicago, IL and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Prentice Women’s Hospital. She received her medical degree from Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and has been in practice 9 years. She specializes in pediatric cardiac critical care and is experienced in neurodevelopmental disabilities, hypoplastic left heart syndrome, congenital heart disease, fontan procedure, and mechanical circulatory support.

McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityFellowship, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2014 - 2016
Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaFellowship, Pediatric Cardiology, 2011 - 2014
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Pediatrics, 2008 - 2011
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 2008

Housestaff Achievement Award Alliance of Minority Physicians, 2014
24th Annual Ann Newman Clinical Fellow Award Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2013
Helen O. Dickens, MD Award Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 2008
Henry & Jacob Lowenberg Prize in Pediatrics Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2008
Alpha Omega Alpha Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 2008
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PubMed

3 citations
Achieving Consensus: Severity-Graded Definitions of Fontan-Associated Complications to Characterize Fontan Circulatory Failure.
Kurt R Schumacher, Ari Cedars, Kiona Allen, David Goldberg, Adrianna Batazzi
Journal of Cardiac Failure. 2024-12-01
Correction: Demonstrating responsiveness of the pediatric cardiac quality of life inventory in children and adolescents undergoing arrhythmia ablation, heart transplan...
Amy M O'Connor, Amy Cassedy, Mitchell Cohen, Caren Goldberg, Jacqueline Lamour
Quality of Life Research. 2024-12-01
Motor proficiency in school-aged children with CHD.
Casey Vogel, Clayton Hinkle, Amy Cassedy, Carrie Alden, Elizabeth Colla
Cardiology in the Young. 2024-11-19

Journal Articles

Familial Long QT Syndrome and Late Development of Dilated Cardiomyopathy in a Child with a KCNQ1 Mutation: A Case Report
Allen KY, Vetter VL, Shah MJ, O'Connor MJ, Heart Rhythm Case Reports, 3/2016

Books/Book Chapters

Professionalism in Medicine: A Case-Based Guide for Medical Students
Chapter: Part Two: Defining Medical Professionalism, Student and Faculty Cases
Page 66 - 69Allen K & Coffin SEditors: Spandorfer J et al.Cambridge University Press, New YorkEdition 1,2010

Abstracts/Posters

A physical rehabilitation program is effective in pediatric patients awaiting heart transplant
Casey Vogel, DPT, PCS, Philip Thrush, MD, Lindsay Jackson, CPNP-AC, Katheryn Gambetta, MD, Kendra Ward, MD, Kiona Allen, MD, Cardiology 2018: 21st Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease, Scottsdale, AZ, 2/24/2018
Beyond the Fontan: Surgical and Catheter Based Reinterventions Are Common in Long- Term Single Ventricle Survivors
Downing TE, Allen KY, Goldberg DJ, Rogers LS, Ravishankar C, Rychik J, Fuller S, Montenegro LM, Steven JM, Spray TL, Nicolson SC, Gaynor JW, Glatz AC, American College of Cardiology 65th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2016
Late Myocardial Infarction After Fontan in Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum
Small A, Kim Y, Glatz A, Whitehead K, Allen K, Downing T, Donner R, Fuller S, Giglia T, American Heart Association 87th Annual Scientific Sessions, Chicago, IL, 2014

OPRF, Fenwick Announce Merit Scholar SemifinalistsSeptember 30th, 2020
Re-Interventions Are Common in Long-Term Survivors of Childhood Heart OperationsSeptember 18th, 2017
Patient Engagement Tools: Comprehensive Single Ventricle RoadmapJuly 8th, 2017
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