MichelleKittlesonMDPhD

Heart Failure & Transplantation

Director, Heart Transplant Fellowship

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Office
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute 8670 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Phone+1 310-248-8300

Fax+1 310-248-8333

Dr. Michelle Kittleson is a cardiologist in Los Angeles, CA and is affiliated with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She received her medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine and has been in practice 18 years. She specializes in heart failure & transplantation and is experienced in general cardiology.

CA State Medical License 2006 - 2026
MD State Medical License 2003 - 2006
American Board of Internal Medicine Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology

PubMed

Therapeutic Plasma Exchange is Associated with Increased Survival in Heart Transplant Recipients Experiencing Severe Primary Graft Dysfunction.
Yosef Manla, David H Chang, Jignesh Patel, Avani Kanugo, Andriana Nikolova
The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2024-11-17
Transcatheter Repair or Surgery for Functional Mitral Regurgitation.
Joanna Chikwe, Michelle M Kittleson
The New England Journal of Medicine. 2024-11-14
A systematic review of reporting and handling of missing data in observational studies using the UNOS database.
William L Baker, Timothy E Moore, Eric Baron, Michelle Kittleson, William F Parker
The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2024-11-07

Journal Articles

Applicability of US Food and Drug Administration Labeling for Dapagliflozin to Patients with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction in US Clinical Practice
Muthiah Vaduganathan, Javed Butler, Paul A Heidenreich, Michelle M Kittleson, Anjali Tiku Owens, Pamela N Peterson, Clyde W Yancy, Gregg C Fonarow, JAMA Cardiology
The Trials of Women in Cardiology
Michelle Kittleson, MD, JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging
Trends in US Heart Transplant Waitlist Activity and Volume During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
Lauren Sinnenberg, Nosheen Reza, Michelle M Kittleson, Veli K Topkara, Maryjane A Farr, JAMA Cardiology
Oxford University Press Has Registered This DOI Pre-Publication
Michelle Kittleson, Heidi Reich, Lawrence Czer, Dominick Megna, Jignesh Patel, Fardad Esmailian, Jon Kobashigawa, Oxford University Press
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Lectures

The Invisible Hand — Medical Care During the Pandemic
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Riverside, California - 9/15/2012

Clinical Outcomes of Older Adults in the US Listed for Heart TransplantationNovember 2021
Trends in US Heart Transplant Waitlist Activity and Volume During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) PandemicJuly 2020
Trends in US Heart Transplant Waitlist Activity and Volume During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) PandemicJuly 2020
The Invisible Hand — Medical Care During the PandemicApril 2020
ACC CardiaCast: The Five Most Important Things to Know About HCMMarch 2020
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TIME.com: Understanding 4 of the Most Common Complications of Hypertrophic CardiomyopathyNovember 1st, 2024
ACC CardiaCast: 2024 Update to the AHA/ACC HCM Guideline: Focus on Early Diagnosis and New and Emerging TreatmentsOctober 11th, 2024
‘Global Efficacy’ of Aficamten for Obstructive Disease Shown in SEQUOIA-HCMOctober 2nd, 2024
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