Nelangi Pinto, MD

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Nelangi Pinto, MDAcademic appointment: Clinical Instructor, University of Utah

Clinical expertise: Echocardiography, Fetal Echocardiography

Research interests: Prevention of pediatric heart disease, Outcomes in congenital heart disease, Obesity in congenital heart disease

Outside interests: Hiking, traveling

Education: BA History and Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; MD, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI

Residency: Pediatrics – University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Fellowship: Pediatric Cardiology – The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics 2003

Selected Publications:

  1. Pinto NM, Jones T, Dyamenahali U, Shah M. (2003)  Temporary transvenous pacing with active fixation bipolar lead in children: a preliminary report. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology (PACE), 26[Pt. I], 1-/.
  2. Pinto NM, Marino VS, Wernovsky G, de Ferranti SD, Walsh AZ, Laronde M, Hyland K, Dunn SO Jr, Cohen MS. (2007). Obesity is a common comorbidity in children with congenital and acquired heart disease. Pediatrics, 120(5), e1157-64.
  3. Pinto NM, Weinberg PM, Rome JJ. (2007). Membranous remnant of left venous valve of inferior vena cava: implications for device closure of atrial septal defects. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv, 69(5), 732-4.