JosephWRossanoMD

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care, Pediatric Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation

Chief, Division of Cardiology Co-Executive Director, the Cardiac Center Jennifer Terker Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology Professor of Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

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Office
3401 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone+1 215-590-1000

Fax+1 267-426-9800
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Education & Training

Baylor College of MedicineFellowship, Pediatric Cardiology, 2004 - 2008
University of WashingtonResidency, Pediatrics, 2002 - 2004
University of WashingtonInternship, Pediatrics, 2001 - 2002
University of Arizona College of MedicineClass of 2001, MD

Certifications & Licensure

TX State Medical License 2007 - 2024
PA State Medical License 2011 - 2024
WA State Medical License 2001 - 2004
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Cardiology

Clinical Trials

Valsartan for Attenuating Disease Evolution In Early Sarcomeric HCM Start of enrollment: 2014 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 2
Study to Evaluate Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of LCZ696 Followed by a 52-week, Double-blind Study of LCZ696 Compared With Enalapril in Pediatric Patients With Heart Failure Start of enrollment: 2016 Nov 03
Completed
Phase 2, Phase 3
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
CLCZ696B2319E1 OL Extension Study to Evaluate Long-term Safety of Sacubitril/Valsartan in Pediatric Patients With HF Start of enrollment: 2019 May 02
Completed
Phase 3
COVID-19: Pediatric Research Immune Network on SARS-CoV-2 and MIS-C Start of enrollment: 2020 Nov 19
Completed
Intramyocardial Injection of Autologous UCB-MNC During Fontan Surgery for SRV Dependent CHD Start of enrollment: 2021 Jun 01
Active, not recruiting
Phase 1
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Emergency Department Use and Hospital Mortality Among Heart Transplant Recipients in the United States.
Luise Holzhauser, Nosheen Reza, Jonathan J Edwards, Edo Y Birati, Anjali T Owens, Rhondalyn McLean, Katsuhide Maeda, Matthew J O'Connor, Joseph W Rossano, Antara Monda...> ;Journal of the American Heart Association. 2024 Mar 5
1 citations
Temporal Trends, Risk Factors, and Clinical Outcomes of De Novo Lymphoproliferative Disorders After Heart Transplantation.
Kim, I., Kim, S., Youn, J., Kim, D., Lee, S., Kim, H., Kim, J., Jung, M., Cherikh, W., Rossano, J., Kobashigawa, J., Stehlik, J.> ;JACC. Heart Failure. 2024 Feb 1
A novel intracorporeal right ventricular assist device implantation technique in a young patient.
Mavroudis, C., Grasty, M., Montgomery, C., Pettit, A., O'Connor, M., Restaino, K., Wittlieb-Weber, C., Edelson, J., Edwards, J., Berger, J., Lin, K., Rossano, J., Maed...> ;JTCVS Techniques. 2024 Feb 1
Research Gaps in Pediatric Heart Failure: Defining the Gaps and Then Closing Them Over the Next Decade.
Amdani, S., Auerbach, S., Bansal, N., Chen, S., Conway, J., Silva, J., Deshpande, S., Hoover, J., Lin, K., Miyamoto, S., Puri, K., Price, J., Spinner, J., White, R., R...> ;Journal of Cardiac Failure. 2024 Jan 1
Reducing Pediatric Heart Failure Readmissions: The Time Is Now.
Lydia K Wright, Joseph W Rossano> ;JACC. Heart Failure. 2024 Jan 1
Hypertension: An Important But Reversible Cause of Systolic Dysfunction in a Cohort of Pediatric Patients.
Alicia M Kamsheh, Kevin E Meyers, Robert A Palermo, Lezhou Wu, Danielle S Burstein, Jonathan B Edelson, Kimberly Y Lin, Katsuhide Maeda, Joseph W Rossano, Carol A Witt...> ;Pediatric Cardiology. 2024 Feb 1
Socioeconomic deprivation and heart transplantation: A call for progress in the United States and EUROPE.
Alessandra Agnese Grossi, Luciano Potena, Joseph W Rossano, Khadijah Breathett> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2024 Feb 1
Next Generation Development of Hybrid Continuous Flow Pediatric Total Artificial Heart Technology: Design-Build-Test.
Matthew D Hirschhorn, Jonathan E M Lawley, Andrew J Roof, Arthur P T Johnson, William A Stoddard, Randy M Stevens, Joseph Rossano, Francisco Arabia, Vakhtang Tchantcha...> ;ASAIO Journal. 2023 Dec 1
2 citations
Cardiac Remodeling in Subclinical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: The VANISH Randomized Clinical Trial.
Christoffer Rasmus Vissing, Anna Axelsson Raja, Sharlene M Day, Mark W Russell, Kenneth Zahka, Harry M Lever, Alexandre C Pereira, Steven D Colan, Renee Margossian, An...> ;JAMA Cardiology. 2023 Nov 1
2 citations
Impact of donor-specific anti-HLA antibody on cardiac hemodynamics and graft function 3 years after pediatric heart transplantation: First results from the CTOTC-09 mu...
Steven A Webber, Hyunsook Chin, James D Wilkinson, Brian D Armstrong, Charles E Canter, Anne I Dipchand, Debra A Dodd, Brian Feingold, Jacqueline M Lamour, William T M...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2023 Dec 1
Survival in Pediatric Patients With Ventricular Assist Devices: A Special Pediatric Interagency Registry for Mechanical Circulatory Support (Pedimacs) Report.
Awais Ashfaq, Angela Lorts, David Rosenthal, Iki Adachi, Joseph Rossano, Ryan Davies, Kathleen E Simpson, Katsuhide Maeda, Bethany Wisotzkey, Devin Koehl, Ryan S Canto...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2023 Nov 1
Impact of Ventricular Dysfunction and Atrioventricular Valve Regurgitation on Pre-Fontan Attrition.
Kathryn O Stack, Charlotte Schluger, Amy L Roberts, Sheri Balsara, Mallory Hunt, Michelle Kaplinski, Monique M Gardner, Chitra Ravishankar, Joseph Rossano, David J Gol...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2023 Oct 1
1 citations
Cardiac imaging and biomarkers for assessing myocardial fibrosis in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Sonya Kirmani, Pamela K Woodard, Ling Shi, Taye H Hamza, Charles E Canter, Steven D Colan, Elfriede Pahl, Jeffrey A Towbin, Steven A Webber, Joseph W Rossano, Melanie ...> ;American Heart Journal. 2023 Oct 1
1 citations
Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction in Patients Diagnosed With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy During Childhood: Insights From the SHaRe Registry.
Sarah Abou Alaiwi, Thomas M Roston, Peter Marstrand, Brian Lee Claggett, Victoria N Parikh, Adam S Helms, Jodie Ingles, Rachel Lampert, Neal K Lakdawala, Michelle Mich...> ;Circulation. 2023 Aug 1
3 citations
Reduced incidence of cardiac rejection in multi-organ transplants: A propensity matched study.
Jonathan B Edelson, Xuemei Zhang, Andrew B Goldstone, Joseph W Rossano, Matthew J O'Connor, J William Gaynor, Jonathan J Edwards, Carol Wittlieb-Weber, Katsuhide Maeda> ;Clinical Transplantation. 2023 Sep 1
Transforming Growth Factor-β Analysis of the VANISH Trial Cohort.
Yuri Kim, Mitra Mastali, Jennifer E Van Eyk, E John Orav, Christoffer R Vissing, Sharlene M Day, Anna Axelsson Raja, Mark W Russell, Kenneth Zahka, Harry M Lever, Alex...> ;Circulation. Heart Failure. 2023 Apr 1
10 citations
Risk of Sudden Death in Patients With RASopathy Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
Aine Lynch, Mark Tatangelo, Sachin Ahuja, Chun-Po Steve Fan, Sandar Min, Myriam Lafreniere-Roula, Tanya Papaz, Vivian Zhou, Kathryn Armstrong, Peter F Aziz, Lee N Bens...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2023 Mar 21
3 citations
The teammate trial: Study design and rationale tacrolimus and everolimus against tacrolimus and MMF in pediatric heart transplantation using the major adverse transpla...
Christopher S Almond, Lynn A Sleeper, Joseph W Rossano, Matthew J Bock, Elfriede Pahl, Scott Auerbach, Ashwin Lal, Seth A Hollander, Shelley D Miyamoto, Chesney Castle...> ;American Heart Journal. 2023 Jun 1
Temporal trends in primary payers in pediatric heart transplant and association with long-term survival.
Kathryn Restaino, Xuemei Zhang, Jennifer A Faerber, Joseph W Rossano, Danielle Burstein, Carol A Wittlieb-Weber, Kimberly Yee Lin, Jonathan B Edelson, Jonathan J Edwar...> ;Pediatric Transplantation. 2023 May 1
When art and science collide: The 2022 guidelines for the care of heart transplant recipients.
Michelle M Kittleson, Carol Wittlieb-Weber, Joseph W Rossano> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2023 May 1
1 citations
Applying Practice Analysis to Develop a New Test Content Outline for the Pediatric Cardiology Certification Examination.
Robert C Brucia, Nathaniel W Taggart, Eyal Sagiv, Utkarsh Kohli, Svjetlana Tisma-Dupanovic, Nicole J Sutton, George M McDaniel, Joseph W Rossano, Andrew C Dwyer, Audre...> ;Pediatric Cardiology. 2023 Jun 1
40 citations
Sixth Annual Pediatric Interagency Registry for Mechanical Circulatory Support (Pedimacs) Report: The Society Of Thoracic Surgeons Pedimacs Annual Report.
Iki Adachi, David M Peng, Seth A Hollander, Kathleen E Simpson, Ryan R Davies, Jeffrey P Jacobs, Christina J VanderPluym, Francis Fynn-Thompson, Dennis A Wells, Sabrin...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2023 May 1
1 citations
DANON DISEASE: A MODEL OF PHOTORECEPTOR DEGENERATION SECONDARY TO PRIMARY RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM DISEASE.
Erin C O'Neil, Katherine E Uyhazi, Keli O'Connor, Isabella A Aleman, Jose S Pulido, Joseph W Rossano, Tomas S Aleman> ;Retinal Cases & Brief Reports. 2022 Nov 1
2 citations
Cost-effectiveness of bivalirudin in pediatric ventricular assist devices.
Danielle Burstein, Stephen Kimmel, Mary Putt, Joseph Rossano, Christina VanderPluym, Ashish Ankola, Angela Lorts, Katsuhide Maeda, Matthew O'Connor, Jonathan Edelson, ...> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2023 Mar 1
2 citations
Association of Donors With US Public Health Service Risk Criteria and Outcomes After Adult vs Pediatric Cardiac Transplant.
Danielle S Burstein, Joseph W Rossano, JoAnn Lindenfeld, Kelly H Schlendorf, Nhue Do, Justin Godown, Matthew J O'Connor, Katsuhide Maeda, Jonathan B Edelson, Kimberly ...> ;JAMA Cardiology. 2022 Nov 1
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Journal Articles

Measuring Quality in Pediatric Heart Transplantation—an Important but Challenging Goal
Kimberly Y Lin, Joseph W Rossano, JAMA Network Open

Lectures

Panelist: What I Would do and Why (Panel Discussion #1)
2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/17/2019

Authored Content

Rivaroxaban Versus Acetylsalicylic Acid in Children After Fontan: The UNIVERSE Study Randomized Clinical TrialApril 2022
Something Old, Something NewFebruary 2022

Press Mentions

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Receives Multi-Million Dollar Gift from Topolewski Family to Advance Pediatric Heart Valve Research and Establish Endowed Chair in CardiologyMay 18th, 2023
The Cardiac Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Hosts the 25th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular DiseaseNovember 10th, 2022
Rocket Pharmaceuticals Expands Clinical Sites for Its FA, Danon, LAD-I and IMO Trials, Adding to Its Global Centers of ExcellenceAugust 26th, 2020
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