Michelle Kittleson MD PhD

Heart Failure & Transplantation

Director, Heart Transplant Fellowship

Summary

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.

Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2002 - 2005
Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1999 - 2002
Yale School of MedicineClass of 1999

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

Evaluating the mechanism of action behind controlled hypothermic preservation of donor hearts: A randomized pilot study.
Allen A Razavi, Jon Kobashigawa, Aleksandr Stotland, Qiudong Chen, Jignesh Patel
The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2025-07-01
Optimizing Medical Therapy Using Remote Monitoring and Artificial Intelligence in Patients With Heart Failure: The TURING-HF Trial.
Raj M Khandwalla, Alex Shvartser, Raymond J Zimmer, Merije Chukumerije, Michael Share
JACC. Heart Failure. 2025-06-19
Post SARS-CoV-2 Myocarditis: Giant Cell or MIS-A? A Misdiagnosis Leading to a Heart Transplantation.
Siyi Shangguan, Pooja S Desai, Siddharth Singh, Tyler M Gunn, Serguei I Bannykh
JACC. Case Reports. 2025-05-28

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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New American College of Cardiology Statement Provides Guidance for Anti-Obesity Drugs in Management of Heart FailureJune 20th, 2025
HMN 2025: What Is the Advancing Entry to Scientific Trials for CardiomyopathyMay 29th, 2025
AHA Looks to Advance Access to Clinical Trials for CardiomyopathyMay 27th, 2025
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