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100 N Mario Capecchi DrSalt Lake City, UT 84113
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Summary
- Dr. Michelle Ploutz is a pediatric cardiologist based in Salt Lake City, UT, specializing in cardiomyopathies, ventricular assist device (VAD) management, and pediatric heart failure and transplantation. She completed her fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology at Children's National Hospital/George Washington University after graduating from Tufts University School of Medicine in 2009. Currently, she serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Utah Health, having previously worked as a Pediatric Cardiologist at Phoenix Children's Hospital. Her research has been published in reputable journals, focusing on topics such as ventricular assist devices and pediatric heart transplantation, with several papers being cited by other publications.
Education & Training
Children's National Hospital/George Washington UniversityFellowship, Pediatric Cardiology, 2013 - 2016
Tufts University School of MedicineClass of 2009
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Multi-institutional outcomes of Impella use in pediatric patients: A brief communication from the ACTION Network.Jonathan B Edelson, Shahnawaz Amdani, David N Rosenthal, Benjamin Kroslowitz, Brian Morray
The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2025-10-01 - 1 citationsThe Impact of Fontan Circulatory Failure on Heart Transplant Survival: A 20-Center Retrospective Cohort Study.Kurt R Schumacher, David N Rosenthal, Adriana Batazzi, Sunkyung Yu, Garrett Reichle
Circulation. 2025-08-26 - Revisiting the Effect of Udenafil on Exercise Performance in Patients With Fontan Circulation: Results of a Post Hoc Analysis of the FUEL Trial.David J Goldberg, Victor Zak, Chenwei Hu, Adam M Lubert, Rahul H Rathod
Journal of the American Heart Association. 2025-08-19
Press Mentions
Youngest 50cc Total Artificial Heart Recipient Ever Receives Donor HeartJuly 15th, 2018
Phoenix Children's Hospital Implants Artificial Heart in Youngest Patient EverJune 27th, 2018
Handheld Echocardiographic Screening for Rheumatic Heart Disease by Non-ExpertsMarch 8th, 2016
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