Michelle Sykes MD MD, PhD (She/Her)
Assistant Professor, Medical Director of the Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Service
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740 S Limestone L203Lexington, KY 40536
Phone+1 859-323-6754
Fax+1 859-323-3499
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Summary
- Dr. Michelle Sykes is a Pediatric Cardiologist based in Lexington, KY. She earned her medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University in 2010 and completed her Pediatrics residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in 2013. She pursued a Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology at Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical Center from 2013 to 2016, followed by a specialization in Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease at Stanford University in 2016-2017. Dr. Sykes currently serves as a Pediatric Cardiologist at the University of Kentucky. Her research work has been published in esteemed journals, with notable studies on topics such as pulmonary vein stenosis and bone formation in preosteoblasts.
Education & Training
Stanford University School of MedicinePediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease, 2016 - 2017
Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Cardiology, 2013 - 2016
University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 2010 - 2013
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta UniversityClass of 2010
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2016 - 2026
KY State Medical License 2022 - 2026
MA State Medical License 2013 - 2018
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Cardiology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 2 citationsSix-Month Outcomes in the Long-Term Outcomes After the Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Study.Dongngan T Truong, Felicia L Trachtenberg, Chenwei Hu, Gail D Pearson, Kevin Friedman
JAMA Pediatrics. 2025-03-01 - 2 citationsLong-Term Quality of Life in Congenital Heart Disease Surgical Survivors: Multicenter Retrospective Study of Surgical and ICU Explanatory Factors.Bradley S Marino, Amy Cassedy, Katherine L Brown, Rodney Franklin, J William Gaynor
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2023-05-01 - 7 citationsThe impact of right ventricular pressure and function on survival in patients with pulmonary vein stenosis.Michelle C. Sykes, Christina Ireland, Julia E. McSweeney, Emily Rosenholm, Kristofer Andren
Pulmonary Circulation. 2018-04-30
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