Shanti Lakshmi Narasimhan

University of Minnesota, USA

Title: Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics

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Biography

Dr. Sivanandam is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Cardiology. She received her M.B.B.S. from the PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Medical School in India. Dr. Sivanandam completed her internship at Christian Medical College and Hospital in India, a cardiothoracic surgery residency at GKNM Hospital in India and was in general practice in India at CSASS Medical Centre. Dr. Sivanandam completed a residency in Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota. She completed the first two years of her pediatric cardiology fellowship at College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York and returned to the University of Minnesota for the third year of her pediatric cardiology fellowship. Dr. Sivanandam joined the faculty of the University of Minnesota in 2004. Dr. Sivanandam’s clinical interest is imaging which includes transthoracic echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography with emphasis on fetal echocardiography and cardiac MRI. Her research interest is designing a prospective study for fetal intervention such as valvar pulmonary stenosis, valvar aortic stenosis and also to study the evolution of heart disease in utero during 2nd and 3rd trimester. She is working on analyzing the impact of early fetal diagnosis of congenital heart defect and post natal outcomes.

Research Interest

• Maternal and Fetal Medicine
• Pediatric Cardiology
• Pediatrics