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R. Andrew de Freitas
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R. Andrew de Freitas, MD

Biography

Attending Physician, Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

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Education and Background

Fellowship in Adult Cardiology, Boston Medical Center 1997-2000
Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology, Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Children's Hospital Boston 1995-1997, 2000-2001
Residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital 1990-1991
MD, University of California David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA 1990

Publications

Jan. 01, 2017

T1 mapping in children and young adults with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

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Andrew Prigge, MD

Research Interests

Critical Care, Viral Respiratory Infections, Lung Injury and Repair, Immune Regulation

Recent Publication

Age-related Differences in the Nasal Mucosal Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2.

Feb. 01, 2022

Brian A. Madden, MD

Research Interests

Interventricular Mechanics, Right Ventricular Failure, Role of Immunologic Phenotype on Post-heart Transplant Outcomes, Post-heart Transplant Kidney Injury and Failure

Jeremy N. Wong, MD

Laura E. Vernon, MD

Reega D. Purohit, MD

Alexander J. Kula, MD

Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute
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