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Texas Medical Center
Specialty
Cardiology
Phone: 832-824-3278
Address
6651 Main Street
Legacy Tower, 21st Floor
Houston, TX 77030
Hari Priya Tunuguntla, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Education
| School | Education | Degree | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor College of Medicine | Fellowship | Pediatric Cardiology | 2015 |
| Louisiana State University School of Medicine | Medical School | Doctor of Medicine | 2008 |
| Louisiana State University School of Public Health | Masters | Master of Public Health (Public Health; Environmental Health) | 2008 |
| Tulane University, Newcomb College, New Orleans | Bachelors | Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience (magna cum laude with Honors) | 2004 |
Selected Publications
Choudhry S, Wang Y, Denfield SW, Cabrera AG, Price JF, Tunuguntla HP, Dharnidharka VR, Canter CE, Dreyer WJ. A Recipient Risk Prediction Tool for Short-term Mortality After Pediatric Heart Transplantation. Transplantation 2019 Nov; 103(11):2434-2439. PMID: 30801538.
Puri K, Price JF, Spinner JA, Powers JM, Denfield SW, Cabrera AG, Tunuguntla HP, Dreyer WJ, Shah MD. Iron Deficiency Is Associated with Adverse Outcomes in Pediatric Heart Failure. J Pediatr 2019 Oct 11. PMID: 31610927.
Tunuguntla H, Jeewa A, Denfield SW. Acute Myocarditis and Pericarditis in Children. Pediatr Rev 2019 Jan; 40(1):14-25. PMID: 30600275.
Adachi I, Zea-Vera R, Tunuguntla H, Denfield SW, Elias B, John R, Teruya J, Fraser CD. Centrifugal-flow ventricular assist device support in children: A single-center experience. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2019 Apr; 157(4):1609-1617.e2. PMID: 30770106.
Conway J, Tunuguntla H. Impact of disease process on post-transplant outcomes: Protein-losing enteropathy in Fontan patients. J Heart Lung Transplant 2019 Jan; 38(1):3-4. PMID: 30558740.
Fraser CD, Chacon-Portillo MA, Zea-Vera R, John R, Elias BA, Heinle JS, Mery CM, Tunuguntla HP, Cabrera AG, Price JF, Denfield SW, Dreyer WJ, Qureshi AM, Adachi I. Ventricular Assist Device Support: Single Pediatric Institution Experience Over Two Decades. Ann Thorac Surg 2019 03; 107(3):829-836. PMID: 30296425.
Loar RW, Noel CV, Tunuguntla H, Colquitt JL, Pignatelli RH. State of the art review: Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity in children. Congenit Heart Dis 2018 Jan; 13(1):5-15. PMID: 29226596.
Tunuguntla H, Denfield SW, McKenzie ED, Adachi I. Mitral valve replacement for inflow obstruction of left ventricular assist device in a child with restrictive cardiomyopathy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2016 Jan; 151(1):e11-3. PMID: 26453276.
Awards & Honors
Timothy Bricker Citizenship Award - Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine (06/2016)
2016 Fellows Research Symposium Oral Abstract Award, Baylor College of Medicine (03/2016)
2014 Fellows Research Symposium Poster Presentation Award, Baylor College of Medicine (04/2014)
Resident Teaching Award, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC (05/2010)
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