Katherine B. Salciccioli, MD

Dr. Katie Salciccioli completed Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Pediatric Cardiology training at Baylor College of Medicine and advanced training in Adult Congenital Heart Disease at the University of Michigan. She loves helping patients understand their hearts and engage in their care in order to confidently pursue their personal goals. She is passionate about teaching patients and families as well as future medical professionals and advancing the field of adult congenital cardiology.

Clinical Interests

Adult congenital heart disease, pediatric cardiology, aortopathy, preventive cardiology, transition medicine, pregnancy in women with congenital heart disease

Education

Board Certifications

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Research interests

Improving access to care, healthcare disparities, transition medicine, long term outcomes in congenital heart disease, exercise in congenital heart disease, preventive cardiology in congenital heart disease

Salciccioli KB, Salemi JL, Broda CR, Lopez KN. (2021). Disparities in Insurance Coverage Among Hospitalized Adult Congenital Heart Disease Patients Before and After the Affordable Care Act. Birth Defects Res. 113(8): 644-659. https://doi.org/10.1002/bdr2.1878

Salciccioli KB, Jain PN, Guffey D, Byun J, Cotts TB, Ermis P, Gaies M, Ghanayem N, Kim F, Lasa J, Smith A, Fuller S. (2021). Risk Factors for Perioperative Morbidity in Adults Undergoing Cardiac Surgery at Children’s Hospitals. Ann Thorac Surg. Epub ahead of print 20 April 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.04.002

Salciccioli KB, Cotts TB. (2021). Pregnancy in Women with Adult Congenital Heart Disease. Cardiology Clinics of America. 39(1): 55-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccl.2020.09.004

Salciccioli KB, Bonilla-Ramirez C, Qureshi AM, Adachi I, Imamura M, Heinle JS, McKenzie ED, Caldarone CA, Allen HD, Binsalamah ZM. (2021). Smaller right pulmonary artery is associated with longer survival time without scimitar vein repair. J Card Surg. 36(4): 1352-1360. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.15405

Cotts TB, Salciccioli KB, Swanson SK, Yetman AT. (2020). Aortopathy in Adult Congenital Heart Disease. Cardiology Clinics of America. 38(3): 325-336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccl.2020.04.002

Salciccioli KB, Oluyomi A, Lupo PJ, Ermis PR, Lopez KN. (2019). A model for geographic and sociodemographic access to care disparities for adults with congenital heart disease. Congenit Heart Dis. 14: 752-759. https://doi.org/10.1111/chd.12819

Broda CR, Salciccioli KB, Lopez KN, Ermis PR, Moodie DS, Dickerson HA. (2019). Outcomes in adults with congenital heart disease and heterotaxy syndrome: A single-center experience. Congenit Heart Dis. 14: 885-894. https://doi.org/10.1111/chd.12856

Lopez KN, Karlsten M, Bonaduce De Nigris F, King J, Salciccioli K, Jiang A, Marelli A, Kovacs AH, Fordis M, Thompson D (2015). Understanding Age-Based Transition Needs: Perspective from Adolescents and Adults with Congenital Heart Disease. Congenit Heart Dis. 10 (6): 561-571. https://doi.org/10.1111/chd.12283