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Professor
Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Seattle Children's Hospital/University of Washington

4800 Sand Point Way
Seattle, WA 98105
contact address
https://www.seattlechildrens.org/directory/nelangi-m-pinto/

Biosketch:

Nelangi M. Pinto, MD is a member of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at Seattle Children’s Hospital/University of Washington. She received her undergraduate education at the Harvard University and her M.D. from University of Michigan Medical School. After completing postgraduate training in Pediatrics at the University of Washington she undertook specialty training in Pediatric Cardiology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She then spent her first 15 years on faculty at the University of Utah where she directed the Fetal Heart Program for 9 years. Dr. Pinto’s research is focused on improving prenatal detection of congenital heart disease and understanding the impact of prenatal diagnosis on outcomes. She also has an interest in improving the specialty health care delivery to more rural and distant populations.

No conflicts of interest (11/02/2023)

Selected Bibliography:

Pinto NM, Weng C, Sheng X, Simon K, Byrne JB, Miller T, Puchalski MD.
Modifiers of stress related to timing of diagnosis in parents of children with complex congenital heart disease.
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016:1-7. PubMed abstract

Pinto NM, Keenan HT, Minich LL, Puchalski MD, Heywood M, Botto LD.
Barriers to prenatal detection of congenital heart disease: a population-based study.
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2012;40(4):418-25. PubMed abstract

Pinto NM, Nelson R, Puchalski M, Metz TD, Smith KJ.
Cost-effectiveness of prenatal screening strategies for congenital heart disease.
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2014;44(1):50-7. PubMed abstract

Chan T, Pinto NM, Bratton SL.
Racial and insurance disparities in hospital mortality for children undergoing congenital heart surgery.
Pediatr Cardiol. 2012;33(7):1026-39. PubMed abstract

Johnson JT, Tani LY, Puchalski MD, Bardsley TR, Byrne JL, Minich LL, Pinto NM.
Admission to a dedicated cardiac intensive care unit is associated with decreased resource use for infants with prenatally diagnosed congenital heart disease.
Pediatr Cardiol. 2014;35(8):1370-8. PubMed abstract