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Nelangi M. Pinto, MD is a member of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Utah School of Medicine and Primary Children´s Hospital. Her subspecialty is non-invasive imaging and she is the Director of the Fetal Heart Program. She sees patients with all forms of congenital heart disease from infancy through late adolescence. Dr. Pinto also specializes in fetal echocardiography and has a research interest in improving prenatal detection of congenital heart disease.

Clinical Locations

Primary Children's Hospital

801-662-1000

100 N Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City, UT  84113

Primary Children's Hospital Outpatient Services at Riverton

801-213-3599

3773 West 12600 South
Riverton, UT  84065

Specialties

  • Fetal Echocardiography
  • Pediatric Cardiology

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics - Professor
Population Health Sciences - Adjunct Professor
Academic Divisions Pediatric Cardiology
Board Certification National Board of Medical Examiners

Nelangi M. Pinto, MD is a member of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Utah School of Medicine and Primary Children´s Hospital. Her subspecialty is non-invasive imaging and she is the Director of the Fetal Heart Program. She sees patients with all forms of congenital heart disease from infancy through late adolescence. Dr. Pinto also specializes in fetal echocardiography and has a research interest in improving prenatal detection of congenital heart disease.

Academic Locations

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics - Professor
Population Health Sciences - Adjunct Professor
Academic Divisions Pediatric Cardiology
Board Certification National Board of Medical Examiners

Research Interests

  • Improved and cost-effective care of congenital heart disease in developing countries
  • Epidemiology and prevention of acquired heart disease

Education History

Graduate Training University of Utah
Clinical Research
M.S., 2010
Fellowship The Children's Hospital Philadelphia
Pediatric Cardiology
Fellow, 2007
Residency University of Washington
Pediatrics
Resident, 2003
Internship University of Washington
Pediatrics
Intern, 2001
Professional Medical University of Michigan
Medicine
M.D., 2000
Undergraduate Harvard University
History and Science
A.B., 1996

Selected Publications - Journal Articles

Journal Article

  1. Delaney RK, Pinto NM, Ozanne EM, Stark LA, Pershing ML, Thorpe A, Witteman HO, Thokala P, Lambert LM, Hansen LM, Greene TH, Fagerlin A (2021). Study protocol for a randomised clinical trial of a decision aid and values clarification method for parents of a fetus or neonate diagnosed with a life-threatening congenital heart defect. BMJ Open, 11(12), e055455.
  2. Pinto NM, Patel A, Delaney RK, Donofrio MT, Marino BS, Miller S, Ozanne EM, Zickmund SL, Karasawa MH, Pershing ML, Fagerlin A (2021). Provider insights on shared decision-making with families affected by CHD. Cardiol Young, 1-8.
  3. Delaney RK, Pinto NM, Ozanne EM, Brown H, Stark LA, Watt MH, Karasawa M, Patel A, Donofrio MT, Steltzer MM, Miller SG, Zickmund SL, Fagerlin A (2021). Parents' decision-making for their foetus or neonate with a severe congenital heart defect. Cardiol Young, 1-8.
  4. Pinto NM, LuAnn Minich L, Yoo M, Floyd A, Wilkes J, VanDerslice J, Yamauchi M, Nelson R (2021). Influence of Geographic Access on Surgical Center Readmissions After Index Congenital Heart Surgery. J Pediatr, 234, 195-204.e3.
  5. Weyhrauch DL, Truong DT, Pinto NM, Amula V, Lambert LM, Zhang C, Presson AP, Wilkes J, Minich LL, Williams RV (2021). Changes in Provider Prescribing Behavior for Infants with Single Ventricle Physiology After Evidence-Based Publications. Pediatr Cardiol, 42(5), 1224-1232.
  6. Krishnan A, Jacobs MB, Morris SA, Peyvandi S, Bhat AH, Chelliah A, Chiu JS, Cuneo BF, Freire G, Hornberger LK, Howley L, Husain N, Ikemba C, Kavanaugh-McHugh A, Kutty S, Lee C, Lopez KN, McBrien A, Michelfelder EC, Pinto NM, Schwartz R, Stern KWD, Taylor C, Thakur V, Tworetzky W, Wittlieb-Weber C, Woldu K, Donofrio MT, Fetal Heart Society (2021). Impact of Socioeconomic Status, Race and Ethnicity, and Geography on Prenatal Detection of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and Transposition of the Great Arteries. Circulation, 143(21), 2049-2060.
  7. McFarland CA, Truong DT, Pinto NM, Minich LL, Burch PT, Eckhauser AW, Lal AK, Molina KM, Ou Z, Presson AP, May LJ (2020). Implications of Left Ventricular Dysfunction at Presentation for Infants with Coarctation of the Aorta. Pediatr Cardiol, 42(1), 72-77.
  8. Pinto NM, Morris SA, Moon-Grady AJ, Donofrio MT (2020). Prenatal cardiac care: Goals, priorities & gaps in knowledge in fetal cardiovascular disease: Perspectives of the Fetal Heart Society. Prog Pediatr Cardiol, 59, 101312.
  9. Pasquali SK, Chiswell K, Hall M, Thibault D, Romano JC, Gaynor JW, Shahian DM, Jacobs ML, Gaies MG, OBrien SM, Norton EC, Hill KD, Cowper PA, Pinto NM, Shah SS, Mayer JE, Jacobs JP (2020). Estimating Resource Utilization in Congenital Heart Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg, 110(3), 962-968.
  10. Johnson JT, Sullivan KL, Nelson RE, Sheng X, Greene TH, Bailly DK, Eckhauser AW, Marino BS, Minich LL, Pinto NM (2020). Factors That Contribute to Cost Differences Based on ICU of Admission in Neonates Undergoing Congenital Heart Surgery: A Novel Decomposition Analysis. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 21(9), e842-e847.
  11. Asrani P, Pinto NM, Puchalski MD, Ou Z, Silver RM, Zinkhan EK, Heuser CC, Nance A, Miller TA (2020). Maternal Predictors of Disparate Outcomes in Children With Single Ventricle Congenital Heart Disease. J Am Heart Assoc, 9(12), e014363.
  12. Pinto NM, Henry KA, Grobman WA, Ness A, Miller S, Ellestad S, Gotteiner N, Tacy T, Wei G, Minich LL, Kinney AY (2019). Physician Barriers and Facilitators for Screening for Congenital Heart Disease With Routine Obstetric Ultrasound: A National United States Survey. J Ultrasound Med, 39(6), 1143-1153.
  13. Pinto NM, Henry KA, Wei G, Sheng X, Green T, Puchalski MD, Byrne JLB, Kinney AY (2019). Barriers to Sonographer Screening for Fetal Heart Defects: A U.S. National Survey. Fetal Diagn Ther, 47(3), 188-197.
  14. Pasquali SK, Kaltman JR, Gaynor JW, McCrindle BW, Newburger JW, Anderson BR, Scheurer MA, Pinto NM, Anderson JB, Oster ME, Jacobs JP, Marino BS, Mery CM, Pearson GD (2019). Enhancing efficiency and scientific impact of a clinical trials network: the Pediatric Heart Network Integrated CARdiac Data and Outcomes (iCARD) Collaborative. Cardiol Young, 29(9), 1121-1126.
  15. Mercer-Rosa L, Elci OU, Pinto NM, Tanel RE, Goldmuntz E (2018). 22q11.2 Deletion Status and Perioperative Outcomes for Tetralogy of Fallot with Pulmonary Atresia and Multiple Aortopulmonary Collateral Vessels. Pediatr Cardiol, 39(5), 906-910.
  16. Pinto NM, Nelson R, Botto L, Puchalski MD, Krikov S, Kim J, Waitzman NJ (2017). Costs, mortality, and hospital usage in relation to prenatal diagnosis in d-transposition of the great arteries. Birth Defects Res, 109(4), 262-270.
  17. Johnson JT, Eckhauser AW, Pinto NM, Weng HY, Minich LL, Tani LY (2014). Indications for intervention in asymptomatic children with chronic mitral regurgitation. Pediatr Cardiol, 36(2), 417-22.

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