Dongngan Truong, MD

Languages Spoken: English

Dr. Truong received her medical degree from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, completed her Pediatrics residency at Connecticut Children´s Medical Center/University of Connecticut School of Medicine, and her Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at Primary Children’s Hospital/University of Utah, and a fourth year fellowship in Echocardiography with a focus on 3-dimensional echocardiography at Stollery Children’s Hospital/University of Alberta. Dr. Truong is board-certified in Pediatrics and board eligible in Pediatric Cardiology.

She is currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah and is in the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at Primary Children´s Hospital. She sees patients with all types of congenital and acquired heart disease, with a clinical and research interest in patients who have undergone single ventricle palliation. Her other clinical and research interest is in echocardiography, and particularly 3-dimensional echocardiography, in surgical planning.

Dr. Truong received her undergraduate education at Dartmouth College and her M.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. Dr. Truong completed postgraduate training in Pediatrics at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center/University of Connecticut School of Medicine; she completed postgraduate training in Pediatric Cardiology at Primary Children’s Hospital/University of Utah, and a fourth year fellowship in Echocardiography with a focus in 3-Dimensional Echocardiography at Stollery Children’s Hospital/University of Alberta. She joined the University of Utah Division of Pediatric Cardiology as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in August 2014.

Her research interests include echocardiography, particularly 3-dimensional echocardiography, in congenital and acquired heart disease, as well as research to improve outcomes in patients with single ventricle disease. She is also interested in thrombosis and anticoagulation in pediatric heart disease, and is the principal Investigator of an Early Career Grant from the Thrasher Foundation on a pilot study examining aspirin prophylaxis in infants following aortopulmonary shunts.