Ashwin K. Lal
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Ashwin K. Lal, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Eccles Primary Children's Outpatient Services

Salt Lake City
801-213-3599

  • Ashwin Lal, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Pediatric Cardiology at Primary Children’s Hospital and the University of Utah. His clinical interests include cardiomyopathy and heart failure with an emphasis on cardiac mechanical support and heart transplantation. He also has a general cardiology clinic where he sees patient with all forms of heart disease.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Cardiology)

  • Ashwin Lal, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Pediatric Cardiology at Primary Children’s Hospital and the University of Utah. His clinical interests include cardiomyopathy and heart failure with an emphasis on cardiac mechanical support and heart transplantation. He also has a general cardiology clinic where he sees patient with all forms of heart disease.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pediatrics -Primary
    Academic Divisions Cardiology
    Board Certification
    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Cardiology)

    Education history

    Fellowship Pediatric Heart Failure and Transplant - Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University School of Medicine Senior Fellow
    Pediatric Cardiology - Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University School of Medicine Fellow
    Chief Resident Pediatrics - Children’s Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University School of Medicine Chief Resident
    Pediatrics - Children’s Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University School of Medicine Resident
    Professional Medical Medicine - Boston University School of Medicine M.D.
    Commerce: Finance - University of Virginia B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Amdani S, Kirklin JK, Cantor R, Koehl D, Lal A, Chau P, Curren V, Edelson JB, Parent JJ, Victor H, Burnette A, Lamour JM (2024). Prevalence and Impact of Recurrent Rejection on Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients: A PHTS Multi-Institutional Analysis. J Am Coll Cardiol. (Read full article)
    2. West CL, Zhao H, Cantor R, Sood V, Lal AK, Beaty C, Kirklin JK, Peng DM (2024). Social Determinants of Health and Outcomes After Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. Pediatr Transplant, 28(5), e14802. (Read full article)
    3. Godown J, Kim EH, Everitt MD, Chung WK, Lytrivi ID, Kirmani S, Kantor PF, Ware SM, Ballweg JA, Lal AK, Bansal N, Towbin J, Lipshultz SE, Lee TM (2024). Genetic Testing Resources and Practice Patterns Among Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Programs. Pediatr Cardiol. (Read full article)
    4. Chen S, Shezad MF, Lorts A, McCormick AD, Mao CY, Simpson KE, OConnor MJ, Barnes A, Lubert AM, Castleberry C, Schmidt J, Schroeder K, Joong A, Bearl DW, Lal AK, Mokshagundam D, Conway J, Cedars A, Schumacher KR (2023). Outcomes after initial heart failure consultation in Fontan patients. Cardiol Young, 1-8. (Read full article)
    5. Mahle WT, Keesari R, Trachtenberg F, Newburger JW, Lim H, Edelson J, Jeewa A, Lal A, Kindel SJ, Burns KM, Lang S, Bainton J, Carboni M, Villa CR, Richmond M, Henderson H, Menteer J, Pizarro C, Goldberg CS (2023). SCHOOL-AGE AND ADOLESCENT HEART FAILURE FOLLOWING THE NORWOOD PROCEDURE,. J Heart Lung Transplant. (Read full article)
    6. Richmond ME, Conway J, Kirklin JK, Cantor RS, Koehl DA, Lal AK, McDonald N, Gajarski R, Lin KY, Singh RK, Fenton M, Asante-Korang A, Amdani S, Auerbach SR, Everitt MD (2023). Three decades of collaboration through the Pediatric Heart Transplant Society Registry: A journey through registry data with a highlight on children with single ventricle anatomy. Pediatr Transplant, e14615. (Read full article)
    7. Bogle C, Colan SD, Miyamoto SD, Choudhry S, Baez-Hernandez N, Brickler MM, Feingold B, Lal AK, Lee TM, Canter CE, Lipshultz SE, American Heart Association Young Hearts Pediatric Heart Failure and Transplantation Committee of the Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young Young Hearts (2023). Treatment Strategies for Cardiomyopathy in Children: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. (Read full article)
    8. Lampert R, Ackerman MJ, Marino BS, Burg M, Ainsworth B, Salberg L, Tome Esteban MT, Ho CY, Abraham R, Balaji S, Barth C, Berul CI, Bos M, Cannom D, Choudhury L, Concannon M, Cooper R, Czosek RJ, Dubin AM, Dziura J, Eidem B, Emery MS, Estes NAM, Etheridge SP, Geske JB, Gray B, Hall K, Harmon KG, James CA, Lal AK, Law IH, Li F, Link MS, McKenna WJ, Molossi S, Olshansky B, Ommen SR, Saarel EV, Saberi S, Simone L, Tomaselli G, Ware JS, Zipes DP, Day SM, LIVE Consortium (2023). Vigorous Exercise in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. JAMA Cardiol. (Read full article)
    9. Lynch A, Tatangelo M, Ahuja S, Steve Fan CP, Min S, Lafreniere-Roula M, Papaz T, Zhou V, Armstrong K, Aziz PF, Benson LN, Butts R, Dragulescu A, Gardin L, Godown J, Jeewa A, Kantor PF, Kaufman BD, Lal AK, Parent JJ, Richmond M, Russell MW, Balaji S, Stephenson EA, Villa C, Jefferies JL, Whitehill R, Conway J, Howard TS, Nakano SJ, Rossano J, Weintraub RG, Mital S (2022). Risk of Sudden Death in Patients With RASopathy Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol, 81(11), 1035-1045. (Read full article)
    10. Almond CS, Sleeper LA, Rossano JW, Bock MJ, Pahl E, Auerbach S, Lal A, Hollander SA, Miyamoto SD, Castleberry C, Lee J, Barkoff LM, Gonzales S, Klein G, Daly KP (2023). The TEAMMATE Trial: Study Design and Rationale Tacrolimus and Everolimus Against TACROLIMUS and MMF in Pediatric Heart Transplantation Using the Major Adverse Transplant Event (MATE) Score. Am Heart J. (Read full article)
    11. Bansal N, Lal AK, Koehl D, Cantor RS, Kirklin JK, Ravekes WJ, Auerbach SR, Baker-Smith CM, Cabrera AG, Amdani S, Urschel S (2022). Impact of race and health coverage on listing and waitlist mortality in pediatric cardiac transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant, 42(6), 754-764. (Read full article)
    12. Conway J, Min S, Villa C, Weintraub RG, Nakano S, Godown J, Tatangelo M, Armstrong K, Richmond M, Kaufman B, Lal AK, Balaji S, Power A, Baez Hernandez N, Gardin L, Kantor PF, Parent JJ, Aziz PF, Jefferies JL, Dragulescu A, Jeewa A, Benson L, Russell MW, Whitehill R, Rossano J, Howard T, Mital S (2022). The Prevalence and Association of Exercise Test Abnormalities with Sudden Cardiac Death and Transplant-Free Survival in Childhood Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Circulation. (Read full article)
    13. Nandi D, Auerbach SR, Bansal N, Buchholz H, Conway J, Esteso P, Kaufman BD, Lal AK, Law SP, Lorts A, May LJ, Mehegan M, Mokshagundam D, Morales DLS, OConnor MJ, Rosenthal DN, Shezad MF, Simpson KE, Sutcliffe DL, Vanderpluym C, Wittlieb-Weber CA, Zafar F, Cripe L, Villa CR (2022). Initial multicenter experience with ventricular assist devices in children and young adults with muscular dystrophy: An ACTION registry analysis. J Heart Lung Transplant, 42(2), 246-254. (Read full article)
    14. Law YM, Jacobs-Files E, Auerbach S, Lal AK, Richmond M, Schumacher K, Singh R, Desai A (2022). A multi-site survey of providers on the management of heart failure with dilated cardiomyopathy in children. Cardiol Young, 1-8. (Read full article)
    15. Collins MM, Ou Z, Millar MM, Kittleson MM, May LJ, Ploutz MS, Molina KM, Hayes KG, Lal AK (2022). Attitudes & practices surrounding pregnancy post heart transplant among pediatric providers. J Heart Lung Transplant, 41(11), 1611-1616. (Read full article)
    16. Gambetta KE, McCulloch MA, Lal AK, Knecht K, Butts RJ, Villa CR, Johnson JN, Conway J, Bock MJ, Schumacher KR, Law SP, Friedland-Little JM, Deshpande SR, West SC, Lytrivi ID, Wittlieb-Weber CA (2022). Diversity of Dystrophin Gene Mutations and Disease Progression in a Contemporary Cohort of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Pediatr Cardiol, 43(4), 855-867. (Read full article)
    17. Villa C, Auerbach SR, Bansal N, Birnbaum BF, Conway J, Esteso P, Gambetta K, Hall EK, Kaufman BD, Kirmani S, Lal AK, Martinez HR, Nandi D, OConnor MJ, Parent JJ, Raucci FJ, Shih R, Shugh S, Soslow JH, Tunuguntla H, Wittlieb-Weber CA, Kinnett K, Cripe L (2022). Current Practices in Treating Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD): Understanding Care Practices in Order to Optimize DMD Heart Failure Through ACTION. Pediatr Cardiol, 43, 977-985. (Read full article)
    18. Ware SM, Bhatnagar S, Dexheimer PJ, Wilkinson JD, Sridhar A, Fan X, Shen Y, Tariq M, Schubert JA, Colan SD, Shi L, Canter CE, Hsu DT, Bansal N, Webber SA, Everitt MD, Kantor PF, Rossano JW, Pahl E, Rusconi P, Lee TM, Towbin JA, Lal AK, Chung WK, Miller EM, Aronow B, Martin LJ, Lipshultz SE, Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry Study Group (2022). The genetic architecture of pediatric cardiomyopathy. Am J Hum Genet, 109, 282-298. (Read full article)
    19. Amdani S, Boyle GJ, Cantor RS, Conway J, Godown J, Kirklin JK, Koehl D, Lal AK, Law Y, Lorts A, Rosenthal DN (2021). Significance of pre and post-implant MELD-XI score on survival in children undergoing VAD implantation. J Heart Lung Transplant, 40(12), 1614-1624. (Read full article)
    20. Khoury M, Wittekind S, Lal AK, Conway J, Bansal N, Lorts A, Rosenthal D, Burstein D (2021). Significant Variation in Exercise Recommendations for Youth With Cardiomyopathies or Fontan Circulation: An Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network Learning Survey. Circ Heart Fail, CIRCHEARTFAILURE121008738.
    21. Law YM, Lal AK, Chen S, ihkov D, Cooper LT Jr, Deshpande S, Godown J, Grosse-Wortmann L, Robinson JD, Towbin JA, American Heart Association Pediatric Heart Failure and Transplantation Committee of the Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young and Stroke Council (2021). Diagnosis and Management of Myocarditis in Children: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation, 144(6), e123-e135. (Read full article)
    22. Ahimaz P, Sabatello M, Qian M, Wang A, Miller EM, Parrott A, Lal AK, Chatfield KC, Rossano JW, Ware SM, Parent JJ, Kantor P, Yue L, Wynn J, Lee TM, Addonizio LJ, Appelbaum PS, Chung WK (2021). Impact of Genetic Testing for Cardiomyopathy on Emotional Well-Being and Family Dynamics: A Study of Parents and Adolescents. Circ Genom Precis Med, 14(4), e003189. (Read full article)
    23. Pruitt CR, Menon S, Lal AK, Eckhauser AW, Ou Z, Presson A, Miller T, Niu M (2021). Usefulness of Left Ventricular Myocardial Deformation in Children Hospitalized for Acute Myocarditis who Develop Arrhythmias. Am J Cardiol.
    24. Ware SM, Wilkinson JD, Tariq M, Schubert JA, Sridhar A, Colan SD, Shi L, Canter CE, Hsu DT, Webber SA, Dodd DA, Everitt MD, Kantor PF, Addonizio LJ, Jefferies JL, Rossano JW, Pahl E, Rusconi P, Chung WK, Lee T, Towbin JA, Lal AK, Bhatnagar S, Aronow B, Dexheimer PJ, Martin LJ, Miller EM, Sleeper LA, Razoky H, Czachor J, Lipshultz SE, Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry Study Group (2021). Genetic Causes of Cardiomyopathy in Children: First Results From the Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Genes Study. J Am Heart Assoc, 10(9), e017731. (Read full article)
    25. 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. (Read full article)
    26. Miron A, Lafreniere-Roula M, Steve Fan CP, Armstrong KR, Dragulescu A, Papaz T, Manlhiot C, Kaufman B, Butts RJ, Gardin L, Stephenson EA, Howard TS, Aziz PF, Balaji S, Ladouceur VB, Benson LN, Colan SD, Godown J, Henderson HT, Ingles J, Jeewa A, Jefferies JL, Lal AK, Mathew J, Jean-St-Michel E, Michels M, Nakano SJ, Olivotto I, Parent JJ, Pereira AC, Semsarian C, Whitehill RD, Wittekind SG, Russell MW, Conway J, Richmond ME, Villa C, Weintraub RG, Rossano JW, Kantor PF, Ho CY, Mital S (2020). A Validated Model for Sudden Cardiac Death Risk Prediction in Pediatric Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Circulation, 142(3), 217-229. (Read full article)
    27. McCulloch MA, Lal AK, Knecht K, Butts RJ, Villa CR, Johnson JN, Conway J, Bock MJ, Schumacher KR, Law SP, Friedland-Little JM, Deshpande SR, West SC, Lytrivi ID, Gambetta KE, Wittlieb-Weber CA (2020). Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Use in Males with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction. Pediatr Cardiol, 41(5), 925-931. (Read full article)
    28. Schweiger M, Everitt MD, Chen S, Nandi D, Castro J, Gupta D, Scheel J, Lal AK, Ablonczy L, Kirk R, Miera O, Davies RR, Dipchand AI (2020). Review of the discard and/or refusal rate of offered donor hearts to pediatric waitlisted candidates. Pediatr Transplant, 24(3), e13674. (Read full article)
    29. Wittlieb-Weber CA, Knecht KR, Villa CR, Cunningham C, Conway J, Bock MJ, Gambetta KE, Lal AK, Schumacher KR, Law SP, Deshpande SR, West SC, Friedland-Little JM, Lytrivi ID, McCulloch MA, Butts RJ, Weber DR, Johnson JN (2020). Risk Factors for Cardiac and Non-cardiac Causes of Death in Males with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Pediatr Cardiol, 41(4), 764-771. (Read full article)
    30. Richard Kirk, Anne I Dipchand, Ryan Davies, Oliver Miera, Jennifer Conway, Susan Denfield, Jeffrey Gossett, Jonathan Johnson, Michael McCulloch, Martin Schweiger, Daniel Zimpfer, Lszl Ablonczy, Iki Adachi, Dimpna Albert, Peta Alexander, Shahnawaz Amdani, Antonio Amodeo, Estela Azeka, Jean Ballweg, Gary Beasley, Jens Bhmer, Alison Butler, Manuela Camino, Javier Castro, Sharon Chen, Maryanne Chrisant, Urs Christen, Lara Danziger, Bhibuti Das, Melanie Everitt, Brian Feingold, Matthew Fenton, Justin Godown, Luis Guereta, Dipankar Gupta, Claire Irving, Anna Joong, Mariska Kemna, Sanjeev Khulbey, Steven Kindel, Kenneth Knecht, Ashwin K Lal, Kimberley Lin, Karen Lord, Thomas Moller, Deipanjan Nandi, Oliver Niesse, David Peng, Alicia Perez, Ann Punnoose, Zdenka Reinhardt, David Rosenthal, Angie Scales, Janet Scheel, Renata Shih, Jonathon Smith, Jacqueline Smits, Josef Thul, Robert Weintraub, Steve Zangwill, Warren Zuckerman (2020). ISHLT Consensus Statement on Donor Organ Acceptability and Management in Pediatric Heart Transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant, 39(4), 331-341.
    31. Godown J, Kirk R, Joong A, Lal AK, McCulloch M, Peng DM, Scheel J, Davies RR, Dipchand AI, Miera O, Gossett JG (2019). Variability in donor selection among pediatric heart transplant providers: Results from an international survey. Pediatr Transplant, 23(5), e13417. (Read full article)
    32. Barfuss S, Deshpande S, Butts R, Knecht K, Richmond M, Gambetta K, Lal AK (2019). Outcomes of Myocarditis in Patients with Normal Left Ventricular Systolic Function on Admission. Pediatr Cardiol, 40(6), 1171-1174.
    33. Mahle WT, Hu C, Trachtenberg F, Menteer J, Kindel SJ, Dipchand AI, Richmond ME, Daly KP, Henderson HT, Lin KY, McCulloch M, Lal AK, Schumacher KR, Jacobs JP, Atz AM, Villa CR, Burns KM, Newburger JW, Pediatric Heart Network Investigators (2018). Heart failure after the Norwood procedure: An analysis of the Single Ventricle Reconstruction Trial. J Heart Lung Transplant, 37(7), 879-885. (Read full article)
    34. Boucek D, Lal AK, Pinto N, Weng HYC, Wilkes JF, Menon SC (2018). Resource Utilization for Initial Hospitalization in Pediatric Heart Transplantation in the United States. Am J Cardiol, 121(8), 981-985.
    35. Almond CS, Hoen H, Rossano JW, Castleberry C, Auerbach SR, Yang L, Lal AK, Everitt MD, Fenton M, Hollander SA, Pahl E, Pruitt E, Rosenthal DN, McElhinney DB, Daly KP, Desai M (2018). Development and validation of a major adverse transplant event (MATE) score to predict late graft loss in pediatric heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant, 37(4), 441-450.
    36. Feingold B, Mahle WT, Auerbach S, Clemens P, Domenighetti AA, Jefferies JL, Judge DP, Lal AK, Markham LW, Parks WJ, Tsuda T, Wang PJ, Yoo SJ, American Heart Association Pediatric Heart Failure Committee of the Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young Council on Clinical Cardiology Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention Council on Functional Genomics and Translational Biology and Stroke Council (2017). Management of Cardiac Involvement Associated With Neuromuscular Diseases: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation, 136(13), e200-e231. (Read full article)
    37. Lee TM, Hsu DT, Kantor P, Towbin JA, Ware SM, Colan SD, Chung WK, Jefferies JL, Rossano JW, Castleberry CD, Addonizio LJ, Lal AK, Lamour JM, Miller EM, Thrush PT, Czachor JD, Razoky H, Hill A, Lipshultz SE (2017). Pediatric Cardiomyopathies. Circ Res, 121(7), 855-873. (Read full article)
    38. Butts RJ, Boyle GJ, Deshpande SR, Gambetta K, Knecht KR, Prada-Ruiz CA, Richmond ME, West SC, Lal AK (2017). Characteristics of Clinically Diagnosed Pediatric Myocarditis in a Contemporary Multi-Center Cohort. Pediatr Cardiol, 38(6), 1175-1182. (Read full article)
    39. Lal AK, Pruitt E, Hong BJ, Lin KY, Feingold B (2016). Left Ventricular Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy in Children Listed for Heart Transplant: Analysis from the Pediatric Heart Transplant Study Group. J Heart Lung Transplant, 35(4), 540-542.

    Abstract

    1. Rachel J Lampert, Michael John Ackerman, Maria Teresa Tome Esteban, Carolyn Ho, Bradley S Marino, Lisa Salberg, Seshadri Balaji, Martijn Bos, Robert Cooper, Richard J Czosek, Anne Marie Dubin, Michael Scott Emery, Belinda Gray, Kimberly G Harmon, Cynthhia Anne James, Ashwin Lal, Ian H Law, Mark S Link, Martin S Maron, Silvana Molossi, Brian Olshansky, Sara Saberi, James Ware, LIVE Consortium, Sharlene M Day, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA (2023). Vigorous Exercise In Individuals with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM): Primary Results of the Prospective, Multinational Lifestyle and Exercise in HCM (LIVE-HCM) Study [Abstract].
    2. Rachel Lampert Michael John Ackerman Bradley S Marino Matthew Burg Barbara Ainsworth Lisa Salberg Maite Tome Seshadri Balaji II Carolyn Ho Richard J Czosek Cynthia James Michael Emery Robert Cooper Martijn Bos Jeffrey B Geske Lubna Choudhury Susan P Etheridge Ashwin K Lal James Simon Ware Anne M Dubin Belinda Gray Silvana M Molossi Martin S Maron Sara Saberi Daniel L Jacoby Benjamin W Eidem Kim Harmon Kevin Hall Brian Olshansky Mark S Link Ian Law Elizabeth V Saarel N A Estes III Barry Maron David S Cannom Fangyong Li Kaylie Briske Laura Simone Cheryl Barth Maryann Concannon Sharlene Day (2021). Physical Activity in Individuals With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Baseline Data From the Prospective "Lifestyle and Exercise in Hcm" (live-hcm) Study [Abstract].