Shanthi Sivanandam, M.D. - University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview

University of Minnesota Children's Hospital

University of Minnesota Children's Hospital, Fairview

MAPS AND DRIVING DIRECTIONS

Phone (toll-free):
888-KIDS-UMN
(888-543-7866)

UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

Street Address:
500 Harvard Street
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Mailing Address:
420 Delaware St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

RIVERSIDE CAMPUS

Street Address:
2312 S 6th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55454

Mailing Address:
2450 Riverside Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55454

University of Minnesota
Physicians

Shanthi Sivanandam, M.D.

All Specialties:

For Health Care Professionals 24-Hour Consultations and Admissions: Toll-free, 888-KIDS-UMN (888-543-7866)

For Parents/Patients Clinic Appointments (M-F, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.): Toll-free, 888-KIDS-UMN (888-543-7866)

University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview Position(s)
Pediatric Cardiologist

Other Related Positions Currently Held
Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota

Sees Patients At
-University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview
-Pediatric Specialty Clinic (Minneapolis)
-University of Minnesota Physicians Pediatric Specialty Clinic -- St. Paul (St. Paul)

Clinical Interests
Aortic Aneurysm
Aortic Valve Stenosis
Arrhythmias
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Chest Pain
Congenital Heart Disease
Fetal transthoracic imaging
Heart Disease
Mitral Valve Prolapse
Murmers
Palpitations
Pediatric cardiology
Prenatal Screening for Congenital Heart Disease
Tachycardia
TEE and cardiac MRI scans

Education
Medical School
PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, India

Site of Residency
G. Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital, India (Cardio-Thoracic Surgery)
University of Minnesota (Pediatrics)

Site of Fellowship
Columbia University, New York, NY (Pediatric Cardiology)
University of Minnesota (Pediatric Cardiology)

Awards and Honors
Best Doctors in America®, 2007-2008

Research Interest(s)
Evolution of Heart Disease In-utero During 2nd and 3rd Trimester
Impact of Early Fetal Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Defect and Post Natal Outcomes
Valvar Aortic Stenosis
Valvar Pulmonary Stenosis

Selected Recent Publications
S Sivanandam, AR Sinaiko, DR Jacobs, L Steffen, A Moran, J Steinberger. Relationship of Increase in Adiposity to Increase in Left Ventricular Mass from Childhood to Young Adulthood. August 2006,411-415, American Journal of Cardiology.

S Sivanandam, JS Glickstein, BF Printz, LD Allan, K Altmann, DE Solowiejczyk, L Simpson, A Perez-Delboy, CS Kleinman. Prenatal Diagnosis of Conotruncal Malformations: Diagnostic accuracy, outcome, chromosomal abnormalities and extra cardiac anomalies. ISSN:0735-1631,May 2006,volume 23,No:4 American Journal of Perinatology.

S Sivanandam, AR Sinaiko, DR Jacobs, A Moran, J Steinberger. Increase in adiposity predicts increase in left ventricular mass from childhood to young adulthood. L.J. Filer Symposium on Overweight and its Consequences Beginning in Youth. San Francisco, CA, 3/2004 (poster presentation).