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Rajiv Devanagondi, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

Introduction

I am a pediatric cardiologist with additional training and expertise in pediatric interventional cardiology. Additionally, I am a certified adult congenital heart disease specialist and perform minimally invasive cardiac procedures for adults with congenital heart disease. I also treat patients with advanced pulmonary hypertension. I am involved with medical education at every level.

Current Positions

  • Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics-Cardiology
  • Director, Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

Education

  • MD in Medicine, Johns Hopkin's University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
  • Resident in Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Fellow in Pediatric Cardiology, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Advanced Fellow in Pediatric Interventional Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio

Research Interests

  • Transcatheter interventions in single ventricle patients
  • Long-term outcomes following pediatric transcatheter interventions
  • Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension

Licenses & Certifications

  • General Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics
  • Pediatric Cardiology, American Board of Pediatrics
  • Adult Congenital Heart Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Iowa Permanent Medical License

Selected Publications

  • Rao, N., Rao, N., Alfieris, G., Prendergast, C., Devanagondi, R. (2025). Right Ventricle Myxoma Masquerading as a Thrombus in a Pediatric Patient. JACC Case Rep. 30(14): 103620. DOI:10.1016/j.jaccas.2025.103620. PMID:40514121.
  • Gur, J., Devanagondi, R., Pratt, R., Smith, F., Mandell, J., Martin, S., Porter, G. (2025). A Case of Complete Functional Myocardial Regeneration in a Human Neonate. JACC Case Rep.30(14): 103622. DOI:10.1016/j.jaccas.2025.103622. PMID:40514120.
  • Averin, K., Seckeler, M,. Bauser-Heaton, H., Schwartz, M., Tannous, P., Seaman, C., Whiteside, W., Nicholson, N., Patel, P., Gordon, B., Romans, R., Devanagondi, R., Herbert, C., Batlivala, S., Boe, B., Hiremath, G., Zampi, J. (2025). Hybrid Versus Percutaneous Left Atrial Decompression in Infants With Hypoplastic Left Heart Variants and an Intact or Highly Restrictive Atrial Septum: A Multicenter PICES Study. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 8(3): e014243. DOI:10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.124.014243. PMID:40100953.
  • Ackley, D., Eastburg, L., Devanagondi, R. (2023). New-Onset Anasarca in a Previously Healthy Ten-Year Old. Pediatr Rev. 44(5): 283-285. DOI: 10.1542/pir.2021-005264. PMID: 37122044.
  • Devanagondi, R., Leonard, G. (2023). Transcatheter Fontan fenestration closure: sustained improvements in oxygen saturation with minimal morbidity and mortality. Pediatr Cardiol. 44(4): 922-26. DOI: 10.1007/s00246-022-03077-7. PMID: 36565311.
  • Devanagondi, R., Leonard, G. Transient heart block following patent foramen ovale and atrial septal defect closure with Gore cardioform devices. (2022). Progress in Pediatric Cardiology. 66: Article 101482.
  • Leshan, M. A., Devanagondi, R., Saul, D., Chaturvedi, A. (2022). Physiological fetal vascular shunts and failure to regress: what the radiologist needs to know. Pediatr Radiol. 52(7): 1207-23. DOI: 10.1007/s00247-022-05302-0. PMID: 35166890.
  • Shahrier, A. Z., Chinchili, V. M., Qureshi, A. M., Prieto, L. R., Levi, D. S., Boe, B. A., Turner, D. R., Rubio, A. E., Trucco, S. M., Devanagondi, R., Law, M. A., Bass, J. L., Pihkala, J. I., Weber, H. S. (2022) The incidence of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury resulting in vocal cord paralysis following interventional congenital catheterisation procedures. Cardiol Young. 32(12): 1952-56. DOI: 10.1017/S1047951121005278. PMID: 35152927.
  • Hansen, R. L., Naimi, I., Wang, H., Atallah, N., Smith, F., Byrum, C., Kveselis, D., Leonard, G., Devanagondi, R., Egan, M. (2019). Long-term outcomes up to 25 years following balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty: a multicenter study. Congenit Heart Dis.14(6): 1037-45. DOI: 10.1111/chd.12788. PMID: 31250555.
  • Devanagondi, R., Suntharos, P., Boyle, G. J., Prieto, L. R. (2017). Protein losing enteropathy after cardiac transplantation successfully treated by stent implantation. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 8(6): 754-57. DOI: 10.1177/2150135116658452. PMID: 27549730.