Tarek Alsaied MD

Dr. Tarek Alsaied earned his medical degree from Damascus University Medical School, followed by his Pediatric Residency at the American University of Beirut Medical Center. He then completed an additional Pediatric Residency and Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, while simultaneously completing his Master’s degree in Clinical and Translational Research at the University of Cincinnati. Alsaied then completed an Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging fellowship at Boston Children’s before returning to Cincinnati Children’s to serve as an Assistant Professor of Pediatric Cardiology before being recruited to UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Alsaied has been awarded several prestigious awards from important pediatric cardiology imaging societies including an Early Career Award from the Society of Cardiac MRI as well as a nomination for the American Academy of Pediatrics Young Investigator Award. He currently serves as Associate Editor of the journal "Pediatric Cardiology". His research interests include imaging markers in Fontan circulation by cardiac MRI in collaboration with heart failure, hepatology, and radiology; identifying new therapies for patients with Fontan physiology; and Cardiac MRI research in different diseases and settings (compress sense, 3D Cine and 4D flow). He has published over 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts, contributed to 6 book chapters, and presented his work at several major meetings including AHA and ACC.