Medical Director of the Regenstein Cardiac Care Unit; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago; Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Kiona Y. Allen, MD is the Medical Director of the Regenstein Cardiac Care Unit, Medical Director of the Single Ventricle Center of Excellence, and Co-Director of the NICU-Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Program at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. In her role as a cardiac intensivist, Dr. Allen's clinical focus is the inpatient and outpatient care of patients with complex congenital heart disease, particularly those with prolonged lenght of stay (including patients receiving mechanical circulatory support and single ventricle physiology). Her clinical and research efforts involve collaboration with the multidisciplinary health care team including developmental specialists, cardiac rehabilitation and exercise physiologists, child life specialists, case managers, social workers, chaplains, and psychologists in order to optimize the neurodevelopmental and psychosocial outcomes of patients with critical heart disease.
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Saturday, December 17, 2022
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM US Eastern Time