- Overview
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                        As an academic pediatric cardiologist, I am interested in optimizing outcomes for all children with cardiovascular disease. My research program ranges from preventive cardiology – where we evaluate and promote physical activity in children with congenital and non-congenital cardiovascular disease – to interventional pediatric cardiology – where we are interested in optimizing outcomes of interventional cardiac catheterizations and pediatric cardiac surgery. I currently serve as President of the Canadian Pediatric Cardiology Association and am also a member of the Canadian Hypertension Education Program, where I lead the development of the inaugural Guidelines for Blood Pressure Measurement, Diagnosis, and Assessment of Risk of Pediatric Hypertension. 
- Publications
-             Correction to: Variation in paediatric 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring interpretation by Canadian and UK physicians. 
 Journal of human hypertension
 Stefanova IZ and Sinha MD and Stewart DJ and Bamhraz A and Fournier A and Harris KC and Filler G and Noone D and Teoh CW and Dionne J and Chanchlani R
 DOI: 10.1038/s41371-022-00711-y
 PubMed: 35817800
 10/2022The Detection, Evaluation, and Management of Dyslipidemia in Children and Adolescents: A Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Pediatric Cardiology Association Clinical Practice Update. 
 The Canadian journal of cardiology
 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2022.05.002
 PubMed: 35961755
 08/2022Variation in paediatric 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring interpretation by Canadian and UK physicians. 
 Journal of human hypertension
 Stefanova IZ and Sinha MD and Stewart DJ and Bamhraz A and Fournier A and Harris KC and Filler G and Noone D and Teoh CW and Dionne J and Chanchlani R
 DOI: 10.1038/s41371-022-00702-z
 PubMed: 35513440
 05/2022The Implications of Single-Ventricle Heart Disease Across the Lifespan. 
 The Canadian journal of cardiology
 Harris KC and Mackie AS and Grewal J and Khairy P
 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2022.05.016
 PubMed: 35605845
 05/2022Hepatic and Renal Consequences of Single-Ventricle Physiology Palliated With the Fontan Operation. 
 The Canadian journal of cardiology
 Rathgeber SL and Lam C and Harris KC and Grewal J
 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2022.04.022
 PubMed: 35525398
 05/2022All hands on deck: A multidisciplinary approach to SARS-CoV-2-associated MIS-C. 
 Paediatrics & child health
 Lopez AA and Patel M and Rayment JH and Tam H and Roberts A and Laskin S and Tucker L and Biggs CM and BMWG
 DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxab110
 PubMed: 35620558
 04/2022Dosing Regimen Prediction and Confirmation With Rivaroxaban for Thromboprophylaxis in Children After the Fontan Procedure: Insights From the Phase III UNIVERSE Study. 
 Journal of clinical pharmacology
 Zhu P and Willmann S and Zhou W and Yang H and Michelson AD and McCrindle BW and Li JS and Harris KC and Pina LM and Weber T and Nessel K and Lesko LJ and Kubitza D and Zannikos P
 DOI: 10.1002/jcph.1966
 PubMed: 34524700
 01/2022Patterns of Early Coronary Artery Changes in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients Detected Using Optical Coherence Tomography. 
 Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging
 Laguë SL and Bone JN and Samuel R and Voss C and Balbacid E and Hosking MCK and Schubert S and Harris KC
 DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.121.012486
 PubMed: 35041446
 01/2022Association of Preoperative Diuretic Use With Early Acute Kidney Injury in Infants With Biventricular Hearts Following Cardiac Surgery. 
 Journal of the American Heart Association
 Rathgeber SL and Chakrabarti A and Kapravelou E and Hemphill N and Voss C and Mammen C and Skippen P and Harris KC
 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.020519
 PubMed: 34622667
 10/2021Thromboprophylaxis for Children Post-Fontan Procedure: Insights From the UNIVERSE Study. 
 Journal of the American Heart Association
 McCrindle BW and Michelson AD and Van Bergen AH and Suzana Horowitz E and Pablo Sandoval J and Justino H and Harris KC and Jefferies JL and Miriam Pina L and Peluso C and UNIVERSE Study Investigators *
 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.021765
 PubMed: 34558312
 09/2021Variation in Pharmacologic Management of Patients with Kawasaki Disease with Coronary Artery Aneurysms. 
 The Journal of pediatrics
 Selamet Tierney ES and Runeckles K and Tremoulet AH and Dahdah N and Portman MA and Mackie AS and Harahsheh AS and Lang SM and Choueiter NF and Li JS and Manlhiot C and Low T and International Kawasaki Disease Registry
 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.08.072
 PubMed: 34474088
 08/2021Unique Challenges of Randomised Controlled Trials in Pediatric Cardiology. 
 The Canadian journal of cardiology
 Harris KC and Mackie AS and Dallaire F and Khoury M and Singer J and Mahle WT and Klassen TP and McCrindle BW
 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2021.06.013
 PubMed: 34186112
 06/2021Comparison Between Currently Recommended Long-Term Medical Management of Coronary Artery Aneurysms After Kawasaki Disease and Actual Reported Management in the Last Two Decades. 
 Pediatric cardiology
 Osborne J and Friedman K and Runeckles K and Choueiter NF and Giglia TM and Dallaire F and Newburger JW and Low T and Mathew M and Mackie AS and Dahdah N and Yetman AT and Harahsheh AS and International Kawasaki Disease Registry
 DOI: 10.1007/s00246-020-02529-2
 PubMed: 33439285
 01/2021Aortic Dimensions, Biophysical Properties, and Plasma Biomarkers in Children and Adults with Marfan or Loeys-Dietz Syndrome. 
 CJC open
 Cui JZ and Harris KC and Raedschelders K and Hollander Z and Potts JE and De Souza A and Kiess M and McManus BM and Bernatchez P and Raffin LA and Paine H and van Breemen C and Esfandiarei M
 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2020.12.018
 PubMed: 34027363
 12/2020Children with congenital heart disease exhibit seasonal variation in physical activity. 
 PloS one
 Kuan MTY and Voss C and Lopez J and Hemphill NM and Harris KC
 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241187
 PubMed: 33151936
 11/2020"The Child Is the Father of the Man"-Pediatric Preventive Cardiology. 
 The Canadian journal of cardiology
 Harris KC and McCrindle BW
 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2020.07.007
 PubMed: 32687864
 07/2020Utility of 3D printed cardiac models in congenital heart disease: a scoping review. 
 Heart (British Cardiac Society)
 Illmann CF and Ghadiry-Tavi R and Hosking M and Harris KC
 DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2020-316943
 PubMed: 32727918
 07/2020Medium-Term Complications Associated With Coronary Artery Aneurysms After Kawasaki Disease: A Study From the International Kawasaki Disease Registry. 
 Journal of the American Heart Association
 McCrindle BW and Manlhiot C and Newburger JW and Harahsheh AS and Giglia TM and Dallaire F and Friedman K and Low T and Runeckles K and Mathew M and Mackie AS and Choueiter NF and International Kawasaki Disease Registry *
 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.119.016440
 PubMed: 32750313
 07/2020Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin vs Warfarin for Thromboprophylaxis in Children With Coronary Artery Aneurysms After Kawasaki Disease: A Pragmatic Registry Trial. 
 The Canadian journal of cardiology
 Manlhiot C and Newburger JW and Low T and Dahdah N and Mackie AS and Raghuveer G and Giglia TM and Dallaire F and Mathew M and Runeckles K and Pahl E and Harahsheh AS and Norozi K and International Kawasaki Disease Registry
 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2020.01.016
 PubMed: 32621885
 07/2020Pediatric Lipid Screening and Treatment in Canada: Practices, Attitudes, and Barriers. 
 The Canadian journal of cardiology
 Khoury M and Rodday AM and Mackie AS and Gill P and McLaughlin T and Harris KC and Wong P and McCrindle BW and Birken CS and de Ferranti SD
 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2020.05.035
 PubMed: 32502521
 06/2020Hypertension Canada's 2020 Comprehensive Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, Risk Assessment, and Treatment of Hypertension in Adults and Children. 
 The Canadian journal of cardiology
 Rabi DM and McBrien KA and Sapir-Pichhadze R and Nakhla M and Ahmed SB and Dumanski SM and Butalia S and Leung AA and Harris KC and Cloutier L and Zarnke KB and Ruzicka M and Daskalopoulou SS
 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2020.02.086
 PubMed: 32389335
 05/2020Reduced Physical Activity During COVID-19 Pandemic in Children With Congenital Heart Disease. 
 The Canadian journal of cardiology
 Hemphill NM and Kuan MTY and Harris KC
 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2020.04.038
 PubMed: 32387502
 05/2020Utility and Access to 3-Dimensional Printing in the Context of Congenital Heart Disease: An International Physician Survey Study. 
 CJC open
 Illmann CF and Hosking M and Harris KC
 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2020.01.008
 PubMed: 32695970
 02/2020Fontan-Associated Liver Disease: Spectrum of Disease in Children and Adolescents. 
 Journal of the American Heart Association
 Rathgeber SL and Guttman OR and Lee AF and Voss C and Hemphill NM and Schreiber RA and Harris KC
 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.119.012529
 PubMed: 31902322
 01/2020Ambulatory blood pressure and carotid intima media thickness in children with type 1 diabetes. 
 Pediatric diabetes
 Glackin S and Islam N and Henderson AM and Dionne JM and Harris KC and Panagiotopoulos C and Devlin AM
 DOI: 10.1111/pedi.12960
 PubMed: 31825119
 12/2019Physical Activity Is Associated With Better Vascular Function in Children and Adolescents With Congenital Heart Disease. 
 The Canadian journal of cardiology
 Lopez JR and Voss C and Kuan MTY and Hemphill NM and Sandor GGS and Harris KC
 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2019.12.019
 PubMed: 32603699
 12/2019Use of sildenafil in an infant with persistent pulmonary hypertension secondary to lung and renal hypoplasia - a case report. 
 BMC pediatrics
 Lavie-Nevo K and Harris KC and Ting JY
 DOI: 10.1186/s12887-019-1801-3
 PubMed: 31690278
 11/2019The relative incidence of cardiogenic and septic shock in neonates. 
 Paediatrics & child health
 Chan KH and Sanatani S and Potts JE and Harris KC
 DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxz078
 PubMed: 32963650
 06/2019Rivaroxaban, a direct Factor Xa inhibitor, versus acetylsalicylic acid as thromboprophylaxis in children post-Fontan procedure: Rationale and design of a prospective, randomized trial (the UNIVERSE study). 
 American heart journal
 Pina LM and Dong X and Zhang L and Samtani MN and Michelson AD and Justino H and Bonnet D and Harris KC and Jefferies J and McCrindle BW and Li JS
 DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2019.04.009
 PubMed: 31132584
 05/2019Physiological Responses to Exercise in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients. 
 Medicine and science in sports and exercise
 Bovard JM and DE Souza AM and Harris KC and Human DG and Hosking MCK and Potts JE and Armstrong K and Sandor GGS and Cote AT
 DOI: 10.1249/mss.0000000000001889
 PubMed: 30629048
 05/2019Pulmonary artery wall thickness in children with Fontan physiology: an optical coherence tomography case control study. 
 Cardiology in the young
 McGovern E and Voss C and Brunner NW and Duncombe S and Harris KC and Hosking MH
 DOI: 10.1017/s1047951119000362
 PubMed: 30957731
 04/2019Fontan-Associated Liver Disease: Evidence for Early Surveillance of Liver Health in Pediatric Fontan Patients. 
 The Canadian journal of cardiology
 Rathgeber SL and Harris KC
 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2018.11.019
 PubMed: 30760429
 11/2018Coronary artery intimal thickening and ventricular dynamics in pediatric heart transplant recipients. 
 Congenital heart disease
 Cote AT and Hosking M and Voss C and Human DG and Sandor GGS and Harris KC
 DOI: 10.1111/chd.12629
 PubMed: 30184321
 09/2018Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia associated with an episode of reflex syncope: Is this the needle in the haystack? 
 HeartRhythm case reports
 Tester MA and Hockin BCD and David T and Franciosi S and Harris KC and Claydon VE and Sanatani S
 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2018.07.013
 PubMed: 30479948
 08/2018Improving Quality of Congenital Heart Disease Research in Canada: Standardizing Nomenclature Across Canada. 
 The Canadian journal of cardiology
 Béland MJ and Harris KC and Marelli AJ and Houyel L and Bailliard F and Dallaire F
 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2018.08.034
 PubMed: 30527157
 08/2018Optical Coherence Tomography for the Early Detection of Coronary Vascular Changes in Children and Adolescents After Cardiac Transplantation: Findings From the International Pediatric OCT Registry. 
 JACC. Cardiovascular imaging
 McGovern E and Hosking MCK and Balbacid E and Voss C and Berger F and Schubert S and Harris KC
 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2018.04.025
 PubMed: 30031706
 07/2018Congenital Heart Disease: Surgical Repair Is Just the Beginning. 
 The Canadian journal of cardiology
 Harris KC
 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2018.07.414
 PubMed: 30269823
 07/2018Coronary Artery Aneurysms After Kawasaki Disease: Understanding the Pathology. 
 The Canadian journal of cardiology
 McCrindle BW and Harris KC
 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2018.07.412
 PubMed: 30170663
 07/2018Modifiable cardiovascular risk factors in adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease. 
 Congenital heart disease
 Harris KC and Voss C and Rankin K and Aminzadah B and Gardner R and Mackie AS
 DOI: 10.1111/chd.12612
 PubMed: 29938932
 06/2018Hypertension Canada's 2018 Guidelines for Diagnosis, Risk Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment of Hypertension in Adults and Children. 
 The Canadian journal of cardiology
 Nerenberg KA and Zarnke KB and Leung AA and Dasgupta K and Butalia S and McBrien K and Harris KC and Nakhla M and Cloutier L and Gelfer M and Lamarre-Cliche M and Milot A and Bolli P and Hypertension Canada
 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2018.02.022
 PubMed: 29731013
 03/2018Intimal thickening at coronary bifurcations in pediatric heart transplant recipients. 
 Pediatric transplantation
 Duncombe SL and Hosking MCK and Coté AT and Voss C and Harris KC
 DOI: 10.1111/petr.13100
 PubMed: 29266632
 12/2017A Systematic Review of Infective Endocarditis in Patients With Bovine Jugular Vein Valves Compared With Other Valve Types. 
 JACC. Cardiovascular interventions
 Sharma A and Cote AT and Hosking MCK and Harris KC
 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2017.04.025
 PubMed: 28728659
 07/2017Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Children With Congenital Heart Disease. 
 Voss C and Duncombe SL and Dean PH and de Souza AM and Harris KC
 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.116.004665
 PubMed: 28264859
 03/2017A National Call to Action-Improving the Detection of Critical Congenital Heart Disease. 
 Harris KC
 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2016.11.015
 PubMed: 28129863
 02/2017Oscillometric and auscultatory blood pressure measurement methods in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
 Duncombe SL and Voss C and Harris KC
 DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000001178
 PubMed: 27870656
 02/2017Outcomes of Radiofrequency Perforation for Pulmonary Atresia and Intact Ventricular Septum: A Single-Centre Experience. 
 Rathgeber S and Auld B and Duncombe S and Hosking MC and Harris KC
 DOI: 10.1007/s00246-016-1498-0
 PubMed: 27837307
 01/2017Hybrid stenting for left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries. 
 Rathgeber SL and Gandhi SK and Harris KC
 PubMed: 27938457
 12/2016Validity of Commercial Activity Trackers in Children With Congenital Heart Disease. 
 Voss C and Gardner RF and Dean PH and Harris KC
 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2016.11.024
 PubMed: 28347581
 12/2016Valvar aortico-ventricular tunnel: an insight into the development of the great arteries. 
 Maghrabi K and Gandhi S and Harris KC
 PubMed: 27894369
 11/2016Hypertension Canada's 2016 Canadian Hypertension Education Program Guidelines for Blood Pressure Measurement, Diagnosis, Assessment of Risk, Prevention, and Treatment of Hypertension. 
 Leung AA and Nerenberg K and Daskalopoulou SS and McBrien K and Zarnke KB and Dasgupta K and Cloutier L and Gelfer M and Lamarre-Cliche M and Milot A and Bolli P and Tremblay G and McLean D and Tobe SW and Ruzicka M and Burns KD and Vallée M and Prasad GV and Lebel M and Feldman RD
 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2016.02.066
 PubMed: 27118291
 05/2016Hypertension Canada's 2016 Canadian Hypertension Education Program Guidelines for Blood Pressure Measurement, Diagnosis, and Assessment of Risk of Pediatric Hypertension. 
 Harris KC and Benoit G and Dionne J and Feber J and Cloutier L and Zarnke KB and Padwal RS and Rabi DM and Fournier A and CHEP Guidelines Task Force
 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2016.02.075
 PubMed: 27118292
 05/2016Peritoneal-pericardial communication in an adolescent on peritoneal dialysis. 
 Teoh CW and Nadel H and Armstrong K and Harris KC and White CT
 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-015-3206-3
 PubMed: 26386589
 01/2016The 2015 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for blood pressure measurement, diagnosis, assessment of risk, prevention, and treatment of hypertension. 
 Daskalopoulou SS and Rabi DM and Zarnke KB and Dasgupta K and Nerenberg K and Cloutier L and Gelfer M and Lamarre-Cliche M and Milot A and Bolli P and McKay DW and Tremblay G and McLean D and Tobe SW and Ruzicka M and Burns KD and Vallée M and Ramesh Prasad GV and Lebel M and Feldman RD
 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2015.02.016
 PubMed: 25936483
 05/2015Obesity and arterial stiffness in children: systematic review and meta-analysis. 
 Cote AT and Phillips AA and Harris KC and Sandor GG and Panagiotopoulos C and Devlin AM
 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.114.305062
 PubMed: 25633314
 04/2015Should early extubation be the goal for children after congenital cardiac surgery? 
 Harris KC and Holowachuk S and Pitfield S and Sanatani S and Froese N and Potts JE and Gandhi SK
 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.06.093
 PubMed: 25156467
 12/2014Childhood obesity, arterial stiffness, and prevalence and treatment of hypertension. 
 Armstrong KR and Cote AT and Devlin AM and Harris KC
 DOI: 10.1007/s11936-014-0339-9
 PubMed: 25248796
 11/2014Optical coherence tomography for the evaluation of asymmetric cardiac allograft vasculopathy in a child. 
 Greenway SC and Hosking M and Harris KC
 DOI: 10.1111/petr.12303
 PubMed: 24953969
 09/2014Feasibility of optical coherence tomography in children with Kawasaki disease and pediatric heart transplant recipients. 
 Harris KC and Manouzi A and Fung AY and De Souza A and Bezerra HG and Potts JE and Hosking MC
 DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.113.001764
 PubMed: 24874056
 07/2014Chylous pericardial effusion in granulomatosis with polyangiitis. 
 Larkins N and Harris KC and Morishita K and Matsell DG
 DOI: 10.1111/nep.12262
 PubMed: 24842790
 06/2014A prospective observational multicenter study of balloon angioplasty for the treatment of native and recurrent coarctation of the aorta. 
 Harris KC and Du W and Cowley CG and Forbes TJ and Kim DW and Congenital Cardiac Intervention Study Consortium (CCISC)
 DOI: 10.1002/ccd.25284
 PubMed: 24917074
 06/2014Subtotal obstruction of a tube fenestrated fontan conduit. 
 Moodley S and Gandhi SK and Harris KC
 DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304377
 PubMed: 24192978
 03/2014Childhood obesity and cardiovascular dysfunction. 
 Cote AT and Harris KC and Panagiotopoulos C and Sandor GG and Devlin AM
 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.07.042
 PubMed: 23954339
 10/2013Single-ventricle anatomy predicts delayed microstructural brain development. 
 Sethi V and Tabbutt S and Dimitropoulos A and Harris KC and Chau V and Poskitt K and Campbell A and Azakie A and Xu D and Barkovich AJ and Miller SP and McQuillen PS
 DOI: 10.1038/pr.2013.29
 PubMed: 23407116
 05/2013Biophysical properties of the aorta and left ventricle and exercise capacity in obese children. 
 Harris KC and Al Saloos HA and De Souza AM and Sanatani S and Hinchliffe M and Potts JE and Sandor GG
 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.05.019
 PubMed: 22728002
 09/2012Neuroblastoma masquerading as supraventricular tachycardia: a case of super sinus tachycardia. 
 Harris KC and Retallack JE and Sanatani S
 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-301327
 PubMed: 22267393
 06/2012An unusual case of cyanosis in right ventricular dysplasia in a child. 
 Dhillon SS and Duncan WJ and Harris KC and Sandor GG
 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.07.057
 PubMed: 22361406
 02/2012Images in clinical medicine. Thrombosis of a mechanical mitral valve. 
 Harris KC and Campbell AI
 DOI: 10.1056/nejmicm1100131
 PubMed: 22168664
 12/2011Persistent fever in an infant: incomplete Kawasaki disease. 
 Harris KC and Hosking MC
 DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.110032
 PubMed: 21896689
 11/2011Economic evaluation of palivizumab in children with congenital heart disease: a Canadian perspective. 
 Harris KC and Anis AH and Crosby MC and Cender LM and Potts JE and Human DG
 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2010.12.064
 PubMed: 21664100
 2011Effect of school-based physical activity interventions on body mass index in children: a meta-analysis. 
 Harris KC and Kuramoto LK and Schulzer M and Retallack JE
 DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.080966
 PubMed: 19332753
 03/2009Right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia in children. 
 Harris KC and Potts JE and Fournier A and Gross GJ and Kantoch MJ and Cote JM and Sanatani S
 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.08.076
 PubMed: 17137900
 12/2006
- Research
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                      Interventional Pediatric Cardiology 
 Through collaborations with cardiac surgery and cardiac anesthesia we aim to optimize care delivery before, during and after interventional procedures for children with congenital heart disease and cardiac transplant recipients. We are currently evaluating the clinical impact of a new high resolution intravascular imaging technique called ‘Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)’. We have successfully established an International Pediatric OCT Registry and the Children’s Heart Centre serves as the lead centre, and hosts both the core imaging laboratory and data coordinating centre for evaluating this exciting new imaging modality in children and adolescents.Cardiovascular outcomes 
 I am interested in the childhood origins of non-congenital cardiovascular disease. We previously found that at-risk children – for example, individuals with obesity or congenital heart disease – have significant cardiovascular changes already in childhood, such as aortic stiffness and elevated blood pressure. We are presently conducting interventional and longitudinal observational studies to evaluate the impact of physical activity and exercise on cardiovascular health in these children.
 Vascular health is also a concern in children who have had Kawasaki disease. I am actively involved in evaluating the coronary artery changes in children with Kawasaki disease. I serve as the site PI for a North American collaboration evaluating the long-term outcomes of coronary aneurysms in children with KD.Preventive Cardiology 
 Physical activity is critical to optimize long-term cardiovascular health in children with congenital and non-congenital heart disease. We use state-of-the-art measurement tools and new technologies, such as commercial activity trackers, to better understand and promote physical activity levels in our patients. My research in this area also investigates perceived barriers and facilitators for physical activity in these children and their parents.Honours & AwardsResident Research Mentor Award, Department of Pediatrics, BC Children’s Hospital, University of British Columbia (2015) Young Investigator Award, Canadian Cardiovascular Society (2013) UBC Fellow Research Award, Department of Pediatrics, BC Children’s Hospital, University of British Columbia (2011) Research Group MembersDorothy Chen, INSPIRE PROGRAM TRAINEE 
 Jennifer Collins, Research Coordinator
 Bianca Fukakusa, Medical Student
 Emily Godfrey, INSPIRE PROGRAM TRAINEE
 Louis Ipis, Research Assistant
 Mimi Kuan, Research Coordinator
 Aleena Shaik, INSPIRE TRAINEE
 Seema Sharma, INSPIRE PROGRAM TRAINEE
 Ty Sideroff, Graduate Student Research Coordinator
 Venessa Thorsen, Master's Student
 Sripadh Upadhya, Volunteer Research Fellow
 Kevin Virk, Student Research Assistant
 Harrison Yang, Student Research Assistant
 Serena Zhang
 Eric Zhu, INSPIRE TRAINEE
How a heart warrior was saved by research
In our February Heart Month story about BC Children's Hospital pediatric cardiologist and researcher Dr. Kevin Harris, he shared with us how a newborn baby's life was saved because of advances in research and science. This is that baby's story.
        
   
 
 
 
 
 
