Dr. Sarah Pradhan received her MD degree at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and completed her Pediatrics Residency at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. She then completed her Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, whilst concurrently completing a Masters Degree in Clinical and Translational Research at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She is dual board-certified with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Canada and the American Board of Pediatrics in both Pediatrics and Cardiology. Dr. Pradhan joined Sick Kids as an Advanced Fellow in Interventional Catheterization, and pursued further combined sub-specialization in Clinical Echocardiography and Pulmonary Hypertension at the Hospital for Sick Children. Her research interests include using advanced imaging techniques to predict clinical outcomes in congenital heart disease, 3D echocardiography and 3D transesophageal echocardiographic guidance of catheter-based interventions, artificial intelligence in cardiology and pulmonary hypertension management.

In this week's core session of Grand Rounds, Dr. Pradhan discusses the definition, pathophysiology and outcomes of pediatric pulmonary hypertension, with an update on growing affected populations. The heterogeneity of pulmonary hypertension will be discussed with a focus on lung disease-associated pulmonary hypertension.