Othman Aljohani, MBBS, MPH
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine

His expertise includes treating cardiomyopathy, a heart muscle condition that can cause the heart muscle to become weaker or thicker making it harder for the heart to pump blood. He specializes in caring for patients who may need mechanical circulatory support (devices that help the heart function) or heart transplantation.

In research, Aljohani studies factors affecting outcomes for children with end-stage heart failure who receive a heart transplant. He also explores ways to improve the quality of patient care and medical education, and enjoys mentoring medical trainees.

• Myocarditis in children after COVID-19 vaccine.
  Annals of pediatric cardiology 2022 Aljohani OA, Arcilla L, Kaushik N, Cresalia NM, Li B, Edwell AA, Ramirez AM, Anwar S
• Spectrum of Viral Pathogens Identified in Children with Clinical Myocarditis (Pre-Coronavirus Disease-2019, 2000-2018): Etiologic Agent Versus Innocent Bystander.
  The Journal of pediatrics 2021 Aljohani OA, Mackie D, Bratincsak A, Bradley JS, Perry JC
• Pseudoaneurysm of Innominate Artery Graft Stump in an Infant.
  The Annals of thoracic surgery 2021 Sengupta A, Aljohani OA, Fagan B, Mo J, Lamberti JJ, Murthy R
• Heart Transplantation of a Preterm Infant With HLHS.
  World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery 2021 Aljohani OA, Mackie D, Fletcher EA, Shayan K, Vaughn GR, Singh RK, Nigro JJ
• Antiarrhythmic Treatment Duration and Tachycardia Recurrence in Infants with Supraventricular Tachycardia.
  Pediatric cardiology 2021 Aljohani OA, Herrick NL, Borquez AA, Shepard S, Wieler ME, Perry JC, Williams MR
• Aortic Root Thrombosis on ECMO-A Novel Management Strategy.
  World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery 2020 Aljohani OA, Singh RK, Nageotte SJ, Do T, Ratnayaka K, Nigro JJ, Werho DK
• Combination of PGE1 and Pulmonary Vasodilator Therapy in Managing a Challenging Case of Severe PAH Secondary to CDH.
  World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery 2020 Aljohani OA, Rao R, Mackie D, Haldeman S, Karamlou T
• Intravenous Sotalol in the Young: Safe and Effective Treatment With Standardized Protocols.
  JACC. Clinical electrophysiology 2020 Borquez AA, Aljohani OA, Williams MR, Perry JC
• Day-Night Activity in Hospitalized Children after Major Surgery: An Analysis of 2271 Hospital Days.
  The Journal of pediatrics 2019 Kudchadkar SR, Aljohani O, Johns J, Leroux A, Alsafi E, Jastaniah E, Gottschalk A, Shata NJ, Al-Harbi A, Gergen D, Nadkarni A, Crainiceanu C
• Paediatric pulmonary hypertension caused by an ACVRL1 mutation presenting as Ortner syndrome.
  Cardiology in the young 2018 Alsheikh B, Aljohani O, Coufal NG
• Recurrent Cardiology Evaluation for Innocent Heart Murmur: Echocardiogram Utilization.
  Clinical pediatrics 2018 Dalal NN, Dzelebdzic S, Frank LH, Clauss SB, Mitchell SJ, Aljohani OA, Bradley-Hewitt T, Harahsheh AS
• Collateral Deception: A Unique Presentation of an Anomalous Coronary Artery.
  CASE (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2018 Aljohani OA, Sah SP, Murthy RA, Lamberti JJ, Printz BF, Sun HY
• Intravenous sotalol for conversion of atrial flutter in infants.
  HeartRhythm case reports 2018 Aljohani OA, Perry JC, Williams MR
• Transatrial Endocardial Placement of Epicardial Pacing Lead.
  Journal of cardiac surgery 2015 Ramakrishnan KV, Aljohani OA, John AS, Sinha P
• Sleep of critically ill children in the pediatric intensive care unit: a systematic review.
  Sleep medicine reviews 2013 Kudchadkar SR, Aljohani OA, Punjabi NM