Curt Degroff, MSEE, M.D.
Program Director & Clinical Professor
Department:
MD-COGNITAL HRT CTR EXCELLENCE
Business Phone:
(352) 273-7831
Business Email:
degroffc@ufl.edu
About Curt Degroff
Hi, my name is Dr. DeGroff and I work as a professor of pediatric cardiology at the UF Health Congenital Heart Center. After finishing a very rewarding masters of science degree program at Cal Tech in Electrical Engineering, I had an unrewarding early career start in electrical engineering until I discovered medicine was the career I realized I was looking for. In my early medical training I discovered cardiology was the medical specialty where I could most use my engineering skills. On top of that I always wanted to work with kids so Pediatric Cardiology was the perfect fit for me.
I completed my pediatric residency program at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Los Angeles. There, I was a committee member for evaluation of residents as well as the chief assistant to the director of the pediatric residency program. I then completed a pediatric cardiology fellowship at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland.
Now at UF Health I am the medical director of noninvasive cardiac imaging and affiliate faculty of the University of Florida Biomedical Engineering Department. I am a member of the American Heart Association and a fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography. I hope to offer cardiac imaging experience to my junior colleagues.
Outside of work I enjoy being active especially outdoors. My favorite ways to do this are through kayaking, biking, and playing basketball.
Accomplishments
Fellow
2019
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American Heart Association
Fellow
2017
·
American Society of Echocardiography (FASE)
Editorial board consultant
2010-2013
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Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Member
2003-2019
·
NIH Scientific Review Group SBIR/STTR Small Business Cardiovascular Devices Special Reviewer Emphasis Panel
Board Certifications
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Pediatric CardiologyAmerican Board of Pediatrics
Clinical Profile
Specialties
- Pediatrics
Subspecialties
- Pediatric Cardiology
Areas of Interest
- Congenital heart disease
- Echocardiography (ECHO) – Children
- Fetal echocardiography
- Fetal heart monitoring
- Heart CT scan
- Heart MRI
- Heart murmurs
- Imaging and radiology
Publications
2023
Elevated Aortic Stiffness after Pediatric Heart Transplantation.
Pediatric cardiology.
[DOI] 10.1007/s00246-023-03245-3.
[PMID] 37535078.
2022
A Comprehensive Approach to the Management of Patients With HLHS and Related Malformations: An Analysis of 83 Patients (2015-2021).
World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery.
13(5):664-675
[DOI] 10.1177/21501351221088030.
[PMID] 35511494.
2020
Optimized Computed Tomography Angiography Protocol for the Evaluation of Thrombus in Patients with Fontan Anatomy.
Pediatric cardiology.
41(8):1601-1607
[DOI] 10.1007/s00246-020-02417-9.
[PMID] 32785745.
2019
Impact of 3D Printouts in Optimizing Surgical Results for Complex Congenital Heart Disease.
World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery.
10(5):533-538
[DOI] 10.1177/2150135119852316.
[PMID] 31496399.
2017
Maternal hyperoxygenation: A potential therapy for congenital heart disease in the fetuses? A systematic review of the current literature.
Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.).
34(12):1822-1833
[DOI] 10.1111/echo.13722.
[PMID] 29287137.
2015
Pocket echocardiography system for detection of patent ductus arteriosus in neonates.
Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.).
32(2):319-24
[DOI] 10.1111/echo.12656.
[PMID] 24919825.
2014
Blood Cell Adhesion On a Polymeric Heart Valve Leaflet Processed Using Magnetic Abrasive Finishing
Journal of Medical Devices-Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
8(1)
[DOI] 10.1115/1.4025853.
2014
Doppler echocardiography inaccurately estimates right ventricular pressure in children with elevated right heart pressure.
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography.
27(3)
[DOI] 10.1016/j.echo.2013.11.017.
[PMID] 24438751.
2013
Protocol for relative hydrodynamic assessment of tri-leaflet polymer valves.
Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE.
(80)
[DOI] 10.3791/50335.
[PMID] 24193435.
2013
Quantification of left-to-right shunt through patent ductus arteriosus by colour Doppler in children admitted for a device closure.
Cardiology in the young.
23(2)
[DOI] 10.1017/S1047951112000315.
[PMID] 23351882.
2013
Transesophageal echocardiography in critically ill acute postoperative infants: comparison of AcuNav intracardiac echocardiographic and microTEE miniaturized transducers.
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography.
26(1)
[DOI] 10.1016/j.echo.2012.09.008.
[PMID] 23059370.
2012
Left ventricular systolic dyssynchrony in pediatric and adolescent patients with congestive heart failure.
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography.
25(9)
[DOI] 10.1016/j.echo.2012.05.003.
[PMID] 22658562.
2012
Pulsatile venous waveform quality affects the conduit performance in functional and “failing” Fontan circulations.
Cardiology in the young.
22(3):251-62
[DOI] 10.1017/S1047951111001491.
[PMID] 22008697.
2011
Adult definitions for dyssynchrony are inappropriate for pediatric patients.
Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.).
28(4):468-74
[DOI] 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2010.01348.x.
[PMID] 21395672.
2010
Letter by DeGroff regarding article, “Rheumatic heart disease screening by echocardiography: The inadequacy of World Health Organization criteria for optimizing the diagnosis of subclinical disease”.
Circulation.
121(21)
[DOI] 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.907337.
[PMID] 20516383.
2009
Minimal sedation second dose strategy with intranasal midazolam in an outpatient pediatric echocardiographic setting.
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography.
22(4):383-7
[DOI] 10.1016/j.echo.2009.01.003.
[PMID] 19345306.
2008
Modeling the Fontan circulation: where we are and where we need to go.
Pediatric cardiology.
29(1):3-12
[PMID] 17917765.
2006
Efficiency differences in computational simulations of the total cavo-pulmonary circulation with and without compliant vessel walls.
Computer methods and programs in biomedicine.
81(3):220-7
[PMID] 16455152.
2006
First-order system least-squares (FOSLS) for modeling blood flow.
Medical engineering & physics.
28(6):495-503
[PMID] 16275152.
2006
Response to: “Echocardiographic assessment of isolated pulmonary valve stenosis: which outpatient doppler gradient has the most clinical validity?”.
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography.
19(3)
[PMID] 16500506.
2005
Computational simulations of the total cavo-pulmonary connection: insights in optimizing numerical solutions.
Medical engineering & physics.
27(2):135-46
[PMID] 15642509.
2005
Regional myocardial velocities and isovolumic contraction acceleration before and after device closure of atrial septal defects: a color tissue Doppler study.
American heart journal.
150(2):294-301
[PMID] 16086934.
2003
Flow in the early embryonic human heart: a numerical study.
Pediatric cardiology.
24(4):375-80
[PMID] 12632224.
2003
Insights into the effect of aortic compliance on Doppler diastolic flow patterns seen in coarctation of the aorta: a numeric study.
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography.
16(2):162-9
[PMID] 12574743.
2002
Doppler echocardiography.
Pediatric cardiology.
23(3):307-33
[PMID] 11976779.
2002
Effect of vessel size on the flow efficiency of the total cavopulmonary connection: in vitro studies.
Pediatric cardiology.
23(2):171-7
[PMID] 11889529.
2002
Jet eccentricity: a misleading source of agreement between Doppler/catheter pressure gradients in aortic stenosis.
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography.
15(3):291-2
[PMID] 11875395.
2002
Longitudinal motion of the atrioventricular annuli in children: reference values, growth related changes, and effects of right ventricular volume and pressure overload.
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography.
15(9):906-16
[PMID] 12221407.
2001
Around PediHeart: review of methods for quantifying left to right shunts in patients with congenital heart disease.
Pediatric cardiology.
22(1)
[PMID] 11123137.
2001
Around PediHeart: survey on use of Doppler echocardiographic quantitative methods available to evaluate hemodynamic severity of left to right shunt lesions in routine follow-up studies.
Pediatric cardiology.
22(1)
[PMID] 11123119.
2001
Development of a noninvasive ultrasound color M-mode means of estimating pulmonary vascular resistance in pediatric pulmonary hypertension: mathematical analysis, in vitro validation, and preliminary clinical studies.
Circulation.
104(8):908-13
[PMID] 11514378.
2000
Accuracy of the Bernoulli equation for estimation of pressure gradient across stenotic Blalock-Taussig shunts: an in vitro and numerical study.
Pediatric cardiology.
21(5):439-47
[PMID] 10982702.
2000
Three-dimensional imaging of aortic arch anomalies in infants and children with intravascular ultrasound catheters from a transesophageal approach.
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography.
13(10):924-31
[PMID] 11029717.
1999
Spontaneous pericardial hematoma in an infant.
Pediatric cardiology.
20(5):380-1
[PMID] 10441699.
1998
Evaluating isovelocity surface area flow convergence method with finite element modeling.
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography.
11(8):809-18
[PMID] 9719093.
1998
Utility of three-dimensional ultrasound Doppler flow reconstruction of the proximal jet to quantify effective orifice area: in vitro steady and pulsatile flow studies.
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography.
11(4):313-21
[PMID] 9571580.
1996
Quantification of mitral flow by Doppler color flow mapping.
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography.
9(5):700-9
[PMID] 8887874.
1995
Giant blood cyst of the aortic valve.
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography.
8(4):543-5
[PMID] 7546792.
Grants
Sep 2019
– May 2021
Integrating Multi-parametric Echocardiography with Computer Assisted Analyses in Detection for Early Allograft Rejection in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients: A Pilot prospective Multicenter Trial.
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: ENDURING HEARTS
Education
Fellowship – Pediatric Cardiology
1995
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Oregon HSC University
Residency – Pediatrics
1992
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Kaiser Permanente Medical Center
Internship – Pediatrics
1990
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Kaiser Permanente Medical Center
Medical Degree
1989
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Suny Health Science Center at Brooklyn
Contact Details
Phones:
- Business:
- (352) 273-7831
Emails:
- Business:
- degroffc@ufl.edu
Addresses:
- Business Mailing:
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1600 SW ARCHER RD
GAINESVILLE FL 32610 - Business Street:
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1600 SW ARCHER ROAD, HD 316-A
THE CONGENITAL HEART CENTER AT UF
GAINESVILLE FL 32610