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Bill A Pietra

Bill A Pietra, M.D.

Clinical Professor

Department: MD-COGNITAL HRT CTR EXCELLENCE
Business Phone: (352) 273-7770
Business Email: b.pietra@ufl.edu

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About Bill A Pietra

Hi my name is Biagio Pietra but my patients call me Dr. Pietra or Dr. Bill. I am board-certified in general pediatrics and pediatric cardiology. I lead the pediatric cardiology program here at UF Health. I attended the University of Florida where I received my bachelor’s and post-baccalaureate degrees. I received my medical degree from the University of South Florida College of Medicine in Tampa, Florida. I completed my pediatric internship, pediatric residency and his pediatric cardiology fellowship at the Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati.

I have spent most of my career as medical director for the pediatric cardiac transplant program and pediatric cardiac mechanical assist program at The Colorado Children’s Hospital, Aurora, where I also was an associate professor in the department of pediatrics, division of cardiology at the University of Colorado, Health Sciences.

I am honored to have received awards from the American Heart Association and National Institutes of Health-R01. I continue to review grants while serving on the National Institutes of Health-National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Study Sections.

I am also a fellow in the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Cardiology and a member of the American Medical Association, the American Society of Transplantation and the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. I also have served as a diplomat of the National Board of Medical Examiners.

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught

  1. MDC7400 – Pediatric Clerkship

    College of Medicine

Board Certifications

  • Pediatric Cardiology
    American Board of Pediatrics
  • Pediatrics
    American Board of Pediatrics

Clinical Profile

Specialties

  • Pediatrics

Subspecialties

  • Pediatric Cardiology

Publications

Academic Articles

  1. Heart Transplantation for Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Overview and Special Considerations

    Journal
    Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications.
    Volume/Issue
    3(1):73-84
    [DOI]
    10.15212/CVIA.2017.0043.
    Publisher’s Site

  2. Cardiac Allograft Tolerance Induction Via Anti-Lfa-1 Monotherapy Is Dependent On An Indirect Cd8 T-Cell

    Journal
    Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation.
    Volume/Issue
    34(4, S):S51-S52

  3. Single Drug Immunosuppression for Infant Heart Transplant Recipients

    Journal
    Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation.
    Volume/Issue
    34(4, S):S322-S323

  4. First pediatric transatlantic air ambulance transportation on a Berlin Heart EXCOR left ventricular assist device as a bridge to transplantation.

    Journal
    Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies.
    Volume/Issue
    11(2):e24-5
    [DOI]
    10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181bc5974.
    [PMID]
    20216173.
    11 citations PubMed Publisher’s Site

  5. Outcome of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for early primary graft failure after pediatric heart transplantation.

    Journal
    Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
    Volume/Issue
    54(8):730-7
    [DOI]
    10.1016/j.jacc.2009.04.062.
    [PMID]
    19679252.
    40 citations PubMed Publisher’s Site

  6. Altered ventricular mechanics in cardiac allografts: a tissue Doppler study in 30 children without prior rejection events.

    Journal
    The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation.
    Volume/Issue
    24(11):1804-13
    [PMID]
    16297786.
    34 citations PubMed

Grants

  1. CTOA

    Active

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    UNIV OF FLORIDA

  2. Integrating Multi-parametric Echocardiography with Computer Assisted Analyses in Detection for Early Allograft Rejection in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients: A Pilot Prospective Multicenter Trial (ECHO-EZ)

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    CLEVELAND CLINIC FOU via ENDURING HEARTS

  3. 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:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    ENDURING HEARTS

  4. Phase III Multi-center Open Label Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Everolimus and Low Dose Tacrolimus to Tacrolimus to Tacrolimus and Mycophenolate Mofetil at 6 Months Post Heart Transplant to Prevent Long-Term Complications after Pediatric Heart Trans

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    CHILDRENS HOSPITAL CORPORATION via US ARMY MED RES ACQUISITION

  5. A Prospective, Open-Label, Active-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Safety, and Efficacy of Rivaroxaban for Thromboprophylaxis in Pediatric Subjects 2 to 8 Years of Age after the Fontan Procedure

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 273-7770
Emails:
Business:
b.pietra@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 100297
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Business Street:
1600 SW ARCHER RD
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610