Dr. Avitabile works to understand the impact of musculoskeletal deficits on exercise performance in children with complex heart and lung diseases. She also participates in multi-centered clinical trials to advance the care of children with pediatric pulmonary hypertension.

BA, University of Notre Dame (Economics), 2003

MD, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2007

Attending Cardiologist, Cardiac Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

American Society of Echocardiography, 2015-

Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 2013-

American Heart Association, 2013-

Phi Beta Kappa, 2003

Alpha Epsilon Delta (National Health Pre-professional Honor Society), 2002

Omicron Delta Epsilon (International Economics Honor Society), 2002

American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Research Fellowship Award, 2014

Pediatric Academic Societies Travel Award Program for Young Investigators, 2013

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Alumni Association Gold Medal, 2007

Dr. Robert Joseph Barnet Award to an Outstanding Arts and Letters Pre-professional Senior, University of Notre Dame, 2003