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Email

kriti.puri@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Internship

Pediatric
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Pediatric Residency Program

Residency

Pediatrics
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Pediatric Residency Program

Fellowship

Pediatric Cardiology
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas, United States
Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program

Fellowship

Pediatric Critical Care
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas, United States
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program

Addresses

Texas Children's Hospital (Hospital)

6651 Main Street
Legacy Tower
Houston, TX, 77030
United States

Education

MBBS from All India Institute of Medical Sciences

12/2010 - New Delhi, India

Residency at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

06/2015 - Cincinnati, United States

Pediatrics

Fellowship at ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine

06/2018 - Houston, United States

Pediatric Cardiology

Fellowship at ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine

Houston, United States

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics

USMLE

Honors & Awards

Moderator

Back to School Guidance for Children with Cardiac Conditions

Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery of the American Academy of Pediatrics (08/2020)

Speaker

Iron Deficiency in Pediatric Heart Failure – Beyond the Blood

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Heart Institute Grand Rounds (11/2019)

Heart Center Innovation Grant (5000$)

Iron Deficiency in infants with CHD undergoing Cardiac Surgery

Texas Children’s Hospital (01/2019)

Heart Center Innovation Grant (5000$)

Comparison of IV and Oral Iron Replacement in Pediatric Heart Failure Patients

Texas Children’s Hospital (12/2019)

Best Poster Award

Pediatric Heart Failure Summit (05/2016)

National Cultural Talent Search Scholarship

Centre for Cultural Research and Training, Government of India

Speaker

Baylor Pediatric Student Association/Texas Children's Hospital: Subspecialty Roundtable

(10/2020)

Panelist

Respite Rounds: Who Determines Quality of Life? - Challenges with Navigating Desires of Parents and Medical Teams

ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine (02/2021)

J. Timothy Bricker Citizenship Award

2018

Pediatric Cardiology, Texas Children's Hospital

Professional Interests

• Cardiac Critical Care
• Mechanical Circulatory Support
• Heart Failure
• Congenital Heart Disease

Websites

Selected Publications

• Puri K, Price JF, Spinner JA, Powers JM, Denfield SW, Cabrera AG, Tunuguntla HP, Dreyer WJ, Shah MD. " Iron Deficiency Is Associated with Adverse Outcomes in Pediatric Heart Failure.. " 2020 Jan ;
• Morray BH, Dimas VV, McElhinney DB, Puri K, Qureshi AM. " Patient size parameters to guide use of the Impella device in pediatric patients. " 2019 Oct 1;
• Puri K, Anders MM, Tume SC, Cabrera AG, Heinle JS, Causey JC, Wang Y, Moffett BS, Shekerdemian LS. " Characteristics and Outcomes of Pediatric Patients supported with Ventricular Assist Device – A Multi-institutional Analysis. " 2019 Aug 20;
• Puri K*, Choudhry S*, Denfield SW. " An Update on Pediatric Cardiomyopathy. " 2019 Jun 25;
• Puri K, Malek J, de la Uz CM, Lantos J, Cabrera AG, Fruge ED.. " " 2019 Jul 14;
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• 6. Puri K, Singh H, Denfield SW, Cabrera AG, Dreyer WJ, Price JF. " Missed Diagnosis of New-Onset Systolic Heart Failure at First Presentation in Children with No Known Heart Disease. " 2019 May ;
• Pookamala S, Thakar A, Puri K, Singh P, Kumar R, Sharma SC. " Acquired subglottic stenosis: aetiological profile and treatment results.. " 2014 Jul ;
• Bhatla N, Puri K, Kriplani A, Iyer VK, Mathur SR, Kalaivani M., Pandey RM.. " Adjunctive testing for cervical cancer screening in low resource settings. " 2012 Apr ;
• Puri K, Taft D, Schibler K, Newburg D, Yu Z, Ward D, Morrow A, Kallapur S. " Association Of Chorioamnionitis With Aberrant Neonatal Gut Colonization And Adverse Clinical Outcomes. " 2016 Sep 22;
• Puri K, Kreppel AJ, Schlaudecker EP. " Bartonella Osteomyelitis of the Acetabulum: Case Report and Review of the Literature.. " 2015 Aug 15;
• Puri K, Kocoshis S, Risma K, Perez L, Hart C, Chin C, Ryan TD, Jefferies JL, Schumacher KR, Castleberry C. " Basiliximab treatment for autoimmune bowel disease in a pediatric heart transplant patient.. " 2015 Nov 19;
• Puri K, Morris SA, Mery CM, Wang Y, Moffett BS, Heinle JS, Rodriguez JR, Shekerdemian LS, Cabrera AG. " Characteristics & Outcomes of Children with Ductal-Dependent Congenital Heart Disease and Esophageal Atresia/Tracheoesophageal Fistula: A Multi-Institutional Analysis. " 2018 Apr ;
• Seth R, Das RR, Puri K, Singh P. " Clinical Profile and Chemotherapy Response in Children with Hodgkin Lymphoma at a Tertiary Care Centre. " 2015 Nov 9;
• Puri K, Allen HD, Qureshi, AM. " Congenital Heart Disease. " 2017 Oct ;
• Bhatla N, Puri K, Joseph E, Kriplani A, Iyer VK, Sreenivas V. " Correlation of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Chlamydia trachomatis infection with Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia. " 2013 Mar ;
• Puri K, Singh P, Das RR, Seth R, Gupta R. " Diagnostic Dilemma of JMML Coexisting with CMV Infection. " 2011 Apr ;
• Puri K, Sapra S, Jain V. " Emotional, behavioral and cognitive profile, and quality of life of Indian children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes. " 2013 Nov 17;
• Sinha A, Puri K, Hari P, Dinda AK, Bagga A.. " Etiology and Outcome of Crescentic Glomerulonephritis. " 2013 Mar ;
• Puri K, Warshak CR, Habli MA, Yuan A, Sahay RD, King EC, Divanovic A, Cnota JF. " Fetal Somatic Growth Trajectory Differs by Type of Congenital Heart Disease.. " 2018 Mar ;
• Puri K, Schlaudecker EP, Newman NC. " Index of suspicion. " 2014 Nov ;
• Puri K, Kazembe P, Mkaliainga T, Chiume M, Cabrera AG, Sims Sanyahumbi A. " Pattern of inpatient pediatric cardiology consultations in sub-Saharan Africa.. " 2018 Mar 13;
• 7. Puri K, Jeewa A, Adachi I, Denfield SW, Cabrera AG, Price JF, Humlicek TJ, Burki S, Dreyer WJ, Shah MD. " Prevalence of Anemia and Iron Deficiency in Pediatric Patients on Ventricular Assist Devices. " 2018 Nov ;
• Rohit MK, Puri K, Vadivelu R.. " Reversible complete atrioventricular block after percutaneous ASD device closure in a child <15 kg.. " 2014 May ;
• Bakhshi S, Das P, Puri K, Singhal M, Ramam M, Sharma A, Iyer VK, Gupta SD. " Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma: A clinicopathologic study of 5 cases.. " 2011 Apr ;
• Seth R, Puri K, Singh P, Selvam P, Kumar R. " The role of fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computerized tomography in resolving therapeutic dilemmas in pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma. " 2012 Jul 27;
• Olsen, J, Puri K.. " Interpretation of Oxygen Saturation in Cogenital Heart Disease: Fact and Fallacy. " ;
• Puri K, Tunuguntla HP, Hensch LA, Loh J, Hui SK, Razavi A, Tume SC, Humlicek TJ, Denfield SW, Spinner JA, Choudhry S, Price JF, Dreyer WJ, Adachi I, Teruya J.. " " 2022 Jun 10;
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• Bensman RS, Berrens Z, Mkaliainga T, Banda B, Puri K, Sanyahumbi A, Byczkowski T, Eckerle M.. " " 2022 May 11;
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• Puri K, Denfield SW, Adachi I, Dreyer WJ, Price JF, Spinner JA, Choudhry S, Brackett J, Santucci G, Rainusso NC, Tunuguntla HP.. " " 2022 Apr 26;
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• Pande CK, Noll L, Afonso N, Serrano F, Monteiro S, Guffey D, Puri K, Achuff BJ, Akcan-Arikan A, Shekerdemian L.. " " 2022 Mar 25;
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• Puri K, Adachi I, Bocchini CE, Spinner JA, Denfield SW, Sisley S, Elias BA, Jimenez-Gomez A, Price JF, Dreyer WJ, Choudhry S, Tunuguntla HP. " " 2021 Dec 28;
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• Day P, Hope K, Puri K, Spinner J, Choudhry S, Tunuguntla H, Price J, Dreyer W, Denfield S.. " " 2021 Dec 17;
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• Puri K, Adachi I.. " Left Heart Decompression on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support and Cardiopulmonary Bypass.. " 2021 Oct 18;
• Puri K, Spinner JA, Powers JM, Denfield SW, Tunuguntla HP, Choudhry S, Dreyer WJ, Price JF. " Poor efficacy of oral iron replacement therapy in pediatric patients with heart failure.. " 2021 Oct 11;
• Puri K, Schweiger M, Rossano JW.. " The fate of the failing Fontan circulation-No two are alike.. " 2021 Sep 8;
• Tunuguntla, HP, Puri K, Denfield SW. " Management of Advanced Heart Failure in Children with Cancer Therapy-Related Cardiac Dysfunction. " 2021 Sep 30;
• Puri K, Adachi I. " Mechanical Support for the Failing Single Ventricle at Pre-Fontan Stage: Current State of the Field and Future Directions. " 2021 ;
• Afonso NS, Ninemire MR, Gowda SH, Jump JL, Lantin-Hermoso RL, Johnson KE, Puri K, Hope KD, Kritz E, Achuff BJ, Gurganious L, Bhat PN.. " Redefining the Relationship: Palliative Care in Critical Perinatal and Neonatal Cardiac Patients. " 2021 Jun 25;
• Hope KD, Bhat PN, Dreyer WJ, Elias BA, Jump JL, Santucci G, Afonso NA, Ninemire MR, Achuff BJ, Kritz EM, Gowda SH, Puri K.. " Pediatric Palliative Care in the Heart Failure, Ventricular Assist Device and Transplant Populations: Supporting Patients, Families and Their Clinical Teams. " 2021 Jun 2;
• Puri K, First LR, Kemper AR.. " " 2021 Mar 23;
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• Spinner JA, Denfield SW, Puri K, Morris SA, Costello JM, Moffett BS, Wang Y, Shekerdemian LS, Tunuguntla HP, Price JF, Heinle JS, Adachi I, Dreyer WJ, Cabrera AG. " Hospital outcomes for pediatric heart transplant recipients undergoing tracheostomy: A multi-institutional analysis. " 2020 Nov 11;
• Webb M, Puri K, Ansah DA. " " 2021 Sep 14;
• Puri K, Condurache T.. " " 2020 Sep ;
• Puri K, Adler AC. " Tetralogy of Fallot (Chapter in Case Studies in Pediatric Anesthesia). " 2020 Jan ; (ISBN: 9781108465519)
• Puri K, Zachariah JP, Elsevier. " Physician Examination: Heritable Cardiovascular Syndromes (Chapter in the Encyclopedia of Cardiovascular Research and Medicine). " 2017 Dec ; (ISBN: 9780128096574)

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Memberships

American Academy of Pediatrics

Fellow (01/2012)

American College of Cardiology

Fellow (07/2015)

International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Member (01/2013)

American Heart Association

Member (01/2019)

Transfusion Committee, Texas Children’s Hospital

Member (01/2019)

Funding

Scholar Award

$75,000.00

Pediatric Heart Network

Pediatric Heart Network Scholar Award - $75,000 (2022)

Resident Research Grant

$2,000.00

Grant funding from Cincinnati Children's Hospital

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Resident Research Grant ($2000) - 2010 "Association of Chorioamnionitis with Neonatal Gut Colonization and Clinical Outcomes"

Resident Research Grant Award

$2,000.00

Grant funding from American Academy of Pediatrics

AAP Resident Research Grant Award (2000$) - 2013

Languages

Hindi