Faculty and fellows
Passing the baton
For 21 years , Dunbar Ivy , MD , expertly led both Children ’ s Hospital Colorado ’ s Heart Institute and the Section of Cardiology within the Department of Pediatrics of the University of Colorado . His invaluable contributions during that time have shaped the Heart Institute into the international leader it is today across an extensive spectrum of clinical and research areas . At the close of 2022 , Dr . Ivy stated his intentions to step down as the section head , and after an extensive nationwide search in 2023 , he was thrilled to pass the baton of leadership to our very own Shelley Miyamoto , MD . Dr . Miyamoto transitioned into her new role as Co-Director of the Heart Institute and Section Head of Cardiology in December 2023 .
It is with sincere gratitude that we thank Dr . Ivy for his years of service and share the wonderful news that he will continue within the Heart Institute as a mentor , researcher and the leader of the section ’ s Pulmonary Hypertension Program , which was the first multidisciplinary program for children of its kind in the United States and has been treating children with pulmonary hypertension for 25 years .
Dr . Miyamoto has been a key member of our faculty since completing her pediatric cardiology fellowship at the University of Colorado in 2005 . Before coming to Children ’ s Colorado , she completed her medical degree at the University of Iowa and her pediatric residency at Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital , where she served as Chief Resident . She has most recently served as the Director of the Cardiomyopathy Program and holds the Jack Cooper Millisor Chair in Pediatric Heart Disease and now the Selby Chair in Pediatric Cardiology . She focuses on basic and translational research , with an emphasis on the study of dilated cardiomyopathy and congenital heart disease . The National Institutes of Health ( NIH ) continuously funds her lab , including through several institutional and foundation awards . Dr . Miyamoto has mentored more than 40 trainees , students and junior faculty within her tenure .
2023 Annual Report
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