H. Sonali Magdo

H. Sonali Magdo, DO

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Adjunct - Pediatrics

Academic Office Information

Sonali.Magdo@hsc.utah.edu

Research Interests

  • Fontan Protein Losing Enteropathy and Plastic Bronchitis
  • Anti-Human Leukocyte Antibody Production in Transplant Recipients

Dr. Magdo is an Assistant Adjunct Professor of Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Utah. Dr. Magdo specializes in pulmonary hypertension, heart failure and caring for patients who have undergone heart transplantation. She also has a general pediatric cardiology clinic.

Dr. Magdo has a special interest in the screening of premature infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia for pulmonary hypertension, as well as the management of infants with pulmonary hypertension.



Dr. Magdo received her undergraduate education at Duke University and her D.O. degree from Western University of Health Sciences. She completed her pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, and her pediatric cardiology fellowship, along with an advanced training fellowship in Heart Failure/Transplant and pulmonary hypertension, at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital.


Dr. Magdo is a member of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation and the American College of Cardiology.

Education History

Fellowship University of Michigan
 Advanced Fellow
Fellowship University of Michigan
 Fellow
Internship/Residency Children's Hospital Los Angeles
 Intern/Resident
Professional Medical Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific
 DO
Undergraduate Duke University
 BS

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Domingo L, Magdo HS, Day RW (2017). Acute Pulmonary Vasodilator Testing and Long-Term Clinical Course in Segmental Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Pediatr Cardiol, 39(3), 501-508.
  2. Magdo HS, Friedland-Little JM, Yu S, Gajarski RJ, Schumacher KR (2017). The impact of ischemic time on early rejection after pediatric heart transplant. Pediatr Transplant, 21(8).