Nelangi M. Pinto

Nelangi M. Pinto, MD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Adjunct - Pediatrics

Divisions: Cardiology

Board Certification

  • National Board of Medical Examiners

Nelangi M. Pinto, MD is a member of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Utah School of Medicine and Primary Children´s Hospital. Her subspecialty is non-invasive imaging and she is the Director of the Fetal Heart Program. She sees patients with all forms of congenital heart disease from infancy through late adolescence. Dr. Pinto also specializes in fetal echocardiography and has a research interest in improving prenatal detection of congenital heart disease.

Education History

Undergraduate Harvard University
 AB
Professional Medical University of Michigan
 MD
Internship University of Washington
 Intern
Residency University of Washington
 Resident
Fellowship The Children's Hospital Philadelphia
 Fellow
Graduate Training University of Utah
 MS

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Pasquali SK, Chiswell K, Hall M, Thibault D, Romano JC, Gaynor JW, Shahian DM, Jacobs ML, Gaies MG, O'Brien SM, Norton EC, Hill KD, Cowper PA, Pinto NM, Shah SS, Mayer JE, Jacobs J (2020). Estimating Resource Utilization in Congenital Heart Surgery. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 110(3), 962-968.
  2. Pinto NM, Henry KA, Wei G, Sheng X, Green T, Puchalski MD, Byrne JLB, Kinney A (2020). Barriers to Sonographer Screening for Fetal Heart Defects: A U.S. National Survey. Fetal diagnosis and therapy, 47(3), 188-197.
  3. Krishnan A, Jacobs MB, Morris SA, Peyvandi S, Bhat AH, Chelliah A, Chiu JS, Cuneo BF, Freire G, Hornberger LK, Howley L, Husain N, Ikemba C, Kavanaugh-McHugh A, Kutty S, Lee C, Lopez KN, McBrien A, Michelfelder EC, Pinto NM, Schwartz R, Stern KWD, Taylor C, Thakur V, Tworetzky W, Wittlieb-Weber C, Woldu K, Donofrio MT, Fetal Heart Society (2021). Impact of Socioeconomic Status, Race and Ethnicity, and Geography on Prenatal Detection of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and Transposition of the Great Arteries. Circulation, 143(21), 2049-2060.
  4. Pinto NM, LuAnn Minich L, Yoo M, Floyd A, Wilkes J, VanDerslice J, Yamauchi M, Nelson (2021). Influence of Geographic Access on Surgical Center Readmissions After Index Congenital Heart Surgery. The Journal of pediatrics, 234, 195-204.e3.
  5. Pinto NM, Henry KA, Grobman WA, Ness A, Miller S, Ellestad S, Gotteiner N, Tacy T, Wei G, Minich LL, Kinney A (2020). Physician Barriers and Facilitators for Screening for Congenital Heart Disease With Routine Obstetric Ultrasound: A National United States Survey. Journal of ultrasound in medicine, 39(6), 1143-1153.
  6. Mercer-Rosa L, Elci OU, Pinto NM, Tanel RE, Goldmuntz (2018). 22q11.2 Deletion Status and Perioperative Outcomes for Tetralogy of Fallot with Pulmonary Atresia and Multiple Aortopulmonary Collateral Vessels. Pediatric cardiology, 39(5), 906-910.
  7. Johnson JT, Eckhauser AW, Pinto NM, Weng HY, Minich LL, Tani L (2015). Indications for intervention in asymptomatic children with chronic mitral regurgitation. Pediatric cardiology, 36(2), 417-22.
  8. McFarland CA, Truong DT, Pinto NM, Minich LL, Burch PT, Eckhauser AW, Lal AK, Molina KM, Ou Z, Presson AP, May L (2021). Implications of Left Ventricular Dysfunction at Presentation for Infants with Coarctation of the Aorta. Pediatric cardiology, 42(1), 72-77.
  9. Weyhrauch DL, Truong DT, Pinto NM, Amula V, Lambert LM, Zhang C, Presson AP, Wilkes J, Minich LL, Williams R (2021). Changes in Provider Prescribing Behavior for Infants with Single Ventricle Physiology After Evidence-Based Publications. Pediatric cardiology, 42(5), 1224-1232.
  10. Pasquali SK, Kaltman JR, Gaynor JW, McCrindle BW, Newburger JW, Anderson BR, Scheurer MA, Pinto NM, Anderson JB, Oster ME, Jacobs JP, Marino BS, Mery CM, Pearson G (2019). Enhancing efficiency and scientific impact of a clinical trials network: the Pediatric Heart Network Integrated CARdiac Data and Outcomes (iCARD) Collaborative. Cardiology in the young, 29(9), 1121-1126.
  11. Delaney RK, Pinto NM, Ozanne EM, Brown H, Stark LA, Watt MH, Karasawa M, Patel A, Donofrio MT, Steltzer MM, Miller SG, Zickmund SL, Fagerlin (2021). Parents' decision-making for their foetus or neonate with a severe congenital heart defect. Cardiology in the young, 32(6), 1-8.
  12. Pinto NM, Morris SA, Moon-Grady AJ, Donofrio M (2020). Prenatal cardiac care: Goals, priorities & gaps in knowledge in fetal cardiovascular disease: Perspectives of the Fetal Heart Society. Progress in pediatric cardiology, 59, 101312.
  13. Johnson JT, Sullivan KL, Nelson RE, Sheng X, Greene TH, Bailly DK, Eckhauser AW, Marino BS, Minich LL, Pinto N (2020). Factors That Contribute to Cost Differences Based on ICU of Admission in Neonates Undergoing Congenital Heart Surgery: A Novel Decomposition Analysis. Pediatric critical care medicine, 21(9), e842-e847.
  14. Asrani P, Pinto NM, Puchalski MD, Ou Z, Silver RM, Zinkhan EK, Heuser CC, Nance A, Miller T (2020). Maternal Predictors of Disparate Outcomes in Children With Single Ventricle Congenital Heart Disease. Journal of the American Heart Association, 9(12), e014363.
  15. Pinto NM, Nelson R, Botto L, Puchalski MD, Krikov S, Kim J, Waitzman N (2017). Costs, mortality, and hospital usage in relation to prenatal diagnosis in d-transposition of the great arteries. Birth defects research, 109(4), 262-270.
  16. Delaney RK, Pinto NM, Ozanne EM, Stark LA, Pershing ML, Thorpe A, Witteman HO, Thokala P, Lambert LM, Hansen LM, Greene TH, Fagerlin (2021). Study protocol for a randomised clinical trial of a decision aid and values clarification method for parents of a fetus or neonate diagnosed with a life-threatening congenital heart defect. BMJ open, 11(12), e055455.
  17. Pinto NM, Patel A, Delaney RK, Donofrio MT, Marino BS, Miller S, Ozanne EM, Zickmund SL, Karasawa MH, Pershing ML, Fagerlin (2021). Provider insights on shared decision-making with families affected by CHD. Cardiology in the young, 1-8.
  18. Yamauchi MSW, Puchalski MD, Weng HY, Pinto NM, Etheridge SP, Presson AP, Minich LL, Williams R (2022). Variation in provider compliance with sports restriction guidelines in children with an isolated bicuspid aortic valve. Cardiology in the young, 33(10), 1-6.
  19. Einerson BD, Nelson R, Botto LD, Minich LL, Krikov S, Waitzman N, Pinto N (2022). Prenatally diagnosed congenital heart disease: the cost of maternal care. The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine, 35(26), 1-7.
  20. Delaney RK, Thorpe A, Pinto NM, Ozanne EM, Pershing ML, Hansen LM, Lambert LM, Tanner K, Fagerlin (2023). Parents' quality of life and health after treatment decision for a fetus with severe congenital heart defect. Journal of pediatric nursing, 70, 20-25.
  21. Buyon JP, Masson M, Izmirly CG, Phoon C, Acherman R, Sinkovskaya E, Abuhamad A, Makhoul M, Satou G, Hogan W, Pinto N, Moon-Grady A, Howley L, Donofrio M, Krishnan A, Ahmadzia H, Levasseur S, Paul E, Owens S, Cumbermack K, Matta J, Joffe G, Lindblade C, Haxel C, Kohari K, Copel J, Strainic J, Doan T, Bermudez-Wagner K, Holloman C, Sheth SS, Killen S, Tacy T, Kaplinski M, Hornberger L, Carlucci PM, Izmirly P, Fraser N, Clancy RM, Cuneo B (2024). Prospective Evaluation of High Titer Autoantibodies and Fetal Home Monitoring in the Detection of Atrioventricular Block Among Anti-SSA/Ro Pregnancies. Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.), 76(3), 411-420.
  22. Saha P, Tjoeng YL, Algaze C, Kameny R, Pinto N, Chan (2023). Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cardiac Reintervention After Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Procedures. The Annals of thoracic surgery,
  23. Thorpe A, Delaney RK, Pinto NM, Ozanne EM, Pershing ML, Hansen LM, Lambert LM, Fagerlin (2023). Parents' Psychological and Decision-Making Outcomes following Prenatal Diagnosis with Complex Congenital Heart Defect: An Exploratory Study. MDM policy & practice, 8(2), 23814683231204551.
  24. Moon-Grady AJ, Lee H, Lopez L, Fatusin O, Freud LR, Hogan W, Krishnan A, McFarland C, Minich LL, Morris SA, Pinto N, Presson AP, Tacy TA, Donofrio MT, Fetal Heart Societ (2023). Fetal Echocardiographic Z Score Pilot Project: Study Design and Impact of Gestational Age and Variable Type on Reproducibility of Measurements Within and Across Investigators. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 36(9), 978-997.
  25. Lopez KN, Morris SA, Krishnan A, Jacobs MB, Bhat AH, Chelliah A, Chiu JS, Cuneo BF, Freire G, Hornberger LK, Howley L, Husain N, Ikemba C, Kavanaugh-McHugh A, Kutty S, Lee C, McBrien A, Michelfelder EC, Pinto NM, Schwartz R, Stern KWD, Taylor C, Thakur V, Tworetzky W, Wittlieb-Weber C, Woldu K, Donofrio MT, Peyvandi S, Fetal Heart Society Research Collaborativ (2023). Associations Between Maternal Sociodemographics and Hospital Mortality in Newborns With Prenatally Diagnosed Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Circulation, 148(3), 283-285.
  26. Moon-Grady AJ, Donofrio MT, Gelehrter S, Hornberger L, Kreeger J, Lee W, Michelfelder E, Morris SA, Peyvandi S, Pinto NM, Pruetz J, Sethi N, Simpson J, Srivastava S, Tian (2023). Guidelines and Recommendations for Performance of the Fetal Echocardiogram: An Update from the American Society of Echocardiography. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 36(7), 679-723.
  27. Jepson BM, Metz TD, Miller TA, Son SL, Ou Z, Presson AP, Nance A, Pinto N (2023). Pregnancy loss in major fetal congenital heart disease: incidence, risk factors and timing. Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology, 62(1), 75-87.