Kathy Jenkins, MD, MPH

Senior Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology

Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

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Kathy Jenkins, MD, MPH

Senior Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology

Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

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English

Education

Undergraduate School

Undergraduate

Colgate University

1982

Hamilton

Medical School

Harvard Medical School

1986

Boston

Internship

Boston Children's Hospital

1987

Boston

Residency

Boston Children's Hospital

1989

Boston

Fellowship

Boston Children's Hospital

1993

Boston

Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics (Cardiology)

Professional History

Dr. Jenkins is a senior member of the Department of Cardiology and the Executive Director for the Center for Applied Pediatric Quality Analytics. She is a clinical researcher with expertise in design and implementation of innovative clinical studies enabled by artificial intelligence to improve healthcare delivery. She is an expert in the management of pulmonary vein stenosis who identified neoproliferation as the mechanism for progression and leads novel treatment protocols with chemotherapeutic agents. She is an expert is quality measurement and developed the RACHS method to assess outcomes after cardiac surgery. She is a national leader in the field of pediatric cardiology through roles in the Congenital Heart Public Health Consortium, American College of Cardiology and American Academy of Pediatrics. She leads the International Quality Improvement Collaborative for Congenital Heart Disease: Improving Care in Low and Middle Income Countries to improve equitable access to life-saving care for CHD in low resource environments.

Approach to Care

My interest in medicine started at a young age when my mother shared nursing stories at our dinner table. The passion and commitment of pediatric caregivers to vulnerable children and families was something I wanted to be part of. As an artist and scientist, I bring creative solutions to the bedside to address difficult problems.

Publications

Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Services: An Innovative and Empowering Approach to Global Training and Equitable Care. View Abstract

Generating Risk Reduction Analytics in Complex Cardiac Care Environments (GR2AC3E): Risk Prediction in Congenital Catheterization. View Abstract

Associations With Adverse Postoperative Outcomes in Children Undergoing Atrial Septal Defect Closure in Lower-Resource Settings. View Abstract

Exploring Stress and Coping in Caregivers of Children with Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: A Mixed-Method Study. View Abstract

Preoperative Malnutrition Increases Risk of In-Hospital Mortality, Major Infection, and Longer Intensive Care Unit Stay After Ventricular Septal Defect Closure. View Abstract

Voice as a Biomarker of Pediatric Health: A Scoping Review. View Abstract

Social Determinants of Health Including Child Opportunity Index Leading to Gaps in Care for Patients With Significant Congenital Heart Disease. View Abstract

Socioeconomic Factors Influencing Pediatric Peak Oxygen Consumption Prediction. View Abstract

Advocacy at the Eighth World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery. View Abstract

Recommendations for developing effective and safe paediatric and congenital heart disease services in low-income and middle-income countries: a public health framework. View Abstract

COVID-19 international experience in paediatric patients with congenital heart disease. View Abstract

Can the Public-Private Business Model Provide a Sustainable Quality Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Program in Low- and Middle-Income Countries? View Abstract

Exploring procedure duration and risk for serious adverse events during congenital cardiac catheterization. View Abstract

Changing epidemiology of congenital heart disease: effect on outcomes and quality of care in adults. View Abstract

Screening and diagnostic imaging at centres performing congenital heart surgery in middle-income countries. View Abstract

Progress in Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Lessons from Success in Treating Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. View Abstract

Lung and Pleural Findings of Children with Pulmonary Vein Stenosis with and without Aspiration: MDCT Evaluation. View Abstract

Pleuropulmonary MDCT Findings: Comparison between Children with Pulmonary Vein Stenosis and Prematurity-Related Lung Disease. View Abstract

Pulmonary vein stenosis: Anatomic considerations, surgical management, and outcomes. View Abstract

Aspiration Is Associated with Poor Treatment Response in Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis. View Abstract

Thoracic Multidetector Computed Tomography Angiography of Primary Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Children: Evaluation of Characteristic Extravascular Findings. View Abstract

Secondary Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Due to Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Repair in Children: Extravascular MDCT Findings. View Abstract

The Role of Elevated Wall Shear Stress in Progression of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Evidence from Two Case Studies. View Abstract

Extravascular MDCT Findings of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Children with Cardiac Septal Defect. View Abstract

How should we measure research impact in paediatric cardiology? View Abstract

Patient and Family-Centered Care for Pediatric Intraluminal Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Case of a 3 Year Old Patient with Focus on Nurse Practitioner Role. View Abstract

Outcomes in Establishing Individual Vessel Patency for Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis. View Abstract

Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: A Rare Disease with a Global Reach. View Abstract

Clinical Syndromic Phenotypes and the Potential Role of Genetics in Pulmonary Vein Stenosis. View Abstract

Longer Exposure to Left-to-Right Shunts Is a Risk Factor for Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Patients with Trisomy 21. View Abstract

Children at the Heart of Global Cardiac Surgery: An Advocacy Stakeholder Analysis. View Abstract

Development of an international standard set of patient-centred outcome measures for overall paediatric health: a consensus process. View Abstract

Preliminary findings on the use of intravascular ultrasound in the assessment of pediatric pulmonary vein stenosis. View Abstract

Characteristics of Adults With Congenital Heart Defects in the United States. View Abstract

Pilot phase experience of the International Quality Improvement Collaborative catheterization registry. View Abstract

Systemic Sirolimus to Prevent In-Stent Stenosis in Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis. View Abstract

Single-Ventricle Palliation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. View Abstract

Linking world bank development indicators and outcomes of congenital heart surgery in low-income and middle-income countries: retrospective analysis of quality improvement data. View Abstract

Public Health Approach to Improve Outcomes for Congenital Heart Disease Across the Life Span. View Abstract

Experience participating in the American College of Cardiology Quality NetworkTM: paediatric and adult congenital cardiology collaborative quality improvement. View Abstract

A National Population-based Study of Adults With Coronary Artery Disease and Coarctation of the Aorta. View Abstract

Impact of a Standardized Clinical Assessment and Management Plan (SCAMP®) on growth in infants with CHD. View Abstract

Tetralogy of Fallot Repair in Developing Countries: International Quality Improvement Collaborative. View Abstract

Stroke in Adults With Coarctation of the Aorta: A National Population-Based Study. View Abstract

Public Health Approach to Decrease Mortality for Congenital Heart Defects: Dying Too Soon. View Abstract

Adjunct Targeted Biologic Inhibition Agents to Treat Aggressive Multivessel Intraluminal Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis. View Abstract

International quality improvement initiatives. View Abstract

Trisomy 13 and 18: Cardiac Surgery Makes Sense if It Is Part of a Comprehensive Care Strategy. View Abstract

Paucicellular Fibrointimal Proliferation Characterizes Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Clinicopathologic Analysis of 213 Samples From 97 Patients. View Abstract

Pulmonary vein stenosis in patients with Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome. View Abstract

2017 ACC/AAP/AHA Health Policy Statement on Opportunities and Challenges in Pediatric Drug Development: Learning From Sildenafil. View Abstract

Impact of standardized clinical assessment and management plans on resource utilization and costs in children after the arterial switch operation. View Abstract

Congenital Heart Defects: Amazing Advances and Ongoing Challenges. View Abstract

Impact of International Quality Improvement Collaborative on Congenital Heart Surgery in Pakistan. View Abstract

Postoperative Infection in Developing World Congenital Heart Surgery Programs: Data From the International Quality Improvement Collaborative. View Abstract

Transposition of the Great Arteries in the Developing World: Surgery and Outcomes. View Abstract

Advancing the Measurement of Care Coordination in Pediatric Behavioral Health. View Abstract

Impact of Surgical Complexity on Health-Related Quality of Life in Congenital Heart Disease Surgical Survivors. View Abstract

Congenital Heart Defects in the United States: Estimating the Magnitude of the Affected Population in 2010. View Abstract

Development and Validation of an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Indicator for Mortality After Congenital Heart Surgery Harmonized With Risk Adjustment for Congenital Heart Surgery (RACHS-1) Methodology. View Abstract

Development and psychometric characteristics of the pediatric inpatient experience survey (PIES). View Abstract

Preoperative Determinants of Outcomes of Infant Heart Surgery in a Limited-Resource Setting. View Abstract

Adjusting for Risk Associated With Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Catheterization: A Report From the NCDR IMPACT Registry. View Abstract

Lung Pathology in Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis. View Abstract

Evaluation of Primary Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Children: Comparison of Radionuclide Perfusion Lung Scan and Angiography. View Abstract

Outcomes of surgery for young children with multivessel pulmonary vein stenosis. View Abstract

Improvement in Interstage Survival in a National Pediatric Cardiology Learning Network. View Abstract

Enhancing Patient Safety in Pediatric Primary Care: Implementing a Patient Safety Curriculum. View Abstract

Systemic Embolic Complications of Pulmonary Vein Angioplasty in Children. View Abstract

Use of a learning network to improve variation in interstage weight gain after the Norwood operation. View Abstract

Reducing mortality and infections after congenital heart surgery in the developing world. View Abstract

Impact of prenatal diagnosis in survivors of initial palliation of single ventricle heart disease: analysis of the National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative database. View Abstract

D-transposition of the great arteries: the current era of the arterial switch operation. View Abstract

Clinicians' perspectives on patient satisfaction in adult congenital heart disease clinics--a dimension of health care quality whose time has come. View Abstract

Trainee and program director perceptions of quality improvement and patient safety education: preparing for the next accreditation system. View Abstract

Cognitive complexity of the medical record is a risk factor for major adverse events. View Abstract

Predictors of prolonged length of intensive care unit stay after stage I palliation: a report from the National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative. View Abstract

Hot topics in tetralogy of Fallot. View Abstract

Building quality indicators to improve care for adults with congenital heart disease. View Abstract

Chest radiographic findings in pediatric patients with intraluminal pulmonary vein stenosis. View Abstract

Acute outcome of stent therapy for coarctation of the aorta: results of the coarctation of the aorta stent trial. View Abstract

Standardized Clinical Assessment And Management Plans (SCAMPs) provide a better alternative to clinical practice guidelines. View Abstract

Proximal pulmonary vein stenosis detection in pediatric patients: value of multiplanar and 3-D VR imaging evaluation. View Abstract

Economic and safety implications of introducing fast tracking in congenital heart surgery. View Abstract

Risk adjustment for neonatal surgery: a method for comparison of in-hospital mortality. View Abstract

Mortality with congenital heart defects in England and Wales, 1959-2009. Much progress, but more to do. View Abstract

Coarctation of the Aorta Stent Trial (COAST): study design and rationale. View Abstract

Cardiac medical conditions have become the leading cause of death in children with heart disease. View Abstract

ACCF/AHA/AMA-PCPI 2011 performance measures for adults with heart failure: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures and the American Medical Association-Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement. View Abstract

Bilateral disease and early age at presentation are associated with shorter survival in patients with congenital heart disease and intraluminal pulmonary vein stenosis. View Abstract

The Adult Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology Section: increasing the opportunities for the congenital heart disease community within the American College of Cardiology. View Abstract

A prospective phase II trial of vinblastine and methotrexate in multivessel intraluminal pulmonary vein stenosis in infants and children. View Abstract

Randomized trial of cutting balloon compared with high-pressure angioplasty for the treatment of resistant pulmonary artery stenosis. View Abstract

Catheterization for Congenital Heart Disease Adjustment for Risk Method (CHARM). View Abstract

Berlin Heart EXCOR Pediatric ventricular assist device Investigational Device Exemption study: study design and rationale. View Abstract

Checklist in pediatric cardiac surgery in Brazil: an useful and necessary adaptation of the Quality Improvement Collaborative International Congenital Heart Surgery in Developing Countries. View Abstract

Early postoperative severity of illness predicts outcomes after the stage I Norwood procedure. View Abstract

Statewide and national impact of California's Staffing Law on pediatric cardiac surgery outcomes. View Abstract

Procedure-type risk categories for pediatric and congenital cardiac catheterization. View Abstract

Variation in interstage outpatient care after the Norwood procedure: a report from the Joint Council on Congenital Heart Disease National Quality Improvement Collaborative. View Abstract

Variation in preoperative and intraoperative care for first-stage palliation of single-ventricle heart disease: a report from the Joint Council on Congenital Heart Disease National Quality Improvement Collaborative. View Abstract

Variation in postoperative care following stage I palliation for single-ventricle patients: a report from the Joint Council on Congenital Heart Disease National Quality Improvement Collaborative. View Abstract

ACCF/AHA/ACR/SCAI/SIR/SVM/SVN/SVS 2010 performance measures for adults with peripheral artery disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures, the American College of Radiology, the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, the Society for Interventional Radiology, the Society for Vascular Medicine, the Society for Vascular Nursing, and the Society for Vascular Surgery (Writing Committee to Develop Clinical Performance Measures for Peripheral Artery Disease). View Abstract

ACCF/AHA/ACR/SCAI/SIR/SVM/SVN/SVS 2010 performance measures for adults with peripheral artery disease. A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures, the American College of Radiology, the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, the Society for Interventional Radiology, the Society for Vascular Medicine, the Society for Vascular Nursing, and the Society for Vascular Surgery (Writing Committee to Develop Clinical Performance Measures for Peripheral Artery Disease). View Abstract

Exercise testing and training in children with congenital heart disease. View Abstract

ACCF/AHA new insights into the methodology of performance measurement: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on performance measures. View Abstract

Reprint--AACVPR/ACCF/AHA 2010 update: performance measures on cardiac rehabilitation for referral to cardiac rehabilitation/secondary prevention services: a report of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures (Writing Committee to Develop Clinical Performance Measures for Cardiac Rehabilitation). View Abstract

Magnetic resonance lymphangiography with a nano-sized gadolinium-labeled dendrimer in small and large animal models. View Abstract

Reprint-AACVPR/ACCF/AHA 2010 Update: Performance Measures on Cardiac Rehabilitation for Referral to Cardiac Rehabilitation/Secondary Prevention Services. View Abstract

A novel approach to gathering and acting on relevant clinical information: SCAMPs. View Abstract

Resource utilization after introduction of a standardized clinical assessment and management plan. View Abstract

Analysis of adverse events in pediatric surgery using criteria validated from the adult population: justifying the need for pediatric-focused outcome measures. View Abstract

Comparison of conventional and cutting balloon angioplasty for congenital and postoperative pulmonary vein stenosis in infants and young children. View Abstract

The relationship of nurse staffing, skill mix, and Magnet recognition to institutional volume and mortality for congenital heart surgery. View Abstract

A risk adjustment method for newborns undergoing noncardiac surgery. View Abstract

ACCF/AHA 2010 Position Statement on Composite Measures for Healthcare Performance Assessment: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures (Writing Committee to develop a position statement on composite measures). View Abstract

Adverse event rates in congenital cardiac catheterization - a multi-center experience. View Abstract

The meaning of cost for families of children with congenital heart disease. View Abstract

The IMPACT registry: IMproving Pediatric and Adult Congenital Treatments. View Abstract

Stratification of complexity improves the utility and accuracy of outcomes analysis in a Multi-Institutional Congenital Heart Surgery Database: Application of the Risk Adjustment in Congenital Heart Surgery (RACHS-1) and Aristotle Systems in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Congenital Heart Surgery Database. View Abstract

Development of a pediatric cardiology quality improvement collaborative: from inception to implementation. From the Joint Council on Congenital Heart Disease Quality Improvement Task Force. View Abstract

Pathways to approval of pediatric cardiac devices in the United States: challenges and solutions. View Abstract

Nomenclature and databases for the surgical treatment of congenital cardiac disease--an updated primer and an analysis of opportunities for improvement. View Abstract

Databases for assessing the outcomes of the treatment of patients with congenital and paediatric cardiac disease--the perspective of cardiology. View Abstract

Stratification of complexity: the Risk Adjustment for Congenital Heart Surgery-1 method and the Aristotle Complexity Score--past, present, and future. View Abstract

Off-label use of cardiovascular medications in children hospitalized with congenital and acquired heart disease. View Abstract

Clopidogrel in a pediatric population: prescribing practice and outcomes from a single center. View Abstract

Measurement of technical performance in surgery for congenital heart disease: the stage I Norwood procedure. View Abstract

A risk adjusted method for comparing adverse outcomes among practitioners in pediatric and congenital cardiac catheterization. View Abstract

Lymphatic obstruction and protein-losing enteropathy in patients with congenital heart disease. View Abstract

Diagnostic errors in pediatric echocardiography: development of taxonomy and identification of risk factors. View Abstract

Determinants of right ventricular outflow tract conduit longevity: a multinational analysis. View Abstract

Adverse event rates in congenital cardiac catheterization: a new understanding of risks. View Abstract

Decreased exercise performance with age in children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. View Abstract

Improvement in congenital heart surgery in a developing country: the Guatemalan experience. View Abstract

Application of a complication screening method to congenital heart surgery admissions: a preliminary report. View Abstract

Safety and efficacy of carvedilol therapy for patients with dilated cardiomyopathy secondary to muscular dystrophy. View Abstract

The contribution of complications to high resource utilization during congenital heart surgery admissions. View Abstract

Complications and risk factors for mortality during congenital heart surgery admissions. View Abstract

Noninherited risk factors and congenital cardiovascular defects: current knowledge: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young: endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics. View Abstract

Causes of death after congenital heart surgery. View Abstract

Measurement of technical performance in congenital heart surgery: a pilot study. View Abstract

High-risk medical devices, children and the FDA: regulatory challenges facing pediatric mechanical circulatory support devices. View Abstract

Sustained effects of cardiac rehabilitation in children with serious congenital heart disease. View Abstract

Fetal tricuspid valve size and growth as predictors of outcome in pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum. View Abstract

Device closure rates of simple atrial septal defects optimized by the STARFlex device. View Abstract

Racial and ethnic disparities in mortality following congenital heart surgery. View Abstract

Prospective single-arm protocol of carvedilol in children with ventricular dysfunction. View Abstract

Pulmonary vein stenosis: expression of receptor tyrosine kinases by lesional cells. View Abstract

Relationship of surgical approach to neurodevelopmental outcomes in hypoplastic left heart syndrome. View Abstract

Recent results of pulmonary arterial angioplasty: the differences between proximal and distal lesions. View Abstract

Follow-up results of Cutting Balloon angioplasty used to relieve stenoses in small pulmonary arteries. View Abstract

Impact of cardiac rehabilitation on the exercise function of children with serious congenital heart disease. View Abstract

Factors associated with increased resource utilization for congenital heart disease. View Abstract

Evaluation of quality of care for congenital heart disease. View Abstract

Morphology of bicuspid aortic valve in children and adolescents. View Abstract

Transcatheter device closure of congenital and postoperative residual ventricular septal defects. View Abstract

The RACHS-1 risk categories reflect mortality and length of hospital stay in a large German pediatric cardiac surgery population. View Abstract

Risk adjustment for congenital heart surgery: the RACHS-1 method. View Abstract

Health-related quality of life in children attending a cardiology clinic. View Abstract

Morbidities in patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. View Abstract

Evidence-based referral results in significantly reduced mortality after congenital heart surgery. View Abstract

Clinical outcomes and utility of cardiac catheterization prior to superior cavopulmonary anastomosis. View Abstract

Usefulness of the pediatric electrocardiogram in detecting left ventricular hypertrophy: results from the Prospective Pediatric Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Complications of Vertically Transmitted HIV Infection (P2C2 HIV) multicenter study. View Abstract

Physical and psychosocial health in children who have had Kawasaki disease. View Abstract

Regional racial and ethnic differences in mortality for congenital heart surgery in children may reflect unequal access to care. View Abstract

Risk of death for Medicaid recipients undergoing congenital heart surgery. View Abstract

Center-specific differences in mortality: preliminary analyses using the Risk Adjustment in Congenital Heart Surgery (RACHS-1) method. View Abstract

Collaborative care for adults with congenital heart disease. View Abstract

Cardiac relocation and chest wall reconstruction after separation of thoracopagus conjoined twins with a single heart. View Abstract

Consensus-based method for risk adjustment for surgery for congenital heart disease. View Abstract

Cardiac relocation and chest wall reconstruction following separation of thoracopagus conjoined twins with a single heart View Abstract

Consensus-based method for risk adjustment for congenital heart surgery View Abstract

Perioperative risk factors for development of protein-losing enteropathy following a Fontan procedure. View Abstract

A comparison of treatment strategies for hypoplastic left heart syndrome using decision analysis. View Abstract

Healing response to the Clamshell device for closure of intracardiac defects in humans. View Abstract

Heart size on chest x-ray as a predictor of cardiac enlargement by echocardiography in children. View Abstract

Method for endocardial activation mapping using a multi-electrode catheter View Abstract

Clinical outcome of fenestrated Fontan patients after closure: the first 10 years. View Abstract

Survival analysis and risk factors for mortality in transplantation and staged surgery for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. View Abstract

Mechanism of pulmonary vein stenosis in infants with normally connected veins. View Abstract

Separation of conjoined twins with the twin reversed-arterial-perfusion sequence after prenatal planning with three-dimensional modeling. View Abstract

Sudden death in patients after transcatheter device implantation for congenital heart disease. View Abstract

Closure of patent foramen ovale for paradoxical emboli: intermediate-term risk of recurrent neurological events following transcatheter device placement. View Abstract

Acute animal studies of the STARFlex system: a new self-centering cardioSEAL septal occluder. View Abstract

Separation of conjoined twins with the twin reversed-arterail perfusion sequence after prenatal palnning with three-demensional modeling View Abstract

Validation of relative value scale for congenital heart operations. View Abstract

Intra-atrial reentrant tachycardia after palliation of congenital heart disease: characterization of multiple macroreentrant circuits using fluoroscopically based three-dimensional endocardial mapping. View Abstract

Multipolar endocardial mapping of the right heart using a basket catheter: acute and chronic animal studies. View Abstract

High-density endocardial activation mapping of the right atrium in three dimensions by composition of multielectrode catheter recordings. View Abstract

In-hospital mortality for surgical repair of congenital heart defects: preliminary observations of variation by hospital caseload. View Abstract

Influence of right heart size on outcome in pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum. View Abstract

Multipolar endocardial mapping of the right atrium during cardiac catheterization: description of a new technique. View Abstract

Individual pulmonary vein size and survival in infants with totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection. View Abstract

Function of the anatomic pulmonary valve in the systemic circulation. View Abstract

Synthesis and characterization of methylbromoamiloride, a potential biochemical probe of epithelial Na+ channels. View Abstract

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