Introduction
Arene Butto, MD, is a Pediatric Cardiologist at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Cardiology. A native of Toledo, Ohio, Dr. Butto obtained her undergraduate degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. She attended medical school at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI, and subsequently completed her residency in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Dr. Butto continued her training at CHOP, where she completed a fellowship in pediatric cardiology, concentrating on pediatric heart failure and transplantation. Dr. Butto then undertook a senior fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital, which combined her interests in pediatric cardiac critical care and advanced cardiac therapies, including heart failure, cardiomyopathy, ventricular assist devices and heart transplant. Currently, Dr. Butto balances her responsibilities between the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and the Heart Failure and Advanced Cardiac Therapies Program at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
Focus of Practice
- Congenital heart disease
- Cardiomyopathy
- Heart failure
Areas of Interest
- Perioperative management of congenital heart disease
- Heart failure in congenital and acquired heart disease
- Pediatric ventricular assist devices
- Pediatric heart transplantation
Locations
Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta Cardiology, Inc.
2220 North Druid Hills Road NE Atlanta, GA 30329 404-256-2593Research & Publications
Outcomes of children undergoing ventricular assist device placement, use of ventricular assist devices in congenital heart disease, novel anticoagulation strategies in children