Dr. Tarek Alsaied is a board-certified pediatric cardiologist with specialized expertise in pediatric cardiac imaging and MRI. He earned his medical degree from Damascus University Medical School in 2008 and completed a pediatric residency at the American University of Beirut Medical Center in 2011. He continued his pediatric training at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, completing an additional pediatric cardiology fellowship there in 2017. Dr. Alsaied pursued a further fellowship in Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging at Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, in 2018.
Dr. Alsaied’s clinical research focuses on Fontan physiology, cardiac MRI biomarkers, and cross-specialty collaboration in heart failure and imaging. He has published over 125 peer-reviewed papers and received multiple awards for his work in pediatric cardiac imaging, including honors from the Society of Cardiac MRI and the American Heart Association.
MD – Damascus University Medical School, Syria (2008)
Residency in Pediatrics – American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon (2011)
Residency in Pediatrics – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, USA (2014)
Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (2017)
Fellowship in Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging – Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School (2018)
Board Certified in Pediatrics
Board Certified in Pediatric Cardiology
Pediatric Cardiologist and Faculty Member,
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics