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Katja Gist, DO
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Katja Gist, DO

Pediatric Kidney Injury and Disease Stewardship (PKIDS) Program Leader
Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist

Specialties:
Cardiology - Pediatric, Pediatrics, Critical Care - Pediatric
Conditions:
Congenital Heart Disease
specialties:

Cardiology - Pediatric, Pediatrics, Critical Care - Pediatric

conditions:

Congenital Heart Disease

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Meet Katja Gist, DO

I strive to provide the best care for my patients.

“Helping patients get to the other side of a critical time in their health is so rewarding. I love seeing the smile on their face as they leave the cardiac ICU.”

-Dr. Katja Gist



Get to know her background

My many clinical interests include taking care of children who are born with or develop heart disease. I manage the children before and after heart surgery

Undergraduate 2001

Central Connecticut State University (CT)

Graduate 2004

Central Connecticut State University

Medical School 2006

University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

Internship 2007

Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron Program

Residency 2009

Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron Program, Pediatrics

Fellowship 2012

University of Colorado (Children's Hospital Colorado) Program, Pediatric Cardiology

Graduate 2012

University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Fellowship 2014

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Program, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora

13123 East 16th Avenue
Aurora, CO 80045

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Outstanding student award, University of Colorado graduate school 2011

Outstanding student award, University of Colorado graduate school
University of Colorado

Research travel award, University of Colorado Graduate Program in clinical science 2011

Travel award for Masters students
University of Colorado

NIH Loan repayment award 2012

NIH

Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society award of excellence 2012

Best research at the Pediatric cardiac intensive care society meeting
Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society

American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on cardiology and cardiac surgery young investigator award finalist 2012

Scientific research abstract
American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Cardiology

Research travel award, University of Colorado Graduate Program in clinical Science 2012

Travel award for Masters students
University of Colorado

NIH Loan Repayment Award 2015

NIH

Website: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term="Gist KM"[Author]
For Patients:
My research interests are primarily focused on investigating kidney injury in children after heart surgery. I am currently investigating use of kidney injury biomarkers to predict drug clearance after heart surgery. The specific drug I am currently studying is milrinone, which has been shown to improve heart function after heart surgery, but may accumulate when kidney injury is present
For Referring Providers:
My research interests are primarily focused on investigating acute kidney injury in children after cardiac surgery with a focus on pharmacokinetics, and using kidney injury biomarkers to predict drug clearance. Specifically, I am evaluating if AKI biomarkers can predict impaired milrinone clearance after cardiac surgery.

Pediatric Kidney Injury and Disease Stewardship (PKIDS) Program Leader

Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist

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