Department of Pediatrics

Education

• BA, cum laude, Boston University, 2002
• DO, Rowan University, School of Osteopathic Medicine (formerly University of Medicine and Dentistry, School of Osteopathic Medicine), 2007

Training

• Pediatric Resident, University of Maryland Children's Hospital, 2007 - 2010
• Pediatric Chief Resident, University of Maryland Children's Hospital, 2010 - 2011
• Pediatric Cardiology Fellow, Emory University, 2012 - 2015
• Clinical Fellow, Pediatric Electrophysiology , Vanderbilt University, 2015 - 2016

Licensure and Board Certification

• 2011American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics Board
• 2016American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology Certifying Examination
• 2017IBHRE Certified Electrophysiology Specialist Exam - Pediatrics

Honors and Awards

• Case Presentation Competition Award, 2nd place, Southeast Electrophysiology Fellow's Symposium, 2016
• Outstanding Teaching Award, Pediatric Cardiology Fellows 2015-2016, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, 2016
• Children's Direct Triple Crown Award: awarded to a person or a team that exemplifies the Superior Patient Experience, 2019
• 2020 Missouri ACC Clinical Innovation Award, 2020
• Children's Direct Triple Crown Award, 2021

Recent Publications view all (18)

Publication Co-Authors

Erica G Schmitt, M.D., Ph.D.

Georgeann Groh, M.D.

Maleewan Kitcharoensakkul, MD, MSCI

George F. Van Hare, M.D.

William Brinson Orr, MD, FAAP, FACC

Jennifer N. Avari Silva, M.D.

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Aarti Dalal

1. Shah MJ, Silka MJ, Silva JA, Balaji S, Beach C, Benjamin M, Berul C, Cannon B, Cecchin F, Cohen M, Dalal A, Dechert B, Foster A, Gebauer R, Gonzalez Corcia MC, Kannankeril P, Karpawich P, Kim J, Krishna MR, Kubuš P, Malloy-Walton L, LaPage M, Mah D, Miyazaki A, Motonaga K, Niu M, Olen M, Paul T, Rosenthal E, Saarel E, Silvetti MS, Stephenson E, Tan R, Triedman J, Von Bergen N, Wackel P. 2021 PACES Expert Consensus Statement on the Indications and Management of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices in Pediatric Patients. Cardiol Young. 2021;1-104. PMID:34338183 
2. Writing Committee Members., Shah MJ, Silka MJ, Silva JA, Balaji S, Beach C, Benjamin M, Berul C, Cannon B, Cecchin F, Cohen M, Dalal A, Dechert B, Foster A, Gebauer R, Gonzalez Corcia MC, Kannankeril P, Karpawich P, Kim J, Krishna MR, Kubuš P, Malloy-Walton L, LaPage M, Mah D, Miyazaki A, Motonaga K, Niu M, Olen M, Paul T, Rosenthal E, Saarel E, Silvetti MS, Stephenson E, Tan R, Triedman J, Von Bergen N, Wackel P, Document Reviewers.. 2021 PACES Expert Consensus Statement on the Indications and Management of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices in Pediatric Patients. Indian Pacing Electrophysiol J. 2021. PMID:34333141 
3. Writing Committee Members., Silka MJ, Shah MJ, Silva JA, Balaji S, Beach C, Benjamin M, Berul C, Cannon B, Cecchin F, Cohen M, Dalal A, Dechert B, Foster A, Gebauer R, Gonzalez Corcia MC, Kannankeril P, Karpawich P, Kim J, Krishna MR, Kubuš P, Malloy-Walton L, LaPage M, Mah D, Miyazaki A, Motonaga K, Niu M, Olen M, Paul T, Rosenthal E, Saarel E, Silvetti MS, Stephenson E, Tan R, Triedman J, Von Bergen N, Wackel P, Document Reviewers.. 2021 PACES Expert Consensus Statement on the Indications and Management of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices in Pediatric Patients: Executive Summary. Indian Pacing Electrophysiol J. 2021. PMID:34333142 
4. Schmitt EG, Dalal AS, Kothari A, Kitcharoensakkul M. The Heart of the Matter: Secondary Hypogammaglobulinemia and Constrictive Pericarditis. Pediatrics. 2021;147(6). PMID:34049957 
5. Lorimer D Jr, Dalal AS, Miller N, Roelle L, Orr WB, Van Hare GF, Avari Silva JN. Comparing patient and family usability of insertable cardiac monitors in a pediatric cohort: Patient external activator versus smartphone transmission. Heart Rhythm O2. 2021;2(2):201-204. PMCID:PMC8183865  PMID:34113922 
6. Orr WB, Chokshi R, Groh G, Silva JNA, Van Hare GF, Dalal AS. A unique cardiovascular presentation of pheochromocytoma. SAGE Open Med Case Rep. 2021;9:2050313X21994037. PMCID:PMC7900786  PMID:33680468 
7. Roelle L, Dalal AS, Miller N, Orr WB, Van Hare G, Avari Silva JN. The Impact of Direct to Consumer Wearables in Pediatric Electrophysiology Telehealth Clinics: A Real-World Case Series. Cardiovasc Digit Health J. 2020. PMCID:PMC7538375  PMID:33043315 
8. Avari Silva JN, Southworth MK, Blume WM, Andrews C, Van Hare GF, Dalal AS, Miller N, Sodhi SS, Silva JR. First-In-Human Use of a Mixed Reality Display During Cardiac Ablation Procedures. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2020;6(8):1023-1025. PMID:32819517 
9. Southworth MK, Silva JNA, Blume WM, Van Hare GF, Dalal AS, Silva JR. Performance Evaluation of Mixed Reality Display for Guidance During Transcatheter Cardiac Mapping and Ablation. IEEE J Transl Eng Health Med. 2020;8:1900810. PMCID:PMC7390021  PMID:32742821 
10. Orr WB, Stanley C, Dalal A, Zoeller B, Van Hare GF, Avari Silva JN. Institutional experience of healthy pediatric patients presenting with atrial fibrillation who had an electrophysiology study. J Card Surg. 2020;35(5):1004-1009. PMID:32163635 
11. Gropler MRF, Dalal AS, Bierhals AJ, Romberg E, Singh GK, Manning PB. Anomalous Origin of Left Pulmonary Artery From the Aorta: A Rare Entity in Congenital Heart Disease. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019;107(3):e181-e182. PMID:30278169 
12. Gropler MRF, Dalal AS, Van Hare GF, Silva JNA. Can smartphone wireless ECGs be used to accurately assess ECG intervals in pediatrics? A comparison of mobile health monitoring to standard 12-lead ECG. PLoS One. 2018;13(9):e0204403. PMCID:PMC6160047  PMID:30260996 
13. Kim H, Wolff J, Dalal A, Van Hare GF, Avari Silva JN. Use of intravenous sotalol in newborns with supraventricular tachycardia. HeartRhythm Case Rep. 2017;3(7):332-335. PMCID:PMC5511985  PMID:28748138 
14. Dalal AS, Nguyen HH, Bowman T, Van Hare GF, Avari Silva JN. Force-Sensing Catheters During Pediatric Radiofrequency Ablation: The FEDERATION Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2017;6(5). PMCID:PMC5524110  PMID:28515113 
15. Deshpande SR, Dalal A, Kim DW, Babaliaros V, Jokhadar M. Acute Embolic Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure in a Fontan Patient: Recovery with Impella Device and Successful Transplantation. ASAIO J. 2016;62(6):e52-e54. PMID:27045968 
16. Dalal A, Czosek RJ, Kovach J, von Alvensleben JC, Valdes S, Etheridge SP, Ackerman MJ, Auld D, Huckaby J, McCracken C, Campbell R. Clinical Presentation of Pediatric Patients at Risk for Sudden Cardiac Arrest. J Pediatr. 2016;177:191-196. PMID:27502104 
17. Preininger MK, Jha R, Maxwell JT, Wu Q, Singh M, Wang B, Dalal A, Mceachin ZT, Rossoll W, Hales CM, Fischbach PS, Wagner MB, Xu C. A human pluripotent stem cell model of catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia recapitulates patient-specific drug responses. Dis Model Mech. 2016;9(9):927-39. PMCID:PMC5047684  PMID:27491078 
18. Schaffer LR, Caltharp SA, Milla SS, Kogon BF, Cundiff CA, Dalal A, Quigley PC, Shehata BM. Rare presentation of four primary pediatric cardiac tumors. Cardiovasc Pathol. 2016;25(1):72-7. PMID:26419627