Emilio Quezada Liuti, MD

Dr. Emilio Quezada is a pediatric cardiologist who specializes in prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease with fetal echocardiography. His main focus is outpatient evaluation and and treatment for pediatric patients with heart disease in the Salinas and Monterey area.

Quezada counsels parents when congenital heart disease is detected during a pregnancy. His goal is empowering families to navigate the challenges of a new diagnosis by providing compassionate and respectful care.

Quezada's research examines the aorta in women with Turner syndrome, a rare genetic condition that causes multiple medical issues, often including heart defects. He is co-director of the Healthy Heart Project of the Turner Syndrome Society of the United States. Since 2021, he directs the Genetic Aortopathy clinic at Mission Bay, which evaluates and manages patients with genetic conditions that affect the aorta.

Quezada earned his medical degree from Francisco Marroquín University in Guatemala. He completed a residency in pediatrics at the University of South Florida, followed by a fellowship in pediatric cardiology at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). He completed a year of advanced training in fetal cardiology and noninvasive cardiac imaging at OHSU and UCSF.

Quezada is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and member of the Fetal Heart Society, and American Society of Echocardiography.
Education
2021 - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
Fetal Cardiac Imaging, 2015 - Non-Invasive Imaging, University of California
Fetal Cardiac Imaging, 2014 - Non-Invasive Imaging, Oregon Health & Science University
Pediatric Cardiology, 2011 - Pediatric Cardiology, Oregon Health & Science University
General Pediatrics, 2008 - Pediatrics, University of South Florida
Medical Degree, 2004 - Medicine, Universidad Francisco Marroquin
Honors and Awards
  • Bilderback Award | Outstanding Teaching by a Pediatric Fellow, Oregon Health & Science University, 2014
  • Resident of the Year, University of South Florida School of Medicine, 2011
  • Academic Thesis Award - Use of Sildenafil in patients with pulmonary hypertension, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala, 2005
Websites

  1. Morris SA, Flyer JN, Yetman AT, Quezada E, Cappella ES, Dietz HC, Milewicz DM, Ouzounian M, Rigelsky CM, Tierney S, Lacro RV, American Heart Association Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Youn. Cardiovascular Management of Aortopathy in Children: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation 2024. PMID: 39129620


  2. Cohen J, Arya B, Caplan R, Donofrio MT, Ferdman D, Harrington JK, Ho DY, Hogan W, Hornberger LK, Jhaveri S, Killen SAS, Lindblade CL, Michelfelder E, Moon-Grady AJ, Patel S, Quezada E, Ronai C, Sanchez Mejia AA, Schidlow DN, Stiver C, Thakur V, Srivastava S. Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries: Fetal Diagnosis, Associations, and Postnatal Outcome: A Fetal Heart Society Research Collaborative Study. Journal of the American Heart Association 2023. PMID: 37259984


  3. Silberbach M, Braverman AC, Prakash SK, Roos-Hesselink JW, Quezada E, Scurlock C. Preventing aortic dissection in Turner syndrome: Who faces the risk? International journal of cardiology 2023. PMID: 36720432


  4. Juergensen S, Quezada E, Silverman NH, Gossett JG, Kouretas P, Reddy VM, Hogan W. Breaking the Rules: Left Common Carotid Artery from the Main Pulmonary Artery in an Infant with a Vascular Ring. CASE (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2021. PMID: 34712867


  5. Hogan WJ, Moon-Grady AJ, Zhao Y, Cresalia NM, Nawaytou H, Quezada E, Brook M, McQuillen P, Peyvandi S. Fetal?cerebrovascular response to maternal hyperoxygenation in congenital heart disease: effect of cardiac physiology. Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2021. PMID: 32202689


  6. Lin Y, Hogan W, Stillwell K, Moore P, Peyvandi S, Amin E, Quezada E. Giant Neonatal Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation: An Imaging and Management Challenge. CASE (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2020. PMID: 33376847


  7. Los E, Quezada E, Chen Z, Lapidus J, Silberbach M. Pilot Study of Blood Pressure in Girls With Turner Syndrome: An Awareness Gap, Clinical Associations, and New Hypotheses. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 2016. PMID: 27217413


  8. Quezada E, Lapidus J, Shaughnessy R, Chen Z, Silberbach M. Aortic dimensions in Turner syndrome. American journal of medical genetics. Part A 2015. PMID: 26118429


  9. Sochet AA, Ayers M, Quezada E, Braley K, Leshko J, Amankwah EK, Quintessenza JA, Jacobs JP, Dadlani G. The importance of small for gestational age in the risk assessment of infants with critical congenital heart disease. Cardiology in the young 2013. PMID: 24401264


  10. Quezada E, Gripp KW. Costello syndrome and related disorders. Current opinion in pediatrics 2007. PMID: 18025929


  11. Akins RE, Gratton K, Quezada E, Rutter H, Tsuda T, Soteropoulos P. Gene expression profile of bioreactor-cultured cardiac cells: activation of morphogenetic pathways for tissue engineering. DNA and cell biology 2007. PMID: 17570766


  12. Derby CD, Kolcz J, Kerins PJ, Duncan DR, Quezada E, Pizarro C. Aristotle score predicts outcome in patients requiring extracorporeal circulatory support following repair of congenital heart disease. ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992) 2007. PMID: 17237653


  13. Vida VL, Gaitan G, Quezada E, Barnoya J, Castañeda AR. Low-dose oral sildenafil for patients with pulmonary hypertension: a cost-effective solution in countries with limited resources. Cardiology in the young 2006. PMID: 17184573