Hythem Nawaytou, MD

Dr. Hythem Nawaytou is a cardiologist who cares for children with pulmonary hypertension in the hospital as well as the clinic. He performs and interprets all types of echocardiography (ultrasound of the heart), including fetal echocardiograms (used to help diagnose and evaluate many heart conditions before birth).

Nawaytou's research focuses on ways to better diagnose children with pulmonary hypertension and follow their progress over time. He also studies the use of echocardiography to evaluate heart function.

Nawaytou earned combined bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery degrees at Cairo University's Kasr Alainy Faculty of Medicine. He completed a residency in pediatrics at State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University, followed by a fellowship in pediatric cardiology at UCSF and a fellowship in advanced cardiac imaging at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

In his free time, Nawaytou enjoys painting.
Education
Fellowship, 2015 - Advanced Cardiac Imaging, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Fellowship, 2014 - Pediatric Cardiology, UCSF
Residency, 2010 - Pediatrics, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
MBChB, 2001 - , Kasr Alainy Faculty of Medicine

  1. Tsoi SM, Steurer M, Nawaytou H, Cheung S, Keller RL, Fineman JR. Defining the Typical Course of Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn: When to Think Beyond Reversible Causes. The Journal of pediatrics 2024. PMID: 38823627


  2. Nawaytou H, Lakkaraju R, Stevens L, Reddy VM, Swami N, Keller RL, Teitel DF, Fineman JR. Management of pulmonary vascular disease associated with congenital left-to-right shunts: A single-center experience. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2024. PMID: 38763305


  3. Nawaytou HM, Mertens LL. Noninvasive Assessment of Myocardial Work in Children. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2024. PMID: 38719130


  4. Morell E, Colglazier E, Becerra J, Stevens L, Steurer MA, Sharma A, Nguyen H, Kathiriya IS, Weston S, Teitel D, Keller R, Amin EK, Nawaytou H, Fineman JR. A single institution anesthetic experience with catheterization of pediatric pulmonary hypertension patients. Pulmonary circulation 2024. PMID: 38618291


  5. Tsoi SM, Nawaytou H, Almeneisi H, Steurer M, Zhao Y, Fineman JR, Keller RL. Prostaglandin-E1 infusion in persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn. Pediatric pulmonology 2023. PMID: 37975485


  6. Zach Hutchinson, Michael Smith, Elizabeth Colglazier, Matt Zinter, Christopher Dvorak, Hythem Nawaytou. Abstract 16432: Screening for Cardiovascular Complications in Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients. Circulation 2023. PMID:


  7. Colglazier E, Ng AJ, Parker C, Woolsey D, Holmes R, Dsouza A, Becerra J, Stevens L, Nawaytou H, Keller RL, Fineman JR. Safety and tolerability of continuous inhaled iloprost in critically ill pediatric pulmonary hypertension patients: A retrospective case series. Pulmonary circulation 2023. PMID: 37731624


  8. Mahendra M, Chu P, Amin EK, Nawaytou H, Duncan JR, Fineman JR, Smith-Bindman R. Associated radiation exposure from medical imaging and excess lifetime risk of developing cancer in pediatric patients with pulmonary hypertension. Pulmonary circulation 2023. PMID: 37614831


  9. Hiremath G, Batlivala S, Callahan R, Thatte N, Rockefeller T, Nawaytou H, Reddy SV, Hussain T, Chabiniok R, Butts R, Vettukattil J, Aregullin EO, Aldweib N, Burkhoff D, Brener MI. Clinical Applications of Pressure-Volume Assessment in Congenital Heart Disease. Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions 2023. PMID: 39130717


  10. Nawaytou H, Hills NK, Clyman RI. Patent ductus arteriosus and the risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia-associated pulmonary hypertension. Pediatric research 2023. PMID: 36804505


  11. Jain S, Spadafora R, Maxwell S, Botas C, Nawaytou H, von Scheven E, Crouch EE. A Case of Neonatal Lupus Presenting with Myocardial Dysfunction in the Absence of Congenital Heart Block (CHB): Clinical Management and Brief Literature Review of Neonatal Cardiac Lupus. Pediatric cardiology 2022. PMID: 36460799


  12. Colglazier E, Stevens L, Parker C, Nawaytou HM, Amin EK, Becerra J, Steurer M, Fineman JR. Hemodynamic assessment of transitioning from parenteral prostacyclin to selexipag in pediatric pulmonary hypertension. Pulmonary circulation 2022. PMID: 36514390


  13. Nawaytou H, Springston C, Lazar A, Keller S, Hogan W, Cresalia N, Peyvandi S, Cocalis M, Moon-Grady A, Brook M. A Measurement-Based Protocol Improves Inter-Rater Agreement And Accuracy of Right Ventricular Systolic Pressure Assessment by Echocardiography in Children: A Call for Quality Improvement. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2022. PMID: 35840083


  14. Tsoi SM, Jones K, Colglazier E, Parker C, Nawaytou H, Teitel D, Fineman JR, Keller RL. Persistence of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn: A case of de novo TBX4 variant. Pulmonary circulation 2022. PMID: 35874850


  15. Tai C, Hsieh A, Moon-Grady AJ, Keller RL, Teitel D, Nawaytou HM. Pulmonary artery acceleration time in young children is determined by heart rate and transpulmonary gradient but not by pulmonary blood flow: A simultaneous echocardiography-cardiac catheterization study. Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) 2022. PMID: 35690918


  16. Stevens L, Colglazier E, Parker C, Amin EK, Nawaytou H, Teitel D, Reddy VM, Welch CL, Chung WK, Fineman JR. Genetics dictating therapeutic decisions in pediatric pulmonary hypertension? A case report suggesting we are getting closer. 2022. PMID: 35506084


  17. Lin Y, Amin EK, Keller RL, Teitel DF, Nawaytou HM. Doppler Echocardiography Features of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Ex-Preterm Children. 2022. PMID: 34986343


  18. Colglazier E, Ng AJ, Parker C, Nawaytou H, Fineman JR. Safety and Tolerability of a Rapid Transition From Intravenous Treprostinil to Oral Selexipag in Three Adolescent Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics : JPPT : the official journal of PPAG 2021. PMID: 34239406


  19. 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


  20. Nawaytou H, Fineman JR, Moledina S, Ivy D, Abman SH, Cerro MJD. Practice patterns of pulmonary hypertension secondary to left heart disease among pediatric pulmonary hypertension providers. Pulmonary circulation 2021. PMID: 33623667


  21. Kramer KP, Chetty SP, Nawaytou H, Vu L, Rogers EE. Fetal Sacrococcygeal Teratoma and the Development of Hydrops. Neoreviews 2021. PMID: 33526646


  22. Amin EK, Austin ED, Parker C, Colglazier E, Nawaytou H, Leary PJ, Hemnes AR, Teitel D, Fineman JR. Novel Documentation of Onset and Rapid Advancement of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension without Symptoms in BMPR2 Mutation Carriers: Cautionary Tales? American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2020. PMID: 32692583


  23. Guslits E, Steurer MA, Nawaytou H, Keller RL. Reply. The Journal of pediatrics 2020. PMID: 33197491


  24. Guslits E, Steurer MA, Nawaytou H, Keller RL. Longitudinal B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels Predict Outcome in Infants with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. The Journal of pediatrics 2020. PMID: 32997999


  25. Nawaytou H, Steurer MA, Zhao Y, Guslits E, Teitel D, Fineman JR, Keller RL. Clinical Utility of Echocardiography in Former Preterm Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2020. PMID: 31948712


  26. Levy PT, Jain A, Nawaytou H, Teitel D, Keller R, Fineman J, Steinhorn R, Abman SH, McNamara PJ, Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Network (PPHNet). Risk Assessment and Monitoring of Chronic Pulmonary Hypertension in Premature Infants. The Journal of pediatrics 2019. PMID: 31735418


  27. Steurer MA, Nawaytou H, Guslits E, Colglazier E, Teitel D, Fineman JR, Keller RL. Mortality in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia: Data from cardiac catheterization. Pediatric pulmonology 2019. PMID: 30938937


  28. Yubbu P, Nawaytou HM, Calderon-Anyosa R, Banerjee A. Diagnostic value of myocardial deformation pattern in children with noncompaction cardiomyopathy. The international journal of cardiovascular imaging 2018. PMID: 29770913


  29. Nawaytou HM, Montero AE, Yubbu P, Calderón-Anyosa RJC, Sato T, O'Connor MJ, Miller KD, Ursell PC, Hoffman JIE, Banerjee A. A Preliminary Study of Left Ventricular Rotational Mechanics in Children with Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy: Do They Influence Ventricular Function? Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2018. PMID: 29661525


  30. Nawaytou HM, Mercer-Rosa L, Channing A, Cohen MS. Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiographic predictors of recurrent left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in children undergoing subaortic stenosis resection. Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) 2018. PMID: 29437237


  31. Hassan F, Patel A, Reddy VM, Nawaytou H. Postablation Right Atrial Dissection in Ebstein's Anomaly. CASE (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2017. PMID: 30062299


  32. Zinter MS, Melton A, Sabnis AJ, Dvorak CC, Elicker BM, Nawaytou HM, Kameny RJ, Fineman JR. Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease in a pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant patient: a cautionary tale. Leukemia & lymphoma 2017. PMID: 28958195


  33. Kameny RJ, Colglazier E, Nawaytou H, Moore P, Reddy VM, Teitel D, Fineman JR. Pushing the envelope: a treat and repair strategy for patients with advanced pulmonary hypertension associated with congenital heart disease. Pulmonary circulation 2017. PMID: 28862067


  34. Putri Yubbu, Andrea Montero, Hythem Nawaytou, Anirban Banerjee. ASSESSMENT OF LEFT VENTRICULAR STRAIN AND ITS CLINICAL CORRELATIONS IN ISOLATED LEFT VENTRICULAR NON-COMPACTION. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2017. PMID:


  35. Nawaytou HM, Yubbu P, Montero AE, Nandi D, O'Connor MJ, Shaddy RE, Banerjee A. Left Ventricular Rotational Mechanics in Children After Heart Transplantation. Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging 2016. PMID: 27609818


  36. Hythem Nawaytou, Putri Yubbu, Kelley Miller, Anirban Banerjee. Abstract 18230: Wringing Pump or Roller Pump? Insights From Rotational Mechanics in Children With Left Ventricular Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy. Circulation 2015. PMID:


  37. Nawaytou HM, Peyvandi S, Brook MM, Silverman N, Moon-Grady AJ. Right Ventricular Systolic-to-Diastolic Time Index: Hypoplastic Left Heart Fetuses Differ Significantly from Normal Fetuses. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2015. PMID: 26394829


  38. Harold Bernstein, Hythem Nawaytou. Biomarkers of cardiac function and outcome in univentricular congenital heart disease. Current biomarker findings 2014. PMID:


  39. Nawaytou H, Bernstein HS. Biomarkers in pediatric heart disease. Biomarkers in medicine 2014. PMID: 25307548