Laura Jean Olivieri, MD

Laura Jean Olivieri, MD is a board-certified Pediatric Cardiologist specializing in Advanced Cardiac Imaging at Children's Hospital Pittsburgh, and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at University of Pittsburgh. She graduated from University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and completed her pediatric residency at Brown University in Providence, RI, where she also was invited to stay for a chief year.  She completed her training in pediatric cardiology at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC following by a year in advanced cardiac imaging at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute specializing in cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging.  She is considered a leader in the field of 3-dimensional reconstruction of congenital  heart  defects from 3D imaging, and serves as Director of Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging for the Heart Institute at Children’s Hospital Pittsburgh. She is most interested in improving image acquisition using MRI and echocardiographic in 3D printing of heart models and has compiled a successful grant portfolio to that end. 

She also serves as Principal Investigator for an R01 to investigate application of cardiac MRI and Interventional Cardiac Magnetic Resonance on the care of pediatric heart transplant patients.  This is a 4.5 million dollar, 5-year contract aimed at using CMR to guide interventional cardiac catheterization procedures, using less sedation for diagnostic CMR procedures and to advance diagnostic CMR capabilities to use less invasive testing.  

Certification and Licensure

SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION:

American Board of Pediatrics                                     2006

American Board of Pediatrics, Sub-Board of Pediatric Cardiology #2350                  2010

MEDICAL or OTHER PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE:

National Board of Medical Examiners                        2003

National Provider Identifier NPI # 1023130200         2007

DC Board of Medicine, #MD036624                           2007

Maryland Board of Medicine, #D0073241                 2011

Virginia Board of Medicine, #0101252604                 2012

Pennsylvania Board of Medicine #MD476593           2022