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Matthew D. Zinn, DO
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
- Medical Director, Ventricular Assist Device Program, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
- Medical Director, Dr. Bill Neches Heart Camp for Kids
Matthew Zinn, DO is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology. He is medical director of the Ventricular Assist Device Program at CHP and director of the Dr. Bill Neches Heart Camp for Kids. Zinn earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Scranton and completed medical school at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
He completed a pediatrics residency at A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, DE and fellowships in pediatric cardiology at Children's Hospital of Michigan in Detroit, Michigan and pediatric heart failure, cardiomyopathy and heart transplantation at St. Louis Children's Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Zinn primarily participates in collaborative clinical research on ventricular assist devices in pediatric heart failure.
Professional and Scientific Society Memberships
- American Academy of Pediatrics, 2008-2013
- International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 2013-Present
- American Heart Association, 2015-Present
Education & Training
- BS, Biology, University of Scranton, 2004
- DO, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2008
- Internship in Pediatrics, Jefferson Medical College, 2008-2009
- Residency in Pediatrics, Jefferson Medical College, 2009-2011
- Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology, Wayne State University, 2011-2014
- Fellowship in Pediatric Heart Failure, Washington University, 2014-2015
Selected Publications
Burstein DS, Griffis H, Zhang X, Cantor RS, Dai D, Shamszad P, Huang YS, Morales DLS, Hall M, Lin KY, O'Connor MJ, Zinn M, Edens RE, Parrino PE, Kirklin JK, Rossano JW. Resource utilization in children with paracorporeal continuous-flow ventricular assist devices. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2021 Jun;40(6):478-487. PMID: 33744087. Role: data collection, manuscript revision.
Feingold B, Rose-Felker K, West SC, Zinn MD, Berman P, Moninger A, Huston A, Stinner B, Xu Q, Zeevi A, Miller SA. Early findings after integration of donor-derived cell-free DNA into clinical care following pediatric heart transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2021 Aug 22:e14124. PMID: 34420244. Role: manuscript revision.
Burstein DS, McBride M, Lorts A, Rosenthal DN, Peng, DM, Lantz J, Taragunta H, Zinn MD, Curran T, Wittekind S. Variation in Cardiac Rehabilitation for Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Recipients Across North America. ASAIO J. 2021 Sep 1:67(9): 1045-1050. PMID: 33590993. Role: manuscript revision.
Godown J, Cantor R, Koehl D, Cummings E, Vo JB, Dodd DA, Lytrivi I, Boyle GJ, Sutcliffe DL, Kleinmahon JA, Shih R, Urschel S, Das B, Carlo WF, Zuckerman WA, West SC, McCulloch MA, Zinn MD, Simpson KE, Kindel SJ, Szmuszkovicz JR, Chrisant M, Auerbach SR, Carboni MP, Kirklin JK, Hsu DT. Practice variation in the diagnosis of acute rejection among pediatric heart transplant centers: An analysis of the pediatric heart transplant society (PHTS) registry. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2021 Dec;40(12):1550-1559. PMID: 34598871. Role: data collection, manuscript revision.
Feingold B, Berman P, Moninger A, Huston A, Stinner B, West SC, Rose-Felker K, Zinn MD, Miller SA, Michaels MG. Responsiveness to second and third dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in adolescent and young adult heart transplant recipients. Pediatr Transplant. 2022 Sep;26(6):e14272. PMID: 35340096. Role: manuscript revision.
Pompa AG, Beerman LB, Feingold B, Zinn MD, Arora G. Arrhythmia Burden in Pediatric Patients With a Ventricular Assist Device. Circ Heart Fail. 2022 Sep;15(9):e009566. PMID: 35593167. Role: study design, data collection, manuscript revision.
Szulik MW, Reyes-Múgica M, Marker DF, Gomez AM, Zinn MD, Walsh LK, Ochoa JP, Franklin S, Ghaloul-Gonzalez L. Identification of Two Homozygous Variants in MYBPC3 and SMYD1 Genes Associated with Severe Infantile Cardiomyopathy. Genes (Basel). 2023 Mar 6;14(3):659. PMID: 36980931; PMCID: PMC10048717. Role: manuscript drafting and revision.
Kwiatkowski DM, Shezad M, Barnes AP, Ploutz MS, Law SP, Zafar F, Morales DLS, O'Connor MJ; ACTION Network Investigators. Impact of Weight on Ventricular Assist Device Outcomes in Dilated Cardiomyopathy Patients in Pediatric Centers: An ACTION Registry Study. ASAIO J. 2023 May 1;69(5):496-503. PMID: 37071761. Role: manuscript revision.
Feingold B, Rose-Felker K, West SC, Miller SA, Zinn MD. Short-term clinical outcomes and predicted cost savings of dd-cfDNA-led surveillance after pediatric heart transplantation. Clin Transplant. 2023 May;37(5):e14933. PMID: 36779524. Role: manuscript revision.
O'Connor MJ, Shezad M, Ahmed H, Amdani S, Auerbach SR, Bearl DW, Butto A, Byrnes JW, Conway J, Dykes JC, Glass L, Lantz J, Law S, Mongé MC, Morales DLS, Parent JJ, Peng DM, Ploutz MS, Puri K, Shugh S, Shwaish NS, VanderPluym CJ, Wilkens S, Wright L, Zinn MD, Lorts A. Expanding Use of the HeartMate 3 Ventricular Assist Device in Pediatric and Adult Patients within the Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network (ACTION). J Heart Lung Transplant. 2023 Jul 5:S1053-2498(23)01924-1. PMID: 37419295. Role: manuscript revision.
Academic and Research Interests
- Ventricular assist devices
- Heart transplantation
- Heart failure