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Oliva Frosch, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Olivia Frosch, MD is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology.  She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington University in St. Louis and her Medical Degree with honors in research from New York University School of Medicine. She completed pediatrics residency at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia followed by pediatric cardiology fellowship at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, where she was chief fellow during her final year of fellowship. She worked as a pediatric hospitalist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia prior to beginning her pediatric cardiology fellowship. 

Clinically, Dr. Frosch’s focus is on inpatient pediatric cardiology, cardiac neurodevelopment and transthoracic and fetal echocardiography. She serves as one of the four core pediatric cardiology inpatient physicians at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Her research interests include neurodevelopmental outcomes in children with congenital heart disease, quality improvement in pediatric cardiology and myocarditis following COVID-19 vaccination in adolescents and young adults. 

Professional and Scientific Society Memberships

  • Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Collaborative
  • American Academy of Pediatics
  • Alpha Omega Alpha
  • American College of Cardiology

Education & Training

  • BA, Washington University, 2012
  • MD, New York University School of Medicine, 2016
  • Residency, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2019
  • Fellowship, University of Michigan, 2023

Selected Publications

Elias MD, Truong DT, Oster ME, Trachtenberg FL, Mu X, Jone PN, Mitchell EC, Dummer KB, Sexson Tejtel SK, Osakwe O, Thacker D, Su JA, Bradford TT, Burns KM, Campbell MJ, Connors TJ, D'Addese L, Forsha D, Frosch OH, Giglia TM, Goodell LR, Handler SS, Hasbani K, Hebson C, Krishnan A, Lang SM, McCrindle BW, McHugh KE, Morgan LM, Payne RM, Sabati A, Sagiv E, Sanil Y, Serrano F, Newburger JW, Dionne A; Pediatric Heart Network MUSIC Study Investigators. Examination of Adverse Reactions After COVID-19 Vaccination Among Patients With a History of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Jan 3;6(1):e2248987. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.48987. PMID: 36595296; PMCID: PMC9857632.

Kohli U, Desai L, Chowdhury D, Harahsheh AS, Yonts AB,…Frosch O, et al. “mRNA Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccine-Associated Myopericarditis in Adolescents: A Survey Study.” J Pediatr. 2022 Apr;243:208-213.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.12.025. Epub 2021 Dec 22. PMID: 34952008; PMCID: PMC8691954.

Truong DT, Dionne A, Muniz JC, McHugh KE, … Frosch OH, et al. “Clinically Suspected Myocarditis Temporally Related to COVID-19 Vaccination in Adolescents and Young Adults: Suspected Myocarditis After COVID-19 Vaccination.” Circulation. 2022 Feb;145(5):345-356. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.056583. Epub 2021 Dec 6. PMID: 34865500.

Wilson H, Norris MD, Frosch O, Agarwal PP., (2021, Sept 30). “Late Gadolinium Enhancement after COVID-19 Vaccination”, Radiol Cardiothoracic Imaging, 3(5):e210199. 

Becker A., Frosch O., Argraves M., Carroll B., Kamsheh A., Krass P., Mehta S., Salazar E., Taylor A. & Hart J.. (2021, May). “A Resident-driven Initiative to Increase Bedside Teaching on Interdisciplinary Rounds.” Pediatric quality and safety, 6(3), e408. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 34046537. Pub Status: Published.

Frosch OH, Yau PL, Osorio RS, Rusinek H, Storey P, Convit A. “Insulin resistance among obese middle-aged is associated with decreased cerebrovascular reactivity” Neurology 2017 Jul 18;89(3):249-255

Adabimohazab R, Garfinkel A, Milam EC, Frosch O, Mangone A, Convit A. “Does Inflammation Mediate the Association Between Obesity and Insulin Resistance?” Inflammation 2016 Jun;39(3):994-1003

Rusinek H, Ha J, Yau PL, Storey P, Tirsi A, Tsui WH, Frosch O, Azova S, Convit A. “Cerebral perfusion in insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes”.  J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2015 Jan; 35 (1): 95-102

Academic and Research Interests

  • Cardiac neurodevelopment
  • Myocarditis associated with COVID-19 vaccination
  • Quality improvement