Danyal M Khan, MD
Biography
Pediatric Cardiologist
Dr. Khan is employed by Nicklaus Children’s Pediatric Specialists, the physician-led multispecialty group practice of Nicklaus Children’s Health System. He is a pediatric cardiologist with The Heart Institute at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. Dr. Khan earned his medical degree from Aga Khan University Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan. He then completed a pediatric residency at Pennsylvania State University/Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Dr. Khan then pursued a fellowship in pediatric cardiology at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital. His clinical interests include adult congenital heart disease and cardiac intensive care.
Dr. Khan is board certified in pediatrics, pediatric cardiology and adult congenital heart disease. His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals and he has presented at conferences nationally and internationally.
Dr. Khan sees patients at the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital main campus and Nicklaus Children’s Dan Marino Outpatient Center. He is bilingual in English and Urdu.
The Heart Institute at Nicklaus Children’s, a world leader in pediatric cardiology and cardiovascular surgery for the care of children with congenital heart disease, serves as a beacon to families confronting the reality of a child or newborn with a heart defect. The Heart Institute offers the most innovative and least invasive approaches to the treatment of congenital heart disease, including many first-in-the-world procedures that were pioneered right here by The Heart Institute’s own internationally renowned cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons.
Publications
Aldawsari, K.A., Mattos, C., Khan, D.M., et al (2024). Successful treatment of dumping syndrome with diazoxide in an infant with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism case reports, 2024 (1), @23-0137. View in Pubmed
Aldawsari, K. A., Dedic, E., ..., Khan, D.M. (2023). Infective intracardiac lesion in the setting of Mycobacterium franklinii bacteremia identified by cell-free DNA sequencing in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A potential new foe in intracardiac infections. IDCases, 34 (), @e01905. View in Pubmed
Bailey, N.A., Aldawsari, K.A., ..., Khan, D.M. (2023). Sudden Cardiac Death in a Neonate Due to Bilateral Absence of Coronary Artery Ostium. Journal of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Ahead of print (), @086-088.
Eason, D.E., Rossi, A.F., ..., Khan, D.M. (2023). Hemodynamic Consequence of Interventional Cardiac Catheterization in the Early Postoperative Period after Congenital Heart Surgery. Hearts, 4 (3), @38-47.
Rossi, A.F., Khan, D.M. (2023). Near-Infrared Spectrometry for Monitoring Patients With Complex Congenital Heart Disease Is Here to Stay. Pediatric critical care medicine, 24 (3), @254-256. View in Pubmed
Jones, T.K., McElhinney, D.B., ..., Khan, D.M., et al (2022). Long-Term Outcomes After Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement in the US Investigational Device Exemption Trial. Circulation. Cardiovascular Interventions, 15 (1), @e010852. View in Pubmed
Das, B.B., Kohli, U., ..., Khan, D. (2021). Myopericarditis after messenger RNA Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination in Adolescents 12 to 18 Years of Age. Journal of Pediatrics, 238 (), @26-32.e1. View in Pubmed
Kotula, J.J, Balakumar, N., Khan, D., Patel, B. (2021). Bilateral pulmonary emboli in a teenager with positive SARS-CoV-2 antibody. Pediatric Pulmonology, 56 (1), @271-273. View in Pubmed
Kreutzer, J., Armstrong, A.K., ..., Khan, D.M., et al (2021). Comparison of the investigational device exemption and post-approval trials of the Melody transcatheter pulmonary valve. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions, 98 (2), @E262-E274. View in Pubmed
Marcus, H.J., Khan, D.M., Borg, A., et al (2021). Pituitary society expert Delphi consensus: operative workflow in endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary adenoma resection. Pituitary, 24 (6), @839-853. View in Pubmed
Ringle, M.L., Loomba, R., ..., Khan, D., et al (2021). The multisystem nature of isomerism: left isomerism complicated by Abernethy malformation and portopulmonary hypertension. Cardiology in the young, 31 (4), @532-540. View in Pubmed
Kohli, U., Desai, L., ..., Khan, D., et al (2020). mRNA Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccine-Associated Myopericarditis in Adolescents: A Survey Study. Journal of Pediatrics, 243 (), @208-213.e3. View in Pubmed
Totapally, B.R., Raszynski, A., Khan D., Amjad, I., Biehler, J. (2019). Extremity Arterial Thromboses in Hospitalized Children: A National Database Analysis of Prevalence and Therapeutic Interventions. Pediatric critical care medicine, 20 (3), @e154-e159. View in Pubmed
Aggarwal, V, Khan, D.M., Rhodes, J.F. (2017). Pulmonary arteriovenous malfromation causing systematic hypoxemia in early infancy. Case Report in Pediatrics,
Aggarwal, V., Aggarwal, A., Khan, D. (2016). Electrocardiogram before starting stimulant medications: to order or not?. Cardiology in the young, 26 (1), @216-219. View in Pubmed
Nykanen, D.G., Forbes, T.J., Du, W., Divekar, A.A., Reeves, J.H., Hagler, D.J., ..., Khan, D.M., et al (2016). CRISP: Catheterization RISk score for Pediatrics: A Report from the Congenital Cardiac Interventional Study Consortium (CCISC). Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, 87 (2), @302-309. View in Pubmed
Sasaki, J., Dykes, J.C., Sosa, L.J., Salvaggio, J.L., Tablante, M.D., ..., Khan, D.M., et al (2016). Risk Factors for Longer Hospital Stay Following the Fontan Operation. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 17 (5), @411-417. View in Pubmed
Aregullin, E.O., Gutierrez, Y., Osorio, S., Nykanen, D.G., Khan, D.M., Zahn, E.M. (2013). Balloon angioplasty and stent implantation performed through systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunts in infants and neonates. Pediatric Cardiology, 34 (6), @1389-1395. View in Pubmed
Correa, R,, Zahn, E., Khan, D. (2013). Mid-term outcomes of the Helex septal occluder for percutaneous closure of secundum atrial septal defects. Congenital Heart Disease, 8 (5), @428-433. View in Pubmed
Berman, D.P., Khan, D.M., Gutierrez, Y., Zahn, E.M. (2012). The use of three-dimensional rotational angiography to assess the pulmonary circulation following cavo-pulmonary connection in patients with single ventricle. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, 80 (6), @922-930. View in Pubmed
Dobrolet, N.C., Nieves, J.A., Welch, E.M., Khan, D., Rossi, A.F., Burke, R.P., Zahn, E.M. (2011). New approach to interstage care for palliated high-risk patients with congenital heart disease. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 142 (4), @855-860. View in Pubmed
Hannan, R.L., Zabinski, J.A., Salvaggio, J.L., Rossi, A.F., Khan, D.M., Alfonso, F.A., Ojito, J.W., Nykanen, D G., Zahn, E.M., Burke, R.P. (2011). The fontan operation: the pursuit of associated lesions and cumulative trauma. Pediatric Cardiology, 132 (6), @778-784. View in Pubmed
Roberts, P.A., Boudjemline, Y., Cheatham, J.P., Eicken, A., Ewert, P., ... Khan, D., et al (2011). Percutaneous tricuspid valve replacement in congenital and acquired heart disease. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 58 (2), @117-122. View in Pubmed
Rossi, A.F., Lopez, L., Dobrolet, N., Khan, D., Bolivar, J. (2010). Hyperlactatemia in neonates admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit with critical heart disease. Neonatology, 98 (2), @212-216. View in Pubmed
Ratnasamy, C., Khan, D., Wolff, G.S., Young, M.L. (2008). Clinical and electrophysiological characteristics of fasciculoventricular fibers in children. International Journal of Cardiology, 123 (3), @257-262. View in Pubmed
Offices
Primary Address
Education and Credentials
Education
- Fellowship - Jackson Memorial Hospital
- Fellowship - Nicklaus Children's Hospital
- Residency - Hershey Medical Center
- Medical School - Aga Khan Medical College
Board Certifications
- Am Bd Pediatrics (Pediatrics) - Certified
- Am Bd Pediatrics (Ped Cardiology) - Certified
- Am Bd Internal Medicine (Adult Congenital Heart Disease) - Certified