Leigh Reardon, MD
(he/him) - Pediatric Cardiology|
- Adult Congenital Cardiac Disease
About
Dr. Reardon is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Pediatrics and practices pediatric cardiology and adult congenital heart disease. He has a specific interest heart failure, transplantation, mechanical support and the care of adolescents and young adults as they transition from the pediatric to the adult clinical setting.
Please note that Dr. Reardon has two separate office locations and phone numbers for adult and pediatric patients. Please call the Ahmanson/UCLA Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center at 310-825-9011 for adult patients. Please call the UCLA Pediatric Heart Center for pediatric patients at 310-267-7667.
- Associate Director, Pediatric Heart Transplant
- Director, Transitional Cardiac Care
- Director, Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support
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Education
Medical Board Certifications
Fellowships
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Recognitions
- Super doctors, Southern California, 2024
- Top doctors, Los Angeles Magazine's Top Doctors 2024
- LGBTQ+ champion
- Top Doctors, Los Angeles Magazine, 2024
- Super Doctors® Southern California, 2023, 2024
- Top Doctors, Los Angeles Magazine, 2021, 2022, 2023
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Locations
Ahmanson/UCLA Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center
Hospital Affiliations
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
Medical Services
Areas of Focus
Videos
Research
Publications
Link to Dr. Reardon's PubMed publications
Select Publications:
- Clinical Outcomes of Adult Fontan-Associated Liver Disease and Combined Heart-Liver Transplantation
- Morbidity and Mortality in Adult Fontan Patients After Heart or Combined Heart-Liver Transplantation
- Orthotopic Heart and Combined Heart Liver Transplantation: the Ultimate Treatment Option for Failing Fontan Physiology
- COVID-19 in a pediatric heart transplant recipient: Emergence of donor-specific antibodies
- ISHLT consensus statement for the selection and management of pediatric and congenital heart disease patients on ventricular assist devices Endorsed by the American Heart Association
- Heart and heart-liver transplantation in adults with failing Fontan physiology
- Usefulness of serum brain natriuretic peptide to predict adverse events in patients with the Eisenmenger syndrome
- Knowledge of Life-Long Cardiac Care by Adolescents and Young Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
- Prognostic utility of MELD-XI in adult congenital heart disease patients undergoing cardiac transplantation
- A composite noninvasive index correlates with liver fibrosis scores in post-Fontan patients: Preliminary findings
- Mortality Risk Stratification in Fontan Patients Who Underwent Heart Transplantation
- Implantation techniques and outcomes after cardiac resynchronization therapy for congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries
- Superior vena cava stenting guided by alternative imaging modalities in a patient with severe contrast allergy: a case report and brief literature review
- High-Output Heart Failure From Growth of Vascular Malformations in Multiple Gestation Pregnancy
- Apparent life-threatening events in infants: two unique presentations of rare cardiac diseases
- Left ventricular assist device as a bridge to patient and myocardial recovery
In the News
- UCLA Doctor's Journey from Patient to Physician (Source: UCLA Newsroom)
Insurance
- Aetna
- Anthem Blue Cross
- Blue Shield of California
- Centivo
- Cigna
- First Health
- Health Net of California
- Interplan (part of HealthSmart)
- L.A. Care
- Medicare Advantage
- MultiPlan
- UFCM Health System
- Prime Health Services
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- TRICARE
- UnitedHealthcare
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Recognitions
- Top Doctors, Los Angeles Magazine, 2024
- Super Doctors® Southern California, 2023, 2024
- Top Doctors, Los Angeles Magazine, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Teaching Humanism at the Bedside Award, David Geffen School of Medicine
- Super Doctors® Southern California Rising Stars 2015, 2016, 2017
- ISHLT/Heartware Early Career Grant in Translation Research for Mechanical Circulatory Support in the Fontan Circulation
- Department of Internal Medicine Physician of the Month, Dec 2011
Links
- Ahmanson/UCLA Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center: uclahealth.org/heart/achdc
- Pediatric Cardiology: uclahealth.org/mattel/pediatric-cardiology
- Cardiology/Heart Services: uclahealth.org/heart
- LGBTQ+ Health Initiative: uclahealth.org/lgbtq