Imran Masood, DO
Imran Masood, DO, is a pediatric cardiologist in the Heart Institute at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Dr. Masood graduated from the University of California, Davis with a Bachelor of Science in Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, with a minor degree in Chicano Studies. He completed medical school at Touro University of California.
Dr. Masood completed his pediatric residency and pediatric cardiology training at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. He subsequently completed an additional year of training in heart failure, transplant, cardiomyopathy and exercise physiology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).
His current research interests include studying the role of exercise and sports participation in improving the lives of children with cardiomyopathy, heart transplants and congenital heart disease. He also has research interests in heart failure therapies and mechanical support (ventricular assist device). His goal is to improve exercise and sports participation in all patients with heart disease in the safest way possible to improve physical health and quality of life.
Education
Touro University, California
Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Pediatrics
Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Pediatrics
Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Pediatric Cardiology
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Pediatric Heart Failure, Transplant, Mechanical Support and Exercise Physiology Fellowship
Accomplishments
Board Certification, American Academy of Pediatrics
American Academy of Pediatrics
American College of Cardiology
Roberta G. Williams Outstanding Teaching Award in 2018, 2019 and 2020
Outstanding D.O. Graduate, 2017
Pediatric Distinguished Student of the Year, 2017
Publications
Qui G, Masood I, Johnson D, Hajduczok AG, Shipon D. Relationship between Obesity and Youth Athletes’ Physical Activity and Exercise-Related Symptoms. Childhood Obesity. Apr 15, 2024. DOI: 10.1089/chi.2023.0194
Masood I, Edelson J. Exercise and Sports Participation in Children with Cardiomyopathy: A Review. Curr Treat Options Cardio Med. Sep 15, 2023. DOI: 10.1007/s11936-023-01006-2.
Diana M. Torpoco Rivera, MD, Anna Joong, MD, Nikita D'Souza, Toni Duganiero, Aine Lynch, MD, Alicia M. Kamsheh, MD, Aryaz Sheybani, MD, Carlos Blanco, MD, Drishti Tolani, MD, Emily Hayesh, Hanna J. Tadros, MD, Imran Masood, DO, Katerina Boucek, MD, Laura Radel, MD, Madeleine Townsend, MD, Manu Varma, DO, Ryan Kobayashi, MD, Tripti Gupta, MD, Angela Lorts, MD MBA, Joseph A Spinner, MD. Clinical outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pediatric patients on ventricular assist device support: an ACTION registry analysis. ASAIO J. 2023 Oct 23. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002080
Masood I, Rezvan PH, Lee, K, Vervaet H, Kuo C, Loss K, Menteer JD, Souza A, Freyer D, Su JA. Left Ventricle Size Correlates with Peak Exercise Capacity in Pediatric Cancer Survivors Exposed to Anthracycline Chemotherapy. 2023 May 22. PMID: 37217803 DOI: 10.1007/s00246-023-03192-z
Zhou G, Cerrone D, Lewinter K, Masood I, Detterich J, Singh S, Shah P, Keens T, Sabati A, Kato R. The prevalence of abnormal spirometry in children with CHD. 2023 Mar 31. PMID: 36999369. DOI: 10.1017/S1047951123000550
Masood I, Detterich J, Cerrone D, Lewinter K, Shah P, Kato R, Sabati A. Reduced Forced Vital Capacity and the Number of Chest Wall Surgeries are Associated with Decreased Exercise Capacity in Children with Congenital Heart Disease. Pediatr Cardiol. 2021 Aug 7. PMID: 34365518 DOI: 10.1007/s00246-021-02692-0
Malhotra S, Masood I, Giglio N, Pruetz J, Pannaraj P. Current knowledge of Chagas-related heart disease among pediatric cardiologists in the United States. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2021 Mar 2;21(1):116. PMID: 33653275 PMCID: DOI: 10.1186/s12872-021-01924-8
Masood I, Hendriksz T. The Connection Between Otitis Media and the Acute Abdomen. BMJ. June 2017. DOI:10.1136/bcr-2017-219226
Research
- Pediatric cardiomyopathy
- Exercise physiology, sports cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation
- Pediatric heart transplant
- Pediatric mechanical support
- Chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy