CMHC Faculty Members

Michelle M. Kittleson, MD

Los Angeles, California

Michelle M. Kittleson, MD

Cardiologist

About

Dr. Michelle M. Kittleson is the program director of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellowship, the director of Heart Failure Research, and a professor of cardiology at Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles. Dr. Kittleson is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, advanced heart failure, and transplant cardiology.

Her essays have appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, and Journal of the American Medical Association Cardiology. Her poems have appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association and Annals of Internal Medicine.

Education and Training

Fellowship, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2006
Fellowship, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 2006
Residency, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 2002
Medical Degree, Yale School of Medicine, 1999
Bachelor Degree, Harvard University, 1995

Professional Highlights

Fellow, American College of Cardiology
Deputy editor, Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Guideline writing committee, American College of Cardiology
Guideline writing committee, American Heart Association
Co-editor-in-chief, American College of Cardiology Heart Failure Self-Assessment Program
Board of directors, Heart Failure Society of America
Member, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
Jon A. Kobashigawa Faculty Teaching Award, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Patient Experience Award, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Member, Pulmonary Hypertension Association