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Laura D'Addese, MD

Pediatric Heart Failure and Transplant, Pediatric Cardiology
Areas of Focus
Locations

JDCH Heart Institute

1150 N 35th Avenue
Suite 445
Hollywood, FL 33021

Phone: 954-265-3924

Fax: 954-265-3731

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Memorial Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

1150 North 35th Avenue
Suite 490
Hollywood, FL 33021

Phone: 954-265-3437

Fax: 954-265-3731

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Memorial Division of Pediatric Advanced Heart Failure Transplant

1850 SW Fountainview Boulevard
Suite 201
Port St Lucie, FL 34986

Phone: 954-265-3437

Fax: 954-265-3731

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About Me

I am a pediatric cardiologist at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital specializing in Advanced Cardiac Therapies. I care for patients from birth to early adulthood with a variety of heart conditions, including acute and chronic heart failure, cardiomyopathy, and myocarditis. On the other end of the spectrum, I take care of patients who require mechanical circulatory support (MCS) as a bridge to either transplant or recovery, as well as heart transplant recipients. I also oversee the Comprehensive Exercise Physiology Lab where cardiac stress tests, cardiopulmonary (i.e. metabolic) stress tests, and 6-minute walk tests are performed on a variety of patients with cardiac or pulmonary issues.

I fell in love with the cardiovascular system in college and became interested in heart failure and transplant medicine after completing an elective rotation during my cardiology fellowship. There has been so much progress in these two fields over the past few decades, and it’s an incredible privilege to help patients and their families navigate these journeys.

As a parent and a patient, myself, I can appreciate the stress of a new diagnosis, the burden a hospitalization places on families, and the faith required in one’s medical team. My goal is to make the entire experience a little less scary for both my patients and their families through compassionate care and honest communication.

Languages

  • Italian
  • Spanish

Areas of Focus

  • Acquired and Inherited Cardiomyopathies
  • Acute and Chronic Heart Failure 
  • Exercise Physiology
  • Fontan Physiology
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support
  • Pediatric Heart Transplantation

Education

Fellowships

  • Cleveland Clinic Hospital, 2018, Pediatric Cardiology
  • Great Ormond Street Hospital, 2019, Transplant Surgery

Residency

  • Nicklaus Children's Hospital, 2015, Pediatrics

Internships

  • Nicklaus Children's Hospital, 2013, Pediatrics

Medical Education

  • Boston University School Of Medicine, 2012

Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics-Pediatric Cardiology
  • American Board of Pediatrics-Pediatrics

Awards, Achievements, and More

Research

  • Improving the quality of life in patients with Fontan physiology
  • Optimizing timing of transplant for patients with Fontan physiology
  • Applications of cardiopulmonary stress testing to cardiomyopathy and post-transplant patients
  • Non-invasive monitoring and treatment of cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV)
  • Quality improvement work with ACTION (Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network)

Professional Organizations

  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • American College of Cardiology
  • American Heart Association
  • European Society of Cardiology
  • International Society of Heart and Lung Transplant

Presentations

  • Battle of the Protocols: Utility of Early Aspirin Use is Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients. Pediatric Heart Transplant Society-Live. (Virtual), March 2025.
  • Aspirin Use and Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients. ISHLT Annual Meeting. (Virtual), April 2021.
  • Feb 2019: Great Ormond Street Hospital Echocardiography Grand Rounds (London, United Kingdom), Evaluation of diastolic dysfunction in pediatric heart transplant
  • April 2018: Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group (Salt Lake City, Utah), Use of bivalirudin in pediatric pulsatile ventricular assist devices
  • March 2017: Cleveland Clinic Pediatric Institute, Pediatric Congenital Heart Care Symposium (Cleveland, Ohio), Complications of the Mustard procedure
  • March 2017: Northern Ohio Cardiac Imaging Association (Cleveland, Ohio), Post- orthotopic heart transplantation echocardiographic assessment
  • Jan 2017: Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Congenital Imaging Conference (Cleveland, Ohio), Infective endocarditis resulting in dehiscence and reoperation in a teenager after David procedure
  • June 2016: Cleveland Clinic Surgical Grand Rounds (Cleveland, Ohio), Historical evolution of aortic root replacement

Awards

  • Enduring Hearts-PHTS Investigator Award, 2020
  • Cleveland Clinic Caregiver Appreciation Award, 2018
  • Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group Annual Meeting – Christiansen Young Investigator Award, 2018
  • Cleveland Clinic Excellence in Teaching Award, 2018
  • American Academy of Cardiology Ohio Chapter Annual Meeting –1st Prize Poster, 2017
  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation Professional Development Grant, 2017
  • Cleveland Clinic Excellence in Teaching Award, 2017

Hospital Affiliations