Mariska S Kemna, MD
Cardiology, Transplant Center, Heart Failure Program, VAD Program
On staff since August 2008
Children's Title: Attending Physician
Academic Title: Professor, Pediatrics
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Mariska Kemna, MD, is attending pediatric cardiologist at Seattle Children’s Hospital on the cardiac transplant and heart failure services team and is a professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington, School of Medicine. She earned her MD at Erasmus University School of Medicine, Rotterdam, the Netherlands and completed her pediatric residency at Sophia Children’s Hospital, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Dr. Kemna completed her pediatric cardiology fellowship at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California. She has an academic interest and clinical expertise in heart failure and heart transplantation.
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Dr. Kemna has been providing care for our son's heart since birth. She has a warm, caring bedside manner and we have greatly appreciated her. She takes the time to listen to our concerns and provides answers that are easy to understand. I have been greatly impressed with her knowledge and skill as a doctor and would highly recommend her.
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Other Publications
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Kemna MS, Murphy DJ, Silverman NHScreening for aortic root dilation in marfan syndrome using the ratio of the aortic root to descending aortic diameters in children.
19647408 Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography, 2009 Oct. : 1109-13
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Overview
- Medical/Professional School
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Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam
- Fellowship
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Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
- Clinical Interests
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Heart failure and heart transplantation
