(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Nationwide Children’s Hospital welcomes Antonio Cabrera, MD, FAAP, FAHA, FACC, FHFSA, as the division chief of cardiology and co-director of the Heart Center.
Dr. Cabrera has been appointed professor of pediatrics at The Ohio State University and holds the Nationwide George H. Dunlap Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology. Previously, Dr. Cabrera served as the L. George Veasy Presidential Professor at the University of Utah and co-director of the Heart Center at Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dr. Cabrera began the role of co-director of the Heart Center and the division chief of Cardiology on June 3, 2024.
“We are incredibly pleased to have Dr. Cabrera join us as a division chief and co-director, providing leadership to our remarkable faculty in caring for our patients and families in our Heart Center,” said Catherine Krawczeski, MD, chief of pediatrics at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and chair of the Department of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. “Dr. Cabrera’s expertise extends beyond clinical care – he is an accomplished mentor and teacher, providing guidance to numerous trainees. He has developed a well-deserved reputation as a national and international leader in pediatric cardiology.”
Dr. Cabrera is trained in pediatrics, cardiology, cardiac critical care, heart failure/transplantation and medical education. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the Heart Failure Society of America. He has lectured extensively across the globe. In addition, Dr. Cabrera was the co-principal investigator of the institutional NIH/NHLBI Pediatric Heart Network grant at the University of Utah.
Dr. Cabrera graduated from Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala. He completed his internship and residency at the Children’s Hospital of the University of Illinois at Chicago, followed by a Pediatric Cardiology fellowship at Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital/Case Western Reserve University and advanced training in Cardiovascular Critical Care at Arkansas Children’s Hospital/University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Ark.
“I am thrilled to join Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University to further the extraordinary legacy built by many great leaders and caretakers,” said Dr. Cabrera.
About Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Named to the Top 10 Honor Roll on U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-24 list of “Best Children’s Hospitals,” Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of America’s largest not-for-profit free-standing pediatric health care systems providing unique expertise in pediatric population health, behavioral health, genomics and health equity as the next frontiers in pediatric medicine, leading to best outcomes for the health of the whole child. Integrated clinical and research programs, as well as prioritizing quality and safety, are part of what allows Nationwide Children’s to advance its unique model of care. Nationwide Children’s has a staff of more than 14,000 that provides state-of-the-art wellness, preventive and rehabilitative care and diagnostic treatment during more than 1.7 million patient visits annually. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded free-standing pediatric research facilities. More information is available at NationwideChildrens.org.