Shannon O’Malley, MS, ACSM-CEP
Locations: Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care
About Shannon O’Malley, MS, ACSM-CEP
Titles
Exercise Physiologist Specialist
Certifications
Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist – American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM-CEP)
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Awards and Honors
2023, Nominee for Philly Spin-In: Heart of Gold Award
2004, Phi Epsilon Kappa, National Honor Society for Exercise Science
Leadership and Memberships
2025-present, Clinical Exercise Physiology Association
2024-present, American College of Sports Medicine
200-present, North American Society for Pediatric Exercise Medicine
Editorial and Academic Positions
Editorial Positions
2012-present, Peer Reviewer, Pediatric Exercise Science
Education & training
Undergraduate Degree
BS in Exercise & Sport Science - Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
Graduate Degree
MS in Health & Exercise Science - Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Publications
Publications
2025
Wanner J, Burstein D, Paridon S, Shah M, O'Malley S, Lin KY, Edelson JB. Feasibility of an Individualized Exercise Training Program for Children with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Pediatr Cardiol. 2025 Apr 15. doi: 10.1007/s00246-025-03843-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40234258
2024
Cilenti NA, Tamaroff JG, Capiola CJ, et al. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing on adaptive equipment in children and adults with Friedreich ataxia. Muscle & Nerve. 2024; 69(5): 613-619. doi:10.1002/mus.28085
Avitabile CM, Mota JP, Yeaman KM, Andrieux SJ, Lechtenberg L, Escobar E, Chuo J, Xanthopoulos MS, Faig W, O'Malley SM, Ford E, McBride MG, Paridon SM, Mitchell JA, Zemel BS. Creating a digital approach for promoting physical activity in pediatric pulmonary hypertension: A framework for future interventions. Pulm Circ. 2024 Jul 2;14(3):e12402. doi: 10.1002/pul2.12402. PMID: 38962181; PMCID: PMC11219287.
Seivert, N. P., Dodds, K. M., O’Malley, S., Goldberg, D.J., Paridon, S., McBride, M., and Rychik, J. Associations Between Exercise Capacity and Psychological Functioning in Children and Adolescents with Fontan Circulation. Pediatric Cardiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-024-03701-8. Epub 2024.
2022
Burstein DS, Edelson J, O'Malley S, McBride MG, Stephens P, Paridon S, Brothers JA. Cardiopulmonary Exercise Performance in the Pediatric and Young Adult Population Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pediatr Cardiol. 2022 May 3:1–6.
Edelson J, Stanley H, Min J, et al. Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Pediatric Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. JACC Adv. 2022 Oct, 1 (4) 1–10.
Rychik J, Goldberg DJ, Rand E, Mancilla EE, Heimall J, Seivert N, Campbell D, O'Malley S, Dodds KM. A Path FORWARD: Development of a Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Clinic to Create Health and Wellness for the Child and Adolescent with a Fontan Circulation. Pediatr Cardiol. 2022 May 23:1–18. Epub ahead of print.
2021
Burstein DS, McBride MG, Min J, Paridon A, Perelman S, Huffman EM, O'Malley S, Del Grosso J, Paridon SM, Brothers JA: Normative Values for Cardiopulmonary Exercise Stress Testing Using Ramp Cycle Ergometry in Children and Adolescents J Pediatrics 229: 61-9, Feb 2021.
Abstracts (includes Posters and Scientific Presentations)
2024
Masood IR,Wang L, Roberts A, Stanley HM, Rossano J, O'Connor M, Lin K, Wittlieb-Weber C, Ahmed H, Edwards J, O'Malley S, Paridon S, Tam V, Edelson J.The Impact of Neighborhood Factors on Exercise Capacity in Children with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Poster presentation at Cardiology 2024. Scottsdale, AZ. February 2024.
Masood IR,Wang L, Roberts A, Stanley HM, Rossano J, O'Connor M, Lin K, Wittlieb-Weber C, Ahmed H, Edwards J, O'Malley S, Paridon S, Tam V, Edelson J.The Impact of Neighborhood Factors on Exercise Capacity in Children with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Poster presentation at ISHLT 2024. Prague, CZechia. April 2024
Fortin-Moore C-O, Jeewa A, Power A, Khoury M, Lin K, Edelson J, Ball G, Attalah J, Cifra B, O’Malley S, Pidborochynski T, Conway J. Home-based Exercise Intervention for Children and Adolescents with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Consensus of Experts on a Safe and Acceptable Exercise Protocol. Poster presentation at American Heart Association 2024. Chicago, IL, November 2024.
2023
Seivert, N.P, Um, K., Rychik, J, Goldberg, D.J., O’Malley, S., Paridon, S., McBride, M., & Dodds, K.M.: Associations between exercise capacity and psychological functioning in youth with Fontan circulation. Poster presentation at 26th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease. Rio Mar, PR. February 2023.
Seivert, N.P, Dodds, K.M., O'Malley, S., Um, K., Chandrasekhara, K., Goldberg, D.J., Paridon, S., McBride, M., & Rychik, J.: Associations between anxiety and exercise test metrics in youth with Fontan circulation. Poster presentation at the 8th World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery. Washington, DC. August 2023.
Lectures by Invitation
2025
O'Malley S. “Sudden Cardiac Death: The Value of Exercise Testing” Cincinnati Children’s Echo and Exercise Symposium, Cincinnati, Ohio. March 2025.