Felina K. Mille, MD

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Felina K. Mille, MD, is an attending physician in the Division of Cardiac Critical Care Medicine at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Areas of Expertise: General pediatric cardiology, Pediatric cardiac critical care
Locations: Main Hospital
Phone: 215-590-4040

Education and Training

Medical School

MD - Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

Internship

Pediatrics - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Residency

Pediatrics - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Fellowship

Advanced Fellowship, Cardiac Intensive Care - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Pediatric Cardiology - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Board Certification

Pediatric Cardiology – American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics

Titles and Academic Titles

Attending Physician

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Departments and Services

Publications

Papers

2020

Danish Vaiyani, MD, Jonathan B. Edelson, MD, Sabrina Gmuca, MD, Matthew J. O'Connor, MD, Felina K. Mille, MD: Juvenile dermatomyositis: a rare but treatable cause of acute myocardial dysfunction. Journal of Clinical Rheumatology Accepted for Publication 2020.

Felina K. Mille , Aditya Badheka , Priscilla Yu , Xuemei Zhang , David F. Friedman , John Kheir , Sarah van den Bosch , Antonio G. Cabrera , Javier J. Lasa , Hannah Katcoff , Paula Hu , Santiago Borasino , Krissie Hock , Jordan Huskey , Jamie Weller , Harsh Kothari , and Joshua Blinder: Red Blood Cell Transfusion After Stage I Palliation Is Associated With Worse Clinical Outcomes. Journal of the American Heart Association 9(10), May 2020.

Felina Mille, MD, Michelle Kaplinski, MD, Yan Wang, RDCS, Hannah H. Nam, BA, David J. Goldberg, MDMatthew A. Jolley, MD: Double-Orifice Left Atrioventricular Valve: The Case for Preoperative Three-Dimensional Echocardiography. CASE: Cardiovascular Imaging Case Reports April 2020.

2019

Aditya Badheka, Priscilla Yu, Felina Mille, Dennis Durbin, Okan Elci  and Joshua Blinder : Red cell transfusion practices after stage 1 palliation: a survey of practitioners from the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society. Cardiology in the Young 29(12): 1452-1458, December 2019.

2018

Burstein D, Mille F, Cohen M, Ravishankar C: A new, expanded approach to pediatric cardiology fellowship orientation. Progress in Pediatric Cardiology 50: 23-28, September  2018.

2010

Babcock M, Kostova F, Moxley R 3rd, Chamberlain J, Maria B. Muscular dystrophy: new opportunities for diagnosis and treatment. J Child Neurol. 2010.

2009

Babcock M, Kostova F, Ferriero D, Johnston M, Brunstrom J, Hagberg H, Maria B. Injury to the preterm brain and cerebral palsy: clinical aspects, molecular mechanisms, unanswered questions, and future research directions. J Child Neurol. 2009; 24(9): 1064-84.

2008

Babcock, MA, Kostova, F, Guha, A, Packer, R, Pollack, I, Maria, B. Tumors of the central nervous system: clinical aspects, molecular mechanisms, unanswered questions, and future research directions. J Child Neurol. 2008; 23(10): 1103-1121.

Gilg, A, Tye, S, Tolliver, L, Wheeler, W, Visconti, R, Duncan, J, Kostova, F, Bolds, L, Toole, B, Maria, B. Targeting hyaluronan interactions in malignant gliomas and their drug-resistant multipotent progenitors. Clinical Cancer Research 2008; 14:1804-1813.

2007

Smith AW, Glenn RC, Williams VC, Kostova F, Holden KR, Gillespie CF, Boutwell B, Richard GV, Maria BL, Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs, Inc. What do future (female) pediatricians value? J Pediatr. 2007; 151(5):443-444.

Kostova, F, Williams, V, Heemskerk, J, Iannoccone, S, DiDonato, C., Swoboda, K, Maria, B. Spinal muscular atrophy: classification, diagnosis, management, pathogenesis, and future research directions. J Child Neurol. 2007; 22(8): 926-945.

Abstracts

2020

Danish Vaiyani MD, Jonathan B. Edelson MD, Sabrina Gmuca MD MSCE, Matthew J. O'Connor MD, Felina K. Mille MD: Juvenile Dermatomyositis: A Rare but Treatable Cause of Acute Myocardial Dysfunction  Cardiology 2020: 23rd Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease February  2020.

Books

Chapters

2009

Kostova, F, Maria, B. Hypomelanosis of Ito. In: Maria, BL, ed. Current Management in Child Neurology. 4th Ed. Shelton, CT: BC Decker Inc.; 2009: 570-572.

Maria, B, Comi, A, Kostova, F. Sturge-Weber. In: Maria, BL, ed. Current Management in Child Neurology. 4th Ed. Shelton, CT: BC Decker Inc.; 2009: 564-569.

Posters and Presentations

2018

Yowell M, Ravishankar C, O'Connor M, Mascio C, Gillespie M, Rossano J, Burstein D, Mille F, Naim M : Immunosuppression and Mechanical Circulatory Support for Post- Transplant Giant Cell Myocarditis. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society Meeting December 2018 Notes: Poster Presentation.

Mille F, O'Byrne ML, Blinder J, DeWitt A: Pre-operative adrenal insufficiency in neonates with D-transposition of the great arteries. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society Meeting, Miami, FL December 2018 Notes: Poster Presentation.

Badheka A, Yu P, Mille F, Durbin D, Elci O: Red Cell Transfusion Practices after Stage 1 Palliation: A survey of practitioners from the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society Meeting, Miami, FL December 2018 Notes: Poster Presentation.

Mille F, Badheka A, Yu P, Kheir J, van den Bosch S, Cabrera A, Lasa JJ, Zhang X, Katcoff H, Hu P, Borasino S, Hock K, Weller J, Kothari H, Blinder J: Red blood cell transfusion after the Norwood operation is associated with worse clinical outcomes. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Chicago, IL November 2018 Notes: Poster Presentation.

Mille F, Badheka A, Yu P, Katcoff H, Hu P, Blinder J: Red blood cell transfusion after the Norwood operation: Risk factors and associations with outcomes. Cardiology 2018: 21st Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease, Scottsdale, AZ February 2018 Notes: Poster Presentation.

Burstein D, Mille F, Cohen M, Ravishankar C : Pediatric cardiology boot camp: The new approach to fellowship orientation. Cardiology 2018: 21st Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease, Scottsdale, AZ February 2018 Notes: Poster Presentation.

Awards and Honors

2011, AMWA Glasgow-Rubin Certificate of Commendation
2010, Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
2009, Neurobiology of Disease in Children Young Investigator Award

Editorial and Academic Positions

Editorial Positions

2020, Peer-reviewer, Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Academic and Institutional Committees

2020-present, CICU Fellowship Education Committee
2019-present, University City Inpatient Expansion Committee

Leadership and Memberships

Memberships in Professional Organizations

2018-present, American Heart Association
2018-present, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society
2011-present, American Academy of Pediatrics
2010-present, Alpha Omega Alpha