Sara L. Partington, MD
About Sara L. Partington, MD
Titles
Attending Physician, Adult Congenital Heart Center
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Certifications
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
Cardiovascular Disease – American Board of Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine – American Board of Internal Medicine
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
Awards and Honors
2011, Young Investigator Award: American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
2010, Resident Research Poster Contest Winner: American College of Cardiology Lake Louise Conference
2009, Gold Star Resident Teaching Award Cardiovascular Course 2008-2009 (University of Calgary)
2009, Dr. Peter F Russell Cardiology Fellowship Award for Clinical Excellence (University of Calgary Cardiology Fellowship)
2006, McMaster University Resident Quality Assurance Project Award
2005, McMaster Internal Medicine Resident Research Day Poster Award
2001, Ontario Heart and Stroke Foundation Research Scholarship
2001, CIHR-Burroughs Wellcome Research Scholarship
Education & training
Graduate Degree
MPH - Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Medical Degree
MD - McMaster University Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, Ontario, Canada
Internship
Internal Medicine - McMaster University. Hamilton, Canada
Fellowship
Cardiology (Co-Chief Fellow) - University of Calgary. Calgary, Canada
Noninvasive Multimodality Cardiovascular Imaging (Chief Fellow) - Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension - Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA
Publications
Publications
2013
Partington SL, Valente AM. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease. The Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal. 2013;9(3):156-162.
2012
Partington SL, Lanka V, Hainer J, Blankstein R, Skali H, Forman DE, Di Carli MF, Dorbala S. Safety and Feasibility of Regadenoson use for Suboptimal Heart Rate Response during Symptom limited standard Bruce Exercise Stress Test. J Nucl Cardiol May 2012 Notes: Epub ahead of print.
Partington SL, Cheng S, Lima JAC. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Stage B Heart Failure. Heart Failure Clinics. Note; Published online January 9, 2012.
2011
Partington SL, Givertz MM, Gupta S, Kwong RY. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Aids in the Diagnosis of Mitochondrial Cardiomyopathy. Circulation.2011; 123(6):e227-9.
Partington SL, Kwong RY, Dorbala S. Multimodality Imaging in the Assessment of Myocardial Viability. Heart Failure Reviews. 2011;16:381-95.
Editorials, Reviews, Chapters
2013
Partington SL, Valente AM. Pregnancy and Congenital Heart Disease (Chapter) in Ali Zaidi (Ed.) Color Atlas and Synopsis of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology. McGraw-Hill, New York. Notes: In Press.
2012
Lilly L. Braunwald’s Heart Disease: Review and Assessment, Ninth Edition, Elsevier Saunders, Atlanta, 2012. Notes: Acquired diagnostic cardiac images including echo, MRI, nuclear cardiology and CT images to accompany review questions.
2007
Partington S, Exner DV. Optimal Management of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Recent Guidelines. Canadian Journal of Internal Medicine. 2007; 2(2):49-51.