Ritu Asija

Ritu Asija is a Clinical Professor in Pediatrics - Cardiology at Stanford University School of Medicine. She is also a member of the Cardiovascular Institute and the Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI). Her clinical focus is on pediatric cardiac critical care for infants, children, and adults with congenital heart disease and heart failure.

• Education:
  • Medical Degree: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (2002)
  • Residency: University of California San Francisco (2005)
  • Fellowships: Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (2009), Columbia University (2008)

Her research emphasizes innovative surgical approaches for congenital heart defects, particularly unifocalization, pulmonary artery reconstruction, and airway pathology assessment. She has contributed to publications analyzing transfusion practices, aortopulmonary window outcomes, and perfusion scintigraphy in tetralogy of Fallot patients. Her work often involves multidisciplinary collaboration and outcome evaluation.

She was a Faculty Fellow at the Stanford Center for Biodesign (2019-2020), focusing on medical technology development for pediatric patients, and completed a Wellness Director course through Stanford's WellMD Center.

• Key Publications:
  • 2022: Airway Characteristics in 22q11 Deletion Patients
  • 2021: Standardized Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Training
  • 2020: Transfusion Outcomes in TOF/MAPCAs Repair
  • 2019: Pulmonary Circulation Assessment via Scintigraphy