Anita J. Moon-Grady, M.D.
Assistant Adjunct Professor

• Academic Biography
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Academic Biography

Dr. Anita Moon-Grady is the Director of the Fetal Cardiovascular Program at UCSF. She trained in both pediatric cardiology and neonatal/perinatal medicine, and specializes in pediatric and fetal echocardiography. Her clinical work is based primarily in the Pediatric and Fetal Echocardiography Laboratory, and she works in close association with the Fetal Treatment Center at UCSF. She attends on the pediatric cardiology service for 2 months per year and runs a twice-monthly outpatient clinic.

Dr. Moon-Grady’s research interests focus on diastolic dysfunction and fetal cardiovascular assessment. Currently, Moon-Grady is researching non-invasive imaging modalities for investigating normal and abnormal cardiac function in patients with congenital heart disease and fetuses with congenital heart disease and cardiac compromise.

Dr. Moon-Grady is the recipient of the Stanford University Dean's Award for Research, the UC Davis Medical Center Department of Pediatrics Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education of Housestaff, Award for Excellence in Neonatology and the Eli Gold Award for Excellence in Clinical Medicine. She is a member of the American Society of Echocardiography, the Society of Pediatric Echocardiography and the American Medical Association. She has been elected fellow of the American College of Cardiology and fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Recent Publications

Only selected publications are listed below. Click on the icon to the left for a complete listing of publications available on Pub Med.

• Mark K. Friedberg, MD; Norman H Silverman, MD, DSc; Anita J Moon-Grady, MD; Elizabeth Tong, RN; Jennifer Nourse; Beatrice Sorenson; Keniki McNeil, RN; Jaimie Lee; Shlomit Goldberg, MD; Claude Roge, MD; Lisa K Hornberger, MD. Prenatal detection of congenital heart disease. J Peds 2009 (in press).
  
  
• Moon-Grady AJ, Taylor D, Bennett SH, Hornberger LK, Tacy TA. Abstract Color M-mode propagation velocity, but not its ratio to early diastolic inflow velocity, changes throughout gestation in normal human fetuses. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2008 May;31(5):535-41.
  
  
• McGahan JP, Moon-Grady AJ, Pahwa A, Towner D, Rhee-Morris L, Gerscovich EO, Fogata M. Abstract Potential pitfalls and methods of improving in utero diagnosis of transposition of the great arteries, including the baby bird's beak image. J Ultrasound Med. 2007 Nov;26(11):1499-510; quiz 1511.
  
  
• Moon-Grady AJ, Teitel DF, Hanley FL, Moore P. Abstract Ductus-associated proximal pulmonary artery stenosis in patients with right heart obstruction. Int J Cardiol. 2007 Jan 2;114(1):41-5. Epub 2006 Apr 27.
  
  
• Tworetzky W, McElhinney DB, Margossian R, Moon-Grady AJ, Sallee D, Goldmuntz E, van der Velde ME, Silverman NH, Allan LD. Abstract Association between cardiac tumors and tuberous sclerosis in the fetus and neonate. Am J Cardiol. 2003 Aug 15;92(4):487-9.
  
  
• Moon-Grady AJ, Tacy TA, Brook MM, Hanley FL, Silverman NH. Abstract Value of clinical and echocardiographic features in predicting outcome in the fetus, infant, and child with tetralogy of Fallot with absent pulmonary valve complex. Am J Cardiol. 2002 Jun 1;89(11):1280-5.
  
  
• Moon AJ, Milstein JM, Goetzman BW, Bennett SH. Abstract Effects of correction of hypocalcemia on cardiac function in the newborn lamb. Biol Neonate. 2000;78(2):113-20.