
Carissa Baker-Smith MD, MPH, FAHA, FACC, FAAP
@carissabakersm1
I take care of children with high BP, high cholesterol and heart failure. I am a clinician scientist, a wife and a mother. I am a runner. @nemours.
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Coming Friday to Pediheart - a conversation with Carissa Baker-Smith MD, MPH, FAHA, FACC, FAAP about family history and CVD prevention. Nemours Children's Health Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai


Check out Keia Sanderson, MD MSCR’s new work in print today in IPNA Ped Nephrology The intergenerational metabolic-cardiovascular life course: maternal body mass index (BMI), offspring BMI, and blood pressure of adolescents born extremely preterm link.springer.com/article/10.100…


Placental Pathology and Blood Pressure at Age 7: A Longitudinal Discordant Twin Analysis International Pediatric Hypertension Association @aspneph #hypertension #medsky #nephsky buff.ly/4gljMA6



Modifying CHD Outcomes Community Health &Outcomes Carissa Baker-Smith MD, MPH, FAHA, FACC, FAAP Erica Sood Nemours Children's Health Nemours Children’s Cardiac Center #CHOP2025 #kidshealth #Child as a Whole #Beyondmedicine


CHOP 2025. Erica Sood highlights the expanded but limited access to neurodevelopmental programs in the US for children with congenital heart disease....largely isolated to the eastern part of the US. Nemours Children’s Cardiac Center Nemours Children's Health Dr. Shubhika Srivastava MBBS


Familial hypercholesterolemia affects 1 in 250 persons, including children. Diagnosis is critical for improving long term outcomes. Over the next several weeks, hear the stories of persons diagnosed with FH. Nemours Children’s Cardiac Center Nemours Children's Health Association of Black Cardiologists ABC News CBS News NBC News

Happening now at CHOP 2025. Why a Cardiometabolic Clinic and National Preventive Cardiology Program? Geetha Raghuveer CHOP2025



Delivered my first TED talk at CHOP 2025, focusing on Modifying Congenital Heart Disease Outcomes through Community Health and Access to Care. Wonderful opportunity to share ideas on reshaping care delivery models to prioritize patient access. Nemours Children’s Cardiac Center


Rocognition of familial hypercholesterolemia means not only recognizing the dz in an individual but recognizing the dz in families. Only with diagnosis (and treatment) can the risk for preventable atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease be mitigated. Association of Black Cardiologists Nemours Children’s Cardiac Center

8th WCPCCS: 5768 participants from 117 countries highlighted paradigms in clinical care, clinical research & global health. #AHAJournals Carissa Baker-Smith MD, MPH, FAHA, FACC, FAAP Jennifer Co-Vu, MD, FACC, FAAP, FASE Dr. Shubhika Srivastava MBBS Renelle S. George, MD Shelby Kutty, MD, PhD, MHCM Ali N Zaidi, MD Erica Sood Gil Wernovsky MD ahajrnls.org/4khAvYo


High cholesterol in kids? It could be Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH)—a genetic condition that requires more than diet & exercise. Learn from Dr. Carissa Baker-Smith MD, MPH, FAHA, FACC, FAAP why early detection is critical. FamilyHeartbeatsUnmasked.org #FamilyHeartbeatsUnmasked


Assessment of hypertensive target organ damage - how it's done, what's important Carissa Baker-Smith MD, MPH, FAHA, FACC, FAAP ICHCA International Pediatric Hypertension Association


Honored to be part of the distinguished faculty at the 3rd International Conference on Hypertension in Children and Adolescents ICHCA International Pediatric Hypertension Association International Society of Hypertension


Excellent presentation by 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐡 𝐅𝐥𝐲𝐧𝐧, 𝐌𝐃 on neonatal HTN diagnosis and management! #ichca Warsaw Poland. International Pediatric Hypertension Association


Congratulations to Coco Gauff for an amazing championship at the French Open — the first American singles champion at @RolandGarros in a decade. You make us all proud.