Howard S. Seiden, MD

Dr. Seiden is a Board Certified Pediatric Cardiologist with dedicated training and experience in pediatric cardiac critical care. Dr. Seiden graduated from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, followed by pediatric residency and pediatric cardiology fellowship training at The Mount Sinai Hospital. He then completed advanced fellowship training in pediatric cardiac critical care at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Seiden was previously the Medical Director of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at the Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital. Dr. Seiden's primary clinical interests include intensive care management of infants and children with heart failure and with complex congenital heart disease before and after cardiac surgery. He has led quality improvement initiatives for hospitalized infants and children, in particular for those in intensive care and with chronic heart failure, including participation in the National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative and the Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Collaborative. Research interests include outcomes, quality improvement, and health equity in infants and children with heart disease. Dr. Seiden is a member of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society and is past President of the Pediatric Cardiology Society of Greater New York. Dr. Seiden has proudly served on multiple pediatric cardiac surgical missions in Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Romania, and Vietnam.