Koyelle Papneja

Dr. Koyelle Papneja is a pediatric cardiologist specializing in fetal cardiology and echocardiography. She is also the Director of the SickKids Cardiology Consultation Service. 

Prior to joining SickKids in 2024, Dr. Papneja served on the faculty at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital as an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Division of Pediatric Cardiology. There, she was the Director of the UCLA Pediatric Cardiology Inpatient Service, as well as the Program Director of the UCLA Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship. Prior to that, she served on the Stanford University School of Medicine faculty as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of Pediatric Cardiology.

She completed her advanced fellowship training in pediatric echocardiography at Stanford University in 2020. In 2019, she completed her fellowship in pediatric cardiology at SickKids.

Dr. Papneja’s interests lie in fetal echocardiography, prenatal management of congenital heart disease, and single ventricle defects.

1. Nair A, Sklansky M, Satou G, Papneja K. Perivascular Basal Echogenicity in the Fetal Heart: An Unconventional Marker of Maternal Autoimmune Antibodies. Pediatr Cardiol PMID: 37935867.
2. Papneja K, Blatman Z, Kawpeng ID, Wheatley J, Osce H, Li B, Manlhiot C, Fan CPS, Lafreniere-Roula M, Benson LN, Mertens L. The trajectory of left ventricular remodeling in children with valvar aortic stenosis after balloon aortic valvuloplasty. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2022;15:e013200. PMID: 35041447. 
3. Aly S, Papneja K, Mawad W, Seed M, Jaeggi E, Yoo S-J, Prenatal Diagnosis of Vascular Ring: Evaluation of Fetal Diagnosis and Postnatal Outcomes. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2021; 35(3):312-321. PMID: 34600045.
4. Papneja K, Laks J, Szabo AB, Grosse-Wortmann L. Low descending aorta flow is associated with adverse feeding outcomes in neonates with small left-sided structures. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2021; 31(1):269-73. PMID: 32740880.
5. Papneja K, Chan AK, Mondal TK, Paes B. Myocardial infarction in neonates: A review of an entity with significant morbidity and mortality. Pediatr Cardiol 2017; 38(3):427-41. PMID: 28238152.

Education and Experience

• 2024 – Present: Staff Cardiologist, Fetal Cardiology and Echocardiography, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
• 2024 – Present: Director, Cardiology Consultation Service, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
• 2024 – Present: Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Division of Cardiology, University of Toronto, ON
• 2023 – 2024: Program Director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
• 2022 – 2023: Associate Program Director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
• 2021 – 2024: Director, UCLA Inpatient Pediatric Cardiology Service, UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, CA
• 2021 – 2024: Assistant Clinical Professor, Pediatric Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
• 2020 – 2021: Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
• 2019 – 2020: Advanced fellowship, Pediatric Echocardiography, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
• 2016 – 2019: Fellowship, Pediatric Cardiology, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, ON
• 2013 – 2016: Residency, Pediatrics, McMaster Children’s Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
• 2013: Doctor of Medicine (MD), McMaster University, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, Hamilton, ON