Matthew D. Elias, MD

Pediatric Cardiology

Sees newborns through age 18

Matthew D. Elias, MD

Pediatric Cardiology

Sees newborns through age 18

Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology)
Dr. Elias is an independent physician who is not employed by Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health.

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Alagille Syndrome
Anomalies of the Aorta
Anomalous Coronary Artery
Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
Aortic Valve Disorders
Aortopulmonary Window
Arrhythmia (Irregular Heartbeat)
Athlete's Heart
Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)
Atrioventricular Canal Defect
Atrioventricular Septal Defect
Bacterial Endocarditis
Barth Syndrome
Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease
Brugada Syndrome
Cardiomyopathy (Cardiomyopathies)
Cardio-Oncology
Cardiorenal Syndrome (CRS)
Common Aortopulmonary Trunk
Congenital Anomaly of the Aortic Arch
Congenital Anomaly of the Coronary Artery
Congenital Heart Disease
Congenital Infundibular Stenosis
Congenital Insufficiency of the Aortic Valve
Congenital Mitral Valve Regurgitation
Congenital Pulmonary Valve Atresia
Congenital Stenosis of the Aortic Valve
Congenital Stenosis of the Mitral Valve
Congenital Stenosis of the Pulmonary Valve
Congenital Subaortic Stenosis
Congenital Tricuspid Stenosis
Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
Constrictive Pericarditis
Coronary Artery Anomaly
Coronary Artery Fistula
Cyanotic Heart Disease
Dextrocardia
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Double Aortic Arch
Double Outlet Right Ventricle
Ebstein Anomaly
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Eisenmenger Syndrome
Endocardial Cushion Defect
Familial Arrhythmias
Familial Cardiomyopathy
Familial Dyslipidemia
Fetal Arrhythmia
Fetal Cardiology
Fetal Cardiomyopathy
Genetic Cardiomyopathy
Genetic Heart Disease
Heart Block
Heart Murmur
Heart Tumor (Cardiac Tumor)
Hemitruncus
Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis
Inherited Cardiac Arrhythmia
Kabuki Syndrome
Kawasaki Disease
Loeys-Dietz Syndrome
Long QT Syndrome
Marfan Syndrome
Mitral Stenosis
MTHFR Mutation
Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO)
Peripheral Pulmonary Stenosis
Persistent Ostium Primum
Pulmonary Artery Coarctation and Atresia
Pulmonary Artery Stenosis
Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary Valve Disorders
Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency
Pulmonary Valve Stenosis (PVS)
Pulmonary Vein Stenosis
Pulmonary Veno Occlusive Disease
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
Septal Defect
Subaortic Stenosis
Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis
Syncope
Tetralogy of Fallot
Transposition of the Great Vessels
Tricuspid Atresia
Truncus Arteriosus
Tufted Angioma
Twin Reversed Arterial Perfusion
Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome
Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
Viral Cardiomyopathy
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (WPW)

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Board Certification

Pediatrics, 2013
Pediatrics/Cardiology (AMA)

Education and Training

Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Residency: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Primary Location

CHOP Specialty Care, Lancaster

Suite 300
2104 Harrisburg Pike
Lancaster, PA 17601

Map Call 717-544-0375

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Office of Scott Bartlett, MD - Pediatric Plastic Surgery

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Map Call 800-789-7366

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Lancaster General Hospital
Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Selected Publications

Elias MD, Brothers JA, Hogarty AN, Martino J, O'Byrne ML, Patel C, Stephens P, Tingo J, Vetter VL, Ravishankar C, Giglia TM.: Outcomes Associated With Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysms After Kawasaki Disease: A Single-Center United States Experience. Journal of Pediatrics : 2024.

Harahsheh AS, Shah S, Dallaire F, Manlhiot C, Khoury M, Lee S, Fabi M, Mauriello D, Tierney ESS, Sabati AA, Dionne A, Dahdah N, Choueiter N, Thacker D, Giglia TM, Truong DT, Jain S, Portman M, Orr WB, Harris TH, Szmuszkovicz JR, Farid P, McCrindle BW; International Kawasaki Disease, Registry (IKDR): Kawasaki Disease in the Time of COVID-19 and MIS-C: The International Kawasaki Disease Registry. Canadian Journal of Cardiology 40 (1): 58-72,2024.

Gross RS, Thaweethai T, Rosenzweig EB, et al. (including RECOVER-Pediatric Consortium).: Researching COVID to enhance recovery (RECOVER) pediatric study protocol: Rationale, objectives and design. PLoS One 19 (5): 2024.

Vaiyani D, Elias MD, Biko DM, Whitehead KK, Harris MA, Partington SL, Fogel MA.: Patients with Post-COVID-19 Vaccination Myocarditis Have More Favorable Strain in Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Than Those With Viral Myocarditis. Pediatric Cardiology. 44 (5): 1108-1117,2023.

Khoury M, Harahsheh AS, Raghuveer G, Dahdah N, Lee S, Fabi M, Selamet Tierney ES, Portman MA, Choueiter NF, Elias M, Thacker D, Dallaire F, Orr WB, Harris TH, Norozi K, Truong DT, Khare M, Szmuszkovicz JR, Pagano JJ, Manlhiot C, Farid P, McCrindle BW; International Kawasaki Disease Registry.: Obesity and Outcomes of Kawasaki Disease and COVID-19-Related Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children. JAMA Network Open 6 (12): 2023.

Walton M, Raghuveer G, Harahsheh A, Portman MA, Lee S, Khoury M, Dahdah N, Fabi M, Dionne A, Harris TH, Choueiter N, Garrido-Garcia LM, Jain S, Dallaire F, Misra N, Hicar MD, Giglia TM, Truong DT, Tierney ESS, Thacker D, Nowlen TT, Szmuszkovicz JR, Norozi K, Orr WB, Farid P, Manlhiot C, McCrindle BW; International Kawasaki Disease Registry: Cardiac Biomarkers Aid in Differentiation of Kawasaki Disease from Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Associated with COVID-19. Pediatric Cardiology : 2023.

Hansen K, Grady S, McCrindle BW, Harahsheh AS, Elias MD, Dahdah N, Tierney S.: Physicians’ self-reported exercise testing and physical activity recommendations in Kawasaki patients. Pediatric Cardiology. 44 (3): 631-639,2023.

Harahsheh AS, Portman MA, Khoury M, Elias MD, Lee S, Lin J, McCrindle BW.: Management of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: Decision-Making Regarding a New Condition in the Absence of Clinical Trial Data. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 39 (6): 803-814,2023.

Elias MD, Truong DT, Oster ME, Trachtenberg FL, Mu X, Jone PN, Mitchell EC, Dummer KB, Sexson Tejtel SK, Osakwe O, Thacker D, Su JA, Bradford TT, Burns KM, Campbell MJ, Connors TJ, D'Addese L, Forsha D, Frosch OH, Giglia TM, Goodell LR, Handler SS, Hasbani K, Hebson C, Krishnan A, Lang SM, McCrindle BW, McHugh KE, Morgan LM, Payne RM, Sabati A, Sagiv E, Sanil Y, Serrano F, Newburger JW, Dionne A; Pediatric Heart Network MUSIC Study Investigators.: Examination of Adverse Reactions After COVID-19 Vaccination Among Patients With a History of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children. JAMA Network Open. 6 (1): 2023.

Lin J, Harahsheh AS, Raghuveer G, Jain S, Chouieter NF, Garrido-Garcia LM, Dahdah N, Portman MA, Misra N, Khoury M, Fabi M, Elias MD, Dionne A, Lee S, Selamet Tierney ES, Ballweg JA, Manlhiot C, McCrindle BW, International Kawasaki Disease Registry.: Emerging Insights into the Pathophysiology of Multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Associated with COVID-19. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 39 (6): 793-802,2023.

Academic Contact Information

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Cardiology
Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care
Room 12258B
3500 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-590-3180
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366

International Kawasaki Disease Registry, International
Pennsylvania Department of Health, Local