Diana Bernal Quintero CCT,MBBS
Attending physician pediatric and fetal cardiology-
About the Physician
Dr. Diana Bernal Quintero has been a consultant Pediatric and Fetal Cardiologist at Sidra Medicine since 2022.
Before this, she spent 13 years in the U.K., where she completed her specialist training in pediatric cardiology. Her training was undertaken at Great Ormond Street Hospital, Royal Brompton Hospital in London, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, and John Radcliffe Hospital (Oxford)
Dr. Quintero has focused her interest on imaging of the heart, fetal cardiology, and advanced echocardiography. She performs fetal echocardiograms throughout pregnancy to detect heart conditions and treat and counsel families accordingly.
She participates in both acute inpatient and outpatient management of pediatric and adult patients with congenital heart disease.
Dr. Quintero is committed to teaching fellows, residents, and medical students, participates regularly in pediatric and fetal cardiology teaching workshops and delivers bedside teaching routinely.
She is currently the Cardiology Quality lead and is working with the cardiology team to ensure excellent care is delivered, and there is continuous improvement with the development of quality improvement projects.
Languages Spoken English, French, Spanish
Education - MBBS Faculty of Medicine, Javeriana University, Colombia
- Pediatric Cardiology CCT General medical council, United Kingdom
Affiliations - RCPCH (Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health)
Areas of Interest - Fetal cardiology, fetal echocardiography
- Prenatal diagnosis congenital heart disease
- Imaging of the Heart (Echocardiography Transthoracic and transesophageal)
- Advance echocardiography/ 3D
Educational Interests - Improving prenatal detection congenital heart disease
- Medical Education
- Quality Improvement
Medical Publications - Ramcharan, Tristan et al. “Medium-term Outcome of Prenatally Diagnosed Hypoplastic Left-Heart Syndrome and Impact of a Restrictive Atrial Septum Diagnosed in-utero.” Pediatric cardiology vol. 44,6 (2023): 1217-1225. doi:10.1007/s00246-023-03184-z
- Bernal Quintero, Diana et al. “Prenatal diagnosis of double aortic arch in association with an aortopulmonary window.” European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging vol. 20,10 (2019): 1180. doi:10.1093/ehjci/jez069
- Ghez, Olivier et al. “Surgical repair of pulmonary artery branches.” Multimedia manual of cardiothoracic surgery : MMCTS vol. 2013 (2013): mmt014. doi:10.1093/mmcts/mmt014