National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Presentation Abstract
Roundtable on Elevating Patient-Centered Strategies for Care
In this roundtable, we are elevating the voice of patients, families, and providers regarding patient-centered strategies for care. Patients who experience severe maternal morbidity are at greatest risk of mortality. Their personal experience of severe complications during pregnancy or postpartum may result in long-term suffering, which may be worsened by the care they received, especially when it was not centered on their needs and desires. Maternal morbidity and mortality also has a lasting effect on families, as alongside every individual who is severely affected or lost during or after pregnancy is a family unit.
About Dr. Bandettini
Dr. W. Patricia Bandettini is a cardiologist with clinical and research interests in cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR), ischemic heart disease, cardiomyopathy, and women’s health initiatives. She received her undergraduate and medical degrees from University of Missouri-Kansas City, and underwent an internal medicine residency and adult cardiovascular medicine fellowship at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois. She subsequently completed an advanced cardiovascular imaging fellowship at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, and after completing her imaging fellowship, Dr. Bandettini remained as an intramural faculty member through 2020. Dr. Bandettini is a strong advocate for CMR, serving in multiple roles in the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, the American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria Development Panel, and the Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee. She actively engages in performing research, teaching, and promoting clinical applications of CMR to better characterize, diagnose, and manage cardiovascular disease. Currently, Dr. Bandettini serves as a Medical Officer within the Heart Failure & Arrhythmias Branch of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the NIH. Within the Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Dr. Bandettini works to support a number of NHLBI cardiovascular clinical trials, serves on the NHLBI program team for the Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network, sits on the NHLBI-National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases program team for the Cardiovascular REpository for T1 Diabetes Mellitus (CARE-T1D), and is a member of the NHLBI Women’s Health Working Group.