Grace C. Kung, MD

Title(s)Clinical Professor of Pediatrics (Clinician Educator)
SchoolKeck School of Medicine of Usc
AddressCHLA Mail Stop 34
Off Campus
Los Angeles CA 90027
Phone+1 323 361 1806
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    Dr. Kung graduated from the Johns Hopkins University with a Bachelors of Arts in Biology in 1989 and attended The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, graduating in 1993. She completed her pediatric internship and residency and pediatric cardiology fellowship at the University of California at San Francisco from 1993-1999. Dr. Kung was then an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston from 1999-2003 and joined the faculty at USC/Children's Hospital Los Angeles in 2003. She has been board certified in pediatric cardiology since 2000.
    She has been Fellowship Program Director since 2014 and has been on the CHLA Promotions Committee since 2019 as well as CAPC at KSOM. She has also taken a lead in the CHLA junior faculty mentoring program.

    She served on the KSOM Faculty Council from 2019-2024, serving as president and then past president during her last term.
    She also co-leads the Leadership Working group for Gender Equity in Medicine and Science (GEMS).

    Clinical Interests
    Clinical care and evaluation of children with congenital heart disease in the outpatient, inpatient and peri-operative setting; non-invasive imaging including transthoracic and transesophageal imaging.

    Dr. Kung had actively participated in the National Pediatric Cardioloy QI Collaborative to improve outcomes for single ventricle patients with HLHS.

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    1. Postoperative Serum Troponin Trends in Infants Undergoing Cardiac Surgery. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019; 31(2):244-251. Su JA, Kumar SR, Mahmoud H, Bowdish ME, Toubat O, Wood JC, Kung GC. PMID: 30194978; PMCID: PMC6401339.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 5     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    2. Erratum to: Home Monitoring Program Reduces Mortality in High-Risk Sociodemographic Single-Ventricle Patients. Pediatr Cardiol. 2017 Jan; 38(1):206. Castellanos DA, Herrington C, Adler S, Haas K, Kumar SR, Kung GC. PMID: 28101661.
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    3. Single-Ventricle Outcomes After Neonatal Palliation of Severe Ebstein Anomaly With Modified Starnes Procedure. Circulation. 2016 Oct 25; 134(17):1257-1264. Kumar SR, Kung G, Noh N, Castillo N, Fagan B, Wells WJ, Starnes VA. PMID: 27777295.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 12     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    4. Anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery discovered following total anomalous pulmonary venous return repair: a rare entity. Cardiol Young. 2017 Mar; 27(2):385-387. Patel ND, Badran S, Kung G. PMID: 27573031.
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    5. Home Monitoring Program Reduces Mortality in High-Risk Sociodemographic Single-Ventricle Patients. Pediatr Cardiol. 2016 Dec; 37(8):1575-1580. Castellanos DA, Herrington C, Adler S, Haas K, Ram Kumar S, Kung GC. PMID: 27554255.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 12     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    6. Prenatal diagnosis of tetralogy of Fallot with a double aortic arch. Cardiol Young. 2016 Jun; 26(5):973-5. Cheng AL, Pruetz JD, Kung GC. PMID: 26983561.
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    7. Case Report of a 2-year-old boy with Takayasu's arteritis: an atypical, severe presentation of a rare disease. Pediatr Cardiol. 2010 Oct; 31(7):1089-92. Berman DP, Lewis AB, Kung GC. PMID: 20508924.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome in patients with Kabuki syndrome. Pediatr Cardiol. 2010 Jan; 31(1):138-41. Kung GC, Chang PM, Sklansky MS, Randolph LM. PMID: 19967352.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    9. Cor triatriatum associated with ASD and common atrium in 7-month-old with tachypnea and failure to thrive. Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Dec; 86(6):1999. McLean MK, Kung GC, Polimenakos A, Wells WJ, Reemtsen BL. PMID: 19022036.
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    10. Intracardiac thrombi in pediatric patients: presentation profiles and clinical outcomes. Pediatr Cardiol. 2007 May-Jun; 28(3):213-20. John JB, Cron SG, Kung GC, Mott AR. PMID: 17404682.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 9     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    11. Characteristics and outcomes of fetuses with pericardial effusions. Am J Cardiol. 2005 Aug 15; 96(4):599-601. Slesnick TC, Ayres NA, Altman CA, Bezold LI, Eidem BW, Fraley JK, Kung GC, McMahon CJ, Pignatelli RH, Kovalchin JP. PMID: 16098320.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    12. Prenatal screening for congenital heart disease using real-time three-dimensional echocardiography and a novel 'sweep volume' acquisition technique. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2005 May; 25(5):435-43. Sklansky M, Miller D, Devore G, Kung G, Pretorius D, Wong P, Chang RK. PMID: 15747326.
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    13. Usefulness of real-time navigator magnetic resonance imaging for evaluating coronary artery origins in pediatric patients. Am J Cardiol. 2005 Mar 01; 95(5):679-82. Su JT, Chung T, Muthupillai R, Pignatelli RH, Kung GC, Diaz LK, Vick GW, Kovalchin JP. PMID: 15721121.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 10     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    14. Infected pseudoaneurysm of a right modified Blalock-Taussig shunt. Pediatr Cardiol. 2004 Nov-Dec; 25(6):700-1. Dimas VV, Kovalchin JP, McKenzie ED, Kung GC. PMID: 15793627.
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    15. Total anomalous pulmonary venous return involving drainage above, below, and to the heart: a mixed bag. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2004 Oct; 17(10):1084-5. Kung GC, Gao H, Wong PC, Sklansky MS, Uzunyan MY, Wood JC. PMID: 15452477.
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    16. Anatomic reconstruction for recurrent aortic obstruction in infants and children. Ann Thorac Surg. 2004 Sep; 78(3):926-32; discussion 926-32. DiBardino DJ, Heinle JS, Kung GC, Leonard GT, McKenzie ED, Su JT, Fraser CD. PMID: 15337022.
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    17. Left ventricular inflow obstruction associated with persistent left superior vena cava and dilated coronary sinus. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2004 Apr; 127(4):959-62. Dibardino DJ, Fraser CD, Dickerson HA, Heinle JS, McKenzie ED, Kung G. PMID: 15052190.
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    18. Functional acquired pulmonary atresia secondary to subpulmonary aneurysmal tissue: a rare form of pulmonary outflow tract obstruction. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2004 Mar; 17(3):284-5. Kung GC, Lewin MB, Mott AR, Bezold LI. PMID: 14981430.
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    19. Retrograde transcatheter coil embolization of congenital coronary artery fistulas in infants and young children. Pediatr Cardiol. 2003 Sep-Oct; 24(5):448-53. Kung GC, Moore P, McElhinney DB, Teitel DF. PMID: 14627311.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    20. Elective primary repair of acyanotic tetralogy of Fallot in early infancy: overall outcome and impact on the pulmonary valve. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000 Dec; 36(7):2279-83. Parry AJ, McElhinney DB, Kung GC, Reddy VM, Brook MM, Hanley FL. PMID: 11127473.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 28     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    21. Echocardiographic guidance for transcatheter coil embolization of congenital coronary arterial fistulas in children. Pediatr Cardiol. 2000 May-Jun; 21(3):253-8. McElhinney DB, Burch GH, Kung GC, Villegas MD, Silverman NH, Moore P. PMID: 10818186.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
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