Current Environment:

Medical Services

Programs & Services

Languages

  • English

Education

Undergraduate School

University of Michigan

1991, Ann Arbor, MI

Medical School

University of California, David Geffen School of Medicine

1995, Los Angeles, CA

Residency

Cedars Sinai Medical Center

1999, Los Angeles, CA

Fellowship

Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA

2003, Los Angeles, CA

Graduate School

University of California Los Angeles School of Public Health

2005, Los Angeles, CA

Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine (Adult Congenital Heart Disease)
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (General)
  • American Board of Pediatrics (Cardiology)

Professional History

Dr. Gurvitz is an assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and a staff cardiologist with the Boston Adult Congenital Heart program at Boston Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Gurvitz is board certified in pediatrics, internal medicine and pediatric cardiology and has a Master’s degree in Health Services Research. Currently, Dr. Gurvitz divides her time between research, clinical care, and administrative activities. Dr. Gurvitz also sits on a number of committees and advisory boards regarding care of adults with CHD. These include the Medical Advisory Board of the Adult Congenital Heart Association, steering committee of the Congenital Heart Public Health Consortium, founding member of the Alliance for Adult Research in Congenital Cardiology, member of the adult congenital committees of the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Gurvitz also maintains an active clinical practice seeing adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease

Publications

With experience as both a pediatric and adult congenital cardiologist, I have had the privilege of caring for patients with congenital heart disease across the age spectrum. From neonates to those in their 70s and still going strong, I learn from my patients and their families every day. They constantly reinforce that care is not only about the heart condition, but about the person with the heart condition. Working with our BACH adult congenital team and other Heart Center teams, I strive to give my patients the best care available and to keep them as healthy as possible now and for the decades to come.