Irene D. Lytrivi, MD
Pediatric Cardiology
Accepting New Patients
Treats Children
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Overview
Irene D. Lytrivi, MD is a board-certified pediatric cardiologist specializing in pediatric heart failure, heart transplantation, cardiomyopathy, and congenital heart disease. She cares for infants, children, adolescents, and young adults with both common and complex heart conditions, providing compassionate, family-centered care and partnering closely with patients and their families throughout every stage of treatment.
Dr. Lytrivi earned her medical degree with high honors from the University of Athens School of Medicine in Greece. She continued her postgraduate studies in endocrine physiology before moving to the United States, where she completed her pediatric residency at Monmouth Medical Center in New Jersey. She then completed fellowship training in pediatric cardiology, followed by an advanced fellowship in non-invasive cardiac imaging at Mount Sinai Medical Center. To further expand her expertise in caring for children with advanced heart disease, she completed specialized training in pediatric heart failure and heart transplantation at Boston Children's Hospital. This extensive training has prepared her to care for children with some of the most complex heart conditions.
Dr. Lytrivi is actively involved in research focused on improving outcomes for children undergoing heart transplantation and advancing treatments for pediatric heart failure. She has led and participated in numerous national and international clinical studies, authored many peer-reviewed publications, and has helped shape best practices in pediatric heart transplantation and advanced heart failure care.
Dr. Lytrivi is passionate about teaching and mentoring the next generation of pediatric cardiologists. As a faculty member at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, she educates pediatric residents and cardiology fellows while helping advance innovative, evidence-based care for children with heart disease. Families value her thoughtful approach, clear communication, and dedication to providing exceptional care that supports both patients and their loved ones.
Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated
- Adolescent Cardiology
- Cardiomyopathy
- Chest Pain In Children and Adolescents
- Chest Pains
- Fetal Cardiology
- Fetal Echocardiography
- Heart Murmur
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Kawasaki Disease
- Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)
- Pediatric Echocardiography
- Pediatric Syncope
- Post-COVID Care
- Sports Cardiology
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor of Pediatrics at CUMC
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
Languages
- Greek
- Spanish
Gender
- Female
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Location(s)
1111 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, NY 10604
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Insurance Accepted
Aetna
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- EPO
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- NY Signature
- POS
- PPO
- Student Health
Affinity Health Plan
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
Amida Care
- Special Needs
Cigna
- EPO
- Great West (National)
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
ElderServe
- Special Needs
Emblem/GHI
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Emblem/HIP
- ConnectiCare
- EPO
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- EPO
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- Individual Network (Exchange)
- Medicaid Managed Care
Fidelis Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Healthfirst
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Leaf (Exchange)
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Healthspring (Cigna Medicare)
- Medicare Managed Care
Local 1199
- Local 1199
MagnaCare (National)
- MagnaCare
Medicare
- Railroad
- Traditional Medicare
Multiplan
- Multiplan
MVP Health Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
UnitedHealthcare
- Empire Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid (Community Plan)
- Medicare Managed Care
- Oxford Freedom
- Oxford HMO
- Oxford Liberty
- POS
- PPO
VNSNY CHOICE
- Medicare Managed Care
- SelectHealth
- Special Needs
WellCare
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
World Trade Center Health Plan
- World Trade Center Health Plan
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Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- University of Athens Faculty of Medicine (Greece)
- Residency: Monmouth Medical Center
- Fellowship: Mount Sinai
- Fellowship: Mount Sinai Medical Center
Board Certifications
- Pediatric Cardiology
Research
Selected Publications
Clinical guidelines for the management of patients with transposition of the great arteries with intact ventricular septum.
Authors/Task Force Members:, Sarris GE, Balmer C, Bonou P, Comas JV, da Cruz E, Di Chiara L, Di Donato RM, Fragata J, Jokinen TE, Kirvassilis G, Lytrivi I, Milojevic M, Sharland G, Siepe M, Stein J, Büchel EV, Vouhé PR.
Cardiol Young. 2017 Apr;27(3):530-569.
Donor-recipient height ratio and outcomes in pediatric heart transplantation.
Patel A, Bock MJ, Wollstein A, Nguyen K, Malerba S, Lytrivi ID.
Pediatr Transplant. 2016 Aug;20(5):652-7.
Pediatric cardiac retransplantation: Waitlist mortality stratified by age and era.
Bock MJ, Nguyen K, Malerba S, Harrison K, Bagiella E, Gelb BD, Pinney SP, Lytrivi ID.
J Heart Lung Transplant. 2015 Apr;34(4):530-7
Prognostic value of exercise testing during heart transplant evaluation in children.
Lytrivi ID, Blume ED, Rhodes J, Dillis S, Gauvreau K, Singh TP.
Circ Heart Fail. 2013 Jul;6(4):792-9