David Peng, MD

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Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Director
VAD and Heart Failure Program
Pediatrics
Cardiology
Medical School
1540 East Hospital Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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David Peng, MD
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Clinical Associate Professor
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    Dr. Peng serves as the director of pediatric heart failure and mechanical circulatory support at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital Congenital Heart Center. He specializes in the care of children with heart failure, cardiomyopathy, ventricular assist devices (VADs), and heart transplantation. He holds leadership positions within the Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network (ACTION), International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and International Pediatric Transplant Association.

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    Dr. Peng’s current research interests include pediatric clinical trials, ventricular assist devices, myocardial recovery, novel medical and device therapies for heart failure, and molecular diagnosistics in heart transplantation.

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      (1505) Social Drivers of Health and Heart Failure Medication Use in Children with Reduced Ventricular Function
      Norman A, Goldberg CS, Crandall B, Plegue M, Duimstra A, Arbit M, Das S, Mekhaldi S, Lim HM, Peng DM, Schumacher K, McCormick AD. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 2026 Apr 18; 45 (5): 692 DOI:10.1016/j.healun.2026.02.1519
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      (1523) Are We out of the Woods? Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Heart Transplantation for Fontan Circulatory Failure
      Marshall MK, McCormick AD, Peng DM, Schumacher KR, Mazumder NR, Lim HM. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 2026 Apr 18; 45 (5): 699 DOI:10.1016/j.healun.2026.02.1537
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      (1545) Early Donor-Specific Antibodies After Heart Transplant in Pediatric Fontan Circulatory Failure: Associations with Rejection and Mortality
      Mikati HKE, Najor M, Baal P, Duimstra A, Arbit M, Sinicropi N, Giacobbe B, Dudley E, Cusick M, Lim H, Peng D, Schumacher K, McCormick A. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 2026 Apr 18; 45 (5): 708 - 709. DOI:10.1016/j.healun.2026.02.1559
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      (282) Characteristics Associated with Elevated Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients without Biopsy Proven Rejection
      Verma SD, Yu S, Duimstra A, Sinicropi NL, Giacobbe B, Schumacher KR, McCormick AD, Lim HM, Peng DM. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 2026 Apr 18; 45 (5): 136 DOI:10.1016/j.healun.2026.02.290
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      (286) Allosensitization and Antibody-Mediated Rejection: It's Not as Simple as DSA. A Report from the TEAMMATE Trial
      Lytrivi ID, Sleeper LA, Everitt MD, Ahmed H, Albers EL, Alejos JC, Auerbach SR, Carlo WF, D'Addese L, Hsu D, Joong A, Lal AK, Lu M, Lynn M, Magnetta DA, Menteer J, Milligan C, Peng DM, Wen J, Zangwill S, Almond CS, Daly KP. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 2026 Apr 18; 45 (5): 138 DOI:10.1016/j.healun.2026.02.294
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      (350) Multimodal Prediction of In-Hospital Mortality After Pediatric Heart Transplantation (PHT): Insights from the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC⁴) Registry
      Das BB, Woods R, Puri K, Dazo M, Gajarski R, Peng D, Cabrera A, Schumacher K, Deshpande SR. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 2026 Apr 18; 45 (5): 168 DOI:10.1016/j.healun.2026.02.358
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      (698) To Treat or Not to Treat? Biomarker-Guided Decision Making in a Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipient with Donor-Specific Antibodies
      Najor M, Peng D, McCormick A, Lim H, Hrycaj S, Zamberlan M, Huebschman A, Giacobbe B, Sinicropi N, Mikati HE, Konduri A, Shumacher K, Cusick M. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 2026 Apr 18; 45 (5): 330 DOI:10.1016/j.healun.2026.02.708
    • Journal Article
      Early donor-specific antibodies in pediatric patients with Fontan circulation after heart transplant
      El Mikati HK, Najor M, Sinicropi N, Giacobbe B, Cusick M, Lim HM, Peng DM, Schumacher KR, McCormick AD. Transplant Immunology, 2026 Mar 21; 96: 102378 DOI:10.1016/j.trim.2026.102378
      PMID: 41864311

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