Rate My Professor Marica Baleilevuka-Hart

Marica Baleilevuka-Hart, MD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. She earned her MD from Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon, graduating in June 2015. She then completed her Pediatrics residency at Oregon Health and Science University in June 2018. This was followed by a Pediatric Cardiology fellowship at the same university, finishing in June 2021. Subsequently, she pursued advanced training in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, Texas, completing the fellowship in June 2022. Most recently, she finished a Pediatric Intensive Care fellowship at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, in December 2023. As part of the Critical Care faculty at UCSF Department of Pediatrics, she contributes to patient care, resident education, and research in pediatric critical care at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals.

Her publications reflect her expertise in pediatric cardiology and critical care medicine. In 2024, she co-authored 'Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections in Pediatric Critical Care: A Retrospective Cohort Study' in Hospital Pediatrics, examining infections in critically ill children. Also in 2024, 'Competitive Sports Participation is Associated with Decreased Risk of Obesity in Children with Bicuspid Aortic Valve' appeared in Pediatric Cardiology, highlighting benefits of sports in specific cardiac conditions. Earlier, in 2022, 'Sports participation, activity, and obesity in children who have undergone the Fontan procedure' was published in Cardiology in the Young. In 2020, 'Sports Participation and Exercise Restriction in Children with Isolated Bicuspid Aortic Valve' in the American Journal of Cardiology addressed exercise guidelines. Her first listed publication, from 2017, 'Effectiveness and Safety of the Femoral Venous Approach for Coronary Sinus Catheterization in Children,' appeared in the American Journal of Cardiology.