Pediatric Cardiologist Joins OU Children's Physicians

      Kumar Ponniah, M.D., a board-certified pediatric cardiologist, has established his medical practice with OU Children's Physicians.

      Ponniah cares for children who have heart conditions. This may include birth defects or abnormalities, heart murmur, abnormal heart rhythm, chest pain or fainting. He has specific experience in treating these conditions using non-invasive techniques. Ponniah also sees children for preventive heart care including management of obesity, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.  

      Ponniah comes to OU Children's Physicians from the State University of New York (SUNY), Binghamton. He completed a fellowship in pediatric cardiology from Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, N.Y., and a neonatology fellowship at Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia. He completed pediatric residencies at Milton Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa., and Mysore Medical College and Institute of Child Health, Madras, India.

      Ponniah is a member of the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Pediatric Echocardiography.

      OU Children's Physicians practice as part of OU Physicians, Oklahoma's largest physician group. The practice encompasses nearly every child and adult medical specialty. More than 125 of these physicians committed their training and, now, their practices to the care of children. OU Children's Physicians are board-certified pediatrics specialists who treat thousands of  children  each year. Some of these doctors have pioneered surgical procedures or innovations in patient care that are world firsts.

      OU Children's Physicians see patients in their offices at the OU Health Sciences Center and in various sites around Oklahoma. When hospitalization is necessary, they often admit patients to The Children's Hospital at OU MEDICAL CENTER. Many children with birth defects, critical injuries or serious diseases who can't be helped elsewhere come to OU Children's Physicians. Oklahoma doctors and parents rely on OU Children's Physicians depth of experience, nationally renowned expertise and sensitivity to children's emotional needs.