Janine Arruda, MD

• Director, Non-Invasive Imaging, UH Cleveland Medical Center
• Director, Non-Invasive Imaging, UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
• Associate Professor of Pediatrics, CWRU School of Medicine
• Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, CWRU School of Medicine

Janine Arruda, MD, is a pediatric cardiologist and director of non-invasive cardiovascular imaging at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital. She is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and she is board-certified in Pediatric Cardiology. Dr. Arruda’s special interests include echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in congenital heart disease.

Dr. Arruda earned her medical degree at Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas de Pernambuco in Brazil. She completed residency training in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City and a Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Arruda joined UH Rainbow in 2014 and was previously on staff at the Cleveland Clinic.

Dr. Arruda participates in several professional societies. She is a fellow in the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Cardiology and is a member of the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. She also serves on various committees at the national, regional and local levels, including organizations such as the American Heart Association.

Dr. Arruda has authored and co-authored numerous peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, abstracts and other publications. She serves as a manuscript reviewer for several medical journals and has been an invited lecturer/presenter at many international, national and regional professional conferences and meetings.

Dr. Arruda has received several awards for her teaching efforts, has been recognized on Cleveland Magazine’s Best Doctors list and has been awarded the Aubrey Rose Foundation Doctor of the Year Award.

Expertise

• Congenital Heart Disease
• Echocardiography
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
• Non-Invasive Imaging in Congenital Heart Disease