Maria Victoria Tantengco is an attending pediatric cardiologist at Mass General Hospital for Children. She grew up in the metropolitan Manila area (Philippines) and obtained both her undergraduate and medical school studies at the University of the Philippines. She became a postdoctoral research fellow in cardiology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN before obtaining her pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI. She went back to Vanderbilt for her pediatric cardiology fellowship followed by an additional year of non-invasive cardiology fellowship at Riley Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis, IN. After fellowship, she joined the Pediatric Cardiology Division of Children’s Hospital Michigan in Detroit, MI where she collaborated in several research studies in postoperative outcomes and cardiac function in chronically paced patients. In 2003, she joined the faculty at UMass Medical School in Worcester, MA before the group transitioned into private practice (Child Heart Associates) with several clinic sites in central MA and Cape Cod. Her clinical interests include pre- and post-natal echocardiographic assessment of congenital and acquired pediatric heart disease, non-invasive pediatric arrhythmia, cardiomyopathy, autonomic dysfunction and preventive cardiology.
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Mass General for Children (MGfC)
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 888-644-3248
Mass General for Children: Pediatric Cardiology at Fitchburg
881 S St.
Unit 1
Fitchburg, MA 01420
Phone: 888-644-3248
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Clinical research interests primarily revolved around non-invasive echocardiographic assessment of: cardiac function in chronically paced patients, graft rejection in heart transplant patients, three-dimensional imaging, right ventricular function and postoperative aortopathy.
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The nurse/ medical assistant was very good with my daughter and listened to her. The doctor was great, she asked many questions and listened well to both my daughter and myself and came up with a care plan that was well explained for me and my child's understanding. She didn't feel rushed and spend a good amount of time with us. I was very ... Read More
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She was knowledgeable, kind, and amazing with our whole family
Provider is very attentive to my concerns regarding my daughter. She has been very communicative and informative.
She was wonderful!
Dr. Tantengco was very knowledgeable and patient. She answered every question we had and took her time to get to know us and our history.
She was fantastic. Explained everything clearly and took the time to sit with me to help answer any questions I had.
Dr. Tantengco was warm, knowledgeable, and overall a pleasure to interact with. The sonographer was also very knowledgeable and made me feel comfortable during the echo.
I thought that she was very kind and sweet and attentive and listened to not only my daughter but to myself and gave us adequate time and we didn't feel rushed.