Meet Dr. Scott Pilgrim
Along with his medical degree, Dr. Pilgrim has completed a combined internal medicine and pediatrics residency followed by a pediatric chief residency at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. His subsequent fellowship training in pediatric cardiology was completed at the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center with the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System. He founded the Adult Congenital Heart Disease program in Long Island prior to coming on board at Cook Children's Medical Center in February 2014. Since his arrival, the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program at Cook Children's Medical Center has shown tremendous growth with over 500 adult visits every year.
Impressive indeed, but long before the tedious hours of study and hard work, Dr. Pilgrim's career path began to take shape at a very young age. His younger sister, Stephanie, was born with congenital heart disease and underwent 2 heart surgeries at 18 months and 3 years of age. Today, Stephanie is 1 of nearly 1.5 million adults living in the United States as adult survivors of congenital heart disease.
Choosing the career path for the care of adults with congenital heart disease was not without difficulty. "There was a great deal of angst in choosing my career path" Dr. Pilgrim says, chuckling. "I really wanted to be able to apply my internal medicine training to a pediatric subspecialty career path that would allow me to assist in the transition of adolescent and young adult patients to the adult medical arena. I was really drawn to the world of intensive care early on in my residency training, but I loved building long term rapport with the patients and their families in the outpatient setting as well." Toward the latter half of his residency, Dr. Pilgrim latched on to the idea of pursuing a career in adult congenital cardiology. "Congenital heart disease was fascinating to me in medical school. I was drawn to the complexity and singular nature of each defect and the associated repair. As time progressed, I learned of the growing need for ACHD specialists for a large, vulnerable population with a noted care gap. This field has proven to be the perfect fit for me."
Dr. Pilgrim explains that adults with congenital heart disease remain at risk for long-term complications including heart failure, abnormal heart rhythms, pulmonary hypertension and premature cardiovascular death. On top of that, adult onset disease such as hypertension, obesity, diabetes and acquired cardiac disease may interplay with their unique physiology. Many ACHD patients will require additional surgical or catheter based interventions or medical management, even if they had successful repairs as children.
The Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program at Cook Children's Medical Center provides a comprehensive care center for adolescents and adults with previously confirmed or newly suspected diagnoses of congenital heart disease. Surveillance, diagnostic and interventional procedures are scheduled according to published guidelines. Additionally, the ACHD program provides women of childbearing potential with important education regarding birth control options, pre-pregnancy counseling and risk assessment. Pregnant women with congenital heart disease are followed in conjunction with the high risk maternal fetal medicine physicians, fetal cardiology and anesthesia teams with a coordinated delivery plan.
Outside of work, Dr. Pilgrim enjoys spending time with his wife, Daphnie, and 3 amazing children, Nathaniel, Gabriel and Lauren. Most of his spare time is spent traveling the Metroplex attending soccer games, gymnastics meets and baseball games. He and his wife are also active in their local church.
Services
- Congenital cardiothoracic heart care
- Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography
- Advanced imaging
- Diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization
- Invasive and non-invasive electrophysiology
- Pulmonary arterial hypertension
- Routine outpatient care
Reviews
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What our families say
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September 29, 2024
All involved were very knowledgeable and caring.
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September 25, 2024
Dr. Pilgrim and the CCMC staff have been kind, patient, and professional.
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September 25, 2024
I have been coming to the Mansfield office for several years. I am an adult congenital heart patient. My experience with Dr. Pilgrim and staff has been exemplary. I would definitely recommend them to anyone who needs a congenital heart doctor.
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September 23, 2024
The wait time in seeing the physicians was very good and communicated what steps needed to be done next.
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September 22, 2024
Everyone was very friendly and did everything the right way. Was very pleased
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September 21, 2024
Dr Pilgrim is very caring and answers all of our questions. He doesn't rush through the appointment.
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September 21, 2024
Everyone at the office was super. They all interacted with my son (who has [...]) very well. They treated him like a person who mattered by talking directly to him.
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September 21, 2024
Dr. Pilgrim, [...], the nurse, [...], and the nurse who conducted the echocardiogram were all wonderful. The entire staff in the office were kind and helpful.
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September 19, 2024
I love Dr. Pilgrim. He explains things very well to me and listens to my concerns and questions. I put my full trust in his medical decisions and opinions. The man is a true professional and all around great human being :). His staff is wonderful too. I wish everyone were like them.
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September 06, 2024
[...] who did the EKG was great
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September 01, 2024
Awesome team!!!!
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September 01, 2024
Staff is so nice and helpful.
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August 31, 2024
My daughter did not make things easy, but the entire staff was kind and understanding
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August 31, 2024
Always thankful for dr pilgrim and his team
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August 31, 2024
Had my 2 year old with me, loved the blocks in the room she was able to play with! Made the weight less boring for her.
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August 18, 2024
He's always thorough and unhurried.
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August 08, 2024
Everything was fine.
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August 02, 2024
Dr. Pilgrim & the staff are great with my daughter every time!
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August 02, 2024
Everyone is amazing at cook children's. I've had a great experience with everyone we have came in contact with...
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July 26, 2024
Staff treated our daughter with respect and concern.
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July 26, 2024
Dr. Pilgrim was incredibly kind and patient as he answered our questions and concerns. We did not feel rushed or feel like he was moving us along to get to the next patient. Dr Pilgrim was recommended to us by another pediatrician who works at Cooks, and we were very happy to know that he bridges the gap between pediatric and young adult treatment- as it is very difficult to find doctors who do. We feel very comfortable and confident that Dr Pilgrim is knowledgeable and able to guide us through our daughters rare diagnosis and care.
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July 26, 2024
From the tech, nurse, ultrasound tech, as well as Dr. Pilgrim I am always so impressed with the level of kindness, professionalism, and care they have shown me. I would truly recommend Dr. Pilgrim to ANYONE!
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July 25, 2024
We absolutely trust Dr. Pilgrim with the care of our son. We are so grateful for the Adult Congenital Heart program!
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July 21, 2024
Grateful for everything you do to make sure my son is well, thank you
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July 20, 2024
All the staff were nice and helped with appointment.
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July 20, 2024
The staff were sweet and did what was needed for appointment
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June 22, 2024
Dr. Pilgrim has done a wonderful job helping with the Adult Congenital Heart program. Having our daughter remain in the Cooks system even into Adult years has been a relief and great help as Dr. Pilgrim has been fantastic with tests and results and clarity concerning her case and future.
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June 16, 2024
The visit was a positive experience all the way around!
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June 15, 2024
The entire staff was very kind. Dr. Pilgrim is excellent with great experience and ability to explain exactly what was happening. He is thorough with full recommendations for after we left his office. We appreciate his time and expertise.
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June 04, 2024
Dr Pilgrim and his nurse and staff team are always great.
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May 21, 2024
The Doctor was exceptional
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May 16, 2024
Dr. Pilgrim is very nice, patient, and informative Doctor that we would highly recommend. I also would like to thank David Marsdeen, Social Worker for his help.
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April 25, 2024
Everyone was very personable and friendly. Dr. Pilgrim explained things in a way we could understand and made sure we didn't have any questions before leaving.
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April 23, 2024
All the staff at the southlake location was absolutely phenomenal!
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April 23, 2024
Dr pilgrim and his staff are very sharp and you can tell they really care about that their patients.
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April 22, 2024
The whole team They all amazing with everything
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April 22, 2024
Thank you for everything! It's hard when switching doctors when you have a child that has many different medical things and has a rare genetic that not much research on. When the doctor came in and he did his research on her medical and it was nice not having to go through everything because he knew everything. And we learned more from him about her [...]. Thank you again and your team for taking care of my daughter and making her feel comfortable an not stress having to transition to changing to adult side.
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April 15, 2024
Dr. Pilgram. He was very thorough about my child's short and long term care.
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April 14, 2024
It was excellent in every aspect! The staff was kind and friendly, the facility was clean and nice, the way we were treated was AMAZING!
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April 14, 2024
[...] is an absolute dream to work with and is so compassionate and caring when she is interacting with [...]!!We absolutely love Dr. Pilgrim! He explains everything in detail and takes time for any questions or concerns that we might have
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April 05, 2024
Everyone did a perfect job.Great job all around
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April 05, 2024
Dr Pilgrim and staff.. Very courteous and polite, great job.
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April 04, 2024
We absolutely love Dr.Pilgrim
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April 03, 2024
Dr Pilgrim and his team are great. He has a grasp of having a 45 year old Down Syndrome daughter and what I need to care for her.
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April 02, 2024
Dr. Pilgrim is always amazing. We love his caring, providing information, and responsiveness. The nurse and echo tech were also outstanding with us. Couldnt ask for better staff.
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March 21, 2024
We were very well taken care of thank you
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March 06, 2024
We appreciate the doctor so much. He finally gave us an answer.
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February 29, 2024
Dr. Pilgram is top notch! Would highly recommend him to anyone with cardiac issues.
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February 14, 2024
Dr Pilgrim did a good job for adult cardiology
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February 10, 2024
It was my first time visiting with him and he took the time to diagram my heart and condition and explain things to me.
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February 10, 2024
The whole staff was great!
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February 10, 2024
We had 2 appointments and they were back to back. Everyone was friendly and it was perfect
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February 07, 2024
Dr Pilgrim is fantastic and I completely trust him. We have a great rapport.
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February 04, 2024
Dr Pilgrim Is a respectful and knowledgeable Doctor, cares for patients well being definitely recommended.
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February 03, 2024
All staff were excellent
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February 03, 2024
Dr. Pilgrim met all needs for son
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January 25, 2024
Chika and Dr Pilgrim were both wonderful! Really every person we had was! Intake, triage, echo and Dr visit were top notch!!
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November 27, 2023
I was amazed at how quick and efficient every step of the process has been, the attentiveness, and friendliness the staff showed me.
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November 27, 2023
The entire staff was amazing and very informative. Dr. Pilgrim made me feel at ease and answered every possible question I could come up with. Extremely pleasant experience!
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November 23, 2023
It's all been very good!
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November 23, 2023
The ladies up front were great, and both of Dr. Pilgram's nurses were very professional and informative.
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October 12, 2023
In general the Doctor and the staff were nice and very knowledgeable.
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October 10, 2023
We came in contact with three different professionals, and they were all amazing
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October 10, 2023
This was our first visit to cooks, and we were very happy with (patient's) care. Thank you for everything.
Education
- Medical School:
- St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies
- Residency:
- Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
- Board Certifications:
- American Board of Pediatrics
- American Board of Internal Medicine
- American Board of Pediatrics Sub Board: Pediatric Cardiology
Affiliations
- Cook Children's Physician Network
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