Heather Anne Dickerson, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Positions

Assistant Professor: Pediatrics-Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Addresses

Texas Children's Hospital (Office): Legacy Tower
6651 Main Street
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 826-5600

Texas Children's Hospital (Clinic): Legacy Tower
6651 Main Street
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 826-5600

Education

Advanced Training from Baylor College Of Medicine: 01/2004 - Houston, TX, United States

Advanced Training from Texas Children's Hospital: 01/2003 - Houston, TX, United States

Advanced Training from Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center: 01/1998 - Hanover, NH, United States

M.D. from Boston University: 01/1997 - Boston, MA, United States

A.B. from Boston University: 01/1993 - Boston, MA, United States

Professional Interests

Heterotaxy Syndrome
Cardiac Critical Care
Single Ventricle Cardiac Disease

Websites

VIICTR Publications List

Selected Publications

Price JF, Mott AR, Dickerson HA, Jefferies JL, Nelson DP, Chang AC, O'Brian Smith E, Towbin JA, Dreyer WJ, Denfield SW, Goldstein SL. " Worsening renal function in children hospitalized with decompensated heart failure: evidence for a pediatric cardiorenal syndrome? " Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2008 May ; 9 (3) : 279-84.
Pubmed PMID: 18446113.
Lechner E, Dickerson HA, Fraser CD, Chang AC. " Vasodilatory shock after surgery for aortic valve endocarditis: use of low-dose vasopressin. " Pediatr Cardiol. ; 25 (5) : 558-61.
Pubmed PMID: 15185046.
Dickerson HA, Chang AC. " Steroids and low cardiac output syndrome after cardiac surgery in children. " Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2005 Jul ; 6 (4) : 495-6.
Pubmed PMID: 16003215.
Law MA, Dreyer Z, Heinle JS, Dickerson HA. " Staged single-ventricle palliation in an infant with hemoglobin SC disease. " Tex Heart Inst J. 2007 ; 34 (4) : 439-41.
Pubmed PMID: 18172525.
Texter K, Shah A, Carlson K, Dickerson H, McKenzie ED, Justino H. " Persistence of bilateral arterial ducts in pulmonary atresia despite confluent branch pulmonary arteries: opportunity for two percutaneous therapeutic alternatives. " Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2007 Aug 1; 70 (2) : 290-5.
Pubmed PMID: 17630672.
Dickerson HA, Chang AC. " Perioperative management of ventricular assist devices in children and adolescents. " Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Sur. 2006 ; 128-39.
Pubmed PMID: 16638558.
Andropoulos DB, Easley RB, Brady K, McKenzie ED, Heinle JS, Dickerson HA, Shekerdemian LS, Meador M, Eisenman C, Hunter JV, Turcich M, Voigt RG, Fraser CD. " Neurodevelopmental Outcomes After Regional Cerebral Perfusion With Neuromonitoring for Neonatal Aortic Arch Reconstruction. " 2012 Jul 3;
Pubmed PMID: 22766302.
Stapleton GE, Eble BK, Dickerson HA, Andropoulos DB, Chang AC. " Mesenteric oxygen desaturation in an infant with congenital heart disease and necrotizing enterocolitis. " Tex Heart Inst J. 2007 ; 34 (4) : 442-4.
Pubmed PMID: 18172526.
Dibardino DJ, Fraser CD, Dickerson HA, Heinle JS, McKenzie ED, Kung G. " Left ventricular inflow obstruction associated with persistent left superior vena cava and dilated coronary sinus. " J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg.. 2004 Apr ; 127 (4) : 959-62.
Pubmed PMID: 15052190.
Suominen PK, Dickerson HA, Moffett BS, Ranta SO, Mott AR, Price JF, Heinle JS, McKenzie ED, Fraser CD, Chang AC. " Hemodynamic effects of rescue protocol hydrocortisone in neonates with low cardiac output syndrome after cardiac surgery. " Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2005 Nov ; 6 (6) : 655-9.
Pubmed PMID: 16276331.
Rossano JW, Taylor MD, Smith EO, Fraser CD, McKenzie ED, Price JF, Dickerson HA, Nelson DP, Mott AR. " Glycemic profile in infants who have undergone the arterial switch operation: hyperglycemia is not associated with adverse events. " J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg.. 2008 Apr ; 135 (4) : 739-45.
Pubmed PMID: 18374750.
Andropoulos DB, Brady K, Easley RB, Dickerson HA, Voigt RG, Shekerdemian LS, Meador MR, Eisenman CA, Hunter JV, Turcich M, Rivera C, McKenzie ED, Heinle JS, Fraser CD. " Erythropoietin neuroprotection in neonatal cardiac surgery: A phase I/II safety and efficacy trial. " J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg.. 2013 Jul ; 146 (1) : 124-31.
Pubmed PMID: 23102686.
Moffett BS, McDade E, Rossano JW, Dickerson HA, Nelson DP. " Enteral potassium supplementation in a pediatric cardiac intensive care unit: Evaluation of a practice change. " Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2011 Sep ; 12 (5) : 552-4.
Pubmed PMID: 21297518.
Dickerson H, Cooper DS, Checchia PA, Nelson DP. " Endocrinal complications associated with the treatment of patients with congenital cardiac disease: consensus definitions from the Multi-Societal Database Committee for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease. " Cardiol Young. 2008 Dec ; 18 : 256-64.
Pubmed PMID: 19063800.
Andropoulos DB, Mizrahi EM, Hrachovy RA, Stayer SA, Stark AR, Heinle JS, McKenzie ED, Dickerson HA, Meador MR, Fraser CD. " Electroencephalographic seizures after neonatal cardiac surgery with high-flow cardiopulmonary bypass. " Anesth. Analg.. 2010 Jun ; 110 (6) : 1680-5.
Pubmed PMID: 20435942.
Tan LH, Jefferies JL, Liang JF, Denfield SW, Dreyer WJ, Mott AR, Grenier MA, Dickerson HA, Price JF, Towbin JA, Ou CN, Chang AC. " Concentrations of brain natriuretic peptide in the plasma predicts outcomes of treatment of children with decompensated heart failure admitted to the Intensive Care unit. " Cardiol Young. 2007 Aug ; 17 (4) : 397-406.
Pubmed PMID: 17572924.
Andropoulos DB, Easley RB, Brady K, McKenzie ED, Heinle JS, Dickerson HA, Shekerdemian L, Meador M, Eisenman C, Hunter JV, Turcich M, Voigt RG, Fraser CD. " Changing Expectations for Neurological Outcomes After the Neonatal Arterial Switch Operation. " 2012 Jun 28;
Pubmed PMID: 22748448.
Rossano JW, Smith EO, Fraser CD, McKenzie ED, Chang AC, Hemingway A, Price JF, Dickerson HA, Mott AR. " Adults undergoing cardiac surgery at a children's hospital: an analysis of perioperative morbidity. " Ann. Thorac. Surg.. 2007 Feb ; 83 (2) : 606-12.
Pubmed PMID: 17257995.
Moffett BS, Moffett TI, Dickerson HA. " Acetazolamide therapy for hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis in pediatric patients with heart disease. " Am J Ther. ; 14 (4) : 331-5.
Pubmed PMID: 17667206.