Positions

Associate Professor

Pediatrics-Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Associate Professor

Pedatrics
Pediatrics/Pediatric Cardiology
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas, United States

Addresses

TCH-West Tower (Clinic)

Room: TXWT-19thFL
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 826-5659

Education

Advanced Training from Baylor College Of Medicine Affiliate Hospitals

01/1987 - Houston, TX, United States

Advanced Training from University Of North Carolina Hospitals

01/1983 - Chapel Hill, NC, United States

M.D. from Michigan State University College Of Human Medicine

01/1983 - East Lansing, MI, United States

B.S. from University Of Michigan

01/1977 - Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Certifications

National Board of Medical Examiners

American Board of Pediatrics

Sub-Board of Pediatric Cardiology

Professional Interests

• Heart Failure
• Cardiac Transplantation
• Restrictive Cardiomyopathy

Websites

Selected Publications

• Ing FF, Recto MR, Saidi A, Denfield S, Mullins CE. " A method providing bidirectional control of coil delivery in occlusions of patent ductus arteriosus with shallow ampulla and Pott's shunts. " Am. J. Cardiol.. 1997 Jun 1; 79 (11) : 1561-3.
  Pubmed PMID: 9185659.
• Jefferies JL, Denfield SW, Price JF, Dreyer WJ, McMahon CJ, Grenier MA, Kim JJ, Dimas VV, Clunie SK, Moffett BS, Chang AC, Wann TI, Smith EO, Towbin JA. " A prospective evaluation of nesiritide in the treatment of pediatric heart failure. " Pediatr Cardiol. ; 27 (4) : 402-7.
  Pubmed PMID: 16830089.
• Perry JC, Fenrich AL, Legras MD, Denfield SW, Marlow D, Friedman RA. " Acceleration of atrial ectopic tachycardia as a guide to successful radiofrequency ablation. " Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 1993 Oct ; 16 (10) : 2007-11.
  Pubmed PMID: 7694247.
• Moffett BS, Jefferies JL, Price JF, Clunie S, Denfield S, Dreyer WJ, Towbin JA. " Administration of a large nesiritide bolus dose in a pediatric patient: case report and review of nesiritide use in pediatrics. " Pharmacotherapy. 2006 Feb ; 26 (2) : 277-80.
  Pubmed PMID: 16466333.
• Price JF, Towbin JA, Denfield SW, Clunie S, Smith EO, McMahon CJ, Radovancevic B, Dreyer WJ. " Arginine vasopressin levels are elevated and correlate with functional status in infants and children with congestive heart failure. " Circulation. 2004 Jun 1; 109 (21) : 2550-3.
  Pubmed PMID: 15148276.
• Rossano JW, Denfield SW, Kim JJ, Price JF, Jefferies JL, Decker JA, Smith EO, Clunie SK, Towbin JA, Dreyer WJ. " Assessment of the Cylex ImmuKnow cell function assay in pediatric heart transplant patients. " J. Heart Lung Transplant.. 2009 Jan ; 28 (1) : 26-31.
  Pubmed PMID: 19134527.
• Schowengerdt KO, Ni J, Denfield SW, Gajarski RJ, Bowles NE, Rosenthal G, Kearney DL, Price JK, Rogers BB, Schauer GM, Chinnock RE, Towbin JA. " Association of parvovirus B19 genome in children with myocarditis and cardiac allograft rejection: diagnosis using the polymerase chain reaction. " Circulation. 1997 Nov 18; 96 (10) : 3549-54.
  Pubmed PMID: 9396454.
• Rossano JW, Denfield SW, Kim JJ, Price JF, Jefferies JL, Decker JA, Smith EO, Clunie SK, Towbin JA, Dreyer WJ. " B-type natriuretic peptide is a sensitive screening test for acute rejection in pediatric heart transplant patients. " J. Heart Lung Transplant.. 2008 Jun ; 27 (6) : 649-54.
  Pubmed PMID: 18503965.
• Rossano JW, Denfield SW, Kim JJ, Price JF, Jefferies JL, Decker JA, Dreyer WJ. " B-type natriuretic peptide levels late after transplant predict graft survival in pediatric heart transplant patients. " J. Heart Lung Transplant.. 2010 Mar ; 29 (3) : 385-6.
  Pubmed PMID: 19782608.
• Price JF, Thomas AK, Grenier M, Eidem BW, O'Brian Smith E, Denfield SW, Towbin JA, Dreyer WJ. " B-type natriuretic peptide predicts adverse cardiovascular events in pediatric outpatients with chronic left ventricular systolic dysfunction. " Circulation. 2006 Sep 5; 114 (10) : 1063-9.
  Pubmed PMID: 16940194.
• Rossano JW, Smith EO, Denfield SW. " Body habitus and survival in pediatric heart transplant patients. " J. Heart Lung Transplant.. 2008 Oct ; 27 (10) : 1187-8.
  Pubmed PMID: 18926418.
• Denfield SW. " Cardiac transplant coronary allograft vasculopathy in children: achilles' heel. " Congenit Heart Dis. 2012 Jul ; 7 (4) : 301.
  Pubmed PMID: 22827570.
• Shaffer KM, Denfield SW, Schowengerdt KO, Towbin JA, Radovancevic B, Frazier OH, Price JK, Gajarski RJ. " Cardiac transplantation for pediatric patients. With inoperable congenital heart disease. " Tex Heart Inst J. 1998 ; 25 (1) : 57-63.
  Pubmed PMID: 9566065.
• McMahon CJ, Nagueh SF, Pignatelli RH, Denfield SW, Dreyer WJ, Price JF, Clunie S, Bezold LI, Hays AL, Towbin JA, Eidem BW. " Characterization of left ventricular diastolic function by tissue Doppler imaging and clinical status in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. " Circulation. 2004 Apr 13; 109 (14) : 1756-62.
  Pubmed PMID: 15023880.
• Pignatelli RH, McMahon CJ, Dreyer WJ, Denfield SW, Price J, Belmont JW, Craigen WJ, Wu J, El Said H, Bezold LI, Clunie S, Fernbach S, Bowles NE, Towbin JA. " Clinical characterization of left ventricular noncompaction in children: a relatively common form of cardiomyopathy. " Circulation. 2003 Nov 25; 108 (21) : 2672-8.
  Pubmed PMID: 14623814.
• 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.
• Yang Z, McMahon CJ, Smith LR, Bersola J, Adesina AM, Breinholt JP, Kearney DL, Dreyer WJ, Denfield SW, Price JF, Grenier M, Kertesz NJ, Clunie SK, Fernbach SD, Southern JF, Berger S, Towbin JA, Bowles KR, Bowles NE. " Danon disease as an underrecognized cause of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in children. " Circulation. 2005 Sep 13; 112 (11) : 1612-7.
  Pubmed PMID: 16144992.
• Denfield SW, Kearney DL, Michael L, Gittenberger-de Groot A, Garson A. " Developmental differences in canine cardiac surgical scars. " Am. Heart J.. 1993 Aug ; 126 (2) : 382-9.
  Pubmed PMID: 8338009.
• Schowengerdt KO, Ni J, Denfield SW, Gajarski RJ, Radovancevic B, Frazier HO, Demmler GJ, Kearney D, Bricker JT, Towbin JA. " Diagnosis, surveillance, and epidemiologic evaluation of viral infections in pediatric cardiac transplant recipients with the use of the polymerase chain reaction. " J. Heart Lung Transplant.. 1996 Feb ; 15 (2) : 111-23.
  Pubmed PMID: 8672514.
• McMahon CJ, Nagueh SF, Eapen RS, Dreyer WJ, Finkelshtyn I, Cao X, Eidem BW, Bezold LI, Denfield SW, Towbin JA, Pignatelli RH. " Echocardiographic predictors of adverse clinical events in children with dilated cardiomyopathy: a prospective clinical study. " Heart. 2004 Aug ; 90 (8) : 908-15.
  Pubmed PMID: 15253966.
• Rossano JW, Grenier MA, Dreyer WJ, Kim JJ, Price JF, Jefferies JL, Smith EO, Clunie SK, Moulik M, Decker JA, Breinholt JP, Morales DL, McKenzie ED, Towbin JA, Denfield SW. " Effect of body mass index on outcome in pediatric heart transplant patients. " J. Heart Lung Transplant.. 2007 Jul ; 26 (7) : 718-23.
  Pubmed PMID: 17613403.
• Wilmot I, Morales DL, Price JF, Rossano JW, Kim JJ, Decker JA, McGarry MC, Denfield SW, Dreyer WJ, Towbin JA, Jefferies JL. " Effectiveness of mechanical circulatory support in children with acute fulminant and persistent myocarditis. " J. Card. Fail.. 2011 Jun ; 17 (6) : 487-94.
  Pubmed PMID: 21624737.
• Dimas VV, Denfield SW, Friedman RA, Cannon BC, Kim JJ, Smith EO, Clunie SK, Price JF, Towbin JA, Dreyer WJ, Kertesz NJ. " Frequency of cardiac death in children with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. " Am. J. Cardiol.. 2009 Dec 1; 104 (11) : 1574-7.
  Pubmed PMID: 19932795.
• Frazier OH, Okereke OU, Radovancevic B, Towbin JA, Price JK, Denfield S, Chandler LB, Powers P, Bricker JT. " Heart transplantation in an 8-month-old girl. 10th anniversary report. " Tex Heart Inst J. 1995 ; 22 (2) : 115-8.
  Pubmed PMID: 7647593.
• Denfield SW. " Heart transplantation in children. " Minerva Cardioangiol. 2008 Jun ; 56 (3) : 349-59.
  Pubmed PMID: 18509295.
• Law SP, Kim JJ, Decker JA, Price JF, Cabrera AG, Graves DE, Morales DL, Heinle JS, Denfield SW, Dreyer WJ, Rossano JW. " Hospital charges for pediatric heart transplant hospitalizations in the United States from 1997 to 2006. " J. Heart Lung Transplant.. 2012 May ; 31 (5) : 485-91.
  Pubmed PMID: 22306440.
• Rossano JW, Morales DL, Zafar F, Denfield SW, Kim JJ, Jefferies JL, Dreyer WJ. " Impact of antibodies against human leukocyte antigens on long-term outcome in pediatric heart transplant patients: an analysis of the United Network for Organ Sharing database. " J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg.. 2010 Sep ; 140 (3) : 694-9, 699.e1-2.
  Pubmed PMID: 20537356.
• Eidem BW, McMahon CJ, Ayres NA, Kovalchin JP, Denfield SW, Altman CA, Bezold LI, Pignatelli RH. " Impact of chronic left ventricular preload and afterload on Doppler tissue imaging velocities: a study in congenital heart disease. " J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2005 Aug ; 18 (8) : 830-8.
  Pubmed PMID: 16084335.
• Cabrera AG, Khan MS, Morales DL, Chen DW, Moffett BS, Price JF, Dreyer WJ, Denfield SW, Jeewa A, Fraser CD, Vallejo JG. " Infectious complications and outcomes in children supported with left ventricular assist devices. " J. Heart Lung Transplant.. 2013 May ; 32 (5) : 518-24.
  Pubmed PMID: 23489988.
• Gajarski RJ, Towbin JA, Bricker JT, Radovancevic B, Frazier OH, Price JK, Schowengerdt KO, Denfield SW. " Intermediate follow-up of pediatric heart transplant recipients with elevated pulmonary vascular resistance index. " J. Am. Coll. Cardiol.. 1994 Jun ; 23 (7) : 1682-7.
  Pubmed PMID: 8195532.
• Perry JC, Knilans TK, Marlow D, Denfield SW, Fenrich AL, Friedman RA. " Intravenous amiodarone for life-threatening tachyarrhythmias in children and young adults. " J. Am. Coll. Cardiol.. 1993 Jul ; 22 (1) : 95-8.
  Pubmed PMID: 8509571.
• Cannon BC, Denfield SW, Friedman RA, Fenrich AL, Dreyer WJ, Towbin JA, Kertesz NJ. " Late pacemaker requirement after pediatric orthotopic heart transplantation may predict the presence of transplant coronary artery disease. " J. Heart Lung Transplant.. 2004 Jan ; 23 (1) : 67-71.
  Pubmed PMID: 14734129.
• McMahon CJ, Pignatelli RH, Nagueh SF, Lee VV, Vaughn W, Valdes SO, Kovalchin JP, Jefferies JL, Jefferies JL, Dreyer WJ, Denfield SW, Clunie S, Towbin JA, Eidem BW. " Left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy in children: characterisation of clinical status using tissue Doppler-derived indices of left ventricular diastolic relaxation. " Heart. 2007 Jun ; 93 (6) : 676-81.
  Pubmed PMID: 17135224.
• McMahon CJ, Chang AC, Pignatelli RH, Miller-Hance WC, Eble BK, Towbin JA, Denfield SW. " Left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy in association with trisomy 13. " Pediatr Cardiol. ; 26 (4) : 477-9.
  Pubmed PMID: 15549619.
• Kim JJ, Dreyer WJ, O'Brian Smith E, Price JF, Clunie S, Dimas VV, Jefferies JL, Rosenblatt H, Radovancevic B, Towbin JA, Denfield SW. " Leukocyte suppression is associated with improved clinical outcomes in children's status after orthotopic heart transplantation. " J. Heart Lung Transplant.. 2006 Feb ; 25 (2) : 195-9.
  Pubmed PMID: 16446220.
• Kertesz NJ, Towbin JA, Clunie S, Fenrich AL, Friedman RA, Kearney DL, Dreyer WJ, Price JF, Radovancevic B, Denfield SW. " Long-term follow-up of arrhythmias in pediatric orthotopic heart transplant recipients: incidence and correlation with rejection. " J. Heart Lung Transplant.. 2003 Aug ; 22 (8) : 889-93.
  Pubmed PMID: 12909469.
• Gajarski RJ, Smith EO, Denfield SW, Rosenblatt HM, Kearney D, Frazier OH, Radovancevic B, Price JK, Kertesz NJ, Towbin JA. " Long-term results of triple-drug-based immunosuppression in nonneonatal pediatric heart transplant recipients. " Transplantation. 1998 Jun 15; 65 (11) : 1470-6.
  Pubmed PMID: 9645805.
• Denfield SW, Rodriguez A, Miller-Hance WC, Stein F, Ott DA, Jefferson LS, Bricker JT. " Management of postoperative chylopericardium in childhood. " Am. J. Cardiol.. 1989 Jun 1; 63 (18) : 1416-8.
  Pubmed PMID: 2729119.
• Kim JJ, Denfield SW, McKenzie ED, Fraser CD, Heinle JS, Goldstein S, Towbin JA, Dreyer WJ. " Mechanical circulatory support as a bridge to combined dual organ transplantation in children. " J. Heart Lung Transplant.. 2006 Dec ; 25 (12) : 1480-2.
  Pubmed PMID: 17178345.
• Ezon D, Maskatia S, Jeewa A, Denfield S. " Morphologic heterogeneity in left ventricular noncompaction resulting in accessory left ventricular chambers. " Circ Heart Fail. 2012 Nov 1; 5 (6) : e94-5.
  Pubmed PMID: 23170026.
• Brescia ST, Rossano JW, Pignatelli R, Jefferies JL, Price JF, Decker JA, Denfield SW, Dreyer WJ, Smith O, Towbin JA, Kim JJ. " Mortality and sudden death in pediatric left ventricular noncompaction in a tertiary referral center. " Circulation. 2013 Jun 4; 127 (22) : 2202-8.
  Pubmed PMID: 23633270.
• McMahon CJ, Nihill MR, Denfield S. " Neoaortic root dilation associated with left coronary artery stenosis following arterial switch procedure. " Pediatr Cardiol. ; 24 (1) : 43-6.
  Pubmed PMID: 12574977.
• Li H, Chen Q, Moss AJ, Robinson J, Goytia V, Perry JC, Vincent GM, Priori SG, Lehmann MH, Denfield SW, Duff D, Kaine S, Shimizu W, Schwartz PJ, Wang Q, Towbin JA. " New mutations in the KVLQT1 potassium channel that cause long-QT syndrome. " Circulation. 1998 Apr 7; 97 (13) : 1264-9.
  Pubmed PMID: 9570196.
• Gajarski RJ, Rosenblatt HM, Denfield SW, Schowengerdt KO, Price JK, Towbin JA. " Outcomes among pediatric heart transplant recipients. " Tex Heart Inst J. 1997 ; 24 (2) : 97-104.
  Pubmed PMID: 9205982.
• Price JF, Towbin JA, Dreyer WJ, Moffett BS, Kertesz NJ, Clunie SK, Denfield SW. " Outpatient continuous parenteral inotropic therapy as bridge to transplantation in children with advanced heart failure. " J. Card. Fail.. 2006 Mar ; 12 (2) : 139-43.
  Pubmed PMID: 16520263.
• Morales DL, Dreyer WJ, Denfield SW, Heinle JS, McKenzie ED, Graves DE, Price JF, Towbin JA, Frazier OH, Cooley DA, Fraser CD. " Over two decades of pediatric heart transplantation: how has survival changed? " J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg.. 2007 Mar ; 133 (3) : 632-9.
  Pubmed PMID: 17320556.
• Molina KM, Garcia X, Denfield SW, Fan Y, Morrow WR, Towbin JA, Frazier EA, Nelson DP. " Parvovirus b19 myocarditis causes significant morbidity and mortality in children. " Pediatr Cardiol. 2013 Feb ; 34 (2) : 390-7.
  Pubmed PMID: 22872019.
• Rossano JW, Kim JJ, Decker JA, Price JF, Zafar F, Graves DE, Morales DL, Heinle JS, Bozkurt B, Towbin JA, Denfield SW, Dreyer WJ, Jefferies JL. " Prevalence, morbidity, and mortality of heart failure-related hospitalizations in children in the United States: a population-based study. " J. Card. Fail.. 2012 Jun ; 18 (6) : 459-70.
  Pubmed PMID: 22633303.
• Schowengerdt KO, Gajarski RJ, Denfield S. " Progressive visual deterioration leading to blindness after pediatric heart transplantation. " Tex Heart Inst J. 1993 ; 20 (4) : 299-303.
  Pubmed PMID: 8298330.
• Gelb BD, Denfield S, Friedman R, Garson AT, Price J, Bricker JT, Towbin JA. " Pseudoconduction of atrial flutter of a recipient atrium. " J. Heart Lung Transplant.. ; 10 (6) : 1033-5.
  Pubmed PMID: 1756151.
• Kim JJ, Denfield SW, Dreyer WJ, Price JF, Cannon BC, Towbin JA, Minor M, Clunie S, Kertesz NJ. " Radio-frequency catheter ablation of accessory pathway mediated tachycardia in a child after orthotopic heart transplantation. " J. Heart Lung Transplant.. 2005 Sep ; 24 (9) : 1444.
  Pubmed PMID: 16143270.
• Denfield SW, Rosenthal G, Gajarski RJ, Bricker JT, Schowengerdt KO, Price JK, Towbin JA. " Restrictive cardiomyopathies in childhood. Etiologies and natural history. " Tex Heart Inst J. 1997 ; 24 (1) : 38-44.
  Pubmed PMID: 9068138.
• Denfield SW, Webber SA. " Restrictive cardiomyopathy in childhood. " Heart Fail Clin. 2010 Oct ; 6 (4) : 445-52, viii.
  Pubmed PMID: 20869645.
• Maskatia SA, Decker JA, Spinner JA, Kim JJ, Price JF, Jefferies JL, Dreyer WJ, Smith EO, Rossano JW, Denfield SW. " Restrictive Physiology is Associated With Poor Outcomes in Children With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. " Pediatr Cardiol. 2012 Jan ; 33 (1) : 141-9.
  Pubmed PMID: 21892651.
• Decker JA, Rossano JW, Smith EO, Cannon B, Clunie SK, Gates C, Jefferies JL, Kim JJ, Price JF, Dreyer WJ, Towbin JA, Denfield SW. " Risk factors and mode of death in isolated hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in children. " J. Am. Coll. Cardiol.. 2009 Jul 14; 54 (3) : 250-4.
  Pubmed PMID: 19589438.
• McMahon CJ, Ravekes WJ, Smith EO, Denfield SW, Pignatelli RH, Altman CA, Ayres NA. " Risk factors for neo-aortic root enlargement and aortic regurgitation following arterial switch operation. " Pediatr Cardiol. ; 25 (4) : 329-35.
  Pubmed PMID: 14727099.
• Jefferies JL, Price JF, Denfield SW, Chang AC, Dreyer WJ, McMahon CJ, Grenier MA, Clunie SK, Thomas A, Moffett BS, Wann TS, Smith EO, Towbin JA. " Safety and efficacy of nesiritide in pediatric heart failure. " J. Card. Fail.. 2007 Sep ; 13 (7) : 541-8.
  Pubmed PMID: 17826644.
• Slack MC, Kirby WC, Towbin JA, Denfield SW, Grifka RR, Bricker JT, Ott DA, Frazier OH. " Stenting of the ductus arteriosus in hypoplastic left heart syndrome as an ambulatory bridge to cardiac transplantation. " Am. J. Cardiol.. 1994 Sep 15; 74 (6) : 636-7.
  Pubmed PMID: 7521119.
• Denfield SW. " Strategies to prevent cellular rejection in pediatric heart transplant recipients. " Paediatr Drugs. 2010 Dec 1; 12 (6) : 391-403.
  Pubmed PMID: 21028918.
• Rivenes SM, Kearney DL, Smith EO, Towbin JA, Denfield SW. " Sudden death and cardiovascular collapse in children with restrictive cardiomyopathy. " Circulation. 2000 Aug 22; 102 (8) : 876-82.
  Pubmed PMID: 10952956.
• Denfield SW, Garson A. " Sudden death in children and young adults. " Pediatr. Clin. North Am.. 1990 Feb ; 37 (1) : 215-31.
  Pubmed PMID: 2408001.
• Denfield SW. " Sudden death in children with restrictive cardiomyopathy. " Card Electrophysiol Rev. 2002 Feb ; 6 (41276) : 163-7.
  Pubmed PMID: 11984040.
• Price JF, Towbin JA, Dreyer WJ, Radovancevic B, Rosenblatt HM, Clunie SK, Denfield SW. " Symptom complex is associated with transplant coronary artery disease and sudden death/resuscitated sudden death in pediatric heart transplant recipients. " J. Heart Lung Transplant.. 2005 Nov ; 24 (11) : 1798-803.
  Pubmed PMID: 16297785.
• Breinholt JP, Fraser CD, Dreyer WJ, Chang AC, O'Brian Smith E, Heinle JS, Dean McKenzie E, Clunie SK, Towbin JA, Denfield SW. " The efficacy of mitral valve surgery in children with dilated cardiomyopathy and severe mitral regurgitation. " Pediatr Cardiol. 2008 Jan ; 29 (1) : 13-8.
  Pubmed PMID: 17849076.
• Jeewa A, Dreyer WJ, Kearney DL, Denfield SW. " The presentation and diagnosis of coronary allograft vasculopathy in pediatric heart transplant recipients. " Congenit Heart Dis. 2012 Jul ; 7 (4) : 302-11.
  Pubmed PMID: 22497818.
• Gajarski RJ, Kearney DL, Price JK, Denfield SW. " Update on pediatric heart transplantation. Long-term complications. " Tex Heart Inst J. 1997 ; 24 (4) : 260-8.
  Pubmed PMID: 9456478.
• Morales DL, Braud BE, Price JF, Dreyer WJ, Denfield SW, Clunie SK, Heinle JS, Fraser CD. " Use of mechanical circulatory support in pediatric patients with acute cardiac graft rejection. " ASAIO J.. ; 53 (6) : 701-5.
  Pubmed PMID: 18043151.
• Kertesz NJ, Denfield SW, Kearney DL, Towbin JA, Price JK, Gajarski RJ. " Usefulness of routine surveillance biopsies in children more than one year after orthotopic heart transplantation. " Am. J. Cardiol.. 2001 Mar 1; 87 (5) : 667-8, A11.
  Pubmed PMID: 11230863.
• Moulik M, Breinholt JP, Dreyer WJ, Kearney DL, Price JF, Clunie SK, Moffett BS, Kim JJ, Rossano JW, Jefferies JL, Bowles KR, O'Brian Smith E, Bowles NE, Denfield SW, Towbin JA. " Viral endomyocardial infection is an independent predictor and potentially treatable risk factor for graft loss and coronary vasculopathy in pediatric cardiac transplant recipients. " J. Am. Coll. Cardiol.. 2010 Aug 10; 56 (7) : 582-92.
  Pubmed PMID: 20688214.
• Breinholt JP, Moulik M, Dreyer WJ, Denfield SW, Kim JJ, Jefferies JL, Rossano JW, Gates CM, Clunie SK, Bowles KR, Kearney DL, Bowles NE, Towbin JA. " Viral epidemiologic shift in inflammatory heart disease: the increasing involvement of parvovirus B19 in the myocardium of pediatric cardiac transplant patients. " J. Heart Lung Transplant.. 2010 Jul ; 29 (7) : 739-46.
  Pubmed PMID: 20456978.
• 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.

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Memberships

American Academy of Pediatrics

American College of Cardiology

Texas Pediatric Medical Society

International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantaton

American Heart Association

The New York Academy of Sciences

Society for Pediatric Research

UNOS Region 4 Heart Review Board