Mary B. Taylor, MD, Suzan B Thames Chair in Pediatrics
Chair
Department:
SOM-Peds-Critical Care
Email:
mbtaylor@umc.edu
Work Phone:
(601) 984-5214
Biography
Dr. Mary B. Taylor is a native Mississippian. She attended Southern Methodist University and graduated from UMMC medical school in 1991. She completed Pediatrics Residency and two fellowships - Pediatric Cardiology & Pediatric Critical Care - at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and a visiting clinical fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital. She obtained a Masters of Science in Clinical Investigation at Vanderbilt as well. She helped create a Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Unit at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital and was on faculty there for 10 years prior to moving back to Mississippi. In 2011, she joined the faculty of UMMC to co-direct the Congenital Heart Program and to build a Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at Batson Children's Hospital. In addition, she expanded the ECMO program to provide support for both children and adults with respiratory or cardiac failure. She was the Division Chief of both Pediatric Critical Care and of Pediatric Cardiology prior to being named Chair of Pediatrics in 2017. As a leader in the Department of Pediatrics she has been key in the strategic planning of a 180 million dollar expansion of Batson Children’s Hospital with completion date of August 2020. Among national peers, she has been a member of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society since its inception, and continues to serve as a board liaison for Critical Care.
Education
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center, MS, Master of Science in Clinical Investigation | 2005 |
| Boston Children’s Hospital, Senior Clinical Fellow, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit | 1997 |
| Salzburg College, Southern Methodist University Abroad | 1985 |
| Southern Methodist University, BA, Biology | 1982 |
| University of Mississippi School of Medicine, MD, Doctor of Medicine | |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Division of Pediatric Cardiology | |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Division of Pediatric Critical Care | |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Resident Physician |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, Sub-board Pediatric Critical Care, ABP | 05/2002 - Present |
| Re-certification, American Board of Pediatrics | 10/2013 - Present |
| Re-certification, Sub-board Pediatric Critical Care | 05/2012 - Present |
| Licensure, Mississippi Medical License | 04/2011 - Present |
| Re-certification, Sub-board Pediatric Cardiology | 05/2017 - Present |
| Certification, Sub-board Pediatric Cardiology | 08/2000 - Present |
| Certification, American Board of Pediatrics | 10/1996 - Present |
| Licensure, Tennessee Medical License | 04/2012 |
Current Positions
| Department Chair, School of Medicine | 12/2017 - Present |
| Professor, School of Medicine | 07/2013 - Present |
| Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics | 04/2011 - Present |
| Professor, School of Medicine | 04/2011 - Present |
| The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216 | |
Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments
| Professor, Univ MS Medical Center, School of Medicine | 07/2014 - 10/2018 |
| Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics | 02/2014 - 12/2017 |
| Director of Clinical Operations, Pediatric Cardiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics | 07/2013 - 02/2014 |
| Professor, Univ MS Medical Center, School of Medicine | 2013 - 07/2014 |
| Professor, Univ MS Medical Center, School of Medicine | 07/2012 - 12/2017 |
| Professor, Univ MS Medical Center, School of Medicine | 04/2011 - 10/2018 |
| Professor, Univ MS Medical Center, School of Medicine | 04/2011 - 12/2014 |
| Associate Professor, Monroe Carell, Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics | 07/2008 - 04/2011 |
| Medical Director of Pediatric ECMO, Monroe Carell, Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics | 08/2006 - 04/2009 |
| Assistant Professor, Monroe Carell, Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, School of Medicine | 08/2004 - 04/2011 |
| Staff Physician, Jackson Madison County General Hospital, School of | 10/1999 - 2011 |
| Assistant Professor, Monroe Carell, Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics | 10/1999 - 07/2008 |
Sponsored Program Funding
| Extramural, "A Randomized, Open-Label, Active Controlled, Safety and Extrapolated Efficacy Study in Pediatric Subjects Requiring Anticoagulation for the Treatment of a Venous Thromboembolic Event", Pfizer | 04/2016 - Present |
| Extramural, "The SENTINEL 1 Study: An Observational, Non-Intervention Study in the United States to Characterize Respiratory Syncytial Virus Hospitalizations Among Infants Born at 29-35 Weeks Gestational Age Not Receiving Immunoprophylaxis", United Biosource Corporation, Astra Zeneca | 11/2014 - Present |
| Extramural, “CLARINET Clinical Study: International randomized study evaluating the efficacy and safety of clopidogrel 0.2mg/kg once daily versus placebo in neonates and infants/toddlers with cyanotic congenital heart disease palliated with a systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunt”, Bristol Meyers Squibb | 01/2007 - Present |
| Extramural, “CLARINET Clinical Study: International randomized study evaluating the efficacy and safety of clopidogrel 0.2mg/kg once daily versus placebo in neonates and infants/toddlers with cyanotic congenital heart disease palliated with a systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunt”, Bristol Meyers Squibb | 01/2007 - 01/2008 |
| Extramural, "Evaluation of Aspirin Resistance on a Molecular Level in Aspirin Treated Patients with Coronary Artery Disease", National Institutes of Health, SCCOR in Hemostatic and Thrombotic Diseases | 09/2006 - 09/2011 |
| Extramural, "A Multi-Center, Randomized, Parallel, Open-label, Active Controlled Efficacy and Safety Study of Ibuprofen Injection in Hospitalized Febrile Pediatric Patients", Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 05/2005 - 05/2007 |
| Extramural, “Randomized, Multicenter, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Dose Ranging, Parallel Group Study of Intravenous Sildenafil in the Treatment of Children, Aged 0-17 With Pulmonary Hypertension After Corrective Cardiac Surgery.”, Pfizer | 12/2003 - 12/2005 |
| Intramural, “Evaluation of Aspirin Resistance on a Molecular Level in Aspirin Treated Patients with Coronary Artery Disease”., NIH SCCOR in Hemostatic and Thrombotic Diseases | 10/2003 - Present |
| Extramural, PRIMACORP: Multi-Center Clinical Trial (Prophylactic Intravenous Use of Milrinone after Cardiac Operation in Pediatrics) Prophylactic Use of Primacor in Pediatric Patients at High Risk of Development of Low Cardiac Output Syndrome Following Cardiac Surgery/ Sanofi-Synthelabo Pediatric Cardiac Trial;, Sanofi-Synthelabo | 01/2001 - 12/2002 |
| Extramural, Avant Immunotherapeutics TP 10 Study Cardiopulmonary By-Pass in Infants, Avant Immunotherapeutics | 01/2000 - 12/2001 |
| Extramural, “Single Ventricle: Evaluation of Mass & Volume by Echocardiography”, American Heart Association, Tennessee Chapter, Fellow Grant | 07/1995 - 09/1997 |
Publications
Journal Article | |
| Ebeid MR, Batlivala SP, Salazar JD, Charaf-Eddine A, Aggarwal A, Dodge-Khatami A, Maposa D,Taylor MB Percutaneous Closure of Perimembranous Ventricular Septal Defects Using the Second-Generation Amplatzer Vascular Occluders American Journal of Cardiology. 2016; 117:127-130 | 2016 |
| Dodge-Khatami A, Chancellor WZ, Gupta B, Seals SR, Ebeid MR, Batlivala SP, Taylor MB, Salazar JD "Achieving Benchmark Results for Neonatal Palliation of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and Related Anomalies in an Emerging Program" World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery 2015, Vol. 6(3) 393-400. | 2015 |
| Ebeid M, Salazar JD, Batlivala S, Maposa D, Dodge-Khatami A, Taylor, MB "The Prophylactic Use of Handmade Covered Stents in Patients with Chronically Calcified Right Ventricular Pulmonary Artery Conduits Prior to Implanting Percutaneous Pulmonary Valve" Cath and Cardiovascular Interventions. May 2015; Vol 85, Supp 2 (S-26; 013); ISSN 1522-1946 | 2015 |
| Dodge-Khatami, Aggarwal A, Taylor, MB, Maposa D, Salazar JD "When the Bi-Directional Glenn is an Unfavorable Option: Primary Extracardiac Inferior Cavopulmonary Connection as an Alternative Palliation" Cardiology in the Young. March 2015 | 2015 |
| DiBardino DJ, Taylor E, Taylor MB, Salazar JD "Development of New Congenital Heart Programs and young Congenital Heart Surgeons; Initial Structure and Evolution over 24 Months" Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2012 | 2012 |
| DiBardino DJ, Aggarwal A, Ebeid M, Sheth M, Taylor E, Taylor MB, Salazar JD "Open Versus Hybrid Single Ventricle Palliation; Evolving Algorithm and 24 Month Results from a New Children's Heart Center" Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2012 | 2012 |
| Smith JP, Haddad EV, Taylor MB, Oram D, Blakemore D, Chen Q, Boutaud O, Oates JA "Suboptimal Inhibition of Platelet Cyclooxygenase-1 by Aspirin in Metabolic Syndrome" Hypertension. 2012; 59: 719-725 | 2012 |
| Fraisse A, Butrous G, Taylor MB, Oakes M, Dilleen M, Wessel DL "Randomized Controlled Trial of Intravenous Sildenafil for Postoperative Pulmonary Hypertension in Children with Congenital Heart Disease" Intensive Care Medicine. Nov 2011; 37 (3): 502-509 | 2011 |
| Taylor MB, O'Leary MF, Chappell JD, Stratton CW "Complex Febrile Seizures Followed by Complete Recovery in an Infant with High-Titer 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection” Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Oct. 2010 p 3803-3805 | 2010 |
| Taylor MB, Laussen PC “Fundamentals of Management of Acute Post Operative Pulmonary Hypertension” A Supplement to Pediatric Critcal Care Medicine. 2010 Mar;11(2)S 27-29 | 2010 |
| Barr FE, Tirona RG, Taylor MB, Rice G, Arnold J, Cunningham G, Smith HAB, Campbell A, Canter JA, Christian KG, Drinkwater DC, Scholl F, Kavanaugh-McHugh A, Summar ML “Pharmacokinetics and Safety of Intravenous Citrulline in Children Undergoing Congenital Heart Surgery: A Potential Therapy for Postoperative Pulmonary Hypertension”. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2007 Aug; 134 (2): 319-26 | 2007 |
| Agarwal HS, Bennett JE, Churchwell KB, Christian KG, Drinkwater DC, He Y, Taylor MB “Recombinant Factor Seven Therapy for Severe Bleeding in Postoperative Neonatal and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery” The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2007 July; 84: 161 - 168 | 2007 |
| Agarwal HS, Churchwell KB, Doyle TP, Christian KG, Drinkwater DC, Byrne DB, Taylor MB "Inhaled Nitric Oxide Use in Bidirectional Glenn Anastomosis for Elevated Glenn Pressures" The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2006 April; 81 (4): 1429 - 34 | 2006 |
| Agarwal HS, Taylor MB, Grzeszczak MJ, Lovvorn H, Hunley TE, Jabs K, Shankar V “Use of Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in Microscopic Polyangiitis in a Pediatric Patient”. Pediatric Nephrology. 2005 Apr; 20(4):526-8 | 2005 |
| Shah SA, Shankar V, Churchwell KB, Taylor MB, Scott BP, Bartilson R, Byrne DW, Christian KG, Drinkwater DC ”Clinical Outcomes of 84 Children with Congenital Heart Disease Managed with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation after Cardiac Surgery” Amer Soc Artificial Internal Organs. 2005; 504-7 | 2005 |
| Aharon A, Drinkwater DC, Churchwell KB, Quisling SV, Reddy VS, Taylor MB, Hix S, Christian KG, Pietsch J, Deshpande JK, Kambam J, Graham TP, Chang P "Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Children Following Repair of Congenital Cardiac Lesions" Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2001 Dec; 72 (6); 2095-101; discussion 2101-2 | 2001 |
| Taylor MB, Christian KG, Patel NR, Churchwell KB "Methemoglobinemia: Toxicity of Inhaled Nitric Oxide Therapy" Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2001 Jan; 2 (1): 99 - 101 | 2001 |
| Frias PA, Taylor MB, Kavanaugh-McHugh A, Fish FA "Low Incidence of Significant Valvar Insufficiency Following Retrograde Aortic Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation in Young Patients" Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology. 1999 Jul; 3 (2): 181-5 | |
| Dodge-Khatami A, Chancellow WZ, Gupta B, Seals SR, Ebeid MR, Batlivala SP, Taylor MB, Salazar JD "Achieving Benchmark Results for Neonatal Palliation of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and Related Anomalies in an Emerging Program" World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. Pending publication. | |
| Dodge-Khatami J, Dodge-Khatami A, Knudson JD, Seals SR, Aggarwal A, Taylor MB, Salazar JD "Alternative Strategies in Newborns and Infants with major Comorbidities to Improve Congenital Heart Surgery Outcomes at an Emerging Program" Cardiology in the Young. Pending publication. | |
| Gupta B, Dodge-Khatami A, Tucker J, Taylor MB, Maposa D, Seals SR, Salazar JD "Complex Aortic Arch Reconstruction Using Moderate Hypothermia and Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion in Newborns and Children" Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Pending publication. | |
| Sanandajifar H, Taylor MB, Batlivala SP Top 10 Facts You Should Know About Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Disease Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Assoc. 2016;57(12): 378-380 | 2016 |
| Polson JR, Taylor, MB, Dodge-Khatami A, Ebeid M, Salazar JD "Quality Analysis of Congenital Heart Disease Surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center" Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association. Feb 2015; Vol 56 (2): 32 - 34 | 2015 |
| DiBardino D, Lancaster WJ, Merrill W, Mitchell ME, Taylor E, Gaymes C, Ebeid M, Shores J, Christ E, Taylor MD, Sheth M, Jonas RA, Salazar JD "Revitalization of the University of Mississippi Children's Heart Center: Report Card from the First 18 Months" Journal MSMA. Dec 2012; 53(12): 405 - 409 | 2012 |
| DiBardino DJ, Shores JC, Sheth M, Taylor MB, Liechty K, Salazar JD "Coordinated Cardiac Delivery: Reducing Mortality in High Risk Fetal Cardiac Lesions at the University of Mississippi Medical Center" Journal MSMA. Dec 2012; 53 (12): 400 - 404 | 2012 |
| Sandandajifar H, Taylor MB, Batlivala SP Top 10 Facts You Should Know About Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Disease Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association.2016/Vol 57(12):378-380 | |
Abstracts | |
| Dodge-Khatami A, Mathis CA, Aggarwal A, Taylor MB When the Bidirectional Glenn is an unfavorable Option: Inferior Cavopulmonary Connection as an Alternative Palliation | 2015 |
| Deaton E, Salazar JD, Dodge-Khatami A, Knudson J, Taylor MB The Feasibility of Obtaining Rapid MRI for Pre-operative Screening of Infants Under 30 Days of Age Undergoing Congenital Heart Repair | 2015 |
| Ebeid MR, Salazar JD, Batlivala SP, Charaf-Eddine, A, Aggarwal A, Maposa D, Dodge-Khatami A, Taylor MB "Percutaneous closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defects (Pm-VSDs) using the second generation Amplatzer Duct Occluders (ADO II)" Cath and Cardiovascular Interventions and Journal of Structural Heart Disease | 2015 |
| Ebeid M, Salazar JD, Batlivala S, Maposa D, Dodge-Khatami A, Taylor MB "The Prophylactic Use of Handmade Covered Stents in Patients with Chronically Calcified Right Ventricular Pulmonary Artery Conduits Prior to Implanting Percutaneous Pulmonary Valve" Society of Cardiac Angiography and Intervention, San Diego, CA | 2015 |
| Gupta B, Dodge-Khatami A, Tucker J, Taylor MB, Maposa D, Seals SR, Salazar JD "Complex Aortic Arch Reconstruction Using Moderate Hypothermia and Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion in Newborns and Children" Society of Thoracic Surgery 51st Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA | 2015 |
| Deaton E, Khan M, Salazar JD, Taylor M "Comparing Rapid MRI and Head Ultrasound Use Before Congenital Heart Disease Repair in Infants Under Thirty Days of Age" Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society, Miami, FL | 2014 |
| Dodge-Khatami A, Chancellor WZ, Gupta B, Seals SR, Ebeid MR, Batlivala SP, Taylor MB, Salazar JD "Adapting Surgical Strategies to Boost Survival for Functional Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome in an Upstart Program" Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society | 2014 |
| Dodge-Khatami J, Dodge-Khatami A, Knudson JD, Seals SR, Aggarwal A, Taylor MB, Salazar JD "Endemically Complex Congenital Heart Disease with Major Comorbidities at an Upstart Program: Advanced Surgical Strategies in Newborns and infants to Improve Outcomes" Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society | 2014 |
| DiBardino DJ, Aggarwal A, Ebeid M, Sheth M, Taylor E, Taylor MB, Salazar JD "Open Versus Hybrid Single Ventricle Palliation; Evolving Algorithm and 24 Month Results from a New Children's Heart Center" Joint Conference on Advances in pediatric Cardiovascular Disease Management | 2012 |
| DiBardino DJ, Taylor MB, Salazar JD "Development of New Congenital Heart Programs and Young Congenital Heart Surgeons; Initial Structure and Evolution over 24 Months" Plenary Session at the Southern Thoracic Surgical Meeting | 2012 |
| DiBardino DJ, Aggarwal A, Ebeid M, Sheth M, Taylor E, Taylor MB, Salazar JD "Newborn Single Ventricle Palliation Algorithm; Hybrid versus Open Norwood, Considerations and Outcomes" Southeast Pediatric Cardiology Society Meeting, Gulf Port, MS | 2012 |
| DiBardino DJ, Taylor MB, Salazar JD "Experience with the First Congenital Heart Center in the State of Mississippi; Evolution, Results, and Lessons Learned over the First 24 Months" Southeast Pediatric Cardiology Society Meeting | 2012 |
| DiBardino DJ, Taylor MB, Salazar JD "Preliminary Experience with the First Congenital HEart Center in the State of Mississippi; Lessons Learned over 24 Months" John Alexander Society Meeting of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI | 2012 |
| Taylor MB "Acute Renal Failure during ECMO Support in the Pediatric Cardiac Patient" PCICS Europe 2008, Symposium of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society, Monte Carlo, Monaco | 2008 |
| Alain Fraisse, Ghazwan Butrous, Mary B. Taylor, Michael Oakes, Maria Dilleen, David L Wessel. “Randomized Controlled Trial of Intravenous Sildenafil for Postoperative Pulmonary Hypertension in Children With Congenital Heart Disease” American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Orlando, FL | 2007 |
| "Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Respiratory Failure: A Ten Year Experience" American Thoracic Society International Conference, San Francisco, CA | 2007 |
| "Effect of Surface Heparinization on Post-Operative Blood Loss During ECMO" 23rd Annual Children's National Medical Center Symposium on ECMO and Advanced Therapies for Respiratory Failure, Keystone, CO | 2007 |
| "Effect of Intralipid on Plasma Leak Breakthrough in Hollow Fiber Oxygenators in ECMO" 23rd Annual Children's National Medical Center Symposium on ECMO and Advanced Therapies for Respiratory Failure, Keystone, CO | 2007 |
| Heerman WJ, Churchwell KB, Taylor MB "Measuring Cardiac Output in Post-Operative Pediatric Patients with CW Doppler Ultrasound (USCOM)" Society of Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco, CA | 2007 |
| Heerman WJ, Churchwell KB, Taylor MB "Clinical Utility of CW Doppler Ultrasound for Measuring Cardiac Output (USCOM)" Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Symposium, Miami, FL | 2005 |
| Judkins MV, Bennett JE, Bartilson R,Shalaby T, Patel NR, Barr F, Taylor MB "Recombinant Factor VIIa for the Treatment of Refractory Bleeding in Post-Operative Pediatric Cardiac Patients on ECMO" Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Symposium, Miami, FL | 2005 |
| "A Retrospective Review of Recombinant Factor VIIa for Refractory Bleeding after Cardiac Surgery in Pediatric Patients" Southeast Pediatric Cardiology Meeting, Nashville, TN | 2005 |
| Aharon A, Drinkwater D, Churchwell KB, Quisling SV, Reddy VS, Taylor MB, Hix S, Christian KR, Pietsch J, Deshpande JK, Kambam J, Graham TP, Chang P “Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Children Following Repair of Congenital Cardiac Lesions” Southern Thoracic Surgical Association 47th Annual Meeting, Marco Island, FL | 2000 |
| Taylor MB, Bernard YD, Graham TP "Outcome of Surgical Management of Muscular Ventricular Septal Defects” American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Meeting Chicago, IL | 2000 |
| "Comparison of Aortic Doppler by Esophageal Doppler Monitor and Transthoracic Echocardiography in Infants and Children: Potential for Cardiac Output Trend Monitoring" American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL | 2000 |
| Taylor MB, Christian KG, Patel NR, Churchwell KB “Methemoglobinemia: Toxicity of Inhaled Nitric Oxide Therapy”. American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Meeting, Washington, DC | 1999 |
| Hersey S, Taylor MB “Transesophageal Doppler vs. Surface Echocardiography Evaluation of Cardiac Output in Children” Society of Pediatric Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV | 1999 |
| Graham TP, Taylor MB, Bernard Y “Long Term Outcome in Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries” American Heart Association Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL | 1997 |
| Frias PA, Taylor MB, Kavanaugh-McHugh A, Fish FA “Low Incidence of Significant Valvar Insufficiency Following Retrograde Aortic Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation in Young Patients” American Heart Association Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL | 1997 |
| Taylor MB, Kavanaugh-McHugh A, Graham TP “Outcome of the Lateral Tunnel Fontan Fenestration” American College of Cardiology Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA | 1997 |
Presentations
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, "Pediatric Cardiology Testing and Indications for Referral", Family Practice Update, Jackson, MS | 03/2015 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, "Congenital Heart Surgery in Rural Kenya: Experience at Tenwek Mission Hospital", Global Health Grand Rounds, UMMC, Jackson, MS | 09/2014 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, "Uganda: Maternal and Child Health", Global Health Program, UMMC, Jackson, MS | 05/2014 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, "Sub-Saharan Africa Childhood Pneumonia and Diarrhea", Global Health Program, UMMC, Jackson, MS | 05/2014 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, "Cardiac Critical Care: Post-operative Management of Patients with Congenital Heart Disease", The Congenital Heart Conference, UMMC, Jackson, MS | 04/2014 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, "ECMO for the Bedside Physician", 46th Annual Southeastern Pediatric Cardiology Society Conference, Biloxi MS | 09/2013 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Critical Treatment Strategies for Acute Pulmonary Hypertension in Infants and Children (PCICS Consensus Guidelines): Fundamentals of Management”, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society Annual Meeting, Miami, FL | 12/2008 |
| Poster Presentation, “Acute Renal Failure During ECMO Support in the Pediatric Cardiac Patient”, PCICS Europe 2008, European Symposium of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society, Monte Carlo, Monaco | 03/2008 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Post Operative Care of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Patients FOCUS, Critical Care Nursing Conference, Opryland Hotel, Nashville, TN | 02/2008 |
| Poster Presentation, “Randomized Controlled Trial of IV Sildenafil for Postoperative Pulmonary Hypertension in Children with Congenital Heart Disease”, 2007 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Orlando, FL | 11/2007 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Novel Uses of Recombinant Factor VIIa”, Philadelphia, MS, Mississippi Society of Health System Pharmacists | 07/2007 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Management of Pulmonary Hypertension in the Pediatric Critical Care Unit”, Pediatric Grand Rounds, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY | 10/2006 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Use of iNO and Other Pulmonary Vasodilators in the Pediatric Critical Care Unit”, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Regional Conference: Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Pediatrics | 06/2006 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Recombinant Factor VIIa for Refractory Bleeding After Cardiac Surgery”, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia | 05/2006 |
| Poster Presentation, "Clinical Utility of CW Doppler Ultrasound for Measuring Cardiac Output (USCOM)", Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Symposium 2005, Miami, FL | 12/2005 |
| Poster Presentation, "Recombinant Factor VIIa for the Treatment of Refractory Bleeding in Post- Operative Pediatric Cardiac Patients on ECMO", Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Symposium 2005, Miami, FL | 12/2005 |
| Poster Presentation, "A Retrospective Review of Recombinant Factor VIIa for Refractory Bleeding after Cardiac Surgery in Pediatric Patients", Southeast Pediatric Cardiology Meeting, Nashville, TN | 09/2005 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Panel Discussion – Coagulopathy Management on ECMO, Thirteenth Annual Southeastern ECMO Conference, Vanderbilt University Medical Center | 06/2003 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Nitric Oxide: Indications and Future Clinical Applications, Eggleston Children’s Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia | 2001 |
| Speaker, “A Symposium on Inhaled Nitric Oxide”, Vanderbilt University Medical Center | 10/2000 |
| Poster Presentation, “Comparison of Aortic Doppler by Esophageal Doppler Monitor and Transthoracic Echocardiography in Infants and Children: Potential for Cardiac Output Trend Monitoring”, American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL | 10/2000 |
| Oral Presentation, “Outcome of Surgical Management of Muscular Ventricular Septal Defects”, American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL | 10/2000 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, MASH Trauma Conference, Jackson, TN | 2000 |
| Poster Presentation, Methemoglobinemia: Toxicity of Inhaled Nitric Oxide Therapy”, American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Meeting, Washington, DC | 10/1999 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Nitric Oxide”, Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery Grand Rounds, Vanderbilt University Medical Center | 1999 |
| Poster Presentation, “Outcome of the Lateral Tunnel Fontan Fenestration”, American College of Cardiology Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA | 03/1997 |
| Oral Presentation, “Outcome of the Lateral Tunnel Fontan Fenestration”, Southeastern Pediatric Cardiology Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA | 09/1996 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Health Care Heroes, MS Business Journal | 2018 |
| Evan's Award, Department of Pediatrics, UMMC | 2015 |
| Leadership Development Program, Department of Pediatrics | 2015 |
Professional Membership and Service
| American Medical Association | |
| American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow | |
| American Heart Association, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young | |
| Society of Critical Care Medicine | |
| Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society, Board Liaison, Critical Care |
Committee Service
| Advanced Practice Provider Steering Committee, Member | 2022 - Present |
| Clinical Cabinet, Member | 2019 - Present |
| Strategic Planning Committee for Faculty Development, Member | 2015 - Present |
| Children's hospital Strategic Planning Committee; Children's of Mississippi, Member | 2014 - Present |
| Children's Hospital Expansion Steering Committee, Member | 2014 - Present |
| THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AND CLINICS-PHARMACY AND THERAPEUTICS, Member | 2014 - Present |
| Pediatric Education Committee, Member | 2014 - Present |
| Discovery Council; Dept Pediatrics, Member | 2013 - Present |
| Group on Women in Science and Medicine, Member | 2013 - Present |
| IRB Advisory Group, Member | 2012 - 2013 |
| Faculty Development Advisory Group; Dept Pediatrics, Member | 2012 - Present |
| Congenital Heart Center Advisory Board, Co-Chair | 2011 - Present |
| THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AND CLINICS-CRITICAL CARE, Member | 2011 - Present |
| Institutional Review Board, Health Science II Committee, Chair | 2008 - 2009 |
| Institutional Review Board, Health Sciences II Committee, Vice Chair | 2007 - 2008 |
| Vanderbilt Children's Hospital Lab Services Committee, Member | 2007 - 2009 |
| Joint Ethics Committee, Member | 2006 - 2009 |
| Institutional Review Board, Health Sciences II Committee, Member | 2004 - 2011 |
| Medical School Interview Committee, Member | 2004 - 2011 |
| Performance Management and Improvement Council, Member | 2003 - 2009 |
Community Service
| American Heart Association, Greater Southeast Affiliate Mississippi Advocacy Committee | 08/2014 - Present |
| Mississippi Professionals Health Program, Board of Directors | 07/2014 - Present |
| American Heart Association, Go Red for Women, Circle of Red | 04/2013 - Present |
| Hearts for East Africa, Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Mission, Tenwek Mission Hospital, Kenya | 11/2011 - Present |
| Harpeth Hall Winterim Program, High School Interim Program Mentor | 2004 - 2006 |
| Vanderbilt and Fisk University, Pre-medical Summer Institute, Mentor | 2000 - 07/2010 |
Other Service
| Neonatology Chief Search Committee, Member | 04/2014 - 07/2014 |
| Pediatrics Interest Group, Invited Speaker | 07/2013 - Present |
| Pediatric Emergency Medicine Chief Search Committee, Chair | 03/2013 - 02/2014 |
| Pediatric Heart Center Morbidity and mortality Conference, Director | 04/2011 - Present |
| Pathways to Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Panelist | 07/2006 - 07/2007 |
| Careers in Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical School, VMSII | 07/2006 - 04/2011 |
| Pediatric Cardiac Morbidity and Mortality Conference, Director | 07/1997 - 04/2011 |
| Review of munscript BPED-D-15-00298 |
Teaching Experience
| Children's of Mississippi, Course, Course Director, Bootcamp Lecture Series | Summer 2011 |
| Course, Course Director, Program for Pediatric Criticla Care Nursing Cardiac Education | 1999 - 2011 |
| Lecture, Course Director, Pediatric Critical Care Fellow Lecture Series | 1999 - 2011 |
| Course Director, Pediatric Critical Care Nursing Inservice Lecture Series | 1999 - 2011 |
| Lecture, Course Director, ECMO Specialists Inservice Lecture Series | 1999 - 2011 |
| Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Resident Lecture Series | 1994 - 2011 |
Directed Student Learning
| Supervised Teaching Activity, Advised: Jessica Arnold | 2015 - Present |
| Supervised Teaching Activity, Advised: Talyr Hall | 2015 - Present |
| Supervised Teaching Activity, "Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and Restrictive Atrial Septum Physiology: Five Year Experience at a New Program Advised: Grant Robinson | 2015 - Present |
| Supervised Teaching Activity, "Infant Heart Surgery Feeding Protocol Implementation" Advised: Daniel McGuffey | 2014 - 2014 |
| Supervised Teaching Activity, "Comparing Rapid MRI and Head Ultrasound Use Before Congenital Heart Disease Repair in INfants Under 30 Days of Age Advised: Emily Deaton | 2013 - Present |
| Preceptor | 2006 - 2011 |
| Supervised Teaching Activity, Advised: Jo Ellen Bennett, William Heerman | 2005 - 2009 |
| Faculty Advisor | 2004 - 2011 |
| Supervised Teaching Activity, Advised: Jo Ellen Bennett | 2003 - 2003 |
Fellows supervised
| Pediatric Cardiology, Program Director, 1 fellows supervised | 07/2015 - Present |
| Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, Program Director, 4 fellows supervised | 07/2013 - Present |
| Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, Attending Physician, 6 fellows supervised | 07/2004 - 06/2007 |
| Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, Attending Physician, 6 fellows supervised | 07/2003 - 06/2006 |
| Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, Attending Physician, 6 fellows supervised | 07/2002 - 06/2006 |
| Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, Attending Physician, 6 fellows supervised | 07/2000 - 07/2003 |