Residency
University of Arizona

Fellowship
University of Iowa, Pediatric Cardiology

Clinical Interests
Director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program. Congenital and acquired heart disease in children; adults with congenital heart disease; connective tissue disorders, cardiomyopathy, and heart transplantation.

Research Interests
Interests center on the genetic regulation of heart development. Areas of focus include identification and characterization of genes critical to development and physiology of the embryonic conduction system.  Current studies concentrate on the role of the transcription factor, Nkx 2.5, on development of the embryonic cardiac conduction system.

Recent Publications

1. Bartlett H, Scholz T, Lamb F, Weeks D.  Characterization of embryonic cardiac pacemaker and atrioventricular conduction physiology in Xenopus laevis using noninvasive imaging.  Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2004;286(6):H2035-41.
2. Kirklin J, Naftel D, Pearce F, White-Williams C, Cardwell R, Bartlett H, Rusconi P, Robinson B.  Should status 2 patients be removed from the pediatric heart transplant waiting list:  A multi-institutional study.  J Heart Lung Transplant 2005;25(3):271-5.
3. Bartlett H, Atkins D, Burns T, Engelkes K, Larson S, Hills C, Moller J.  Early outcomes of tricuspid valve replacement in young children.  Circulation 2007;115(3):319-25.
4. Bartlett HL, Sutherland L, Kolker S, Littig J, Tajchman U, Ogniwski V, Weeks D.  Transient early embryonic expression of Nkx 2.5 mutations linked to congenital heart defects in human causes heart defects in Xenopus laevis.  Developmental Dynamics 2007;236(9):2475-84.

E-mail: heather-bartlett@uiowa.edu

Research Profile