Title
Professor of Pediatrics
Education
BS – Loras College; 1969
MD – University of Iowa; 1973
Postgraduate Training
Residency – University of Iowa
Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship – University of Iowa
Clinical Interests
Interests are in invasive and non-invasive studies of children and
adults with congenital heart disease. Is a participant in the Preventive
Cardiology Clinic.
Research Interests
Interested in determining long-term significance of coronary risk
factors measured in childhood. Seeking out the earliest non-invasive detection
of the atherosclerotic process in young adults who have previously had
their coronary risk factors measured.
Accomplishments
Director, Division of Pediatric Cardiology until 2006
National Committee Membership: American Heart Association, Atherosclerosis, Hypertension and Obesity in Youth Subcommittee of the Council on CVDY
National Grant Funding
| NIH |
"Fellowship Training Program in Pediatric Cardiology" Program Director until 2007; currently Associate Director |
| NIH |
“CT Vascular Calcium: An Epidemiologic Study in the Young” Principal Investigator through 2007 |
| NIH |
“Arterial Endothelial Function: An Epidemiologic Study” Co-investigator |
| NIH |
“Epidemiology of Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis” Co-investigator |
Recent Publications
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