Thomas Scholz, MD


Titles
Interim Physician-in-Chief, UI Children's Hospital
Professor and Interim Head, Department of Pediatrics

Education
BS – Swarthmore College; 1981
MD – Washington University School of Medicine; 1985

Postgraduate Training
Residency – University of Iowa
Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship – University of Iowa
NIH Research Associate – Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics

Clinical Interests
Director of Pediatric Cardiology. Non-invasive assessment of cardiac anatomy and function. Primary imaging modality is echocardiography, also includes magnetic resonance imaging and ultra-fast computed tomography.

Research Interests

  • Fetal and postnatal development of myocardial energy producing reactions
  • Mechanisms of postnatal cardiac remodeling.
  • Studies exploring the impact of the fetal environment on postnatal mitochondrial function and cardiac performance.
  • Automated analysis of cardiac magnetic resonance images in patients with congenital heart disease

Current Projects

  • Development of myocardial reducing equivalent shuttles and their regulatory enzymes
  • Fetal programming of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species production
  • Mechanisms of myocardial remodeling in the offspring of diabetic mothers
  • Automated analysis of magnetic resonance images of the right ventricle in patients with tetralogy of Fallot and of the aorta in patients with connective diseases

Recent Publications

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Thomas Scholz, MD

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Contact Information:
Office: 319-356-3539
E-mail: thomas-scholz@uiowa.edu


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