$$ Lynn Mahony, MD Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Biography

Lynn Mahony, M.D., is a cardiologist at Children’s Health℠ and a professor of pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

After earning her undergraduate degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her medical degree at Stanford University, Dr. Mahony completed a cardiology fellowship at the Cardiovascular Research Institute at the University of California, San Francisco.

Dr. Mahony’s clinical interests include multicenter trails in pediatric cardiology, Marfan syndrome, cardiovascular evaluation of student athletes and treatment of myocardial dysfunction.

For the past 15 years, Dr. Mahony has chaired the Pediatric Heart Network, a NIH-funded collaborative that conducts research leading to evidence-based treatment options for pediatric patients with congenital and acquired heart disease.  Her specific research interests include connective tissue disorders associated with aortic dilation, such as Marfan syndrome, congestive heart failure, single ventricle patients, clinical trials and quality of life in pediatric patients with heart disease.  

Education and Training

Medical School

Residency

Fellowship

Departments & Programs

Conditions & Treatments

Conditions

Research & Publications

Research Interests

• Congestive heart failure
• Kawasaki disease
• Marfan syndrome
• Quality of life in pediatric patients with heart disease

Selected Publications

• Enalapril in infants with single ventricle: results of a multicenter randomized trial. Hsu DT, Zak V, Mahony L, Sleeper LA, Atz AM, Levine JC, Barker PC, Ravishankar C, McCrindle BW, Williams RV, Altmann K, Ghanayem NS, Margossian R, Chung WK, Border WL, Pearson GD, Stylianou MP, Mital S Circulation 2010 Jul 122 4 333-40

• Validation of the pediatric cardiac quality of life inventory. Marino BS, Tomlinson RS, Wernovsky G, Drotar D, Newburger JW, Mahony L, Mussatto K, Tong E, Cohen M, Andersen C, Shera D, Khoury PR, Wray J, Gaynor JW, Helfaer MA, Kazak AE, Shea JA Pediatrics 2010 Sep 126 3 498-508

• Late status of Fontan patients with persistent surgical fenestration. Atz AM, Travison TG, McCrindle BW, Mahony L, Quartermain M, Williams RV, Breitbart RE, Lu M, Radojewski E, Margossian R, Covitz W, Gersony WM J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 2011 Jun 57 24 2437-43

• Intermediate-term mortality and cardiac transplantation in infants with single-ventricle lesions: risk factors and their interaction with shunt type. Tweddell JS, Sleeper LA, Ohye RG, Williams IA, Mahony L, Pizarro C, Pemberton VL, Frommelt PC, Bradley SM, Cnota JF, Hirsch J, Kirshbom PM, Li JS, Pike N, Puchalski M, Ravishankar C, Jacobs JP, Laussen PC, McCrindle BW J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2012 Jul 144 1 152-9

• Risk factors for hospital morbidity and mortality after the Norwood procedure: A report from the Pediatric Heart Network Single Ventricle Reconstruction trial. Tabbutt S, Ghanayem N, Ravishankar C, Sleeper LA, Cooper DS, Frank DU, Lu M, Pizarro C, Frommelt P, Goldberg CS, Graham EM, Krawczeski CD, Lai WW, Lewis A, Kirsh JA, Mahony L, Ohye RG, Simsic J, Lodge AJ, Spurrier E, Stylianou M, Laussen P J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2012 Oct 144 4 882-95

• Characteristics of children and young adults with Marfan syndrome and aortic root dilation in a randomized trial comparing atenolol and losartan therapy. Lacro RV, Guey LT, Dietz HC, Pearson GD, Yetman AT, Gelb BD, Loeys BL, Benson DW, Bradley TJ, De Backer J, Forbus GA, Klein GL, Lai WW, Levine JC, Lewin MB, Markham LW, Paridon SM, Pierpont ME, Radojewski E, Selamet Tierney ES, Sharkey AM, Wechsler SB, Mahony L Am. Heart J. 2013 May 165 5 828-835.e3

• Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes in Children and Adolescents with Congenital Heart Disease. Mellion K, Uzark K, Cassedy A, Drotar D, Wernovsky G, Newburger JW, Mahony L, Mussatto K, Cohen M, Limbers C, Marino BS J. Pediatr. 2014 Jan

• Atenolol versus losartan in children and young adults with Marfan's syndrome. Lacro RV, Dietz HC, Sleeper LA, Yetman AT, Bradley TJ, Colan SD, Pearson GD, Selamet Tierney ES, Levine JC, Atz AM, Benson DW, Braverman AC, Chen S, De Backer J, Gelb BD, Grossfeld PD, Klein GL, Lai WW, Liou A, Loeys BL, Markham LW, Olson AK, Paridon SM, Pemberton VL, Pierpont ME, Pyeritz RE, Radojewski E, Roman MJ, Sharkey AM, Stylianou MP, Wechsler SB, Young LT, Mahony L N. Engl. J. Med. 2014 Nov 371 22 2061-71

• Survival Data and Predictors of Functional Outcome an Average of 15? Years after the Fontan Procedure: The Pediatric Heart Network Fontan Cohort. Atz AM, Zak V, Mahony L, Uzark K, Shrader P, Gallagher D, Paridon SM, Williams RV, Breitbart RE, Colan SD, Kaltman JR, Margossian R, Pasquali SK, Allen K, Lai WW, Korsin R, Marino BS, Mirarchi N, McCrindle BW Congenit Heart Dis 2014 Jun

• Design and rationale of a prospective, collaborative meta-analysis of all randomized controlled trials of angiotensin receptor antagonists in Marfan syndrome, based on individual patient data: A report from the Marfan Treatment Trialists' Collaboration.  Pitcher A, Emberson J, Lacro RV, Sleeper LA, Stylianou M, Mahony L, Pearson GD, Groenink M, Mulder BJ, Zwinderman AH, De Backer J, De Paepe AM, Arbustini E, Erdem G, Jin XY, Flather MD, Mullen MJ, Child AH, Forteza A, Evangelista A, Chiu HH, Wu MH, Sandor G, Bhatt AB, Creager MA, Devereux RB, Loeys B, Forfar JC, Neubauer S, Watkins H, Boileau C, Jondeau G, Dietz HC, Baigent C Am. Heart J. 2015 May 169 5 605-12

Professional Activities

Professional Associations and Affiliations

• Dallas County Medical Society (1985-2011)
• Texas Medical Association (1985-2011)
• American Academy of Pediatrics (1982-2011)
• Fellow, American Heart Association (1980-2011)

Awards & Honors

• Protocol Chair - Pediatric Heart Disease Clinical Research Network (NIH) (2011)
• US News and World Report - Top US Doctor (2011)
• Core Clerkship Teaching Award - Medical Student Teaching (2009)
• William J. Rashkind Memorial Lecturer - Cardiology 2009 Meeting, sponsored by the Children?s Hospital of Philadelphia (2009)
• Meritorious Achievement Award - American Heart Association (2007)
• Editorial Board, Circulation (2004)
• Chair - Pediatric Heart Disease Clinical Research Network (NIH) (2001)
• Walter M. Kirkendall, MD, American Heart Association - Scientist/Educator Volunteer of the Year (1995)

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