Professor of Pediatrics; Medical Director of Cardiac Transplant Program and Director of non-invasive laboratory, St. Louis Children's Hospital

• Patient Oriented Research
• Cardiology

Education

• Sc.B., Brown University, Providence, RI
• Sc.M., Brown University, Providence, RI
• M.D., St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo.
• Intern, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, Mo.
• Assistant Resident, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, Mo.
• Resident-Fellow, Pediatric Cardiology, St. Louis Children's Hospital

Licensure and Board Certification

• American Board of Pediatrics
• American Board of Pediatrics, Sub-Board of Pediatric Cardiology

Honors

• Upjohn Achievement Award, 1979
• Fellowship, American Heart Association Seminar on Cardiovascular Epidemiology
• Best Doctors in America 2004 Medical Honoree, American Heart Association Heartland Affiliate

Clinical and Research Interests

• Cardiac Transplantation
• Heart Failure
• Cardiomyopathy

Selected Publications

1. Pahl, E, Naftel DC, Canter CE, Frazier EA, Kirklin JK, Morrow WR: Death after rejection with severe hemodynamic compromise in pediatric heart transplant recipients - a multi-institutional study. J Heart Lung Transplant 2001; 20:279-287.

2. Bruns LA, Kichuk Chrisant M, Lamour JM, Shaddy RE, Pahl E, Blume ED, Hallowell S, Addonizio LJ, Canter CE: Carvedilol as therapy for pediatric heart failure - an initial multicenter experience. J Pediatr 2001; 138:505-511.

3. Jenkins PC, Flanagan MF, Sargent JD, Canter CE, Chinnock RE, Jenkins KJ, Vincent R.N., O'Connor GT, Tosteson ANA: Decision analysis comparing treatment strategies for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. J Am Coll Cardiol 2001; 38:1181-1187.

4. Kimberling MT, Balzer DT, Hirsch R, Mendeloff E, Huddleston CB, Canter CE: Cardiac transplantation for pediatric restrictive cardiomyopathy - presentation, evaluation, and short-term outcome. J Heart Lung Transplant 2002; 21:455-459.

5. Ibrahim JE, Sweet SC, Flippin M, Dent C, Mendeloff E, Huddleston CB, Canter CE: Rejection is reduced in thoracic organ recipients when transplanted in the first year of life. J Heart Lung Transplant 2002; 21:311-318.

6. Huang J, Trinkaus K, Huddleston CB, Mendeloff EN, Spray TL, Canter CE: Recipient as well as donor characteristics are risk factors for primary graft failure after pediatric cardiac transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2004; 23:716-22.

7. Pahl E, Naftel DC, Kuhn MA, Shaddy RE, Morrow WR, Canter CE, Kirklin J: The Impact and Outcome of Transplant Coronary Artery Disease In A Pediatric Population: A9 Year Multiinstitutional Study. J Heart Lung Transplant 2005; 24:645-51.