Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, February 2011 • “Risk Stratification for Sudden Cardiac Death in Children: What Do We Really Know and When Do We Know It?,” <strong>Pediatric</strong> Electrophysiology Symposium, Boston, MA, October 2011 Poonam Punjwani Thankavel, M.D. • “Echocardiographic Prediction of Spontaneous Closure of the Ductus Arteriosus in Neonates Less Than 30 Weeks of Gestation,” <strong>Pediatric</strong> Academic Societies, Denver, CO, February 2011 • “Double Switch with LVOT Resection and Mitral Valve Repair,” Congenital Heart Surgeons’ Society’s Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 2011 • “Repair of DORV with Subpulmonary VSD, D-TGA and Type B Aortic Arch Interruption,” Southern Thoracic Surgical Association’s 58 th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, November 2011 Awards and Honors Sarah Blumenschein, M.D. • Texas Super Doctor , Texas Montly Michael Day, M.D. • Best <strong>Pediatric</strong> Specialists in Dallas, D Magazine David Fixler, M.D. • Best <strong>Pediatric</strong> Specialists in Dallas, D Magazine Matthew Lemler, M.D. • Top US Doctors, US News & World Report Lynn Mahony, M.D. • Texas Super Doctor , Texas Montly • Top US Doctors, US News & World Report • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Leadership Appreciation Award Alan Nugent, M.D. • Best <strong>Pediatric</strong> Specialists in Dallas, D Magazine Claudio Ramaciotti, M.D. • Texas Super Doctor, Texas Montly William Scott, M.D. • Best Doctors in America • Best <strong>Pediatric</strong> Specialists in Dallas, D Magazine • Texas Super Doctor, Texas Montly Thomas Zellers, M.D. • Best <strong>Pediatric</strong> Specialists in Dallas, D Magazine • Texas Super Doctor, Texas Montly Publications Dr. Jason Imundo Oral presentation at the 2 nd Annual <strong>Pediatric</strong> Senior Fellow Research Day 1. 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Cardiotoxicity associated with the synthetic cannabinoid, K9, with laboratory confirmation. Am J Emerg Med. Grants NIH and Other Government Subcontracts Lynn Mahony, M.D. “<strong>Pediatric</strong> Heart Disease Clinical Research Network” New England Research Inst./National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 5 U01 HL068270-11 09/01/11 - 06/30/12 Ilana Zeltser, M.D. “Early Cardiovascular Screening Pilot (CVSP)” Championship Hearts Foundation 01/15/08 – 08/31/11 Sponsored Clinical Trials Aliessa Barnes, M.D. Pharmacokinetics and Safety of Valganciclovir in <strong>Pediatric</strong> Heart Transplant Recipients < 4 Months of Age Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc., NP22523 03/16/09 - 08/31/12 5