Kathryn Chatfield, MD

Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Cardiology


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Medical School
  • MD, Dartmouth Medical School (2006)
Graduate School
  • PhD, Dartmouth College (2003)
Undergraduate School
  • BA, Middlebury College (VT) (1996)
Residencies
  • University of Pennsylvania/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Program, Pediatrics (2010)
  • University of Pennsylvania/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Program, Clinical Genetics and Genomics (MD) (2010)
Fellowships
  • University of Colorado (Children's Hospital Colorado) Program, Pediatric Cardiology (2013)
Languages
English
Department
Pediatrics-Cardiology

Professional Titles

  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics
  • Director, Cardiac Genetics Clinic, Children's Hospital Colorado

Recognitions

  • Young Author Achievement Award, JACC Basic to Translational Science (2019)
    Award for manuscript entitled: "Elamipretide Improves Mitochondrial Function in the Failing Human Heart"
  • Top Doctor in Denver, 5280 Magazine (2021)
    For more than 25 years, 5280 has asked physicians in the Denver area whom they would trust to treat themselves or a loved one. Dr. Chatfield was voted a Top Doctor among 340 other doctors—in 100 specialties—nominated by their peers in 2021.
  • Family Experience 5 Star Excellence Award, Children’s Hospital Colorado (2020)
    5 Star Rating by patients and Families seen in the Cardiac Genetics Clinic at Children's Hospital Colorado, 2017-2020

Publications

  • Dysregulation of cardiolipin biosynthesis in pediatric heart failure. Chatfield KC, Sparagna GC, Sucharov CC, Miyamoto SD, Grudis JE, Sobus RD, Hijmans J, Stauffer BL. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2014 Sep;74:251-9. doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2014.06.002. Epub 2014 Jun 14. PMID: 24937604 [PubMed - in process]
  • Genome-wide expression analysis in fibroblast cell lines from probands with Pallister Killian syndrome. Kaur M, Izumi K, Wilkens AB, Chatfield KC, Spinner NB, Conlin LK, Zhang Z, Krantz ID. PLoS One. 2014 Oct 16;9(10):e108853. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108853. eCollection 2014. PMID: 25329894 [PubMed - in process]
  • Mitochondrial energy failure in HSD10 disease is due to defective mtDNA transcript processing. Chatfield KC, Coughlin CR 2nd, Friederich MW, Gallagher RC, Hesselberth JR, Lovell MA, Ofman R, Swanson MA, Thomas JA, Wanders RJ, Wartchow EP, Van Hove JL. Mitochondrion. 2015 Jan 6. pii: S1567-7249(14)00188-3. doi: 10.1016/j.mito.2014.12.005. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 25575635 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
  • Chatfield KC, Coughlin CR 2nd, Friederich MW, Gallagher RC, Hesselberth JR, Lovell MA, Ofman R, Swanson MA, Thomas JA, Wanders RJ, Wartchow EP, Van Hove JL. Mitochondrial energy failure in HSD10 disease is due to defective mtDNA transcript processing. Mitochondrion. 2015 Mar;21:1-10. PubMed PMID: 25575635
  • Ferdinandusse S, Friederich MW, Burlina A, Ruiter JP, Coughlin CR 2nd, Dishop MK, Gallagher RC, Bedoyan JK, Vaz FM, Waterham HR, Gowan K, Chatfield K, Bloom K, Bennett MJ, Elpeleg O, Van Hove JL, Wanders RJ. Clinical and biochemical characterization of four patients with mutations in ECHS1. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2015 Jun 18;10:79. PubMed PMID: 26081110
  • Stevenson DA, Schill L, Schoyer L, Andresen BS, Bakker A, Bayrak-Toydemir P, Burkitt-Wright E, Chatfield K, Elefteriou F, Elgersma Y, Fisher MJ, Franz D, Gelb BD, Goriely A, Gripp KW, Hardan AY, Keppler-Noreuil KM, Kerr B, Korf B, Leoni C, McCormick F, Plotkin SR, Rauen KA, Reilly K, Roberts A, Sandler A, Siegel D, Walsh K, Widemann BC. The Fourth International Symposium on Genetic Disorders of the Ras/MAPK pathway. Am J Med Genet A. 2016 Aug;170(8):1959-66. PubMed PMID: 27155140
  • Yu HC, Coughlin CR, Geiger EA, Salvador BJ, Elias ER, Cavanaugh JL, Chatfield KC, Miyamoto SD, Shaikh TH. Discovery of a potentially deleterious variant in TMEM87B in a patient with a hemizygous 2q13 microdeletion suggests a recessive condition characterized by congenital heart disease and restrictive cardiomyopathy. Cold Spring Harb Mol Case Stud. 2016 May;2(3):a000844. PubMed PMID: 27148590
  • Ferdinandusse S, Friederich MW, Burlina A, Ruiter JP, Coughlin CR 2nd, Dishop MK, Gallagher RC, Bedoyan JK, Vaz FM, Waterham HR, Gowan K, Chatfield K, Bloom K, Bennett MJ, Elpeleg O, Van Hove JL, Wanders RJ. Clinical and biochemical characterization of four patients with mutations in ECHS1. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2015 Jun 18;10:79. PubMed PMID: 26081110
  • Chatfield KC, Coughlin CR 2nd, Friederich MW, Gallagher RC, Hesselberth JR, Lovell MA, Ofman R, Swanson MA, Thomas JA, Wanders RJ, Wartchow EP, Van Hove JL. Mitochondrial energy failure in HSD10 disease is due to defective mtDNA transcript processing. Mitochondrion. 2015 Mar;21:1-10. PubMed PMID: 25575635
  • Brockel M, Chatfield K, Mirsky D, Baker CD, Janosy N. Anesthetic Considerations for a Child With Rare B3GALT6 Mutations: A Case Report. A A Case Rep. 2017 Sep 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28968258
  • Friederich MW, Erdogan AJ, Coughlin CR 2nd, Elos MT, Jiang H, O'Rourke CP, Lovell MA, Wartchow E, Gowan K, Chatfield KC, Chick WS, Spector EB, Van Hove JLK, Riemer J. Mutations in the accessory subunit NDUFB10 result in isolated complex I deficiency and illustrate the critical role of intermembrane space import for complex I holoenzyme assembly. Hum Mol Genet. 2017 Feb 15;26(4):702-716. PubMed PMID: 28040730
  • Sparagna, GC, KC Chatfield, S Chau, DA Brown, E Phillips, N Stafford, A Ambardekar, A Korst, SD Miyamoto, CC Sucharov, BL Stauffer. Elamipretide, a cardiolipin-targeting peptide, decreases mitochondrial oxidant stress in the failing human heart. Oral Abstract. ESC Acute HF meeting. May 2017.
  • Chatfield KC, Sparagna GC, Chau S, Bennett MJ, Chicco AJ, Van Hove JL, Miyamoto SD, Stauffer BL. Alterations in the Mitochondrial Supercomplex in Pediatric Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Poster Abstract. BCVS Scientific Sessions. July 2017.
  • Regalado, ES, Mellor-Crummey L, deBacker, J, Braverman, A, Ades L, Benedict S, Bradley T, Brickner E, Chatfield KC, Feist C, Holmes K, Iannucci G, Lorenz B, Paul M, Morisaki T, Morisaki H, Morris S, Mitchell A, Ostergaard J, Philip S, Richer J, Sallee D, Shalhub S, Tekin M, Wilnai Y, Yetman A, Pyeritz R, Milewicz DM. Natural History and Management Guidelines for Multi-systemic Smooth Muscle Dysfunction Syndrome Due to Pathogenic Disrupting ACTA2 Arginine 179. Genetic in Medicine, Accepted for publication Nov 2017.
  • Friederich MW, Timal S, Powell CA, Dallabona C, Kurolap A, Palacios-Zambano S, Bratkovic D, Derks T, Arthur RK, Bick D, Bouman K, Chatfield KC, Damouny N, Dishop MK, Falik-Zaccai TC, Fares F, Fedida A, Gallagher RC, Garesse R, Gilberti M, González C, Gowan K, Habib C, Kalfon L, Knight K, Lefeber D, Mamblona L, Mandel H, Mory A, Ottoson J, Paperna T, Saada A, Sainz Jr B, Schoots MH, Smeitink JA, Szukszto MJ, ter Horst HJ, van den Brandt F, van Spronsen F, Veltman J, Wartchow E, Wintjes LT, Zohar Y, Fernández-Moreno MA, Baris HN, Donnini C, Minczuk M, Rodenburg RJ, Van Hove JLK. Mutations in the genes QRSL1, GATB, and GATC encoding the subunits of glutamyl-tRNAGln amidotransferase cause a lethal mitochondrial disorder with cardiomyopathy. The Journal of Human Genetics, in review
  • Friederich MW, Timal S, Powell CA, Dallabona C, Kurolap A, Palacios-Zambrano S, Bratkovic D, Derks TGJ, Bick D, Bouman K, Chatfield KC, Damouny-Naoum N, Dishop MK, Falik-Zaccai TC, Fares F, Fedida A, Ferrero I, Gallagher RC, Garesse R, Gilberti M, González C, Gowan K, Habib C, Halligan RK, Kalfon L, Knight K, Lefeber D, Mamblona L, Mandel H, Mory A, Ottoson J, Paperna T, Pruijn GJM, Rebelo-Guiomar PF, Saada A, Sainz B Jr, Salvemini H, Schoots MH, Smeitink JA, Szukszto MJ, Ter Horst HJ, van den Brandt F, van Spronsen FJ, Veltman JA, Wartchow E, Wintjes LT, Zohar Y, Fernández-Moreno MA, Baris HN, Donnini C, Minczuk M, Rodenburg RJ, Van Hove JLK. Pathogenic variants in glutamyl-tRNA(Gln) amidotransferase subunits cause a lethal mitochondrial cardiomyopathy disorder. Nat Commun. 2018 Oct 3;9(1):4065. PubMed PMID: 30283131
  • Srinivasan S, Howley LW, Cuneo BF, Chatfield KC. In-utero idiopathic ductal constriction: a prenatal manifestation of Alagille and Williams syndrome arteriopathy. J Perinatol. 2018 Nov;38(11):1453-1456. PubMed PMID: 30202046
  • Levin MD, Saitta SC, Gripp KW, Wenger TL, Ganesh J, Kalish JM, Epstein MR, Smith R, Czosek RJ, Ware SM, Goldenberg P, Myers A, Chatfield KC, Gillespie MJ, Zackai EH, Lin AE. Nonreentrant atrial tachycardia occurs independently of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in RASopathy patients. Am J Med Genet A. 2018 Aug;176(8):1711-1722. PubMed PMID: 30055033
  • Van Damme T, Pang X, Guillemyn B, Gulberti S, Syx D, De Rycke R, Kaye O, de Die-Smulders CEM, Pfundt R, Kariminejad A, Nampoothiri S, Pierquin G, Bulk S, Larson AA, Chatfield KC, Simon M, Legrand A, Gerard M, Symoens S, Fournel-Gigleux S, Malfait F. Biallelic B3GALT6 mutations cause spondylodysplastic Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Hum Mol Genet. 2018 Oct 15;27(20):3475-3487. PubMed PMID: 29931299
  • Schäfer M, Browne LP, Truong U, Jaggers JJ, Mitchell MB, Malone L, Morgan G, Chatfield K, McLennan D, Turbendian H, Vargas D, Fonseca B, DiMaria M, Shah A, Ivy MP, Barker AJ, Hunter KS, Wilson N, Ivy DD, Campbell DN. Aortic stiffness in adolescent Turner and Marfan syndrome patients. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2018 Nov 1;54(5):926-932. PubMed PMID: 29684119
  • Regalado ES, Mellor-Crummey L, De Backer J, Braverman AC, Ades L, Benedict S, Bradley TJ, Brickner ME, Chatfield KC, Child A, Feist C, Holmes KW, Iannucci G, Lorenz B, Mark P, Morisaki T, Morisaki H, Morris SA, Mitchell AL, Ostergaard JR, Richer J, Sallee D, Shalhub S, Tekin M, Estrera A, Musolino P, Yetman A, Pyeritz R, Milewicz DM. Clinical history and management recommendations of the smooth muscle dysfunction syndrome due to ACTA2 arginine 179 alterations. Genet Med. 2018 Oct;20(10):1206-1215. PubMed PMID: 29300374
  • Brockel M, Chatfield K, Mirsky D, Baker CD, Janosy N. Anesthetic Considerations for a Child With Rare B3GALT6 Mutations: A Case Report. A A Pract. 2018 Feb 15;10(4):83-86. PubMed PMID: 28968258
  • Chatfield K, Nakano SJ, Everitt MD. General pediatric care for a patient after heart transplant: what the practitioner needs to know. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2019 Oct;31(5):592-597. PubMed PMID: 31261284
  • McCallen LM, Ameduri RK, Denfield SW, Dodd DA, Everitt MD, Johnson JN, Lee TM, Lin AE, Lohr JL, May LJ, Pierpont ME, Stevenson DA, Chatfield KC. Cardiac transplantation in children with Noonan syndrome. Pediatr Transplant. 2019 Sep;23(6):e13535. PubMed PMID: 31259454
  • Gripp KW, Morse LA, Axelrad M, Chatfield KC, Chidekel A, Dobyns W, Doyle D, Kerr B, Lin AE, Schwartz DD, Sibbles BJ, Siegel D, Shankar SP, Stevenson DA, Thacker MM, Weaver KN, White SM, Rauen KA. Costello syndrome: Clinical phenotype, genotype, and management guidelines. Am J Med Genet A. 2019 Sep;179(9):1725-1744. PubMed PMID: 31222966
  • Chatfield KC, Sparagna GC, Chau S, Phillips EK, Ambardekar AV, Aftab M, Mitchell MB, Sucharov CC, Miyamoto SD, Stauffer BL. Elamipretide Improves Mitochondrial Function in the Failing Human Heart. JACC Basic Transl Sci. 2019 Apr;4(2):147-157. PubMed PMID: 31061916
  • Le CH, Benage LG, Specht KS, Li Puma LC, Mulligan CM, Heuberger AL, Prenni JE, Claypool SM, Chatfield KC, Sparagna GC, Chicco AJ. Tafazzin deficiency impairs CoA-dependent oxidative metabolism in cardiac mitochondria. J Biol Chem. 2020 Aug 28;295(35):12485-12497. PubMed PMID: 32665401
  • Hallgrímsson B, Aponte JD, Katz DC, Bannister JJ, Riccardi SL, Mahasuwan N, McInnes BL, Ferrara TM, Lipman DM, Neves AB, Spitzmacher JAJ, Larson JR, Bellus GA, Pham AM, Aboujaoude E, Benke TA, Chatfield KC, Davis SM, Elias ER, Enzenauer RW, French BM, Pickler LL, Shieh JTC, Slavotinek A, Harrop AR, Innes AM, McCandless SE, McCourt EA, Meeks NJL, Tartaglia NR, Tsai AC, Wyse JPH, Bernstein JA, Sanchez-Lara PA, Forkert ND, Bernier FP, Spritz RA, Klein OD. Automated syndrome diagnosis by three-dimensional facial imaging. Genet Med. 2020 Oct;22(10):1682-1693. PubMed PMID: 32475986
  • Garcia AM, McPhaul JC, Sparagna GC, Jeffrey DA, Jonscher R, Patel SS, Sucharov CC, Stauffer BL, Miyamoto SD, Chatfield KC. Alteration of cardiolipin biosynthesis and remodeling in single right ventricle congenital heart disease. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2020 Apr 1;318(4):H787-H800. PubMed PMID: 32056460
  • Chatfield K, Nakano SJ, Everitt MD. General pediatric care for a patient after heart transplant: what the practitioner needs to know. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2019 Oct;31(5):592-597. PubMed PMID: 31261284
  • McCallen LM, Ameduri RK, Denfield SW, Dodd DA, Everitt MD, Johnson JN, Lee TM, Lin AE, Lohr JL, May LJ, Pierpont ME, Stevenson DA, Chatfield KC. Cardiac transplantation in children with Noonan syndrome. Pediatr Transplant. 2019 Sep;23(6):e13535. PubMed PMID: 31259454
  • Gripp KW, Morse LA, Axelrad M, Chatfield KC, Chidekel A, Dobyns W, Doyle D, Kerr B, Lin AE, Schwartz DD, Sibbles BJ, Siegel D, Shankar SP, Stevenson DA, Thacker MM, Weaver KN, White SM, Rauen KA. Costello syndrome: Clinical phenotype, genotype, and management guidelines. Am J Med Genet A. 2019 Sep;179(9):1725-1744. PubMed PMID: 31222966
  • Chatfield KC, Sparagna GC, Chau S, Phillips EK, Ambardekar AV, Aftab M, Mitchell MB, Sucharov CC, Miyamoto SD, Stauffer BL. Elamipretide Improves Mitochondrial Function in the Failing Human Heart. JACC Basic Transl Sci. 2019 Apr;4(2):147-157. PubMed PMID: 31061916
  • Chatfield KC, Sparagna GC, Specht KS, Whitcomb LA, Omar AK, Miyamoto SD, Wolfe LM, Chicco AJ. Long-chain fatty acid oxidation and respiratory complex I deficiencies distinguish Barth Syndrome from idiopathic pediatric cardiomyopathy. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2021 Nov 25. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34821394
  • Ahimaz P, Sabatello M, Qian M, Wang A, Miller EM, Parrott A, Lal AK, Chatfield KC, Rossano JW, Ware SM, Parent JJ, Kantor P, Yue L, Wynn J, Lee TM, Addonizio LJ, Appelbaum PS, Chung WK. Impact of Genetic Testing for Cardiomyopathy on Emotional Well-Being and Family Dynamics: A Study of Parents and Adolescents. Circ Genom Precis Med. 2021 Aug;14(4):e003189. PubMed PMID: 34255550
  • Bell JM, Considine EM, McCallen LM, Chatfield KC. The Prevalence of Noonan Spectrum Disorders in Pediatric Patients with Pulmonary Valve Stenosis. J Pediatr. 2021 Jul;234:134-141.e5. PubMed PMID: 33794220
  • Singh I, Duca LM, Kao D, Chatfield KC, Khanna AD. Outcomes in hospitalisations of women with Turner syndrome compared to women without Turner syndrome. Cardiol Young. 2021 Oct;31(10):1667-1674. PubMed PMID: 33736722
  • Mostovoy Y, Yilmaz F, Chow SK, Chu C, Lin C, Geiger EA, Meeks NJL, Chatfield KC, Coughlin CR, Surti U, Kwok PY, Shaikh TH. Genomic regions associated with microdeletion/microduplication syndromes exhibit extreme diversity of structural variation. Genetics. 2021 Feb 9;217(2). PubMed PMID: 33724415
  • Knight WE, Cao Y, Lin YH, Chi C, Bai B, Sparagna GC, Zhao Y, Du Y, Londono P, Reisz JA, Brown BC, Taylor MRG, Ambardekar AV, Cleveland JC Jr, McKinsey TA, Jeong MY, Walker LA, Woulfe KC, D'Alessandro A, Chatfield KC, Xu H, Bristow MR, Buttrick PM, Song K. Maturation of Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes Enables Modeling of Human Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Stem Cell Reports. 2021 Mar 9;16(3):519-533. PubMed PMID: 33636116
  • Le CH, Benage LG, Specht KS, Li Puma LC, Mulligan CM, Heuberger AL, Prenni JE, Claypool SM, Chatfield KC, Sparagna GC, Chicco AJ. Tafazzin deficiency impairs CoA-dependent oxidative metabolism in cardiac mitochondria. J Biol Chem. 2020 Aug 28;295(35):12485-12497. PubMed PMID: 32665401
  • Chan PP, Sabus A, Hemenway MS, Chatfield KC, White CJ, Mirsky DM, Foreman NK, Dahl NA. Thromboembolic toxicity observed with concurrent trametinib and lenalidomide therapy. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023 Jan 5;:e30190. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36602034
  • Hallgrímsson B, Aponte JD, Katz DC, Bannister JJ, Riccardi SL, Mahasuwan N, McInnes BL, Ferrara TM, Lipman DM, Neves AB, Spitzmacher JAJ, Larson JR, Bellus GA, Pham AM, Aboujaoude E, Benke TA, Chatfield KC, Davis SM, Elias ER, Enzenauer RW, French BM, Pickler LL, Shieh JTC, Slavotinek A, Harrop AR, Innes AM, McCandless SE, McCourt EA, Meeks NJL, Tartaglia NR, Tsai AC, Wyse JPH, Bernstein JA, Sanchez-Lara PA, Forkert ND, Bernier FP, Spritz RA, Klein OD. Automated syndrome diagnosis by three-dimensional facial imaging. Genet Med. 2020 Oct;22(10):1682-1693. PubMed PMID: 32475986
  • Eldeiry M, Miyamoto S, Chatfield K, Reece TB, Mitchell MB. Frozen elephant trunk aortic reconstruction in a patient with Loeys-Dietz syndrome. JTCVS Tech. 2022 Dec;16:8-10. PubMed PMID: 36510543
  • Micke KC, Stence NV, Meyers ML, Chatfield KC, Vemulakonda VM. Megacystis Associated With an Underlying ACTA2 Variant and Diagnosis of Multisystemic Smooth Muscle Dysfunction Syndrome: A Case Report. Urology. 2022 Dec 7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36495950
  • Delogu AB, Limongelli G, Versacci P, Adorisio R, Kaski JP, Blandino R, Maiolo S, Monda E, Putotto C, De Rosa G, Chatfield KC, Gelb BD, Calcagni G. The heart in RASsopathies. Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet. 2022 Nov 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36408797
  • Garcia AM, McPhaul JC, Sparagna GC, Jeffrey DA, Jonscher R, Patel SS, Sucharov CC, Stauffer BL, Miyamoto SD, Chatfield KC. Alteration of cardiolipin biosynthesis and remodeling in single right ventricle congenital heart disease. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2020 Apr 1;318(4):H787-H800. PubMed PMID: 32056460
  • Tsai CW, Rodriguez MX, Van Keuren AM, Phillips CB, Shushunov HM, Lee JE, Garcia AM, Ambardekar AV, Cleveland JC Jr, Reisz JA, Proenza C, Chatfield KC, Tsai MF. Mechanisms and significance of tissue-specific MICU regulation of the mitochondrial calcium uniporter complex. Mol Cell. 2022 Oct 6;82(19):3661-3676.e8. PubMed PMID: 36206740
  • Singh I, Noel G, Barker JM, Chatfield KC, Furniss A, Khanna AD, Nokoff NJ, Patel S, Pyle L, Nahata L, Cole FS, Ikomi C, Bamba V, Fechner PY, Davis SM. Hepatic abnormalities in youth with Turner syndrome. Liver Int. 2022 Oct;42(10):2237-2246. PubMed PMID: 35785515
  • Nakano TA, Rankin AW, Annam A, Kulungowski AM, McCallen LM, Hill LR, Chatfield KC. Trametinib for Refractory Chylous Effusions and Systemic Complications in Children with Noonan Syndrome. J Pediatr. 2022 Sep;248:81-88.e1. PubMed PMID: 35605646
  • Houska N, Schafer M, Chatfield KC, Bernard TJ, Ing RJ. Anesthetic Considerations for Children With Multisystem Smooth Muscle Dysfunction Syndrome and Review of the Literature. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 Aug;36(8 Pt B):3205-3211. PubMed PMID: 35568655
  • San-Millan I, Sparagna GC, Chapman HL, Warkins VL, Chatfield KC, Shuff SR, Martinez JL, Brooks GA. Chronic Lactate Exposure Decreases Mitochondrial Function by Inhibition of Fatty Acid Uptake and Cardiolipin Alterations in Neonatal Rat Cardiomyocytes. Front Nutr. 2022;9:809485. PubMed PMID: 35308271
  • Chatfield KC, Sparagna GC, Specht KS, Whitcomb LA, Omar AK, Miyamoto SD, Wolfe LM, Chicco AJ. Long-chain fatty acid oxidation and respiratory complex I deficiencies distinguish Barth Syndrome from idiopathic pediatric cardiomyopathy. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2022 Jan;45(1):111-124. PubMed PMID: 34821394
  • Tatman PD, Kao DP, Chatfield KC, Carroll IA, Wagner JA, Jonas ER, Sucharov CC, Port JD, Lowes BD, Minobe WA, Huebler SP, Karimpour-Fard A, Rodriguez EM, Liggett SB, Bristow MR. An extensive ß1-adrenergic receptor gene signaling network regulates molecular remodeling in dilated cardiomyopathies. JCI Insight. 2023 Aug 22;8(16). PubMed PMID: 37606047
  • Garcia AM, Toni LS, Miyano CA, Sparagna GC, Jonscher R, Phillips EK, Karimpour-Fard A, Chapman HL, Baybayon-Grandgeorge AN, Pietra AE, Selner E, Chatfield KC, Stauffer BL, Sucharov CC, Miyamoto SD. Cardiac Transcriptome Remodeling and Impaired Bioenergetics in Single-Ventricle Congenital Heart Disease. JACC Basic Transl Sci. 2023 Mar;8(3):258-279. PubMed PMID: 37034285
  • Geddes GC, Parent JJ, Lander J, Jeewa A, Ware SM, Villa C, Chatfield KC, Weaver KN. MEK Inhibition Improves Cardiomyopathy in Costello Syndrome. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 Apr 11;81(14):1439-1441. PubMed PMID: 37019585
  • Chan PP, Sabus A, Hemenway MS, Chatfield KC, White CJ, Mirsky DM, Foreman NK, Dahl NA. Thromboembolic toxicity observed with concurrent trametinib and lenalidomide therapy. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023 Mar;70(3):e30190. PubMed PMID: 36602034
  • Micke KC, Stence NV, Meyers ML, Chatfield KC, Vemulakonda VM. Megacystis Associated With an Underlying ACTA2 Variant and Diagnosis of Multisystemic Smooth Muscle Dysfunction Syndrome: A Case Report. Urology. 2023 Mar;173:e17-e19. PubMed PMID: 36495950

Practice Locations

Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234

Hospital Affiliation
  • Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Pediatric Cardiology, Board Certification
  • Pediatrics, Board Certification
  • Clinical Genetics and Genomics (MD), Board Certification
Conditions & Treatments
  • Genetic Conditions and Testing
  • Heart and Circulation - Aneurysms
  • Heart and Circulation
  • Heart and Circulation - Cardiomyopathy
  • Heart and Circulation - Circulatory Disorders
  • Heart and Circulation - Congenital Heart Disease
  • Heart and Circulation - Heart Failure
  • Heart and Circulation - Vascular Malformations
  • Heart and Circulation - Heart Valve Diseases
Clinical Interests
Noonan Syndrome, CFC, Costello (RASopathy syndromes), Vascular and Lymphatic Anomalies, Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT, or Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome). I also specialise in management of connective tissue disorders: Marfan syndrome, Loeys Dietz syndrome, Vascular-type Ehlers Danlos syndrome, Familial aortic aneurysm and dissection syndromes, Turner syndrome, Williams syndrome, Metabolic cardiomyopathies, familial cardiomyopathy, and familial congenital heart disease.

Care Philosophy
I provide specialized care of individuals with genetic forms of cardiovascular disease. As a Clinical Geneticist and Pediatric cardiologist, I am in a unique position to diagnose the underlying etiologies of congenital heart disease, cardiomyopathies and aortopathy in children and adolescents. I treat many children with these conditions as their cardiologist; I also serve as a resource and genetics consultant to pediatric cardiologists within our practice and in the greater Rocky Mountain region.