Melanie Everitt, MD

Professional Titles

• Director of Pediatric Heart Transplant

Research Interests

Publications

• Kaddourah A, Goldstein SL, Lipshultz SE, Wilkinson JD, Sleeper LA, Lu M, Colan SD, Towbin JA, Aydin SI, Rossano J, Everitt MD, Gossett JG, Rusconi P, Kantor PF, Singh RK, Jefferies JL. Prevalence, predictors, and outcomes of cardiorenal syndrome in children with dilated cardiomyopathy: a report from the Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry. Pediatr Nephrol. 2015 Dec;30(12):2177-88. PubMed PMID: 26210985
• Jefferies JL, Wilkinson JD, Sleeper LA, Colan SD, Lu M, Pahl E, Kantor PF, Everitt MD, Webber SA, Kaufman BD, Lamour JM, Canter CE, Hsu DT, Addonizio LJ, Lipshultz SE, Towbin JA. Cardiomyopathy Phenotypes and Outcomes for Children With Left Ventricular Myocardial Noncompaction: Results From the Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry. J Card Fail. 2015 Jul 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26164213
• Sant DW, Margraf RL, Stevenson DA, Grossmann AH, Viskochil DH, Hanson H, Everitt MD, Rios JJ, Elefteriou F, Hennessey T, Mao R. Evaluation of somatic mutations in tibial pseudarthrosis samples in neurofibromatosis type 1. J Med Genet. 2015 Apr;52(4):256-61. PubMed PMID: 25612910
• Lindsay I, Johnson J, Everitt MD, Hoffman J, Yetman AT. Impact of liver disease after the fontan operation. Am J Cardiol. 2015 Jan 15;115(2):249-52. PubMed PMID: 25534765
• Richmond ME, Law YM, Das BB, Everitt MD, Kukreja M, Naftel DC, Kemna MS, Henderson HT, Beddows K, Fricker FJ, Mahle WT. Elevated pre-transplant pulmonary vascular resistance is not associated with mortality in children without congenital heart disease: a multicenter study. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2015 Mar;34(3):448-56. PubMed PMID: 24906793
• Kaza AK, Kaza E, Bullock E, Reyna S, Yetman A, Everitt MD. Pulmonary vascular remodelling after heart transplantation in patients with cavopulmonary connection. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2015 Mar;47(3):505-10; discussion 510. PubMed PMID: 24819364
• Moore JP, Patel PA, Shannon KM, Albers EL, Salerno JC, Stein MA, Stephenson EA, Mohan S, Shah MJ, Asakai H, Pflaumer A, Czosek RJ, Everitt MD, Garnreiter JM, McCanta AC, Papez AL, Escudero C, Sanatani S, Cain NB, Kannankeril PJ, Bratincsak A, Mandapati R, Silva JN, Knecht KR, Balaji S. Predictors of myocardial recovery in pediatric tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy. Heart Rhythm. 2014 Jul;11(7):1163-9. PubMed PMID: 24751393
• Loftus PD, Erickson LK, Everitt MD, Kaza AK. Heart failure due to "disappearing" aortic valve in hypoplastic left heart syndrome. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2014 Apr;5(2):334-7. PubMed PMID: 24668988
• Bogarapu S, Bleyl SB, Calhoun A, Viskochil D, Saarel EV, Everitt MD, Frank DU. Phenotype of a patient with contiguous deletion of TBX5 and TBX3: expanding the disease spectrum. Am J Med Genet A. 2014 May;164A(5):1304-9. PubMed PMID: 24664963
• Everitt MD, Sleeper LA, Lu M, Canter CE, Pahl E, Wilkinson JD, Addonizio LJ, Towbin JA, Rossano J, Singh RK, Lamour J, Webber SA, Colan SD, Margossian R, Kantor PF, Jefferies JL, Lipshultz SE. Recovery of echocardiographic function in children with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: results from the pediatric cardiomyopathy registry. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Apr 15;63(14):1405-13. PubMed PMID: 24561146
• Boucek D, Yetman AT, Yeung E, Miyamoto SD, Stehlik J, Kfoury AG, Kaza AK, Weng C, Everitt MD. Survival based on patient selection for heart transplant in adults with congenital heart disease: a multi-institutional study. Int J Cardiol. 2014;172(1):e89-90. PubMed PMID: 24433616
• Thrush PT, Pahl E, Naftel DC, Pruitt E, Everitt MD, Missler H, Zangwill S, Burch M, Hoffman TM, Butts R, Mahle WT. A multi-institutional evaluation of antibody-mediated rejection utilizing the Pediatric Heart Transplant Study database: Incidence, therapies and outcomes. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2016 Jun 24. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27431753
• Kindel SJ, Everitt MD. A contemporary review of paediatric heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support. Cardiol Young. 2016 Jun;26(5):851-9. PubMed PMID: 26979140
• Bogarapu S, Puchalski MD, Everitt MD, Williams RV, Weng HY, Menon SC. Novel Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Feature Tracking (CMR-FT) Analysis for Detection of Myocardial Fibrosis in Pediatric Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Pediatr Cardiol. 2016 Apr;37(4):663-73. PubMed PMID: 26833321
• Ross HJ, Law Y, Book WM, Broberg CS, Burchill L, Cecchin F, Chen JM, Delgado D, Dimopoulos K, Everitt MD, Gatzoulis M, Harris L, Hsu DT, Kuvin JT, Martin CM, Murphy AM, Singh G, Spray TL, Stout KK. Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support in Congenital Heart Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2016 Feb 23;133(8):802-20. PubMed PMID: 26797468
• Stout KK, Broberg CS, Book WM, Cecchin F, Chen JM, Dimopoulos K, Everitt MD, Gatzoulis M, Harris L, Hsu DT, Kuvin JT, Law Y, Martin CM, Murphy AM, Ross HJ, Singh G, Spray TL. Chronic Heart Failure in Congenital Heart Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2016 Feb 23;133(8):770-801. PubMed PMID: 26787728
• Kantor PF, Kleinman JA, Ryan TD, Wilmot I, Zuckerman WA, Addonizio LJ, Everitt MD, Jefferies JL, Lee TM, Towbin JA, Wilkinson JD, Lipshultz SE. Preventing pediatric cardiomyopathy: a 2015 outlook. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2016;14(3):321-39. PubMed PMID: 26645487
• Ware AL, Malmberg E, Delgado JC, Hammond ME, Miller DV, Stehlik J, Kfoury A, Revelo MP, Eckhauser A, Everitt MD. The use of circulating donor specific antibody to predict biopsy diagnosis of antibody-mediated rejection and to provide prognostic value after heart transplantation in children. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2016 Feb;35(2):179-85. PubMed PMID: 26520246
• Kaddourah A, Goldstein SL, Lipshultz SE, Wilkinson JD, Sleeper LA, Lu M, Colan SD, Towbin JA, Aydin SI, Rossano J, Everitt MD, Gossett JG, Rusconi P, Kantor PF, Singh RK, Jefferies JL. Prevalence, predictors, and outcomes of cardiorenal syndrome in children with dilated cardiomyopathy: a report from the Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry. Pediatr Nephrol. 2015 Dec;30(12):2177-88. PubMed PMID: 26210985
• Jefferies JL, Wilkinson JD, Sleeper LA, Colan SD, Lu M, Pahl E, Kantor PF, Everitt MD, Webber SA, Kaufman BD, Lamour JM, Canter CE, Hsu DT, Addonizio LJ, Lipshultz SE, Towbin JA. Cardiomyopathy Phenotypes and Outcomes for Children With Left Ventricular Myocardial Noncompaction: Results From the Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry. J Card Fail. 2015 Nov;21(11):877-84. PubMed PMID: 26164213
• Sant DW, Margraf RL, Stevenson DA, Grossmann AH, Viskochil DH, Hanson H, Everitt MD, Rios JJ, Elefteriou F, Hennessey T, Mao R. Evaluation of somatic mutations in tibial pseudarthrosis samples in neurofibromatosis type 1. J Med Genet. 2015 Apr;52(4):256-61. PubMed PMID: 25612910
• Lindsay I, Johnson J, Everitt MD, Hoffman J, Yetman AT. Impact of liver disease after the fontan operation. Am J Cardiol. 2015 Jan 15;115(2):249-52. PubMed PMID: 25534765
• Richmond ME, Law YM, Das BB, Everitt MD, Kukreja M, Naftel DC, Kemna MS, Henderson HT, Beddows K, Fricker FJ, Mahle WT. Elevated pre-transplant pulmonary vascular resistance is not associated with mortality in children without congenital heart disease: a multicenter study. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2015 Mar;34(3):448-56. PubMed PMID: 24906793
• Kaza AK, Kaza E, Bullock E, Reyna S, Yetman A, Everitt MD. Pulmonary vascular remodelling after heart transplantation in patients with cavopulmonary connection. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2015 Mar;47(3):505-10; discussion 510. PubMed PMID: 24819364
• Auerbach SR, Everitt MD, Butts RJ, Rosenthal DN, Law YM. The Pediatric Heart Failure Workforce: An International, Multicenter Survey. Pediatr Cardiol. 2017 Nov 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29147800
• Zablah JE, Everitt MD, Wilson N. Accelerated cardiac allograft vasculopathy after pediatric heart transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2017 Nov;17(11):2983-2985. PubMed PMID: 29083554
• Chen S, Dykes JC, McElhinney DB, Gajarski RJ, Shin AY, Hollander SA, Everitt ME, Price JF, Thiagarajan RR, Kindel SJ, Rossano JW, Kaufman BD, May LJ, Pruitt E, Rosenthal DN, Almond CS. Haemodynamic profiles of children with end-stage heart failure. Eur Heart J. 2017 Oct 7;38(38):2900-2909. PubMed PMID: 29019615
• Kleinmahon JA, Patel SS, Auerbach SR, Rossano J, Everitt MD. Hearts transplanted after circulatory death in children: Analysis of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation registry. Pediatr Transplant. 2017 Dec;21(8). PubMed PMID: 28940999
• Castleberry C, Ziniel S, Almond C, Auerbach S, Hollander SA, Lal AK, Fenton M, Pahl E, Rossano JW, Everitt MD, Daly KP. Clinical practice patterns are relatively uniform between pediatric heart transplant centers: A survey-based assessment. Pediatr Transplant. 2017 Aug;21(5). PubMed PMID: 28670871
• Almond CS, Hoen H, Rossano JW, Castleberry C, Auerbach SR, Yang L, Lal AK, Everitt MD, Fenton M, Hollander SA, Pahl E, Pruitt E, Rosenthal DN, McElhinney DB, Daly KP, Desai M. Development and validation of a major adverse transplant event (MATE) score to predict late graft loss in pediatric heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2017 Mar 24. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28465118
• Chanana N, Van Dorn CS, Everitt MD, Weng HY, Miller DV, Menon SC. Alteration of Cardiac Deformation in Acute Rejection in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients. Pediatr Cardiol. 2017 Apr;38(4):691-699. PubMed PMID: 28161809
• Thrush PT, Pahl E, Naftel DC, Pruitt E, Everitt MD, Missler H, Zangwill S, Burch M, Hoffman TM, Butts R, Mahle WT. A multi-institutional evaluation of antibody-mediated rejection utilizing the Pediatric Heart Transplant Study database: Incidence, therapies and outcomes. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2016 Dec;35(12):1497-1504. PubMed PMID: 27431753
• Kindel SJ, Everitt MD. A contemporary review of paediatric heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support. Cardiol Young. 2016 Jun;26(5):851-9. PubMed PMID: 26979140
• Bogarapu S, Puchalski MD, Everitt MD, Williams RV, Weng HY, Menon SC. Novel Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Feature Tracking (CMR-FT) Analysis for Detection of Myocardial Fibrosis in Pediatric Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Pediatr Cardiol. 2016 Apr;37(4):663-73. PubMed PMID: 26833321
• Ross HJ, Law Y, Book WM, Broberg CS, Burchill L, Cecchin F, Chen JM, Delgado D, Dimopoulos K, Everitt MD, Gatzoulis M, Harris L, Hsu DT, Kuvin JT, Martin CM, Murphy AM, Singh G, Spray TL, Stout KK. Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support in Congenital Heart Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2016 Feb 23;133(8):802-20. PubMed PMID: 26797468
• Stout KK, Broberg CS, Book WM, Cecchin F, Chen JM, Dimopoulos K, Everitt MD, Gatzoulis M, Harris L, Hsu DT, Kuvin JT, Law Y, Martin CM, Murphy AM, Ross HJ, Singh G, Spray TL. Chronic Heart Failure in Congenital Heart Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2016 Feb 23;133(8):770-801. PubMed PMID: 26787728
• Kantor PF, Kleinman JA, Ryan TD, Wilmot I, Zuckerman WA, Addonizio LJ, Everitt MD, Jefferies JL, Lee TM, Towbin JA, Wilkinson JD, Lipshultz SE. Preventing pediatric cardiomyopathy: a 2015 outlook. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2016;14(3):321-39. PubMed PMID: 26645487
• Ware AL, Malmberg E, Delgado JC, Hammond ME, Miller DV, Stehlik J, Kfoury A, Revelo MP, Eckhauser A, Everitt MD. The use of circulating donor specific antibody to predict biopsy diagnosis of antibody-mediated rejection and to provide prognostic value after heart transplantation in children. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2016 Feb;35(2):179-85. PubMed PMID: 26520246
• Castleberry CD, Jefferies JL, Shi L, Wilkinson JD, Towbin JA, Harrison RW, Rossano JW, Pahl E, Lee TM, Addonizio LJ, Everitt MD, Godown J, Mahgerefteh J, Rusconi P, Canter CE, Colan SD, Kantor PF, Razoky H, Lipshultz SE, Miller TL. No Obesity Paradox in Pediatric Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy. JACC Heart Fail. 2018 Mar;6(3):222-230. PubMed PMID: 29428438
• Heble A, Everitt MD, Gralla J, Miyamoto SD, Lahart M, Eshelman J. Safety of mTOR inhibitor continuation in pediatric heart transplant recipients undergoing surgical procedures. Pediatr Transplant. 2018 Feb;22(1). PubMed PMID: 29210159
• Wolfe KR, Kelly SL, Steinberg E, Pliego J, Everitt MD. Predictors of neuropsychological functioning and medication adherence in pediatric heart transplant recipients referred for neuropsychological evaluation. Pediatr Transplant. 2019 Nov 12;:e13615. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31713990
• 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
• Lipshultz SE, Law YM, Asante-Korang A, Austin ED, Dipchand AI, Everitt MD, Hsu DT, Lin KY, Price JF, Wilkinson JD, Colan SD. Cardiomyopathy in Children: Classification and Diagnosis: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2019 Jul 2;140(1):e9-e68. PubMed PMID: 31132865
• Stone ML, Everitt MD. Primary graft dysfunction: Worry less about organ quality and do more to improve candidate condition. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2019 Jun;38(6):609-610. PubMed PMID: 30885530
• Kleinmahon JA, Gralla J, Kirk R, Auerbach SR, Henderson HT, Wallis GA, Ramakrishnan K, Singh RK, Caldwell RL, Savage AJ, Everitt MD. Cardiac allograft vasculopathy and graft failure in pediatric heart transplant recipients after rejection with severe hemodynamic compromise. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2019 Mar;38(3):277-284. PubMed PMID: 30638837
• Castleberry CD, Jefferies JL, Shi L, Wilkinson JD, Towbin JA, Harrison RW, Rossano JW, Pahl E, Lee TM, Addonizio LJ, Everitt MD, Godown J, Mahgerefteh J, Rusconi P, Canter CE, Colan SD, Kantor PF, Razoky H, Lipshultz SE, Miller TL. No Obesity Paradox in Pediatric Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy. JACC Heart Fail. 2018 Mar;6(3):222-230. PubMed PMID: 29428438
• Heble A, Everitt MD, Gralla J, Miyamoto SD, Lahart M, Eshelman J. Safety of mTOR inhibitor continuation in pediatric heart transplant recipients undergoing surgical procedures. Pediatr Transplant. 2018 Feb;22(1). PubMed PMID: 29210159
• Auerbach SR, Everitt MD, Butts RJ, Rosenthal DN, Law YM. The Pediatric Heart Failure Workforce: An International, Multicenter Survey. Pediatr Cardiol. 2018 Feb;39(2):307-314. PubMed PMID: 29147800
• Almond CS, Hoen H, Rossano JW, Castleberry C, Auerbach SR, Yang L, Lal AK, Everitt MD, Fenton M, Hollander SA, Pahl E, Pruitt E, Rosenthal DN, McElhinney DB, Daly KP, Desai M. Development and validation of a major adverse transplant event (MATE) score to predict late graft loss in pediatric heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2018 Apr;37(4):441-450. PubMed PMID: 28465118
• Schweiger M, Everitt MD, Chen S, Nandi D, Castro J, Gupta D, Scheel J, Lal AK, Ablonczy L, Kirk R, Miera O, Davies RR, Dipchand AI. Review of the discard and/or refusal rate of offered donor hearts to pediatric waitlisted candidates. Pediatr Transplant. 2020 May;24(3):e13674. PubMed PMID: 32198804
• Kirk R, Dipchand AI, Davies RR, Miera O, Chapman G, Conway J, Denfield S, Gossett JG, Johnson J, McCulloch M, Schweiger M, Zimpfer D, Ablonczy L, Adachi I, Albert D, Alexander P, Amdani S, Amodeo A, Azeka E, Ballweg J, Beasley G, Böhmer J, Butler A, Camino M, Castro J, Chen S, Chrisant M, Christen U, Danziger-Isakov L, Das B, Everitt M, Feingold B, Fenton M, Garcia-Guereta L, Godown J, Gupta D, Irving C, Joong A, Kemna M, Khulbey SK, Kindel S, Knecht K, Lal AK, Lin K, Lord K, Möller T, Nandi D, Niesse O, Peng DM, Pérez-Blanco A, Punnoose A, Reinhardt Z, Rosenthal D, Scales A, Scheel J, Shih R, Smith J, Smits J, Thul J, Weintraub R, Zangwill S, Zuckerman WA. ISHLT consensus statement on donor organ acceptability and management in pediatric heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2020 Apr;39(4):331-341. PubMed PMID: 32088108
• Everitt MD, Wilkinson JD, Shi L, Towbin JA, Colan SD, Kantor PF, Canter CE, Webber SA, Hsu DT, Pahl E, Addonizio LJ, Dodd DA, Jefferies JL, Rossano JW, Feingold B, Ware SM, Lee TM, Godown J, Simpson KE, Sleeper LA, Czachor JD, Razoky H, Hill A, Westphal J, Molina KM, Lipshultz SE. Cardiac Biomarkers in Pediatric Cardiomyopathy: Study Design and Recruitment Results from the Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry. Prog Pediatr Cardiol. 2019 Jun;53:1-10. PubMed PMID: 31745384
• Wolfe KR, Kelly SL, Steinberg E, Pliego J, Everitt MD. Predictors of neuropsychological functioning and medication adherence in pediatric heart transplant recipients referred for neuropsychological evaluation. Pediatr Transplant. 2020 Feb;24(1):e13615. PubMed PMID: 31713990
• 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
• Lipshultz SE, Law YM, Asante-Korang A, Austin ED, Dipchand AI, Everitt MD, Hsu DT, Lin KY, Price JF, Wilkinson JD, Colan SD. Cardiomyopathy in Children: Classification and Diagnosis: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2019 Jul 2;140(1):e9-e68. PubMed PMID: 31132865
• Stone ML, Everitt MD. Primary graft dysfunction: Worry less about organ quality and do more to improve candidate condition. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2019 Jun;38(6):609-610. PubMed PMID: 30885530
• Kleinmahon JA, Gralla J, Kirk R, Auerbach SR, Henderson HT, Wallis GA, Ramakrishnan K, Singh RK, Caldwell RL, Savage AJ, Everitt MD. Cardiac allograft vasculopathy and graft failure in pediatric heart transplant recipients after rejection with severe hemodynamic compromise. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2019 Mar;38(3):277-284. PubMed PMID: 30638837
• Khan A, Pahl E, Koehl DA, Cantor RS, Kirklin JK, Rusconi P, Barnes AP, Azeka E, Everitt MD. Improved heart transplant survival for children with congenital heart disease and heterotaxy syndrome in the current era: An analysis from the pediatric heart transplant society. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2021 Oct;40(10):1153-1163. PubMed PMID: 34366230
• Lin Y, Davis TJ, Zorrilla-Vaca A, Wojcik BM, Miyamoto SD, Everitt MD, Campbell DN, Jaggers JJ, Rajab TK. Neonatal heart transplant outcomes: A single institutional experience. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Jan 23. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34099271
• Jassal YR, Christofferson ES, Everitt MD, Wolfe KR. Specific patterns of executive functioning weaknesses among children after heart transplant. Pediatr Transplant. 2021 Sep;25(6):e14033. PubMed PMID: 33971066
• Ware SM, Wilkinson JD, Tariq M, Schubert JA, Sridhar A, Colan SD, Shi L, Canter CE, Hsu DT, Webber SA, Dodd DA, Everitt MD, Kantor PF, Addonizio LJ, Jefferies JL, Rossano JW, Pahl E, Rusconi P, Chung WK, Lee T, Towbin JA, Lal AK, Bhatnagar S, Aronow B, Dexheimer PJ, Martin LJ, Miller EM, Sleeper LA, Razoky H, Czachor J, Lipshultz SE. Genetic Causes of Cardiomyopathy in Children: First Results From the Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Genes Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 May 4;10(9):e017731. PubMed PMID: 33906374
• Schweiger M, Everitt MD, Chen S, Nandi D, Castro J, Gupta D, Scheel J, Lal AK, Ablonczy L, Kirk R, Miera O, Davies RR, Dipchand AI. Review of the discard and/or refusal rate of offered donor hearts to pediatric waitlisted candidates. Pediatr Transplant. 2020 May;24(3):e13674. PubMed PMID: 32198804
• Kirk R, Dipchand AI, Davies RR, Miera O, Chapman G, Conway J, Denfield S, Gossett JG, Johnson J, McCulloch M, Schweiger M, Zimpfer D, Ablonczy L, Adachi I, Albert D, Alexander P, Amdani S, Amodeo A, Azeka E, Ballweg J, Beasley G, Böhmer J, Butler A, Camino M, Castro J, Chen S, Chrisant M, Christen U, Danziger-Isakov L, Das B, Everitt M, Feingold B, Fenton M, Garcia-Guereta L, Godown J, Gupta D, Irving C, Joong A, Kemna M, Khulbey SK, Kindel S, Knecht K, Lal AK, Lin K, Lord K, Möller T, Nandi D, Niesse O, Peng DM, Pérez-Blanco A, Punnoose A, Reinhardt Z, Rosenthal D, Scales A, Scheel J, Shih R, Smith J, Smits J, Thul J, Weintraub R, Zangwill S, Zuckerman WA. ISHLT consensus statement on donor organ acceptability and management in pediatric heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2020 Apr;39(4):331-341. PubMed PMID: 32088108
• Wolfe KR, Kelly SL, Steinberg E, Pliego J, Everitt MD. Predictors of neuropsychological functioning and medication adherence in pediatric heart transplant recipients referred for neuropsychological evaluation. Pediatr Transplant. 2020 Feb;24(1):e13615. PubMed PMID: 31713990
• Singh RK, Canter CE, Shi L, Colan SD, Dodd DA, Everitt MD, Hsu DT, Jefferies JL, Kantor PF, Pahl E, Rossano JW, Towbin JA, Wilkinson JD, Lipshultz SE. Survival Without Cardiac Transplantation Among Children With Dilated Cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Nov 28;70(21):2663-2673. PubMed PMID: 29169474
• Auerbach SR, Everitt MD, Butts RJ, Rosenthal DN, Law YM. The Pediatric Heart Failure Workforce: An International, Multicenter Survey. Pediatr Cardiol. 2018 Feb;39(2):307-314. PubMed PMID: 29147800
• Zablah JE, Everitt MD, Wilson N. Accelerated cardiac allograft vasculopathy after pediatric heart transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2017 Nov;17(11):2983-2985. PubMed PMID: 29083554
• Chen S, Dykes JC, McElhinney DB, Gajarski RJ, Shin AY, Hollander SA, Everitt ME, Price JF, Thiagarajan RR, Kindel SJ, Rossano JW, Kaufman BD, May LJ, Pruitt E, Rosenthal DN, Almond CS. Haemodynamic profiles of children with end-stage heart failure. Eur Heart J. 2017 Oct 7;38(38):2900-2909. PubMed PMID: 29019615
• Kleinmahon JA, Patel SS, Auerbach SR, Rossano J, Everitt MD. Hearts transplanted after circulatory death in children: Analysis of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation registry. Pediatr Transplant. 2017 Dec;21(8). PubMed PMID: 28940999
• Castleberry C, Ziniel S, Almond C, Auerbach S, Hollander SA, Lal AK, Fenton M, Pahl E, Rossano JW, Everitt MD, Daly KP. Clinical practice patterns are relatively uniform between pediatric heart transplant centers: A survey-based assessment. Pediatr Transplant. 2017 Aug;21(5). PubMed PMID: 28670871
• Almond CS, Hoen H, Rossano JW, Castleberry C, Auerbach SR, Yang L, Lal AK, Everitt MD, Fenton M, Hollander SA, Pahl E, Pruitt E, Rosenthal DN, McElhinney DB, Daly KP, Desai M. Development and validation of a major adverse transplant event (MATE) score to predict late graft loss in pediatric heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2018 Apr;37(4):441-450. PubMed PMID: 28465118
• Chanana N, Van Dorn CS, Everitt MD, Weng HY, Miller DV, Menon SC. Alteration of Cardiac Deformation in Acute Rejection in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients. Pediatr Cardiol. 2017 Apr;38(4):691-699. PubMed PMID: 28161809
• Richmond ME, Conway J, Kirklin JK, Cantor RS, Koehl DA, Lal AK, McDonald N, Gajarski R, Lin KY, Singh RK, Fenton M, Asante-Korang A, Amdani S, Auerbach SR, Everitt MD. Three decades of collaboration through the Pediatric Heart Transplant Society Registry: A journey through registry data with a highlight on children with single ventricle anatomy. Pediatr Transplant. 2023 Oct 9;:e14615. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37811686
• Iguidbashian J, Yoeli D, Everitt MD, Campbell DN, Mitchell MB, Jaggers J, Stone ML. Pediatric Heart Transplant Waiting List Times in the US During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Oct 3;5(10):e2234874. PubMed PMID: 36206002
• Nakano SJ, Everitt MD. Beyond the biopsy: Is it time to change the gold standard for rejection diagnosis in clinical decision-making and scientific discovery?. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2022 Oct;41(10):1414-1416. PubMed PMID: 36180133
• Ware SM, Bhatnagar S, Dexheimer PJ, Wilkinson JD, Sridhar A, Fan X, Shen Y, Tariq M, Schubert JA, Colan SD, Shi L, Canter CE, Hsu DT, Bansal N, Webber SA, Everitt MD, Kantor PF, Rossano JW, Pahl E, Rusconi P, Lee TM, Towbin JA, Lal AK, Chung WK, Miller EM, Aronow B, Martin LJ, Lipshultz SE. The genetic architecture of pediatric cardiomyopathy. Am J Hum Genet. 2022 Feb 3;109(2):282-298. PubMed PMID: 35026164
• Khan A, Pahl E, Koehl DA, Cantor RS, Kirklin JK, Rusconi P, Barnes AP, Azeka E, Everitt MD. Improved heart transplant survival for children with congenital heart disease and heterotaxy syndrome in the current era: An analysis from the pediatric heart transplant society. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2021 Oct;40(10):1153-1163. PubMed PMID: 34366230
• Lin Y, Davis TJ, Zorrilla-Vaca A, Wojcik BM, Miyamoto SD, Everitt MD, Campbell DN, Jaggers JJ, Rajab TK. Neonatal heart transplant outcomes: A single institutional experience. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Nov;162(5):1361-1368. PubMed PMID: 34099271
• Jassal YR, Christofferson ES, Everitt MD, Wolfe KR. Specific patterns of executive functioning weaknesses among children after heart transplant. Pediatr Transplant. 2021 Sep;25(6):e14033. PubMed PMID: 33971066
• Ware SM, Wilkinson JD, Tariq M, Schubert JA, Sridhar A, Colan SD, Shi L, Canter CE, Hsu DT, Webber SA, Dodd DA, Everitt MD, Kantor PF, Addonizio LJ, Jefferies JL, Rossano JW, Pahl E, Rusconi P, Chung WK, Lee T, Towbin JA, Lal AK, Bhatnagar S, Aronow B, Dexheimer PJ, Martin LJ, Miller EM, Sleeper LA, Razoky H, Czachor J, Lipshultz SE. Genetic Causes of Cardiomyopathy in Children: First Results From the Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Genes Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 May 4;10(9):e017731. PubMed PMID: 33906374
• Wisotzkey BL, Jaeger B, Asante-Korang A, Brickler M, Cantor RS, Everitt MD, Kirklin JK, Koehl D, Mantell BS, Thrush PT, Kuhn M. Risk factors for 1-year allograft loss in pediatric heart transplant patients using machine learning: An analysis of the pediatric heart transplant society database. Pediatr Transplant. 2023 Sep 19;:e14612. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37724046
• Kirmani S, Woodard PK, Shi L, Hamza TH, Canter CE, Colan SD, Pahl E, Towbin JA, Webber SA, Rossano JW, Everitt MD, Molina KM, Kantor PF, Jefferies JL, Feingold B, Addonizio LJ, Ware SM, Chung WK, Ballweg JA, Lee TM, Bansal N, Razoky H, Czachor J, Lunze FI, Marcus E, Commean P, Wilkinson JD, Lipshultz SE. Cardiac imaging and biomarkers for assessing myocardial fibrosis in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Am Heart J. 2023 Oct;264:153-162. PubMed PMID: 37315879
• Wolfe KR, Caprarola SD, Clark C, Davidson J, Everitt MD, Faul L, Hageman C, Kelly SL, Maloney E, Patteson H, Scott S, Talbot A, Tong S, DiMaria KL. Implementation of the Cardiac Inpatient Neurodevelopmental Care Optimization (CINCO) programme: an interdisciplinary, generalisable approach to inpatient neurodevelopmental care. Cardiol Young. 2023 Apr 12;:1-8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37042605
• Everitt MD, Pahl E, Koehl DA, Cantor RS, Kirklin JK, Reed AC, Thrush P, Zinn M, McCormick AD, Yester J, Schauer JS, Lee DW. Clinical outcomes after a biopsy diagnosis of antibody-mediated rejection in pediatric heart transplant recipients. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2024 Sep 3. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39236973
• Downs EA, Schäfer M, Everitt MD, Aubrey M, Mitchell M, Jaggers J, Campbell D, Stone ML. Inclusive ABO-Incompatible Listing for Pediatric Heart Transplantation Results in Comparable Post-Transplant Rejection-Free Survival in a Single-Center Series. Pediatr Cardiol. 2024 Aug 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39115706
• Peled Y, Ducharme A, Kittleson M, Bansal N, Stehlik J, Amdani S, Saeed D, Cheng R, Clarke B, Dobbels F, Farr M, Lindenfeld J, Nikolaidis L, Patel J, Acharya D, Albert D, Aslam S, Bertolotti A, Chan M, Chih S, Colvin M, Crespo-Leiro M, D'Alessandro D, Daly K, Diez-Lopez C, Dipchand A, Ensminger S, Everitt M, Fardman A, Farrero M, Feldman D, Gjelaj C, Goodwin M, Harrison K, Hsich E, Joyce E, Kato T, Kim D, Luong ML, Lyster H, Masetti M, Matos LN, Nilsson J, Noly PE, Rao V, Rolid K, Schlendorf K, Schweiger M, Spinner J, Townsend M, Tremblay-Gravel M, Urschel S, Vachiery JL, Velleca A, Waldman G, Walsh J. International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines for the Evaluation and Care of Cardiac Transplant Candidates-2024. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2024 Oct;43(10):1529-1628.e54. PubMed PMID: 39115488
• Bae EK, Chandran MM, Everitt MD, Benz E, Bock M. LCP-Tacrolimus Extended-Release (Envarsus XR) Use in Adolescent and Young Adult Solid Organ Transplant Recipients. Clin Transplant. 2024 Aug;38(8):e15417. PubMed PMID: 39087462
• Schäfer M, Miyamoto SD, Jaggers J, Everitt MD, von Alvensleben JC, Campbell DN, Mitchell MB, Stone ML. Non-invasive myocardial tissue deformation and discoordination indices predict cardiac allograft vasculopathy in pediatric heart transplantation patients. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2024 Jul;40(7):1565-1574. PubMed PMID: 38780709
• Godown J, Kim EH, Everitt MD, Chung WK, Lytrivi ID, Kirmani S, Kantor PF, Ware SM, Ballweg JA, Lal AK, Bansal N, Towbin J, Lipshultz SE, Lee TM. Genetic Testing Resources and Practice Patterns Among Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Programs. Pediatr Cardiol. 2024 May 7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38714589
• Kantor PF, Shi L, Colan SD, Orav EJ, Wilkinson JD, Hamza TH, Webber SA, Canter CE, Towbin JA, Everitt MD, Pahl E, Ware SM, Rusconi PG, Lamour JM, Jefferies JL, Addonizio LJ, Lipshultz SE. Progressive Left Ventricular Remodeling for Predicting Mortality in Children With Dilated Cardiomyopathy: The Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Jan 16;13(2):e022557. PubMed PMID: 38214257
• Chan M, Silveira L, Patterson DJ, Bock ME, Pietra BA, Everitt MD, Simpson KE, Miyamoto SD, Auerbach SR. Changes in estimated glomerular filtration rate over the first year following repeat heart transplant in children and young adults. Pediatr Transplant. 2024 Feb;28(1):e14651. PubMed PMID: 38015081
• Richmond ME, Conway J, Kirklin JK, Cantor RS, Koehl DA, Lal AK, McDonald N, Gajarski R, Lin KY, Singh RK, Fenton M, Asante-Korang A, Amdani S, Auerbach SR, Everitt MD. Three decades of collaboration through the Pediatric Heart Transplant Society Registry: A journey through registry data with a highlight on children with single ventricle anatomy. Pediatr Transplant. 2024 Feb;28(1):e14615. PubMed PMID: 37811686
• Wisotzkey BL, Jaeger B, Asante-Korang A, Brickler M, Cantor RS, Everitt MD, Kirklin JK, Koehl D, Mantell BS, Thrush PT, Kuhn M. Risk factors for 1-year allograft loss in pediatric heart transplant patients using machine learning: An analysis of the pediatric heart transplant society database. Pediatr Transplant. 2023 Dec;27(8):e14612. PubMed PMID: 37724046
• Kirmani S, Woodard PK, Shi L, Hamza TH, Canter CE, Colan SD, Pahl E, Towbin JA, Webber SA, Rossano JW, Everitt MD, Molina KM, Kantor PF, Jefferies JL, Feingold B, Addonizio LJ, Ware SM, Chung WK, Ballweg JA, Lee TM, Bansal N, Razoky H, Czachor J, Lunze FI, Marcus E, Commean P, Wilkinson JD, Lipshultz SE. Cardiac imaging and biomarkers for assessing myocardial fibrosis in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Am Heart J. 2023 Oct;264:153-162. PubMed PMID: 37315879
• Wolfe KR, Caprarola SD, Clark C, Davidson J, Everitt MD, Faul L, Hageman C, Kelly SL, Maloney E, Patteson H, Scott S, Talbot A, Tong S, DiMaria KL. Implementation of the Cardiac Inpatient Neurodevelopmental Care Optimization (CINCO) programme: an interdisciplinary, generalisable approach to inpatient neurodevelopmental care. Cardiol Young. 2023 Apr 12;:1-8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37042605
• Kilic A, Kwon JH, Grady KL, Singletary BA, Kilic A, Everitt M, Cleveland J, Cantor RS, Blackmon S, Breathett K, McKellar S, Keebler M, Kirklin JK, Stehlik J. Impact of adverse events on health-related quality of life after left ventricular assist device implantation: An STS INTERMACS analysis. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2023 Sep;42(9):1214-1222. PubMed PMID: 37040860
• Feldman AG, Beaty B, Everitt M, Goebel J, Kempe A, Pratscher L, Danziger-Isakov LA. Survey of pediatric transplant center practices regarding COVID-19 vaccine mandates for transplant candidates and living donors and use of COVID-19-positive deceased organs. Pediatr Transplant. 2023 Sep;27(6):e14513. PubMed PMID: 36939212
• Jassal YR, Slomowitz R, Everitt MD, Christofferson ES, von Alvensleben JC, Di Maria M, Wolfe KR. A Preliminary Study of One Year Safety and Tolerability of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Medications in Youth with Fontan Palliation or Heart Transplant. Pediatr Cardiol. 2024 Mar;45(3):673-680. PubMed PMID: 36809419
• Chen TT, Greene MM, Everitt MD, Simpson KE. Basiliximab as maintenance immunosuppression in heart transplant recipients: A single pediatric center experience. Pediatr Transplant. 2023 Mar;27(2):e14438. PubMed PMID: 36397270
• Kilic A, Kwon JH, Grady KL, Singletary BA, Kilic A, Everitt M, Cleveland J, Cantor RS, Blackmon S, Breathett K, McKellar S, Keebler M, Kirklin JK, Stehlik J. Impact of adverse events on health-related quality of life after left ventricular assist device implantation: An STS INTERMACS analysis. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2023 Sep;42(9):1214-1222. PubMed PMID: 37040860
• Feldman AG, Beaty B, Everitt M, Goebel J, Kempe A, Pratscher L, Danziger-Isakov LA. Survey of pediatric transplant center practices regarding COVID-19 vaccine mandates for transplant candidates and living donors and use of COVID-19-positive deceased organs. Pediatr Transplant. 2023 Sep;27(6):e14513. PubMed PMID: 36939212
• Jassal YR, Slomowitz R, Everitt MD, Christofferson ES, von Alvensleben JC, Di Maria M, Wolfe KR. A Preliminary Study of One Year Safety and Tolerability of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Medications in Youth with Fontan Palliation or Heart Transplant. Pediatr Cardiol. 2023 Feb 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36809419
• Chen TT, Greene MM, Everitt MD, Simpson KE. Basiliximab as maintenance immunosuppression in heart transplant recipients: A single pediatric center experience. Pediatr Transplant. 2023 Mar;27(2):e14438. PubMed PMID: 36397270
• Bansal N, Everitt MD, Nandi D, Spinner J, Conway J, Magnetta DA, Profita EL, Townsend M, Alejos JC, Deshpande SR. Clinical approach to acute cellular rejection from the pediatric heart transplant society. Pediatr Transplant. 2022 Dec;26(8):e14393. PubMed PMID: 36377327
• Amdani S, Henderson H, Everitt MD, Beasley G, Shih R, Exil V, Alejos J, Wallis G, Azeka E, Nandi D, Profita E, Spinner J, Magnetta D, Martinez H, Fenton M, Conway J, Urschel S. Clinical approach to antibody-mediated rejection from the pediatric heart transplant society. Pediatr Transplant. 2022 Dec;26(8):e14398. PubMed PMID: 36377325
• Iguidbashian J, Yoeli D, Everitt MD, Campbell DN, Mitchell MB, Jaggers J, Stone ML. Pediatric Heart Transplant Waiting List Times in the US During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Oct 3;5(10):e2234874. PubMed PMID: 36206002
• Nakano SJ, Everitt MD. Beyond the biopsy: Is it time to change the gold standard for rejection diagnosis in clinical decision-making and scientific discovery?. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2022 Oct;41(10):1414-1416. PubMed PMID: 36180133
• Ware SM, Bhatnagar S, Dexheimer PJ, Wilkinson JD, Sridhar A, Fan X, Shen Y, Tariq M, Schubert JA, Colan SD, Shi L, Canter CE, Hsu DT, Bansal N, Webber SA, Everitt MD, Kantor PF, Rossano JW, Pahl E, Rusconi P, Lee TM, Towbin JA, Lal AK, Chung WK, Miller EM, Aronow B, Martin LJ, Lipshultz SE. The genetic architecture of pediatric cardiomyopathy. Am J Hum Genet. 2022 Feb 3;109(2):282-298. PubMed PMID: 35026164

Professional Memberships

• International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT), Member
• American Society of Transplantation (AST), Member
• Pediatric Heart Transplant Study, Member

Practice Locations

• Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

• Pediatrics, Board Certification (2003, 2013)
• Pediatric Cardiology, Board Certification (2008)

• Child and Teen Health - Pediatric Diseases and Conditions
• Heart and Circulation - Cardiomyopathy
• Heart and Circulation - Congenital Heart Disease
• Heart and Circulation - Heart Failure
• Child and Teen Health
• Heart and Circulation