Executive Co-Director, The Heart Institute, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Professor and Chief, Pediatric Cardiology, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and University of Tennessee Health Science Center,

Pediatric Cardiology

Jeffrey Towbin, MD practices Pediatric Cardiology. He went to Baylor College of Medicine. He over the years received 4 awards: "Fellow (FAHA)", "Regional Top Doctor", "Fellow (FAAP)" and "Fellow (FACC)". Jeffrey Towbin is a published doctor as well. He has 13 publications published. The latest was: A Genome Wide Association Study of Congenital Cardiovascular Left-Sided Lesions Shows Association with a Locus on Chromosome 20.

Publications

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• Cardiomyopathy With Restrictive Physiology in Sickle Cell Disease.
• Cardiomyopathy Phenotypes and Outcomes for Children With Left Ventricular Myocardial Noncompaction: Results From the Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry.
• Accelerated cardiac remodeling in desmoplakin transgenic mice in response to endurance exercise is associated with perturbed Wnt/β-catenin signaling.
• FasL expression in cardiomyocytes activates ERK1/2 pathway, leading to dilated Cardiomyopathy and advanced heart failure.
• Dystrophin genotype-cardiac phenotype correlations in duchenne and becker muscular dystrophies using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.
• GSK3- and PRMT-1-dependent modifications of desmoplakin control desmoplakin-cytoskeleton dynamics.
• Disturbance in z-disk mechanosensitive proteins induced by a persistent mutant myopalladin causes familial restrictive Cardiomyopathy.
• New mechanistic and therapeutic targets for pediatric Heart failure: report from a national Heart, lung, and blood institute working group.
• Cardiac-specific VLCAD deficiency induces dilated Cardiomyopathy and cold intolerance.
• Altered regional cardiac wall mechanics are associated with differential cardiomyocyte calcium handling due to nebulette mutations in preclinical inherited dilated car...
• Myocardial Fibrosis Burden Predicts Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Is Associated With Age and Steroid Treatment Duration in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
• A Genome Wide Association Study of Congenital Cardiovascular Left-Sided Lesions Shows Association with a Locus on Chromosome 20.

Conditions Treated

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• Aortic Valve Disease
• Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)
• Cardiomegaly
• Cardiomyopathy
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Doctors Specialties

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• Pediatric Cardiology

Accepted Insurances

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• Aetna HMO
• Choice Plus POS II
• Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
• Pathway X Tiered Hosp/Ind Direct Access OH
• Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO
• Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Blue Card PPO
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO
• CareSource
• Cigna HMO
• Cigna PPO
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• Open Access Plus
• Cofinity PPO
• Commercial Insurance Company
• Coventry Health America PPO
• First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
• Choice Care PPO
• Preferred PPO
• Medical Mutual of Ohio POS
• Medicare MCR
• Molina
• MultiPlan PPO
• PHCS Network PPO
• Mutual of Omaha
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO

Awards

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• Fellow (FAHA)
• Regional Top Doctor
• Fellow (FAAP)
• Fellow (FACC)

Education

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• Baylor College of Medicine
• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
• University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Hospital

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• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
• Christ Hospital
• Le Bonheur Children's Hospital

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