
Carolyn A. Altman, MD
Texas Children's Hospital
MC 19345C, 6621 Fannin, Houston, TX 77030
832-826-5548; FAX 832-825-5899
e-mail:
caaltman@texaschildrenshospital.org Hospital affiliations: TCH, Woman's, Bellaire, SLEH, Methodist, Ben Taub, Memorial Southwest, St. Joseph's Hospital, Park Plaza.
Academic appointment: Asst. Prof., Baylor
Medical school: U. Pittsburgh, 1987.
Specialty training: U. Pittsburgh, Baylor, TCH.
Certification: Am. Board Pediatrics (Pediatric Cardiology).
Specialty interests: Fetal echocardiology, echocardiography.

Nancy A. Ayres, MD
Director, Echocardiography Laboratory, and Director, Fetal Echocardiography, TCH
Texas Children's Hospital
MC 19345C, PO Box 300630, Houston, TX 77230-0630
832-826-5656; FAX 832-825-1906
e-mail:
nayres@texaschildrenshospital.org Hospital affiliations: TCH, SLEH, Woman's, St. Joseph.
Academic appointment: Asst. Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: Texas Tech, 1977.
Specialty training: U. Virginia, U. Iowa.
Certification: Am. Board Pediatrics (Pediatric Cardiology).
Specialty interests: Echocardiography, fetal echocardiography.

Susan W. Denfield, MD, FAAP
Texas Children's Hospital
MC 19345C, PO Box 300630, Houston, TX 77230-0630
832-826-5682; FAX 832-825-5899
e-mail:
jswdenfie@texaschildrenshospital.org Hospital affiliation: TCH.
Academic appointment: Asst. Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: Michigan State U., 1983.
Specialty training: U. North Carolina, North Carolina Memorial Hosp. (Chapel Hill).
Certification: Am. Board Pediatrics (Pediatric Cardiology).
Specialty interest: Cardiac transplantation.

William J. Dreyer, MD, FAAP, FACC
Texas Children's Hospital
MC 19345C, PO Box 300630, Houston, TX 77230-0630
832-826-5676; FAX 832-825-5899
e-mail:
wjdreyer@bcm.tmc.edu Hospital affiliations: TCH, SLEH.
Academic appointment: Assoc. Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: U. Florida, 1981.
Specialty training: Vanderbilt U., U. California-San Francisco, Baylor, TCH.
Certification: Am. Board Pediatrics (Pediatric Cardiology).
Specialty interests: Cardiac transplantation, heart failure, cardiomyopathies.

Wanda C. Miller-Hance, MD
Texas Children's Hospital
6621 Fannin, WT 19345 H, Houston, TX 77030
832-826-5824; FAX 832-825-1903
e-mail:
wmh@bcm.tmc.edu
Hospital affiliation: TCH.
Academic appointment: Assoc. Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: U. Wisconsin, 1981.
Certification: Am. Board Pediatrics - Sub-Board of Pediatric Cardiology, Am. Board Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Pediatric cardiovascular anesthesiology, pediatric cardiology, pediatric echocardiology.

Michael R. Nihill, MD, MB, BS, MRCP, FAAP, FACC, FACP
Texas Children's Hospital
MC 19345C, 6621 Fannin, Houston, TX 77030
832-826-5673; FAX 832-825-5899
e-mail:
mnihill@bcm.tmc.edu
Hospital affiliations: TCH.
Academic appointment: Prof. Clin. Pediatrics, Baylor.
Medical school: Sydney U. (Australia), 1960.
Specialty training: Royal Alexandra Hosp. for Children (Sydney), Westminster Children's Hosp. (London), Baylor, TCH.
Certification: Am. Board Pediatrics (Pediatric Cardiology).
Specialty interests: Pulmonary hypertension, medical informatics.

Thomas A. Vargo, MD, FACC, FAAP
Texas Children's Hospital
MC 19345C, 6621 Fannin, Houston, TX 77030
832-826-5537; FAX 832-825-1906
e-mail:
tavargo@texaschildrenshospital.org
Hospital affiliations: TCH, SLEH, Columbia Bellaire, Harris County Hospital District, Memorial Southwest, Methodist, Park Plaza, Women's Hospital.
Academic appointment: Assoc. Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: UCLA, 1963.
Specialty training: U. Wisconsin.
Certification: Am. Board Pediatrics (Pediatric Cardiology).
Specialty interest: Clinical pediatric cardiology.

G. Wesley Vick III, MD, PhD, FACC
Texas Children's Hospital
MC 19345C, PO Box 300630, Houston, TX 77230-0630
832-826-5905; Fax 832-825-5923
e-mail:
gwvick@texaschildrenshospital.org
Hospital affiliation: TCH.
Academic appointment: Asst. Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: Duke U., 1979.
Specialty training: Duke U., U. Alabama-Birmingham, Baylor.
Certification: Am. Board Pediatrics (Pediatric Cardiology).
Specialty interests: Echocardiography, nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, use of computers in medicine.