Wilson Lam, MD

Dr Wilson W Lam has been part of the Baylor College of Medicine family since medical school in 1999, completing his combined internal medicine-pediatrics residency, combined adult and pediatric cardiology fellowship, and clinical cardiac electrophysiology fellowship under the BCM umbrella. Show full bio

He has been involved with medical education for medical students, internal medicine and general pediatrics residents, and adult and pediatric cardiology fellows from didactic lectures, clinical services, and journal clubs. He also coaches the highly accomplished internal medicine Medical Jeopardy team and serves as an associate program director for the BCM internal medicine residency program.

Dr Lam’s clinical and research interests include clinical outcomes of complex congenital heart disease, particularly device and arrhythmia management. He is also interested in using older technology in novel arenas and demographic predictors in medical education.

He is a native Houstonian and an avid Rice baseball fan.

Texas Heart Institute Positions

Education

  • Medical School:

    Baylor College of Medicine

  • Residency:

    Baylor College of Medicine- Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

  • Fellowships:

    Baylor College of Medicine (Pediatric Cardiology)
    Baylor College of Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease)
    Baylor College of Medicine (Cardiac Electrophysiology)

Academic & Clinical Affiliations

Honors, Awards and Memberships

  • Alpha Omega Alpha (2003)
  • Internal Medicine Outstanding Resident Teacher (2005)
  • Member, Adult Congenital Heart Association
  • Member, American College of Physicians
  • Member, Chinese American Doctors Association of Houston
  • Member, Harris County Medical Society
  • Member, Texas Heart Institute Cardiac Society

Publications

Kim, S. E., Parekh, D. and Lam, W. (2023). A novel approach to diagnostic left and right heart catheterization in a patient with a mechanical prosthetic tricuspid valve. Tex Heart Inst J 50, e228039. https://doi.org/10.14503/THIJ-22-8039.
Diaz, P., Coughlin, W., Lam, W. et al. (2022). Describing characteristics of adults with and without congenital heart defects hospitalized with COVID-19. Birth Defects Res. https://doi.org/10.1002/bdr2.2052.
Gutierrez, M. E., Kulkarni, A. K., Howard, T. S. et al. (2021). Ventricular tachycardia as the initial presentation of missed Kawasaki disease in a teenager. HeartRhythm Case Rep 7, 378–381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrcr.2021.03.010.
Hirsch, J. R., Broda, C. R., Ermis, P. R. et al. (2021). Heart block in unpalliated complex adult congenital heart disease: Massive collateral burden precludes epicardial pacemaker. JACC Case Rep 3, 192–193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.10.019.
Borgaonkar, S. P., Lam, W. W., Razavi, M. et al. (2020). Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome caused by an intracardiac shunt. Tex Heart Inst J 47, 298–301. https://doi.org/10.14503/THIJ-16-6094.
Annor, A. K., May, S. A., Fenton, A. M. et al. (2020). Recurrent cardiac arrest with negative stress test: An unusual presentation of catechoLaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. JACC Case Rep 2, 1178–1181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.05.075.
Kherallah, R. Y., Harrison, D., Lam, W. W. et al. (2020). Resolution of hypoxia and ascites with percutaneous intervention of Mustard baffle obstruction and leak. JACC Case Rep 2, 1079–1083. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.05.004.
Basu Ray, I., Khanra, D., Shah, S. et al. (2020). Meta-analysis comparing WatchmanTM and Amplatzer devices for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation. Front Cardiovasc Med 7, 89. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2020.00089.
Chu, D. J. and Lam, W. W. (2020). Epicardial unipolar lead loss of ventricular capture during radiofrequency ablation of atrial fibrillation. Case Rep Cardiol 2020, 4312315. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/4312315.
Ermis, P. R. and Lam, W. W. (2019). Editorial commentary: High risk cardiac conditions in pregnancy: Stratification and teamwork. Trends Cardiovasc Med 29, 162–163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcm.2018.10.002.