David E. Fixler, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist
Professor Scholar at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Biography
David E. Fixler, M.D., is a board certified pediatric cardiologist at Children’s Health℠ and a Professor of pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
After receiving his medical degree from the University of Chicago, Dr. Fixler completed his cardiology fellowship at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago and postdoctoral research at the Cardiovascular Research Institute at the University of California, San Francisco. He also holds a master’s degree in epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Dr. Fixler’s clinical interests include hypertension, Kawasaki disease and the epidemiology of congenital heart defects.
Dr. Fixler is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, the American Society of Transplantation, the International Society and Federation of Cardiology, the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, and the Society for Pediatric Research.
Dr. Fixler holds the Dr. Fred S. Brooksaler Professorship in Pediatrics.
Education and Training
- Medical School
- University of Chicago (1964)
- Residency
- Childrens Memorial Medical Ctr (1967), Pediatrics
- Fellowship
- University of CA at San Francisco School of Med (1971), Cardiovascular Disease
Childrens Memorial Medical Ctr (1967), Pediatric Cardiology - Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics/Pediatric Cardiology
Conditions
- Coarctation of the aorta (CoA)
- Coronary artery disease
- Heart murmur
- Heterotaxy syndrome
- High blood pressure (hypertension)
- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS)
- Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
- Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)
- Total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR)
- Tricuspid atresia
- Truncus arteriosus
- d-transposition of the great arteries (d-TGA)
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- Epidemiology of congenital heart disease
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Publications
- Prenatal diagnosis, hospital characteristics, and mortality in transposition of the great arteries. Lara DA, Fixler DE, Ethen MK, Canfield MA, Nembhard WN, Morris SA Birth Defects Res. Part A Clin. Mol. Teratol. 2016 Jun
- Donor-specific HLA alloantibodies: Impact on cardiac allograft vasculopathy, rejection, and survival after pediatric heart transplantation. Tran A, Fixler D, Huang R, Meza T, Lacelle C, Das BB J. Heart Lung Transplant. 2015 Sep
- Age at referral and mortality from critical congenital heart disease. Fixler DE, Xu P, Nembhard WN, Ethen MK, Canfield MA Pediatrics 2014 Jul 134 1 e98-e105
- Effect of acculturation and distance from cardiac center on congenital heart disease mortality. Fixler DE, Nembhard WN, Xu P, Ethen MK, Canfield MA Pediatrics 2012 Jun 129 6 1118-24
- Five-year survival of Texas infants with a functional single ventricle born during 1996-2003. Fixler DE, Nembhard WN, Salemi JL, Ethen MK, Canfield MA. Circulation 2010 121 644-650
- Mortality resulting from congenital heart disease among children and adults in the United States, 1999 to 2006. Gilboa SM, Salemi JL, Nembhard WN, Fixler DE, Correa AC. Circulation 2010 122 2254-63
- Relationship between ambient air quality and selected birth defects, Seven County Study, Texas, 1997-2000. Gilboa SM, Mendola P, Olshan AF, Savitz DA, Loomis D, Herring AH, Fixler D. Am J Epidemiology 2005 162 238-252
- Ethnicity and socioeconomic status: impact on the diagnosis of congenital heart disease. Fixler DE, Pastor P, Sigman E and Eifler CW J Am Coll Cardiol 1993 21 1722-6
- The validity of mass blood pressure screening in children, Fixler DE, and Laird WP Pediatrics 1983 72 459-463
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Professional Activities
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American College of Cardiology
- American Society for Transplantation
- International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
- Society for Epidemiologic Research
- Society for Pediatric Research
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Awards and Honors
- Robert L. Moore, MD - Distinguished Service Award for Medicine, Children’s Medical Center (2000)
- The Dr. Fred Brooksaler - Pediatric Teaching Professorship (1999)
- American Heart Association Gladys Fashena Award - Outstanding contribution to Pediatric Cardiology (1991)
- Residents Teaching Awards, 1983-4, 1987-8 - Awarded by Children’s Medical Center for teaching excellence (1988)
- Variety Club of Texas Humanitarian of the Year Award - Humanitarian of the Year Award (1985)
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