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Richard A. Meyer, MD

UC Department of Pediatrics

Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-8269

Fax: 513-636-3952

Email: richard.meyer@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Echocardiography, including fetal examinations; adult congenital heart disease; Marfan / Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Biography

Richard A. Meyer, MD, has been an attending cardiologist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center since completing his fellowship there in 1972.

Dr. Meyer has spent his entire career developing and promoting all phases of the use of echocardiography in infants, children and adults who have acquired and congenital heart disease. In addition, he directs the Congential Heart Disease Clinic at University Hospital.

Dr. Meyer authored one of the first textbooks on pediatric echocardiography in 1977 and well over 100 articles and chapters regarding many aspects of the technology.

Research interests of Dr. Meyer's have included investigations of the effects of ultrasound on the fetus and embryo, as well as exploring the safety and efficacy of intracoronary ultrasound in young children.

As Co-Director of the Marfan / Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Clinic, Dr. Meyer is investigating the cardiac complications in patients with Marfan syndrome and Ehlers Danlos syndrome.

Dr. Meyer is a nationally and internationally respected echocardiographer. He has been invited as a visiting professor throughout the United States, South Africa, Japan, Holland, India and Israel.

Dr. Meyer has trained more than 70 fellows in Pediatric Cardiology, many of whom have come from outside the United States.

Dr. Meyer is a member of many professional organizations and has served as President of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and the Society for Pediatric Echocardiography.

Dr. Meyer has been a board member of the American Society of echocardiography, the World Federation of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology.

Dr. Meyer has also served on the editorial boards of numerous journals.

Education and Training

MD: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1964.

Internship: Highland Alameda County Hospital, Oakland, CA, 1964 to 1965.

Residency: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1965 to 1967.

Fellowship: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1969 to 1972.

Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, Diplomate, 1969.

Publications

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Atzinger CL, Meyer RA, Khoury PR, Gao Z, Tinkle BT. Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Assessment of Aortic Root Dilation and Valvular Anomalies in Hypermobile and Classic Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. J Pediatr. 2010 Dec 28.

Kwiatkowski D, Hagenbuch S, Meyer R. A teenager with Marfan syndrome and left ventricular noncompaction. Pediatr Cardiol. 2010 Jan;31(1):132-5.

Mak GZ, Hardy AR, Meyer RA, Kagan RJ. Reversible cardiomyopathy after severe burn injury. J Burn Care Res. 2006 Jul-Aug;27(4):482-6.

Gottliebson WM, Border WL, Franklin CM, Meyer RA, Michelfelder EC. Accuracy of fetal echocardiography: a cardiac segment-specific analysis. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Jul;28(1):15-21.

Meyer RA. History of ultrasound in cardiology. J Ultrasound Med. 2004 Jan;23(1):1-11.

Wenstrup RJ, Meyer RA, Lyle JS, Hoechstetter L, Rose PS, Levy HP, Francomano CA. Prevalence of aortic root dilation in the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Genet Med. 2002 May-Jun;4(3):112-7.

Schratz LM, Meyer RA, Schwartz DC. Serial intracoronary ultrasound in children: feasibility, reproducibility, limitations, and safety. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2002 Aug;15(8):782-90.

Mitsnefes MM, Daniels SR, Schwartz SM, Meyer RA, Khoury P, Strife CF. Severe left ventricular hypertrophy in pediatric dialysis: prevalence and predictors. Pediatr Nephrol. 2000 Sep;14(10-11):898-902.

Stanek J, Bove KE, Bofinger M, Needham D, Saldana LR, Mutema GK, Meyer R. Premature closure of foramen ovale and renal vein thrombosis in a stillborn twin homozygous for methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase gene polymorphism: a clinicopathologic case study. J Perinat Med. 2000;28(1):61-8.

Siddiqi TA, Miodovnik M, Meyer RA, O'Brien WD Jr. In vivo ultrasonographic exposimetry: human tissue-specific attenuation coefficients in the gynecologic examination. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1999 Apr;180(4):866-74.