Cardiology

Robert H. Beekman, III, MD

Title

Director of Cardiology

Appointment

Professor of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Email

robert.beekman@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-7072

Fax

513-636-2410

Bio

Robert H. Beekman, III, MD, is Professor of Pediatric Cardiology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in Ohio.

Beekman's subspecialty interests involve cardiac catheterization and interventional cardiology.

A native of California, Beekman graduated summa cum laude from Occidental College in Los Angeles, CA, and earned his MD from Duke University in Durham, NC.

Beekman completed his pediatric internship and residency at UCLA Medical Center, and his pediatric cardiology fellowship at the University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI.

Beekman also obtained a master's degree in Statistical Analysis and Research Design from the University of Michigan.

From 1985 to 1996, Beekman was a member of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Michigan School of Medicine. Since 1996, he has been director of Cardiology at Cincinnati Children's, and professor of pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine.

Beekman's academic interests relate to cardiac catheterization, and he has made numerous scholarly contributions in the field of hemodynamic assessment and transcatheter intervention for congenital heart disease. He is also leading a national collaborative project for Quality Improvement in Pediatric Cardiology.

Beekman has been active in the cardiology community, locally and nationally. Currently he is the Chair of the Section on Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Southwest Ohio Chapter of the American Heart Association, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Cincinnati Children's Heart Association. Beekman has been a member of the Executive Committee and the Training Committee of the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young.

Beekman is currently on the editorial board of The Journal of Interventional Cardiology, and a contributing editor of theheart.org, an Internet cardiology journal.

Credentials

BA: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, 1972.

MS: The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1986.

MD: Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 1976.

Residency: Pediatrics, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1977 to 1979.

Fellowship: Pediatric Cardiology, CS Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1979 to 1982.

Certification: National Board of Medical Examiners, 1977; Pediatrics, 1981; Pediatric Cardiology, 1983.

Awards and Honors

America's Top Cardiologists, 2006
America's Top Doctors, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Best Doctors in America, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
The Country's Best Heart Doctors, Good Housekeeping Magazine, 1996
American College of Cardiology, Fellow
American Heart Association, Fellow

Research

Interventional catheterization in congenital heart disease

Publications, Most Recent

Pearl JM, Manning PB, Franklin C, Beekman R, Cripe L: Risk of recoarctation should not be a deciding factor in the timing of coarctation repair.Am J Cardiol 93:803-805, 2004.

Chun TUH, Gruenstein DH, Cripe LH, Beekman RH: Blade consolidation of multiple atrial septal defects: a novel approach to transcatheter closure. Ped Cardiol 25: 671-674, 2004.

Cripe LH, Klitzner TS, Beekman RH, Galioto FM, Jones TK, Manning PB, Morrow WR, Newburger J: Cardiovascular health supervision of individuals affected by Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy.Pediatrics 116: 1569-1573, 2005.

Graham RP, Beekman RH, Freed MD, Hirshfeld JW, Kulik T, Kugler JD, McQuinn TC, Sahn DJ, Vetter VL, Moskowitz WB: ACCF/AHA/AAP Recommendations for Training in Pediatric Cardiology.J Am Coll Cardiol 46:1378-1403, 2005; Circulation 112: 2555-2580, 2005; Pediatrics 116: 1574-1596, 2005.

Graham RP, Beekman RH: Training guidelines for pediatric cardiology fellowship programs.J Am Coll Cardiol 46:1378-1381, 2005; Circulation 112: 2557-2558, 2005; Pediatrics 116: 1574-1575, 2005.

Beekman RH, Hellenbrand WE, Lloyd TR, Lock JE, Mullins CE, Rome JJ, Teitel D: Training guidelines for pediatric cardiac catheterization and interventional cardiology.J Am Coll Cardiol 46: 1388-1390, 2005; Circulation 112: 2565-2567, 2005; Pediatrics 116: 1582-1584, 2005.

Muller L, Dillon T, Beekman RH: Myocardial ischemia: atypical presentation of an atrial septal defect in childhood.J Intervent Cardiol 18: 397-399, 2005.

Beekman RH: Percutaneous cardiac valve replacement and repair.Congenital Heart Disease 1: 2-9, 2006.

Gudausky TM, Beekman RH: Current options and long-term results for interventional treatment of pulmonary valvar stenosis.Cardiol Young 16: 418-427, 2006.

Eghtesady P, Michelfelder E, Altaye M, Schenbeck J, Burman D, Ballard E, Hirsch R, Beekman RH: Revisiting animal models of aortic stenosis in the early gestation fetus.Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 83: 631-639, 2007.

Gudausky TM, Pearl J, Kim E, Divanovic A, Dent CL, Spicer RL, Beekman RH: Open-chest epicardial approach to transcatheter pulmonary artery stenting following heart transplantation in an infant.Congenital Heart Disease, 2: 64-69, 2007.

Professional Organization Memberships

Special Interests

C ardiac catheterization; interventional cardiology; quality improvement

Presentations, Most Recent:

Beekman RH. Co-Chair: Marfan Syndrome-State of the Art in 2002; American College of Cardiology, Atlanta, GA.

Beekman RH. Moderator: Controversies in Pediatric Cardiology; American College of Cardiology; March 19, 2002; Atlanta, GA.

Beekman RH. Pediatric Cardiology Highlights: ACC; American College of Cardiology; 2002; Atlanta, GA.

Beekman RH. Inaugural Arthur J. Moss Lectureship; Department of Pediatrics, UCLA School of Medicine; Apr. 26, 2002; Los Angeles, CA.

Beekman RH. Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Update 2002. ACC Heart House, Bethesda, MD.

Access techniques: Transhepatic and other tricks
Embolization of collaterals, shunts, fistulae
Cineless fluoroscopy: State of the art

Beekman RH. Moderator: Pediatric Cardiology Scientific Session; American Academy of Pediatrics, Boston, MA.

Beekman RH. Moderator: Pediatric Interventional Catheterization; Fifth Pediatric Interventional Cardiac Symposium; May 25, 2002; Toronto.

Moderator, Management of the Neonate with RV Outflow Obstruction, American College of Cardiology, Chicago, March 31, 2003.

"Cardiac Interventions During Fetal Life," American Academy of Pediatrics, New Orleans, November 11, 2003.

"Finalization and Approval of Consensus Document on Pediatric," Symposium for Pediatric Cardiology Training, American College of Cardiology, New Orleans, March 7, 2004.

"Valve Repair and Replacement in Children," American College of Cardiology, New Orleans, March 9, 2004.

"Pediatric Cardiology Clinical Research Symposium," American Academy of Pediatrics, Washington, DC, October 8, 2005.

"Pediatric Cardiology Training Guidelines – An Update," Symposium on Guidelines in Congenital Heart Disease, American College of Cardiology, Atlanta, March 13, 2006.