Cardiology

Thomas J. Kulik, MD

Credentials

BA: Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, 1973

MD: University of Colorado School of Medicine, 1973-1977

Internship: Intern, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1977-1978

Residency: Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1978-1979

Fellowship: Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1979-1983

Certification and Licensure:

American Board of Pediatrics, 1983
American Board of Pediatrics, Sub-Board of Pediatric Cardiology, 1983
American Board of Pediatrics, Sub-Board of Pediatric, Cardiology, certificate renewal 2002
Massachusetts License, 1984
Michigan License, 1992

Awards and Honors

Best Doctors in America, 2008
Marquis Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, 2006
Listed in "Best Doctors in America," 2003
Listed in "Guide to America's Top Physicians," 2001
John D. Hughes Lecturer and Visting Professor, University of Indiana and Riley Children's Hospital, Indianapolis, IN, May 27 and 28, 1998
Oxygen consumption measurement and its application in determination of cardiac output in neonates and infants following cardiac surgery, by AC Chang, TJ Kulik, DL Wessel, chosen as best clinical research paper for Scientific Program of the Section on Critical Care of the American Academy of Pediatrics (October 1992 meeting, San Francisco)
Phi Beta Kappa (University of Denver), 1973

Publications, Most Recent

Lim SD, Kulik TJ, Kim DW, Charpie JR, Crowley DC, Maher KO: Aminophylline for the prevention of apnea during prostaglandin E1 infusion.Pediatrics 2003; E27-29.

Kolovos NS, Bratton SL, Moler FW, Bove EL, Ohye RG, Bartlett RH, Kulik TJ: Outcome of pediatric patients treated with extracorporeal life support after cardiac surgery.Ann Thorac Surgery 2003; 76:1435-42.

Kulik TJ, Physiology of Congenital Heart Disease in the Neonate, in Fetal and Neonatal Physiology, 3rd ed., RA Polin, WW Fox, and Abman SH, eds. Saunders, 2004, pp. 705-717.

Wright G, Crowley DC, Charpie JR, Ohye RG, Bove EL, Kulik TJ: High systemic vascular resistance and sudden cardiovascular collapse in recovering Norwood patients.Ann. Thorac Surgery 2004; 77:48-52.

Bailey JM, Hoffman TM, Wessel DL, Nelson DP, Atz AM, Chang AC, Kulik TJ, Spray TL, Akbary A, Miller RP, Wernovsky G. A population pharmacokinetic study of milrinone in pediatric patients after cardiac surgery.Jour Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics 2004; 31: 43-59.

Kulik TJ, Crowley DC, and Charpie JR, Pre and Postoperative Management of Infants with Hypoplasia of the Left Heart, in Hypoplastic Left-Heart Syndrome, R. Anderson, M. Pozzi, S. Hutchinson, eds., Springer Verlag, 2005, pp. 63-72.

Graham TP, Beekman RH, Freed MD, Hirshsfield JW, Kulik TJ, Kugler JD, McQuinn T, Sahn DJ, Vetter VL, Moskowitz WB. ACC/AHA/AAP clinical competence & training statement on pdiatric cardiology: a report of the American College of Cardiology / American Heart Association / American College of Physicians Task Force on Clinical Competence. Task Force 5: Requirements for pediatric cardiac critical care. Thomas Kulik, Therese M Giglia, Keith C. Kocis, Larry T. Mahoney, Steven M. Schwartz, Gil Wernovsky, and David L Wessel. J Am Coll Cardiol 46: 1378-1403, 2005.

Charpie JR and Kulik, TJ. Assessment of Cardiovascular Function, in Pediatric Critical Care, 3rd ed, B.P. Fuhrman and J. Zimmerman. Mosby, 2006, pp. 265-272.