MD: University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Residency: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Certifications: Pediatrics, 2002; Pediatric Critical Care, 2005
Cardiac critical care
Outcomes of Congenital Heart Disease Deliveries at a Freestanding Children's Hospital. Pediatric Cardiology. 2026.
Early Diuretic Administration After Neonatal Cardiac Surgery and Association with Clinical Outcomes: A Report from NEPHRON. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. 2026; 41(7):643-651.
Variability in intraoperative and postoperative fluid removal strategies in neonates undergoing cardiac surgery and associations with clinical outcomes. Cardiology in the Young. 2026; 1-8.
Timing of Arterial Switch Operation in Dextro-Transposition of Great Arteries with Intact Septum: Factors Associated with Delay, Practice Variation, and Associated Outcomes. Pediatric Cardiology. 2026; 47(3):1317-1324.
Unplanned reinterventions after congenital cardiac surgery and hospital mortality: A report from the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC4). Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2025; 170(5):1234-1241.e8.
Exploring Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Outcomes Following Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A NEPHRON Study Analysis. Pediatric Cardiology. 2025.
Tracheostomy in patients with a single ventricle during stage 1 palliation hospitalization: Prudent? JTCVS Techniques. 2025; 33:225-229.
Endocrine Effects of Arginine-Vasopressin After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. Pediatric Cardiology. 2025.
Modification of the Cardiac Renal Angina Index for Predicting Adverse Kidney Events After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2025; 14(16):e042941.
C-C motif chemokine ligand 14 characterization for prediction of persistent severe AKI in post-cardiac surgery children. Pediatric Nephrology. 2025; 40(4):1103-1109.
Jeffrey A. Alten, MD, Michael Gaies, MD, MPH, MS7/5/2022
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