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Jeffrey A. Alten, MD


  • Medical Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
  • Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

About

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

Publications

Outcomes of Congenital Heart Disease Deliveries at a Freestanding Children's Hospital. Kopp, SJ; Habli, MA; Trussell, TM; Divanovic, A; Alten, J; Gao, Z; Lim, F-Y; Cnota, JF. Pediatric Cardiology. 2026.

Early Diuretic Administration After Neonatal Cardiac Surgery and Association with Clinical Outcomes: A Report from NEPHRON. Stegmeier, N; Alten, J; Borasino, S; Carlisle, MA; Chakraborty, A; Gist, KM; Reichle, G; Selewski, D; Zang, H; Zender, J; Bertrandt, R. 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. Stegmeier, N; Carlisle, A; Alten, J; Borasino, S; Chakraborty, A; Gist, K; Selewski, D; Reichle, GW; Zang, H; Zender, J; Bertrandt, R. 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. Faateh, M; Ahmed, HF; Raees, MA; Hossain, MM; Lehenbauer, D; Cnota, JF; Alten, JA; Morales, D; Ashfaq, A. 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). Reddy, RK; Schumacher, KR; Ghanayem, NS; Zhang, W; Mikesell, K; Alten, JA; Bailly, DK; Bertrandt, RA; Blinder, JJ; Buckley, JR; Tabbutt, S; Werho, DK; Zaccagni, HJ; Costello, JM. 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. Huang, J; Zang, H; Reichle, G; Ku, E; Afonso, N; Dewitt, AG; Kulkarni, A; Plummer, S; Dimaria, K; Thielen, J; Selewski, DT; Alten, J; Chan, T. Pediatric Cardiology. 2025.

Tracheostomy in patients with a single ventricle during stage 1 palliation hospitalization: Prudent? Ahmed, HF; Faateh, M; Chappell, G; Ricci, M; Alten, J; Lehenbauer, D; Ashfaq, A; Benscoter, A; Morales, DLS. JTCVS Techniques. 2025; 33:225-229.

Endocrine Effects of Arginine-Vasopressin After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. Iliopoulos, I; Flores, S; Coghill, M; Koh, W; Alten, JA; Cooper, DS; Seo, JD; Loomba, R. Pediatric Cardiology. 2025.

Modification of the Cardiac Renal Angina Index for Predicting Adverse Kidney Events After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. Melink, KF; Stanski, NL; Gorrell, E; Alten, JA; Pettit, KA; Goldstein, SL; Zang, H; Ollberding, NJ; Basu, RK; Menon, S; Soohoo, M; Gist, KM. 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. Brandewie, K; Alten, JA; Goldstein, SL; Rose, J; Kim, ME; Ollberding, NJ; Zang, H; Gist, KM. Pediatric Nephrology. 2025; 40(4):1103-1109.

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