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Carolyn A. Altman, MD
Texas Children's Hospital
MC 19345C, 6621 Fannin, Houston, TX 77030
832-826-5548; FAX 832-825-5899
e-mail: caaltman@texaschildrenshospital.org

Hospital affiliations: TCH, Woman's, Bellaire, SLEH, Methodist, Ben Taub, Memorial Southwest, St. Joseph's Hospital, Park Plaza. 
Academic appointment: Asst. Prof., Baylor
Medical school: U. Pittsburgh, 1987.
Specialty training: U. Pittsburgh, Baylor, TCH.
Certification: Am. Board Pediatrics (Pediatric Cardiology).
Specialty interests: Fetal echocardiology, echocardiography. 

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Nancy A. Ayres, MD
Director, Echocardiography Laboratory, and Director, Fetal Echocardiography, TCH
Texas Children's Hospital
MC 19345C, PO Box 300630, Houston, TX 77230-0630
832-826-5656; FAX 832-825-1906
e-mail: nayres@texaschildrenshospital.org

Hospital affiliations: TCH, SLEH, Woman's, St. Joseph.
Academic appointment: Asst. Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: Texas Tech, 1977.
Specialty training: U. Virginia, U. Iowa.
Certification: Am. Board Pediatrics (Pediatric Cardiology).
Specialty interests: Echocardiography, fetal echocardiography.

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Susan W. Denfield, MD, FAAP
Texas Children's Hospital
MC 19345C, PO Box 300630, Houston, TX 77230-0630
832-826-5682; FAX 832-825-5899
e-mail: jswdenfie@texaschildrenshospital.org

Hospital affiliation: TCH.
Academic appointment: Asst. Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: Michigan State U., 1983.
Specialty training: U. North Carolina, North Carolina Memorial Hosp. (Chapel Hill).
Certification: Am. Board Pediatrics (Pediatric Cardiology).
Specialty interest: Cardiac transplantation. 

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William J. Dreyer, MD, FAAP, FACC
Texas Children's Hospital
MC 19345C, PO Box 300630, Houston, TX 77230-0630
832-826-5676; FAX 832-825-5899
e-mail: wjdreyer@bcm.tmc.edu

Hospital affiliations: TCH, SLEH.
Academic appointment: Assoc. Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: U. Florida, 1981.
Specialty training: Vanderbilt U., U. California-San Francisco, Baylor, TCH.
Certification: Am. Board Pediatrics (Pediatric Cardiology).
Specialty interests: Cardiac transplantation, heart failure, cardiomyopathies.

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Richard A. Friedman, MD, FACC
Texas Children's Hospital
MC 19345C, 6621 Fannin, Houston, TX 77030
832-824-5600; FAX 832-824-5630
e-mail: rafriedm@texaschildrenshospital.org

Hospital affiliation: TCH, SLEH.
Academic appointment: Assoc. Prof. of Pediatrics, Baylor.
Medical school: U. Pittsburgh, 1980.
Specialty training: Baylor, TCH.
Certification: Am. Board Pediatrics (Pediatric Cardiology).
Specialty interest: Pacing and arrhythmias.

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Shuping Ge, MD
Professional Staff and Director, Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging Research
Center for Heart Failure and Stem Cell Research
Texas Children's Hospital
MC 19345-C, 6621 Fannin, Houston, TX 77030
832-826-5641; FAX 832-825-1960
e-mail: sxge@texaschildrenshospital.org

Hospital affiliation: TCH, SLEH.
Academic appointment: Assist. Prof. Pediatrics (Cardiology), Baylor/Texas Children's Hospital.
Medical school: Shandong Univ., Jinan, Shandong, P.R. China.  1986
Specialty training: Shandong Univ.; Oregon Health Sciences Univ.; Wake Forest Univ.; Univ. Colorado Health Sciences Center.
Certification: Amer. Board Pediatrics (Pediatric Cardiology) 
Specialty interest: Pediatric cardiology; echocardiography; noninvasive cardiovascular imaging in the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and therapy in cardiovascular disease in the young.