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H. Baldwin, MD, Pediatric Cardiology, Nashville, TN

H. Scott Baldwin MD

Pediatric Cardiology•Nashville, TN

Professor, Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

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  • 3601 21st Ave SNashville, TN 37232

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Summary

  • I am a board certified Pediatric Cardiologist, Co-Director of the Pediatric Heart Institute at the Monroe Carell,Jr. Children's Hospital of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and Director of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology in the Department of Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. I fun an actively funded NIH funded research laboratory focused on My laboratory has concentrated on delineating the molecular basis of vascular development in the mammalian embryo as an approach to understanding the etiology of congenital heart disease. Our ultimate goal is to exploit developmental mechanisms to inform the therapies for postnatal diseases.

Education & Training

  • University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
    University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsFellowship, Pediatric Cardiology, 1986 - 1989
  • University of Rochester Medical Center
    University of Rochester Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1982 - 1986
  • University of Virginia School of Medicine
    University of Virginia School of MedicineClass of 1981
  • University of Virginia
    University of VirginiaB.A., Interdisciplinary: Biology, Psychiatry, Religion, 1973 - 1977

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 1983 - Present
  • TN State Medical License
    TN State Medical License 2002 - 2026
  • AL State Medical License
    AL State Medical License 2020 - 2020
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 1990 - 2002
  • IA State Medical License
    IA State Medical License 1985 - 1990
  • Pediatrics
    American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Helen B. Taussig Memorial Lecture AHA Scientific Sessions, 2015
  • Paige Anderson Memorial Lecture Duke University Department of Pediatrics, 2014
  • Arthur J. Moss Memorial Lecture University of California, Los Angeles Department of Pediatric, 2013

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Notch1 mutation leads to valvular calcification through enhanced myofibroblast mechanotransduction  
    Chen J, Ryzhova L, Sewell-Loftin MK, Brown C, Huppert S, Baldwin HS, and Merryman, WD, Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 1/1/2015
  • Tie1 is required for lymphatic valve and collecting vessel development  
    Qu X, Zhou B, and Baldwin HS, Dev Biol, 1/1/2015
  • Cranial neural crest deletion of VEGFa causes cleft palate with aberrant vascular and bone development  
    Hill C, Jacobs B, Kennedy L, Rohde S, Zhou B, Baldwin HS, Goudy S, Cell Tissue Res, 1/1/2015

Books/Book Chapters

  • Avery's Diseases of the Newborn 
    Chapter: "Embryology and Physiology of the Cardiovascular System" 
    Page 699 - 713Baldwin, HS and Dees EEditors: Christine A Gleason and Sherin U. Devaskar.Elsevier, PhiladelphiaEdition 9th,2012
  • Congenital Heart Defects: From Origin to Treatment 
    Chapter: "Non-Syndromic Conotruncal Anomalies" 
    Page 218 - 260Dees E, Baldwin HS, Bichell D, Doyle T, and Graham TPEditors: Diego Wyszynski, Adolfo Correa-Villasenor and Thomas P. Graham.Oxford University Press, Oxford2010
  • Avery's Diseases of the Newborn 
    Chapter: "Embryology and Development of the Cardiovascular System" 
    Page 790 - 801Maschoff KL, Baldwin HSEditors: Taeusch HW, Ballard RA, and Gleason, CA.Elsevier Saunders, PhiladelphiaEdition 8th,2004

Abstracts/Posters

  • Tie 1 is Required for Semilunar Valve Form and Function.
    Brown CB, Qu X, Violettte K, Sewell MK, Merryman WD, Zhou B, and Baldwin HS, Weinstein Conference, Chicago, IL, 1/4/2012
  • Glycerophospholipids and sphingolipids are modulated within the aortic valve substructure and are differentially regulated during normal transitional circulation.
    Angel PM, Bayoumi A, Mettler B, Bichell D, Mayer JE, Baldwin HS, Caprioli RM, Weinstein Cardiovascular Development Conference, 1/1/2012
  • "Endocardium: The Ignored Cardiovascular Progenitor."
    Brown CB, Baldwin HS, PCBC, Boston, MA, 1/16/2011

Lectures

  • "Cardiac Development: A Delicate Interplay of Form and Function." 
    San Antonio, TX - 1/25/2016
  • "Normal and Abnormal Development of the Heart and Great Vessels: Understanding the Problem and Intermpreting the Findings." 
    New Orleans, LA - 1/13/2016
  • "Optimal Therapy for Semilunar Valve Disease in Children: Will Developmental Biology Direct Future Strategies?" 
    The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH - 1/27/2015

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