Thomas Zellers, M.D. - Faculty Profile

Biography

Dr. Zellers is an Interventional Pediatric Cardiologist involved in clinical trials of several transcatheter delivered devices for treatment of congenital and structural heart disease.

He is a Pogue Family Foundation Master Clinician in Pediatric Cardiology, Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer at Children's Medical Center Plano and CHST Vice President of Medical Affairs at Children's Health.

Education

Medical School: UT Southwestern Medical School (1983)
Residency: University of Virginia Health System (1986), Pediatric Medicine
Fellowship: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine (1989), Pediatric Cardiology
Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine (1997), Interventional Cardiac Catheterization

Research Interest

Physician leadership development
Quality and safety interventions in high risk babies with complex congenital heart disease
Transcatheter delivered devices in the treatment of congenital and structural heart disease

Publications

Ventricular Arrhythmias After Self-Expanding Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement: A Report From the SERVE Registry: Armstrong AK, Goldstein BH, Aboulhosn J, Balzer D, Barry OM, Berman DP, Boe BA, Bocks ML, Cabalka AK, Fraint H, Kanter J, Keeshan B, Lamers L, Ligon RA, Maschietto N, McMahon WS, Qureshi AM, Shahanavaz S, Stefanescu Schmidt AC, Suntharos P, Whiteside W, Zablah JE, Zahn E, Zampi JD, Zellers T, Eazer J, Shay V, Alvarado C, Dimas VV, Kamp AN JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology 2026 Mar 12 446-458
Venous-Only Approach for Transcatheter Patent Ductus Arteriosus Closure in Infants: Is It Time for Change?: Harinarayanan SC, Wu S, Arar Y, Zellers TM, Veeram Reddy SR, Divekar AA Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions 2025 Aug 4
Association between procedure duration and adverse events in congenital cardiac catheterization: Yeh MJ, Bergersen L, Gauvreau K, Akhtar S, Batlivala SP, Bocks ML, Holzer R, O’Byrne ML, Shahanavaz S, Trucco SM, Zellers T, Armstrong AK Cardiology in the Young 2025 Jan 35 162-169
Multicenter Pivotal Study of the Alterra Adaptive Prestent for the Treatment of Pulmonary Regurgitation: Dimas VV, Babaliaros V, Kim D, Lim DS, Morgan G, Jones TK, Armstrong AK, Berman D, Aboulhosn J, Mahadevan VS, Gillespie MJ, Balzer D, Zellers T, Yu X, Shirali G, Parthiban A, Leipsic J, Blanke P, Zahn E, Shahanavaz S JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions 2024 Oct 17 2287-2297
Angiographic tool to detect pulmonary arteriovenous malformations in single ventricle physiology: Spurgin SB, Arar YM, Zellers TM, Wang J, Madsen NL, Veeram Reddy SR, Cleaver O, Divekar AA Cardiology in the Young 2024 Sep 34 1871-1876
Diagnosis and Management of Congenital Coronary Artery Fistulas in Infants and Children: Wu S, Fares M, Zellers TM, Jyothinagaram M, Reddy SR Current Cardiology Reports 2023 Dec 25 1921-1932
Beyond the Short-Term in Neonatal Coarctation: Zellers TM JACC: Advances 2023 May 2
Regionalization of Care in Congenital Interventional Cardiology: Author Collaboration S2, Bauser-Heaton H, El-Said H, Hijazi ZM, Vincent RN, Zellers TM, Ing FF Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions 2023 Jan 2
Pre-procedural CT imaging aids neonatal PDA stenting for ductal-dependent pulmonary blood flow with reduction in overall procedural morbidity: Arar Y, Dimas VV, Nugent A, Hussain T, Kasraie N, Reddy SR, Zellers TM, Herbert C Cardiology in the Young 2022 Sep 32 1401-1406
Transcatheter Device Therapy and the Integration of Advanced Imaging in Congenital Heart Disease: Divekar AA, Arar YM, Clark S, Tandon A, Zellers TM, Veeram Reddy SR Children 2022 Apr 9

Honors & Awards

Texas Super Doctors
Texas Monthly Magazine (2017)
Best Pediatric Specialists/Doctors in Dallas
D Magazine (2010-2018)
Patient's Choice Award
Mended Hearts Parents Group (2004)
Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award
Awarded by Children’s Medical Center of Dallas (1991)
Second Place, Young Investigator Award
Awarded by American Academy of Pediatrics Section of Cardiology, San Francisco, CA (1989)
Finalist, Young Investigator Award
Awarded by American Academy of Pediatrics Section of Cardiology, Chicago, IL (1988)
Best Paper by a Resident or Fellow
Awarded by Annual Meeting of Northwestern Pediatric Society, Bloomington, MN (1987)
Eli Lilly Scholar
Awarded byWabash College (1977)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

Congenital Cardiovascular and Intervention Study Consortium (2002-2019)
Congenital Cardiovascular and Intervention Study Consortium, President (2005-2016)
Dallas County Medical Society, Board of Trustees (2007-2019)
Pediatric Society of Greater Dallas (2006-2019)
Pediatric Society of Greater Dallas, Editorial Board (2008-2019)
Society for Cardiac Angiography and Intervention, Fellow (1999-2019)
Texas Medical Society (2007-2019)