Skip to Main Content
Melinda Cory, M.D.

Melinda Cory, M.D.

Titles and Appointments

Assistant Professor

Schools
Medical School
Departments
Pediatrics

You have reached the Academic Profile.

For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile.

  • Biography

    Melinda Cory, M.D., is faculty within in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology at UT Southwestern and an attending physician in the cardiac ICU at Children’s Medical Center. She joined the UT Southwestern faculty in September 2020.

    A pediatric cardiologist, Dr. Cory earned her medical degree at UT Southwestern Medical School. She competed her residency in pediatrics at UT Southwestern/Children’s Medical Center followed by fellowships in pediatric cardiology and pediatric critical care at Emory University School of Medicine.

    She is a member of the UT Southwestern Pediatric Group.

  • Education
    Medical School
    UT Southwestern Medical School (2012)
    Residency
    UT Southwestern/Children's Medical Center (2015), Pediatrics
    Fellowship
    Emory University School of Medicine (2018), Pediatric Cardiology
    Fellowship
    Emory University School of Medicine/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (2020), Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
  • Research Interest
    • Medical management of Vein of Galen malformation
    • Use of non-invasive technology to identify low cardiac output syndrome
    • Use of simulation to improve education and crisis resource management skills
  • Publications
    Echocardiography evaluation of neonatal vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation
    Doctor P, Ramaciotti C, Angelis D, Cory M Cardiology in the Young 2024 Apr 34 759-764
    Vein of Galen Aneurysmal Malformation with Anomalous Right Superior Vena Cava to the Left Atrium Leading to Atypical Clinical and Echocardiographic Findings
    Hoda M, Lemler M, Cory M Pediatric Cardiology 2023 Jan 44 254-259
    Vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation: rationalizing medical management of neonatal heart failure
    Cory MJ, Durand P, Sillero R, Morin L, Savani R, Chalak L, Angelis D Pediatric Research 2023 Jan 93 39-48
    Developmental changes of the fetal and neonatal thyroid gland and functional consequences on the cardiovascular system
    Kotsopoulou I, Vyas AK, Cory MJ, Chan CS, Jagarapu J, Gill S, Mudduluru M, Angelis D Journal of Perinatology 2022 Dec 42 1576-1586
    Multidisciplinary Simulation-Based Team Training: Knowledge Acquisition and Shifting Perception
    Cory MJ, Hebbar KB, Colman N, Pierson A, Clarke SA Clinical Simulation in Nursing 2020 Apr 41 14-21
    Management outcomes of primary pulmonary vein stenosis
    Rosenblum JM, Altin HF, Gillespie SE, Bauser-Heaton H, Kanter KA, Sinha R, Cory M, Alsoufi B Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2020 Mar 159 1029-1036.e1
    Long-Term Survival of Patients With Coarctation Repaired During Infancy (from the Pediatric Cardiac Care Consortium)
    Oster ME, McCracken C, Kiener A, Aylward B, Cory M, Hunting J, Kochilas LK American Journal of Cardiology 2019 Sep 124 795-802
    Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice Versus Reflective Debriefing for Pediatric Septic Shock Training
    Cory MJ, Colman N, McCracken CE, Hebbar KB Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2019 May 20 481-489
    Reintervention Is Associated With Improved Survival in Pediatric Patients With Pulmonary Vein Stenosis
    Cory MJ, Ooi YK, Kelleman MS, Vincent RN, Kim DW, Petit CJ JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions 2017 Sep 10 1788-1798
  • Honors & Awards
    • PL-2 Award for Clinical Excellence
      Children's Medical Center of Dallas (2014)
    • 3rd Place, Fellow Teaching Competition
      Emory University, Department of Pediatrics
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Academy of Pediatrics (2012)
    • American Heart Society (2021)
    • Dallas County Medical Society (2020)
    • International Pediatric Simulation Society (2021)
    • Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society (2020)
    • Society of Critical Care Medicine (2018)
    • Texas Medical Association (2020)