Lynn Mahony, M.D. - Faculty Profile

Biography

Dr. Mahony received her S.B. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and her M.D. from Stanford University. She completed residency training in pediatrics at Stanford University Medical Center, followed by fellowship training in cardiology at the Cardiovascular Research Institutes/University of California, San Francisco.

She joined the faculty of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in 1985, and is currently Professor of Pediatrics. Dr. Mahony has chaired the NHLBI-funded Pediatric Heart Network since 2001.

Education

Medical School: Stanford University School of Medicine (1975)
Residency: Stanford University Hospital (1978), Pediatrics
Fellowship: University of California at San Francisco (1981), Pediatric Cardiology
Research Fellowship: University of California at San Francisco (1981), Pediatric Cardiology

Research Interest

Congenital heart disease
Congestive heart failure
Dilated aorta
Marfan syndrome
Quality of life in pediatric patients with heart disease

Publications

Featured Publications

Atenolol versus losartan in children and young adults with Marfan's syndrome.: Lacro RV, Dietz HC, Sleeper LA, Yetman AT, Bradley TJ, Colan SD, Pearson GD, Selamet Tierney ES, Levine JC, Atz AM, Benson DW, Braverman AC, Chen S, De Backer J, Gelb BD, Grossfeld PD, Klein GL, Lai WW, Liou A, Loeys BL, Markham LW, Olson AK, Paridon SM, Pemberton VL, Pierpont ME, Pyeritz RE, Radojewski E, Roman MJ, Sharkey AM, Stylianou MP, Wechsler SB, Young LT, Mahony L N. Engl. J. Med. 2014 Nov 371 22 2061-71
Survival Data and Predictors of Functional Outcome an Average of 15?Years after the Fontan Procedure: The Pediatric Heart Network Fontan Cohort.: Atz AM, Zak V, Mahony L, Uzark K, Shrader P, Gallagher D, Paridon SM, Williams RV, Breitbart RE, Colan SD, Kaltman JR, Margossian R, Pasquali SK, Allen K, Lai WW, Korsin R, Marino BS, Mirarchi N, McCrindle BW Congenit Heart Dis 2014 Jun
The Relationship of Patient Medical and Laboratory Characteristics to Changes in Functional Health Status in Children and Adolescents After the Fontan Procedure.: McCrindle BW, Zak V, Breitbart RE, Mahony L, Shrader P, Lai WW, Burns KM, Colan SD, Williams RV, Goldberg D, Hill KD, Khaikin S, Atz AM Pediatr Cardiol 2013 Nov
Enalapril in infants with single ventricle: results of a multicenter randomized trial.: Hsu DT, Zak V, Mahony L, Sleeper LA, Atz AM, Levine JC, Barker PC, Ravishankar C, McCrindle BW, Williams RV, Altmann K, Ghanayem NS, Margossian R, Chung WK, Border WL, Pearson GD, Stylianou MP, Mital S Circulation 2010 Jul 122 4 333-40
Comparison of shunt types in the Norwood procedure for single-ventricle lesions.: Ohye RG, Sleeper LA, Mahony L, Newburger JW, Pearson GD, Lu M, Goldberg CS, Tabbutt S, Frommelt PC, Ghanayem NS, Laussen PC, Rhodes JF, Lewis AB, Mital S, Ravishankar C, Williams IA, Dunbar-Masterson C, Atz AM, Colan S, Minich LL, Pizarro C, Kanter KR, Jaggers J, Jacobs JP, Krawczeski CD, Pike N, McCrindle BW, Virzi L, Gaynor JW N. Engl. J. Med. 2010 May 362 21 1980-92
Exercise Capacity and Predictors of Performance After Fontan: Results from the Pediatric Heart Network Fontan 3 Study.: Goldberg DJ, Zak V, McCrindle BW, Ni H, Gongwer R, Rhodes J, Garofano RP, Kaltman JR, Lambert LM, Mahony L, Margossian R, Spector ZZ, Williams RV, Atz AM, Paridon SM, Pediatr Cardiol 2020 Sep
Clopidogrel and Aspirin in Acute Ischemic Stroke and High-Risk TIA.: Johnston SC, Easton JD, Farrant M, Barsan W, Conwit RA, Elm JJ, Kim AS, Lindblad AS, Palesch YY N. Engl. J. Med. 2018 07 379 3 215-225
Predictors of Rapid Aortic Root Dilation and Referral for Aortic Surgery in Marfan Syndrome.: Hoskoppal A, Menon S, Trachtenberg F, Burns KM, De Backer J, Gelb BD, Gleason M, James J, Lai WW, Liou A, Mahony L, Olson AK, Pyeritz RE, Sharkey AM, Stylianou M, Wechsler SB, Young L, Levine JC, Tierney ESS, Lacro RV, Bradley TJ Pediatr Cardiol 2018 Jun
Longitudinal Outcomes of Patients With Single Ventricle After the Fontan Procedure.: Atz AM, Zak V, Mahony L, Uzark K, D'agincourt N, Goldberg DJ, Williams RV, Breitbart RE, Colan SD, Burns KM, Margossian R, Henderson HT, Korsin R, Marino BS, Daniels K, McCrindle BW J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 2017 Jun 69 22 2735-2744
Assessment of Quality of Life in Young Patients with Single Ventricle after the Fontan Operation.: Uzark K, Zak V, Shrader P, McCrindle BW, Radojewski E, Varni JW, Daniels K, Handisides J, Hill KD, Lambert LM, Margossian R, Pemberton VL, Lai WW, Atz AM J. Pediatr. 2016 Mar 170 166-172.e1

Books

Neonatal Cardiology, 3rd ed.

Artman MA, Mahony L, Teitel DF. (Ed.) (2017). New York, NY, McGraw Hill

Longitudinal Follow-up Studies in the Pediatric Heart Network. In Barach P, Jacobs J, Lipshultz SE, Laussen P, eds. Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care. Volume 1: Outcomes Analysis.

Mahony L, Sleeper LA, Pearson GD. (2015). New York: Springer; 435-443.

Development of Myocardial Structure and Function. In Allen HD, Gutgesell HP, Clark EB, Driscoll DJ, eds. Moss and Adams' Heart Disease in Infants, Children, and Adolescents. 6th ed.

Mahony L. (2001). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 24-40.

Honors & Awards

Best Pediatric Specialists/Doctors in Dallas
D Magazine (2010) (2016-2018)
US News and World Report
Top US Doctor (2011)
Core Clerkship Teaching Award
Medical Student Teaching (2009)
William J. Rashkind Memorial Lecturer
Cardiology 2009 Meeting, sponsored by the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2009)
Meritorious Achievement Award
American Heart Association (2007)
Texas Super Doctors
Texas Monthly Magazine (2005-2018)
Walter M. Kirkendall, MD, American Heart Association
Scientist/Educator Volunteer of the Year (1995)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Academy of Pediatrics (1982-2011)
Chair, Pediatric Heart Disease Clinical Research Network (NIH) (2001-2010)
Dallas County Medical Society (1985-2019)
Editorial Board, Circulation (2004-2009)
Fellow, American Heart Association (1980-2019)
Protocol Chair, Pediatric Heart Disease Clinical Research Network (NIH) (2011-2019)
Texas Medical Association (1985-2019)