Kara Goss, M.D.

Dr. Goss brings to UT Southwestern experience in both preclinical models and clinical studies of the long term cardiopulmonary sequelae of premature birth, as well as management of pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular failure.

Originally from Texas, Dr. Goss is thrilled to finally be home again. After medical school at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, she completed combined residency training in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics followed by Adult Pulmonary and Critical Care fellowship at Indiana University in Indianapolis. During training, she became fascinated by the potential for long term cardiopulmonary sequelae after extreme premature birth. As survival rates have markedly improved over the past three decades even for the smallest infants, a new generation of individuals born extremely preterm is now aging into adulthood. This interest led her to the University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI to study a unique adult cohort of survivors of extreme preterm birth. Dr. Goss and collaborators identified subclinical pulmonary hypertension, right ventricular dysfunction, and impaired cardiac growth in otherwise healthy young adults born preterm, clearly demonstrating the potential for late complications from extreme preterm birth.

Dr. Goss’s clinical practice focus is on pulmonary hypertension as well as cardiopulmonary evaluation of adults born premature. Her research utilizes established UT Southwestern neonatal databases and infrastructure, in conjunction with preclinical models, to study the late cardiopulmonary manifestations of preterm birth and identify implications for treatment and lifetime health.

Medical School

Baylor College of Medicine (2007)

Residency

Indiana University School of Medicine (2011), Internal Medicine & Pediatrics

Fellowship

Indiana University School of Medicine (2014), Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care Medicine

• Acute and Chronic Right Heart Failure
• Late Cardiopulmonary Sequelae of Extreme Premature Birth
• Pulmonary Vascular Disease/Pulmonary Hypertension

Featured Publications

Association Between Preterm Birth and Arrested Cardiac Growth in Adolescents and Young Adults.

Goss KN, Haraldsdottir K, Beshish AG, Barton GP, Watson AM, Palta M, Chesler NC, Francois CJ, Wieben O, Eldridge MW, JAMA Cardiol 2020 May

Impaired Right Ventricular-Vascular Coupling in Young Adults Born Preterm.

Mulchrone A, Bellofiore A, Douwes JM, Duong N, Beshish AG, Barton GP, Francois CJ, Eldridge MW, Goss KN, Chesler NC, Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2020 03 201 5 615-618

Bimodal right ventricular dysfunction after postnatal hyperoxia exposure: implications for the preterm heart.

Kumari S, Braun RK, Tetri LH, Barton GP, Hacker TA, Goss KN, Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol. 2019 12 317 6 H1272-H1281

Novel early life risk factors for adult pulmonary hypertension.

Goss KN, Austin ED, Battiola TJ, Tepper RS, Lahm T, Pulm Circ 2019 Apr-Jun 9 2 2045894019845615

Heart rate recovery after maximal exercise is impaired in healthy young adults born preterm.

Haraldsdottir K, Watson AM, Beshish AG, Pegelow DF, Palta M, Tetri LH, Brix MD, Centanni RM, Goss KN, Eldridge MW, Eur. J. Appl. Physiol. 2019 Apr 119 4 857-866

Long-term pulmonary vascular consequences of perinatal insults.

Goss K, J. Physiol. (Lond.) 2019 02 597 4 1175-1184

Early Pulmonary Vascular Disease in Young Adults Born Preterm.

Goss KN, Beshish AG, Barton GP, Haraldsdottir K, Levin TS, Tetri LH, Battiola TJ, Mulchrone AM, Pegelow DF, Palta M, Lamers LJ, Watson AM, Chesler NC, Eldridge MW, Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2018 12 198 12 1549-1558

Sex-Specific Skeletal Muscle Fatigability and Decreased Mitochondrial Oxidative Capacity in Adult Rats Exposed to Postnatal Hyperoxia.

Tetri LH, Diffee GM, Barton GP, Braun RK, Yoder HE, Haraldsdottir K, Eldridge MW, Goss KN, Front Physiol 2018 9 326

Postnatal Hyperoxia Exposure Durably Impairs Right Ventricular Function and Mitochondrial Biogenesis.

Goss KN, Kumari S, Tetri LH, Barton G, Braun RK, Hacker TA, Eldridge MW, Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 2017 05 56 5 609-619

Addressing the challenges of phenotyping pediatric pulmonary vascular disease.

Goss KN, Everett AD, Mourani PM, Baker CD, Abman SH, Pulm Circ 2017 Mar 7 1 7-19

 Featured Books

Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension. In Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Hypertension

Goss KN, Lahm T (2015). New York, Springer Science

• Early Career Research Achievement Award
  American Thoracic Society Pulmonary Circulation Assembly (2020)
• Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Teaching Award
  University of Wisconsin (2020)
• Puestow Research Award
  University of Wisconsin (2019)
• Parker B Francis Foundation Fellowship
  (2018)
• Sunnyside Guild Pulmonary Fellow
  Eskenazi Health Humanism Award (2011)
• Mindie Bailie Red Shoes Award
  Riley Hospital for Children Humanism Award (2010)

• American Heart Association (2016)
• Pulmonary Hypertension Association (2014)
• Amerian Thoracic Society (2011)
• American College of Chest Physicians (2010)