Susan Matulevicius, M.D. Associate Dean of Faculty Wellness Professor School Medical School Department Internal Medicine | Medical School Dean's Office You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Susan Matulevicius, M.D., M.S.C.S., F.A.C.C., FASE, is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of its Division of Cardiology. Her clinical specialties include noninvasive cardiac imaging, particularly echocardiography and MRI; women’s heart health; coronary artery disease; and primary and secondary cardiovascular disease prevention. After earning a B.S.E. degree magna cum laude (with distinction in biomedical engineering) from Duke University, Dr. Matulevicius earned her medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where she was inducted into the medical honors society, Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA). She completed an internal medicine internship and residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania before completing fellowships in cardiology and advanced cardiac imaging (with a focus on MRI) at Parkland Health & Hospital System in Dallas. Dr. Matulevicius joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2009. She serves as Associate Dean of Faculty Wellness, a faculty interviewer for the Cardiology Fellowship Program, a mentor to cardiology interns and fellows, an active research collaborator in cardiac MRI, and a frequent lecturer at professional meetings and continuing medical education (CME) events. Her research interests include evaluating cardiac function during pregnancy via MRI, assessing cardiovascular performance in chronic heart failure, and evaluating the contribution of cardiac imaging and other diagnostic testing to clinical care and decision making. She has served as a reviewer for publications including the International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging, Journal of Investigative Medicine, JAMA Internal Medicine, and American Heart Journal. In 2013, Dr. Matulevicius received the Jeremiah Stamler Distinguished Young Investigator Research Award from Scientific Therapeutics Information, Inc., and was chosen as a semi-finalist in the Teaching Value and Choosing Wisely® competition sponsored by Costs of Care, Inc. – a competition encouraging innovative ideas to optimize the use of medical resources in the provision of high value patient care. A Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, she also is a member of the American Heart Association, the Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and the Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society. In 2018, Dr. Matulevicius was named a Super Doctor by Texas Monthly. Education Medical School University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (2002) Residency University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (2005), Internal Medicine Fellowship Parkland Health & Hospital System (2009), Cardiology Research Interest Cardiac MRI Cardiovascular physiology congestive heart failure Pulmonary hypertension Right ventricular structure and function Publications Featured Publications Dynamic Relation of Changes in Weight and Indices of Fat Distribution With Cardiac Structure and Function: The Dallas Heart Study. Wilner B, Garg S, Ayers CR, Maroules CD, McColl R, Matulevicius SA, de Lemos JA, Drazner MH, Peshock R, Neeland IJ J Am Heart Assoc 2017 Jul 6 7 Appropriate Use and Clinical Impact of Transthoracic Echocardiography. Matulevicius SA, Rohatgi A, Das SR, Price AL, Deluna A, Reimold SC JAMA Intern Med 2013 Jul Potential of Electron Beam Computed Tomography for Coronary Artery Calcium Screening to Evaluate Fatty Liver: Comparison with 1H Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in the Dallas Heart Study. Matulevicius, S, Huff, LC, Szczepaniak, LS, Ayers, CR, Budoff, M, McColl, R, Khera, A, Peshock RM. Journal of Investigative Medicine 2011 59 780-786 Association of Health ABC Heart Failure Score with Cardiac Structural and Functional Abnormalities in Young Individuals Gupta S, Berry JD, Ayers, CR, Matulevicius SA, Peshock RM, Patel PC, Markham DW, Drazner MH. Am Heart J 2010 159 5 817-24 Long-term Outcomes with Ambrisentan Monotherapy in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Blalock SE, Matulevicius S, Mitchell LC, Reimold S, Warner J, Peshock R, Torres F, Chin KM. Journal of Cardiac Failure 2010 16 2 121-7 Chapter 26: Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Unstable Angina and Non-ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Matulevicius, S, Rohatgi, A, de Lemos, JA. Hurst?s The Heart Manual of Cardiology 2009 12th The Association between Plasma Caspase-3, Atherosclerosis, and Vascular Function in the Dallas Heart Study. Matulevicius, S, Rohatgi, A, Khera, A, Das, SR, Owens, A, Ayers, C, Timaran, CH, Rosero, EB, Drazner, MH, Peshock, RM, DeLemos, JA. Apoptosis 2008 13 10 1281-1289 Magnetic Resonance Myocardial Fiber Orientation Mapping with Direct Histological Correlation. Hsu, EW, Muzikant, AL, Matulevicius, SA, Penland, RC, Henriquez, CS. American Journal of Physiology 1998 274 H1627-H1634 Bleeding Risk in Patients with Cirrhosis Undergoing Transesophageal Echocardiography: 6-Year Experience from Parkland Health and Hospital System. Chandra A, Chen TC, Tang Z, Matulevicius SA, Das SR, Agrawal D, J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2019 May 32 5 678-680 Association of African Ancestry With Electrocardiographic Voltage and Concentric Left Ventricular Hypertrophy: The Dallas Heart Study. Alame AJ, Garg S, Kozlitina J, Ayers C, Peshock RM, Matulevicius SA, Drazner MH JAMA Cardiol 2018 Nov Results 1-10 of 28 1 2 3 Next Last Honors & Awards ACCF/GE Healthcare Career Development Awards in Cardiovascular Imaging TechnologiesAn integrated assessment of right-sided cardiovascular performance in left-sided chronic heart failure (2011) AHA Women in Cardiology TraineeAward for Excellence Recipient (2007) Alpha Omega Alpha (2002) TEAGLE FoundationMerit-based partial academic scholarship for undergraduate and graduate studies (2002) Magna Cum LaudeDistinction in biomedical engineering (1998) National Science Foundation/Engineering Research CenterUndergraduate Research Fellowship (1998) Professional Associations/Affiliations American College of Cardiology (2005) American Heart Association American Medical Association (2020) American Society of Echocardiography (2018) Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) (2010)
