Gary Beasley, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics-Cardiology
Primary Office
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Current Positions
- Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics-Cardiology
- Medical Director - Pediatric Transplant/Heart Failure Program
Education
- BS, Magna Cum Laude, University Honors Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
- MD, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA
- Intern/Resident, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
- Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland
- Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Heart Failure and Transplant, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Research Interests
- Gender and Racial Differences in Pediatric Heart Transplant
- Changes in the Incidence of Myocarditis in the COVID-19 Era
- Changes in Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest During COVID 19 - IRB Approved
Licenses & Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics
Selected Publications
- Gartrell, J., Mulrooney, D. A., Hsu, C. W., Pan, H., Federico, S. M., Pappo, A. S., Helmig, S., Meredith, C. J., Pease, P., Christensen, A. M., Beasley, G., Bishop, M. W. (2025). Acute cardiotoxicity in pediatric and adolescent patients with solid tumors treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Cancer. 131(13):e35940. DOI: 10.1002/cncr.35940. PMID: 40543049.
- Schmitt, C., Beasley, G., Guerrier, K., Kramer, K., Naim, M., Griffis, H., McNally, B., Chan, P., Al-Araji, R., Rossano, J. (2025). COVID-19 and pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest using U.S. registry database. Resuscitation Plus. 22:100869. DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2025.100869. PMID: 39926360. PMCID: PMC11803234.
- Conway, K.M., Thomas, S., Neyaz, T., Ciafaloni, E., Mann, J.R., Staron-Ehlinger, M., Beasley, G.S., Romitti, P.A., Mathews, K.D. (2025). Prophylactic Use of Cardiac Medications and Survival in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Muscle & Nerve. 71(4):574-582. DOI: 10.1002/mus.28353. PMID: 39853770. PMCID: PMC11887528.
- Barrett, L., Ryckman, K., Goedken, A., Steinbach, E., van der Plas, E., Beasley, G., Khan, R., Exil, V., Axelrod, D., Harshman, L. (2024). Subsequent kidney transplant after pediatric heart transplant: Prevalence and risk factors. American Journal of Transplantation. 24(7):1267-1278. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2024.02.027. PMID: 38431077. PMCID: PMC11816832.
- Jawahar, A., Issa, B., Porayette, P., Karimi, M., Beasley, G. (2024). Congestive Heart Failure in an Adolescent with a Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm. World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. 15(1):130-133. DOI:10.1177/21501351231189283. PMID: 37661701.
- Anton-Martin, P., Sandhu, H., Kramer, J., Beasley, G., Martinez, H., Boston, U., Sathanandam, S., Agrawal, V., Chakraborty, A. (2024). Successful Use of Anticoagulation-free Prolonged Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Massive Pulmonary Hemorrhage in a Child with Heart Transplant and Mechanical Mitral Valve: A Case Report with Review of Literature. Indian Pediatrics Case Reports. 4(2):70-74. DOI: 10.4103/ipcares.ipcares_131_23.
- Townsend, M., Khoury, M., Koehl, D., Kirklin, J., Cantor, R., Beasley, G., Chen, C., Boyle, G., Parent, J., Baez Hernandez, N., Halnon, N. (2024). Uncertain benefit of statins in pediatric heart transplant recipients: A PHTS analysis. J Heart Lung Trans. 43(5):703-713. DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2023.11.021. PMID: 38065240.
- Morin, C., Sharma, A., Selukar, S., Beasley, G., Merlocco, A., Goode, C., Rai, P., Towbin, J. A., Hankins, J. S., & Johnson, J. N. (2023). Diffuse Myocardial Fibrosis Occurs in Young Patients with Sickle Cell Anemia Despite Early Disease Modifying Therapy. Blood. 141(11):1358-1362. DOI: 10.1182/blood.2022018209. PMID: 36441963.
- Amdani, S., Henderson, H., Everitt, M. D., Beasley, G., Shih, R., Exil, V., Alejos, J., Wallis, G., Azeka, E., Nandi, D., Profita, E., Spinner, J., Magnetta, D., Martinez, H., Fenton, M., Conway, J., Urschel, S. (2022). Clinical approach to antibody-mediated rejection from the pediatric heart transplant society. Pediatric Transplantation. 26(8):e14398. DOI: 10.1111/petr.14398. PMID: 36377325.
- Rai, P., Okhomina, V. I., Kang, G., Akil, N., Towbin, J. A., Hankins, J. S., Beasley, G. (2023). The effects of cardio-selective beta blockade on diastolic dysfunction in children with sickle cell disease. Haematologica. 108(2):594-598. DOI:10.3324/haematol.2022.281428. PMID: 36200422. PMCID: PMC9890014.