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Gary Beasley, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics-Cardiology

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

  • Merlocco A, Philip R, Beasley G, Ryan K, Shah S, Sathanandam S, Ramakrishnan K, Johnson JN. Myocardial Infarction at Mid-Term Follow-Up in a Teenager With Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children After COVID-19. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2022 May;15(5):e014010. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.122.014010. Epub 2022 Apr 28. PMID: 35477283.
  • Godown J, Fountain D, Bansal N, Ameduri R, Anderson S, Beasley G, Burstein D, Knecht K, Molina K, Pye S, Richmond M, Spinner JA, Watanabe K, West S, Reinhardt Z, Scheel J, Urschel S, Villa C, Hollander SA. Heart Transplantation in Children With Down Syndrome. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 May 17;11(10):e024883. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.121.024883. Epub 2022 May 16. PMID: 35574952; PMCID: PMC9238550.
  • Martinez HR, Beasley GS, Goldberg JF, Absi M, Ryan KA, Guerrier K, Joshi VM, Johnson JN, Morin CE, Hurley C, Morrison RR, Rai P, Hankins JS, Bishop MW, Triplett BM, Ehrhardt MJ, Pui CH, Inaba H, Towbin JA. Pediatric Cardio-Oncology Medicine: A New Approach in Cardiovascular Care. Children (Basel). 2021 Dec 18;8(12):1200. doi: 10.3390/children8121200. PMID: 34943396; PMCID: PMC8699848.
  • Martinez HR, Beasley GS, Goldberg JF, Absi M, Ryan KA, Guerrier K, Joshi VM, Johnson JN, Morin CE, Hurley C, Morrison RR, Rai P, Hankins JS, Bishop MW, Triplett BM, Ehrhardt MJ, Pui CH, Inaba H, Towbin JA. Pediatric Cardio-Oncology Medicine: A New Approach in Cardiovascular Care. Children (Basel). 2021 Dec 18;8(12):1200. doi: 10.3390/children8121200. PMID: 34943396; PMCID: PMC8699848.
  • Goldberg JF, Peters EJ, Tolley EA, Hagler MN, Joshi VM, Wallace SE, Nouer SS, Beasley GS, Martinez HR, Ryan KA, Absi MA, Strelsin JR, Towbin JA, Triplett BM. Association of persistent tachycardia with early myocardial dysfunction in children undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2021 Oct;56(10):2544-2554. doi: 10.1038/s41409-021-01330-w. Epub 2021 May 20. PMID: 34017071.
  • Martinez HR, Beasley GS, Miller N, Goldberg JF, Jefferies JL. Clinical Insights Into Heritable Cardiomyopathies. Front Genet. 2021 Apr 28;12:663450. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.663450. PMID: 33995492; PMCID: PMC8113776.
  • Towbin JA, Beasley G. Left Ventricular Noncompaction and Vigorous Physical Activity: What Is the Connection? J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Oct 13;76(15):1734-1736. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.08.051. PMID: 33032734.
  • Beasley GS, Towbin JA. Acquired and modifiable cardiovascular risk factors in patients treated for cancer. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2021 May;51(4):846-853. doi: 10.1007/s11239-020-02273-7. Epub 2020 Sep 12. PMID: 32918669.
  • Fahnhorst SE, Beasley G, Goldberg JF, Martinez HR, Ryan KA, Towbin JA, Boston U, Absi M. Novel use of cangrelor in pediatrics: A pilot cohort study demonstrating use in ventricular assist devices. Artif Organs. 2021 Jan;45(1):38-45. doi: 10.1111/aor.13782. Epub 2020 Aug 19. PMID: 33180355.
  • McCulloch MA, Zuckerman WA, Möller T, Knecht K, Lin KY, Beasley GS, Peng DM, Albert DC, Miera O, Dipchand AI, Kirk R, Davies RR. Effects of donor cause of death, ischemia time, inotrope exposure, troponin values, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, electrocardiographic and echocardiographic data on recipient outcomes: A review of the literature. Pediatr Transplant. 2020 May;24(3):e13676. doi: 10.1111/petr.13676. Epub 2020 Mar 21. PMID: 32198808.