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Thomas A. Pilcher

Thomas A. Pilcher, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Children's Hospital Outpatient Services at Riverton

801-213-3599
  • Thomas A. Pilcher, MD is a specialist in pediatric cardiology and electrophysiology. He has special training to treat children with all forms of heart rhythm disorders and performs procedures in children and adults with congenital heart disease. He performs intracardiac ablations of abnormal heart rhythms and implants cardiac rhythm intervention devices such as pacemakers and automatic internal cardioverter defibrillators (AICD).

    Board Certification

    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Cardiology)
    International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners (Physician/EP)
  • Thomas A. Pilcher, MD is a specialist in pediatric cardiology and electrophysiology. He has special training to treat children with all forms of heart rhythm disorders and performs procedures in children and adults with congenital heart disease. He performs intracardiac ablations of abnormal heart rhythms and implants cardiac rhythm intervention devices such as pacemakers and automatic internal cardioverter defibrillators (AICD).

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pediatrics -Primary
    Internal Medicine -Adjunct
    Academic Divisions
    Cardiovascular Medicine
    Board Certification
    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Cardiology)
    International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners (Physician/EP)

    Education history

    Fellowship Pediatric Electrophysiology - Medical University of South Carolina Fellow
    Pediatric Cardiology - Medical University of South Carolina Fellow
    Residency Pediatrics - Baylor College of Medicine Resident
    Pediatrics - Baylor College of Medicine Intern
    Professional Medical Medicine - Baylor College of Medicine M.D.
    Physics - Baylor University M.S.
    Undergraduate Physics - Baylor University B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Lindsey Gakenheimer-Smith, Zhining Ou, Jinqiu Kuang, Jeremy P Moore, Austin Burrows, Joshua Kovach, Brynn Dechert, Cheyenne M Beach, Mark Ayers, Reina Bianca Tan, Mina Mostafavifar, Douglas Y Mah, Tracy Marrs Conner, Susan Turpin, Kishor Avasarala, Maully J Shah, Gregory Webster, Jessica Posey, Susan P Etheridge, Edem Binka, Mary Niu, S Yukiko Asaki, Linda M Lambert, Thomas A Pilcher (2023). Multicenter retrospective evaluation of magnetic resonance imaging in pediatric and congenital heart disease patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices. Heart Rhythm.
    2. Newlon C, Asaki SY, Pilcher TA, Ou Z, Etheridge SP, Niu MC (2022). The high-density grid catheter: A safe adjunctive tool in pediatric and complex congenital heart disease patients. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol.
    3. von Alvensleben JC, Dechert B, Bradley DJ, Fish FA, Moore JP, Pilcher TA, Escudero C, Ceresnak SR, Kwok SY, Balaji S, Aziz PF, Papagiannis J, Cortez D, Garnreiter J, Kean A, Schfer M, Collins KK (2020). Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Pediatrics and Congenital Heart Disease: A Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society Multicenter Review. JACC Clin Electrophysiol, 6(14), 1752-1761.
    4. Tate JD, Pilcher TA, Aras KK, Burton BM, MacLeod RS (2019). Validating defibrillation simulation in a human-shaped phantom. Heart Rhythm, 17(4), 661-668.
    5. Pilcher, TA (2019). The Role of Atrial Arrhythmia Ablation in Adolescent and Adult Congenital Heart Disease. Curr Cardiovasc Risk Rep, 13(5).

    Abstract

    1. Niu M, Asaki Y, Kelly M, Grau L, Powell L, Pilcher T (2019). Orientation independent high density catheter improves substrate mapping in complex congenital heart disease. [Abstract].
    2. Lindsey Gakenheimer-Smith MD, Susan Etheridge MD, Zhining Ou MS, Angela Presson PhD, Patricia Whitaker, Jason Su MD, Michael Puchalski MD, Yuki Asaki MD, Mary Niu MD, Thomas Pilcher MD (2018). Feasibility of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices with Epicardial or Abandoned Leads [Abstract].
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