Eric R. Griffiths
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Eric R. Griffiths, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Primary Children's Hospital

Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
100 N Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City , UT 84113
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Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery (Sub: Congenital Cardiac Surgery)

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Surgery -Associate Professor (Clinical)
Academic Divisions Cardiothoracic Surgery
Board Certification
American Board of Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery (Sub: Congenital Cardiac Surgery)

Education history

Fellowship Congenital Heart Surgery - Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard University Fellow
Fellowship Cardiothoracic Surgery - University of Virginia Fellow
Residency General Surgery - University of Texas Southwestern Senior Resident
Research Fellow Cardiovascular Surgery - Harvard University Research Fellow
Residency General Surgery - University of Texas Southwestern Resident
Professional Medical Medicine - Cornell University M.D.
Undergraduate Brigham Young University B.S.

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Stadinski BD, Mills EA, Humphries PA, Cleveland SB, Dow P, Murakami K, Li YR, Murakami M, Ono M, Au-Yeung BB, Morris GP, Ziga-Pflcker JC, Campbell RA, Griffiths ER, Huseby ES, Lo WL (2025). Age-dependent Zap70 expression in thymocytes regulates selection of the neonatal regulatory T cell repertoire. Nat Immunol, 26(12), 2256-2269.
  2. Watkins WS, Hernandez EJ, Miller TA, Blue NR, Zimmerman RM, Griffiths ER, Frise E, Bernstein D, Boskovski MT, Brueckner M, Chung WK, Gaynor JW, Gelb BD, Goldmuntz E, Gruber PJ, Newburger JW, Roberts AE, Morton SU, Mayer JE Jr, Seidman CE, Seidman JG, Shen Y, Wagner M, Yost HJ, Yandell M, Tristani-Firouzi M (2025). Genome sequencing is critical for forecasting outcomes following congenital cardiac surgery. Nat Commun, 16(1), 6365.
  3. Carvajal HG, Hobbs RD, Han BK, Husain SA, Griffiths ER (2025). Aortic uncrossing for airway decompression following arterial switch operation. JTCVS Tech, 31, 105-107.
  4. Phillips KA, Brennan A, Profsky M, Hadfield GT, Kirkland BW, Heyrend C, Griffiths ER, May LJ, Ploutz MS (2025). Adverse events and ICU readmission rates after floor transfer for paediatric patients on ventricular assist device support. Cardiol Young, 35(5), 1-5.
  5. Griffiths ER, Profsky MP, Mokshagundam D, Boucek K, Amdani S, Davies RR, Monge MC, Morales DLS, Rossano JW, Jacobs JP, Kirklin JK, Koehl D, Cantor R, Peng DM, Pedimacs Investigators (2025). Eighth Annual Society of Thoracic Surgeons Pedimacs Report. Ann Thorac Surg, 119(3), 513-522.
  6. Schfer M, McFarland C, Amula V, Truong D, Lambert LM, Griffiths ER, Eckhauser AW, Husain SA, Hobbs RD (2025). Volume-Outcome Relationship of Norwood Procedures: Insights from the National Pediatric Cardiology-Quality Improvement Collaborative Database. Ann Thorac Surg, 119(5), 1045-1052.
  7. Marrone TN, Amula V, Niu MC, Ou Z, Griffiths ER (2024). ECG Abnormalities, Diastolic Blood Pressure, and Adverse Events After Systemic to Pulmonary Artery Shunt in Infants with Congenital Heart Disease. Pediatr Cardiol.
  8. Vossler JD, Eckhauser AW, Griffiths ER, Hobbs RD, Lambert LM, Tani LY, Parsons N, Habib RH, Jacobs JP, Jacobs ML, Husain SA (2024). Impact of Atrioventricular Valve Intervention at Each Stage of Single Ventricle Palliation. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg, 21501351241269924.
  9. Peng DM, Davies RR, Simpson KE, Shugh SB, Morales DLS, Jacobs JP, Butto A, Joong A, Conway J, Schindler K, Griffiths ER, Koehl D, Cantor RS, Kirklin JK, Rossano JW, Adachi I, Pedimacs Investigators (2023). Seventh Annual Society of Thoracic Surgeons Pedimacs Report. Ann Thorac Surg, 117(4), 690-703.
  10. Rabinowitz EJ, Mehegan M, Joong A, Shezad M, Lorts A, Villa CR, Conway J, Kobayashi R, Auerbach SR, Zinn M, Niebler R, Iqbal M, Dykes J, Choudhry S, Aljohani O, Absi M, Ploutz MS, Griffiths ER, OConnor MJ, Mokshagundam D, Said AS (2023). Multicenter outcomes for ventricular assist device support for failed stage II palliation. JHLT Open, 3, 100015.
  11. Winder MM, Ware A, Husain A, Griffiths E, Swink JM, Ou Z, Eckhauser A (2023). Interdigitating Technique for Repair of Aortic Arch Obstruction to Reduce Reintervention Rates. Ann Thorac Surg.
  12. Griffiths ER, Lambert LM, Ou Z, Shaaban A, Rezvani M, Carlo WF, Schumacher KR, DiPaola F, OConnor MJ, Nandi D, Zangwill S, McCulloch MA, Friedland-Little JM, West SC, Lee TM, Alejos JC, Chen S, Molina KM (2022). Fontan-associated liver disease after heart transplant. Pediatr Transplant, 27(2), e14435.
  13. Glenn ET, Harman JR, Marietta J, Lake J, Bailly DK, Ou Z, Griffiths ER, Ware AL (2022). Impact of a Surgical Wound Infection Prevention Bundle in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg, 115(1), 126-134.
  14. Joong A, Maeda K, Peng DM, Absi M, Armstrong BPN, Bansal N, Bearl DW, Bleiweis MS, Brickler M, Buchholz H, Chen S, Conway J, Do NL, Esteso P, Friedland-Little J, Griffiths ER, Hsu DT, Kindel SJ, Lorts A, Martinez HR, Michael Mcmullan D, Mehegan M, Mokshagundam D, Morales DLS, Philip J, Ploutz M, Rosenthal DN, Shezad MF, Sparks J, Ventresco C, Villa C, Wilkens S, Zafar F (2022). Ventricular Assist Device Outcomes in Infants and Children With Stage 1 Single Ventricle Palliation. ASAIO J, 68(11), E188-E195.
  15. Robertson DM, Boucek DM, Martin MH, Gray RG, Griffiths ER, Eckhauser AW, Ou Z, Lambert LM, Williams RV, Husain SA (2022). Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valve Implantation in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Congenital Heart Disease. Am J Cardiol, 177, 128-136.
  16. Sirota M, Heyrend C, Ou Z, Masotti S, Griffiths E, Molina K (2021). Impact of tacrolimus variability on pediatric heart transplant outcomes. Pediatr Transplant, 25(7), e14043.
  17. Daugherty J, Heyrend C, Profsky M, Kay B, VanderPluym C, Griffiths ER, May LJ (2020). Time in Therapeutic Range for Bivalirudin Among Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Recipients. ASAIO J, 67(5), 588-593.
  18. VanderPluym CJ, Cantor RS, Machado D, Boyle G, May L, Griffiths E, Niebler RA, Lorts A, Rossano J, Sutcliffe DL, Lytrivi ID, Buchholz H, Fynn-Thompson F, Hawkins B, Conway J (2020). Utilization and Outcomes of Children Treated with Direct Thrombin Inhibitors on Paracorporeal Ventricular Assist Device Support. ASAIO J, 66(8), 939-945.
  19. Hummel K, Glotzbach K, Menon S, Griffiths E, Lal AK (2020). Thrombotic microangiopathy following heart transplant in pediatric Danon disease. Pediatr Transplant, 24(4), e13669.
  20. VanderPluym CJ, Adachi I, Niebler R, Griffiths E, Fynn-Thompson F, Chen S, OConnor MJ, Machado D, Hawkins B, Bleiweis MS, Koehl DA, Cantor RS, Morales D, Lorts A (2018). Outcomes of children supported with an intracorporeal continuous-flow left ventricular assist system. J Heart Lung Transplant, 38(4), 385-393.
  21. Sharma V, Griffiths ER, Eckhauser AW, Gray RG, Martin MH, Zhang C, Presson AP, Burch PT (2018). Pulmonary Valve Replacement: A Single-Institution Comparison of Surgical and Transcatheter Valves. Ann Thorac Surg, 106(3), 807-813.
  22. DeBoard ZM, Eckhauser AW, Griffiths E (2018). Single-Ventricle Palliation in a 4-Year-Old With Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Ann Thorac Surg, 105(1), e31-e32.
  23. Griffiths ER, Pinto NM, Eckhauser AW, Al-Dulaimi R, Presson AP, Bailly DK, Burch PT (2017). Differences in clinical outcomes and cost between complex and simple arterial switches. Cardiol Young, 28(1), 134-141.

Review

  1. Kelly Han B, Binka E, Griffiths E, Hobbs R, Eckhauser A, Husain A, Overman D (2024). Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction in Congenital Heart Disease: The Role of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography in Surgical Decision Making. [Review]. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu, 27, 11-18.
  2. DiChiacchio L, Goodwin ML, Kagawa H, Griffiths E, Nickel IC, Stehlik J, Selzman CH (2023). Heart Transplant and Donors After Circulatory Death: A Clinical-Preclinical Systematic Review. [Review]. J Surg Res, 292, 222-233.

Conference Proceedings

  1. Eckhauser AW, Nonu JL, Hobbs RD, Griffiths ER, Husain SA, Doty J (2023). The Ross operation after removal of a transcatheter aortic valve replacement in pediatric patients. In Eckhauser AW|Nonu JL|Hobbs RD|Griffiths ER|Husain SA|Doty J (Ed.), JTCVS Tech, 17, 129-132.

Case Report

  1. Griffiths ER, Gray RG, Martin MH, Husain SA, Eckhauser AW (2020). Limited durability of expandable pericardial tissue valves in the mitral position in children. JTCVS Tech, 5, 84-86.

Editorial

  1. Griffiths ER (2021). Commentary: Caring for those often left behind. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 163, 425-426.

Other

  1. Hill KD, Baldwin HS, Bichel DP, Butts RJ, Chamberlain RC, Ellis AM, Graham EM, Hickerson J, Hornik CP, Jacobs JP, Jacobs ML, Jaquiss RD, Kannankeril PJ, OBrien SM, Torok R, Turek JW, Li JS, STRESS Network Investigators (2019). Rationale and design of the STeroids to REduce Systemic inflammation after infant heart Surgery (STRESS) trial. Am Heart J (220, pp. 192-202). United States.