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

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

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Sharma V, Griffiths ER, Eckhauser AW, Gray RG, Martin MH, Zhang C, Presson AP, Burch P (2018). Pulmonary Valve Replacement: A Single-Institution Comparison of Surgical and Transcatheter Valves. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 106(3), 807-813.
  2. VanderPluym CJ, Adachi I, Niebler R, Griffiths E, Fynn-Thompson F, Chen S, O'Connor MJ, Machado D, Hawkins B, Bleiweis MS, Koehl DA, Cantor RS, Morales D, Lorts (2019). Outcomes of children supported with an intracorporeal continuous-flow left ventricular assist system. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation, 38(4), 385-393.
  3. Daugherty J, Heyrend C, Profsky M, Kay B, VanderPluym C, Griffiths ER, May L (2021). Time in Therapeutic Range for Bivalirudin Among Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Recipients. ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, 67(5), 588-593.
  4. 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 (2020). Utilization and Outcomes of Children Treated with Direct Thrombin Inhibitors on Paracorporeal Ventricular Assist Device Support. ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, 66(8), 939-945.
  5. Griffiths ER, Pinto NM, Eckhauser AW, Al-Dulaimi R, Presson AP, Bailly DK, Burch P (2018). Differences in clinical outcomes and cost between complex and simple arterial switches. Cardiology in the young, 28(1), 134-141.
  6. Hummel K, Glotzbach K, Menon S, Griffiths E, Lal A (2020). Thrombotic microangiopathy following heart transplant in pediatric Danon disease. Pediatric transplantation, 24(4), e13669.
  7. Sirota M, Heyrend C, Ou Z, Masotti S, Griffiths E, Molina (2021). Impact of tacrolimus variability on pediatric heart transplant outcomes. Pediatric transplantation, 25(7), e14043.
  8. DeBoard ZM,Eckhauser AW,Griffiths (2018). Single-Ventricle Palliation in a 4-Year-Old With Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 105(1), e31-e32.
  9. Robertson DM,Boucek DM,Martin MH,Gray RG,Griffiths ER,Eckhauser AW,Ou Z,Lambert LM,Williams RV,Husain S (2022). Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valve Implantation in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Congenital Heart Disease. The American journal of cardiology, 177, 128-136.
  10. Winder MM, Ware A, Husain A, Griffiths E, Swink JM, Ou Z, Eckhauser (2023). Interdigitating Technique for Repair of Aortic Arch Obstruction to Reduce Reintervention Rates. The Annals of thoracic surgery,
  11. Griffiths ER, Lambert LM, Ou Z, Shaaban A, Rezvani M, Carlo WF, Schumacher KR, DiPaola F, O'Connor MJ, Nandi D, Zangwill S, McCulloch MA, Friedland-Little JM, West SC, Lee TM, Alejos JC, Chen S, Molina K (2023). Fontan-associated liver disease after heart transplant. Pediatric transplantation, 27(2), e14435.
  12. Glenn ET, Harman JR, Marietta J, Lake J, Bailly DK, Ou Z, Griffiths ER, Ware A (2023). Impact of a Surgical Wound Infection Prevention Bundle in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 115(1), 126-134.
  13. 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 (2022). Ventricular Assist Device Outcomes in Infants and Children With Stage 1 Single Ventricle Palliation. ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, 68(11), E188-E195.
  14. 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 Investigator (2024). Seventh Annual Society of Thoracic Surgeons Pedimacs Report. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 117(4), 690-703.
  15. Marrone TN, Amula V, Niu MC, Ou Z, Griffiths E (2024). ECG Abnormalities, Diastolic Blood Pressure, and Adverse Events After Systemic to Pulmonary Artery Shunt in Infants with Congenital Heart Disease. Pediatric cardiology,
  16. Vossler JD, Eckhauser AW, Griffiths ER, Hobbs RD, Lambert LM, Tani LY, Parsons N, Habib RH, Jacobs JP, Jacobs ML, Husain S (2024). Impact of Atrioventricular Valve Intervention at Each Stage of Single Ventricle Palliation. World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery, 21501351241269924.
  17. Schäfer M, McFarland C, Amula V, Truong D, Lambert LM, Griffiths ER, Eckhauser AW, Husain SA, Hobbs R (2025). Volume-Outcome Relationship of Norwood Procedures: Insights from the National Pediatric Cardiology-Quality Improvement Collaborative Database. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 119(5), 1045-1052.
  18. 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 Investigator (2025). Eighth Annual Society of Thoracic Surgeons Pedimacs Report. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 119(3), 513-522.
  19. Phillips KA, Brennan A, Profsky M, Hadfield GT, Kirkland BW, Heyrend C, Griffiths ER, May LJ, Ploutz M (2025). Adverse events and ICU readmission rates after floor transfer for paediatric patients on ventricular assist device support. Cardiology in the young, 35(5), 1-5.
  20. 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, O'Connor MJ, Mokshagundam D, Said A (2023). Multicenter outcomes for ventricular assist device support for failed stage II palliation. JHLT open, 3, 100015.
  21. 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 (2025). Genome sequencing is critical for forecasting outcomes following congenital cardiac surgery. Nature communications, 16(1), 6365.
  22. Carvajal HG, Hobbs RD, Han BK, Husain SA, Griffiths E (2025). Aortic uncrossing for airway decompression following arterial switch operation. JTCVS techniques, 31, 105-107.
  23. Stadinski BD, Mills EA, Humphries PA, Cleveland SB, Dow P, Murakami K, Li YR, Murakami M, Ono M, Au-Yeung BB, Morris GP, Zúñiga-Pflücker JC, Campbell RA, Griffiths ER, Huseby ES, Lo W (2025). Age-dependent Zap70 expression in thymocytes regulates selection of the neonatal regulatory T cell repertoire. Nature immunology, 26(12), 2256-2269.

Review

  1. DiChiacchio L, Goodwin ML, Kagawa H, Griffiths E, Nickel IC, Stehlik J, Selzman C (2023). Heart Transplant and Donors After Circulatory Death: A Clinical-Preclinical Systematic Review. The Journal of surgical research, 292, 222-233.
  2. Kelly Han B,Binka E,Griffiths E,Hobbs R,Eckhauser A,Husain A,Overman (2024). Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction in Congenital Heart Disease: The Role of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography in Surgical Decision Making. Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. Pediatric cardiac surgery annual, 27, 11-18.

Conference Proceedings

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

Case Report

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

Editorial

  1. Griffiths E (2021). Commentary: Caring for those often left behind. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 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, O'Brien SM, Torok R, Turek JW, Li JS, STRESS Network Investigators (2020). Rationale and design of the STeroids to REduce Systemic inflammation after infant heart Surgery (STRESS) trial. American heart journal, 220, 192-202.