Richard V. Williams
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Richard V. Williams, MD, FAAP, FACC

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Primary Children's Hospital Outpatient Services at Riverton

3773 West 12600 South
Riverton , UT 84065
801-285-1400
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  • Richard V. Williams, MD is a member of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Utah School of Medicine and Primary Children´s Hospital. His subspecialty is noninvasive cardiac imaging. He sees patients with all forms of congenital heart disease from infancy through late adolescence in his general cardiology clinic at Primary Children's Hospital and Riverton Hospital. Dr. Williams’ research interests are focused on noninvasive evaluation of ventricular function and clinical trial conducted as part of the Pediatric Heart Network.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    National Board of Medical Examiners

  • Richard V. Williams, MD is a member of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Utah School of Medicine and Primary Children´s Hospital. His subspecialty is noninvasive cardiac imaging. He sees patients with all forms of congenital heart disease from infancy through late adolescence in his general cardiology clinic at Primary Children's Hospital and Riverton Hospital. Dr. Williams’ research interests are focused on noninvasive evaluation of ventricular function and clinical trial conducted as part of the Pediatric Heart Network.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pediatrics -Professor (Clinical)
    Academic Divisions Cardiology
    Board Certification
    National Board of Medical Examiners

    Education history

    Fellowship Pediatric Cardiology - Children's Hospital Medical Center Fellow
    Residency Pediatrics - Children's Hospital Medical Center Resident
    Internship Pediatrics - Children's Hospital Medical Center Intern
    Professional Medical Medicine - Medical College of Virginia M.D.
    Undergraduate Chemistry - University of Virginia B.A.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Goldberg DJ, Hu C, Lubert AM, Rathod RH, Penny DJ, Petit CJ, Schumacher KR, Ginde S, Williams RV, Yoon JK, Kim GB, Nowlen TT, DiMaria MV, Frischhertz BP, Wagner JB, McHugh KE, McCrindle BW, Cartoski MJ, Detterich JA, Yetman AT, John AS, Richmond ME, Yung D, Payne RM, Mackie AS, Davis CK, Shahanavaz S, Hill KD, Almaguer M, Zak V, McBride MG, Goldstein BH, Pearson GD, Paridon SM, Pediatric Heart Network Investigators (2023). The Fontan Udenafil Exercise Longitudinal Trial: Subgroup Analysis. Pediatr Cardiol, 44(8), 1691-1701. (Read full publication)
    2. Yamauchi MSW, Puchalski MD, Weng HY, Pinto NM, Etheridge SP, Presson AP, Minich LL, Williams RV (2022). Variation in provider compliance with sports restriction guidelines in children with an isolated bicuspid aortic valve. Cardiol Young, 33(10), 1813-1818. (Read full publication)
    3. Robertson DM, Truong DT, Cox DA, Carmichael HL, Ou Z, Minich LL, Williams RV, Selamet Tierney ES (2022). Pediatric Heart Network Trial of Losartan vs. Atenolol in Children and Young Adults with Marfan Syndrome: Impact on Prescription Practices. Pediatr Cardiol, 44(3), 618-623. (Read full publication)
    4. 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. (Read full publication)
    5. Blaney MM, Williams RV, Areinamo IA, Sauer M, Tani LY, Ou Z, Minich LL, Truong DT (2021). The impact of the American Heart Association guidelines on patients treated for incomplete Kawasaki disease. Cardiol Young, 32(7), 1066-1070. (Read full publication)
    6. Hogan WJ, Punn R, Dean P, Strainic J, Rychik J, Williams RV, Moon-Grady AJ, Silverman NH (2021). Prenatally diagnosed pseudoaneurysm of mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrous area. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol, 59(5), 682-686. (Read full publication)
    7. Barfuss SB, Truong DT, James KE, Inman CJ, Husain SA, Williams RV, Minich LL, Mart CR (2022). Left ventricular thrombus in the multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children associated with COVID-19. Ann Pediatr Cardiol, 15(1), 90-93. (Read full publication)
    8. Moza R, Truong DT, Lambert LM, Ou Z, Amula V, Eckhauser A, Minich LL, Williams RV (2021). Poor Weight Recovery Between Stage 1 Palliation and Hospital Discharge for Infants with Single Ventricle Physiology: An Analysis of the National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative Phase II Dataset. J Pediatr, 234, 20-26.e2. (Read full publication)
    9. Weyhrauch DL, Truong DT, Pinto NM, Amula V, Lambert LM, Zhang C, Presson AP, Wilkes J, Minich LL, Williams RV (2021). Changes in Provider Prescribing Behavior for Infants with Single Ventricle Physiology After Evidence-Based Publications. Pediatr Cardiol, 42(5), 1224-1232. (Read full publication)
    10. Robinson DL, Ware AL, Sauer MC, Williams RV, Ou Z, Presson AP, Tani LY, Minich LL, Truong DT (2021). Implications of Changing Z-Score Models for Coronary Artery Dimensions in Kawasaki Disease. Pediatr Cardiol, 42(2), 432-441. (Read full publication)
    11. Goldberg DJ, Zak V, McCrindle BW, Ni H, Gongwer R, Rhodes J, Garofano RP, Kaltman JR, Lambert LM, Mahony L, Margossian R, Spector ZZ, Williams RV, Atz AM, Paridon SM, Pediatric Heart Network Investigators (2020). Exercise Capacity and Predictors of Performance After Fontan: Results from the Pediatric Heart Network Fontan 3 Study. Pediatr Cardiol, 42(1), 158-168. (Read full publication)
    12. Samayoa JC, Etheridge SP, Williams RV (2020). A Rare Case of Epicardial Lead Strangulation of Left Ventricular Inflow. JACC Case Rep, 2(5), 835-836. (Read full publication)
    13. Truong DT, Menon SC, Lambert LM, Burch PT, Sheng X, Minich LL, Williams RV (2018). Digoxin Use in Infants with Single Ventricle Physiology: Secondary Analysis of the Pediatric Heart Network Infant Single Ventricle Trial Public Use Dataset. Pediatr Cardiol, 39(6), 1200-1209. (Read full publication)
    14. Van Dorn CS, Puchalski MD, Weng HY, Bleyl SB, Butterfield RJ, Williams RV (2018). DMD mutation and LTBP4 haplotype do not predict onset of left ventricular dysfunction in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Cardiol Young, 28(7), 910-915. (Read full publication)
    15. Yamauchi MSW, Puchalski MD, Weng HT, Pinto NM, Etheridge SP, Presson AP, Tani LY, Minich LL, Williams RV (2018). Disease progression and variation in clinical practice for isolated bicuspid aortic valve in children. Congenit Heart Dis, 13(3), 432-439. (Read full publication)
    16. Menon SC, Al-Dulaimi R, McCrindle BW, Goldberg DJ, Sachdeva R, Goldstein BH, Seery T, Uzark KC, Chelliah A, Butts R, Henderson H, Johnson T, Williams RV (2018). Delayed puberty and abnormal anthropometry and its associations with quality of life in young Fontan survivors: A multicenter cross-sectional study. Congenit Heart Dis, 13(3), 463-469. (Read full publication)
    17. Zak V, Hsu DT, Pemberton VL, Levine JC, Atz AM, Cnota JF, Ravishankar C, Barker P, Lambert LM, McCrindle BW, Frommelt MA, Altmann K, Chen S, Williams RV, Pediatric Heart Network Investigators (2017). Translating clinical trials into clinical practice: a survey assessing the potential impact of the Pediatric Heart Network Infant Single Ventricle Trial. Cardiol Young, 27(7), 1265-1270. (Read full publication)
    18. Atz AM, Zak V, Mahony L, Uzark K, Dagincourt N, Goldberg DJ, Williams RV, Breitbart RE, Colan SD, Burns KM, Margossian R, Henderson HT, Korsin R, Marino BS, Daniels K, McCrindle BW, Pediatric Heart Network Investigators (2016). Longitudinal Outcomes of Patients With Single Ventricle After the Fontan Procedure. J Am Coll Cardiol, 69(22), 2735-2744. (Read full publication)
    19. Hinkle KA, Wilkes J, McFadden M, Williams RV, Minich LL, Menon SC (2017). A multi-institutional study of factors affecting resource utilisation following the Fontan operation. Cardiol Young, 27(4), 739-746. (Read full publication)
    20. Burch PT, Spigarelli MG, Lambert LM, Loftus PD, Sherwin CM, Linakis MW, Sheng X, LuAnn Minich L, Williams RV (2016). Use of Oxandrolone to Promote Growth in Neonates following Surgery for Complex Congenital Heart Disease: An Open-Label Pilot Trial. Congenit Heart Dis, 11(6), 693-699. (Read full publication)
    21. Bogarapu S, Puchalski MD, Everitt MD, Williams RV, Weng HY, Menon SC (2016). Novel Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Feature Tracking (CMR-FT) Analysis for Detection of Myocardial Fibrosis in Pediatric Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Pediatr Cardiol, 37(4), 663-73. (Read full publication)
    22. Miller TA, Zak V, Shrader P, Ravishankar C, Pemberton VL, Newburger JW, Shillingford AJ, Dagincourt N, Cnota JF, Lambert LM, Sananes R, Richmond ME, Hsu DT, Miller SG, Zyblewski SC, Williams RV, Pediatric Heart Network Investigators (2015). Growth Asymmetry, Head Circumference, and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Infants with Single Ventricles. J Pediatr, 168, 220-225.e1. (Read full publication)
    23. Williams RV, Tani LY, Shaddy RE (2002). Intermediate effects of treatment with metoprolol or carvedilol in children with left ventricular systolic dysfunction. J Heart Lung Transplant, 21(8), 906-9. (Read full publication)

    Review

    1. Anderson-Bell DM, Hardison EH, Rashid M, Hammond BH, Hegewald M, Rapp TE, Ploutz M, Williams RV, Ziebell D, Chaiyakunapruk N (2025). Fontan Patients with a Systemic Left Ventricle Have Greater Exercise Capacity than those with a Systemic Right Ventricle: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. [Review]. Pediatr Cardiol. (Read full publication)
    2. Williams RV, Minich LL, Tani LY (2001). Pharmacological therapy for patients with Kawasaki disease. [Review]. Paediatr Drugs, 3(9), 649-60. (Read full publication)