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

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

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 Investigator (2023). The Fontan Udenafil Exercise Longitudinal Trial: Subgroup Analysis. Pediatric cardiology, 44(8), 1691-1701.
  2. Yamauchi MSW, Puchalski MD, Weng HY, Pinto NM, Etheridge SP, Presson AP, Minich LL, Williams R (2023). Variation in provider compliance with sports restriction guidelines in children with an isolated bicuspid aortic valve. Cardiology in the young, 33(10), 1813-1818.
  3. Robertson DM, Truong DT, Cox DA, Carmichael HL, Ou Z, Minich LL, Williams RV, Selamet Tierney E (2023). Pediatric Heart Network Trial of Losartan vs. Atenolol in Children and Young Adults with Marfan Syndrome: Impact on Prescription Practices. Pediatric cardiology, 44(3), 618-623.
  4. 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.
  5. Blaney MM, Williams RV, Areinamo IA, Sauer M, Tani LY, Ou Z, Minich LL, Truong D (2022). The impact of the American Heart Association guidelines on patients treated for incomplete Kawasaki disease. Cardiology in the young, 32(7), 1066-1070.
  6. Hogan WJ, Punn R, Dean P, Strainic J, Rychik J, Williams RV, Moon-Grady AJ, Silverman N (2022). Prenatally diagnosed pseudoaneurysm of mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrous area. Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology, 59(5), 682-686.
  7. Barfuss SB, Truong DT, James KE, Inman CJ, Husain SA, Williams RV, Minich LL, Mart C (2022). Left ventricular thrombus in the multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children associated with COVID-19. Annals of pediatric cardiology, 15(1), 90-93.
  8. Moza R, Truong DT, Lambert LM, Ou Z, Amula V, Eckhauser A, Minich LL, Williams R (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. The Journal of pediatrics, 234, 20-26.e2.
  9. Weyhrauch DL, Truong DT, Pinto NM, Amula V, Lambert LM, Zhang C, Presson AP, Wilkes J, Minich LL, Williams R (2021). Changes in Provider Prescribing Behavior for Infants with Single Ventricle Physiology After Evidence-Based Publications. Pediatric cardiology, 42(5), 1224-1232.
  10. Robinson DL, Ware AL, Sauer MC, Williams RV, Ou Z, Presson AP, Tani LY, Minich LL, Truong D (2021). Implications of Changing Z-Score Models for Coronary Artery Dimensions in Kawasaki Disease. Pediatric cardiology, 42(2), 432-441.
  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 Investigator (2021). Exercise Capacity and Predictors of Performance After Fontan: Results from the Pediatric Heart Network Fontan 3 Study. Pediatric cardiology, 42(1), 158-168.
  12. Samayoa JC, Etheridge SP, Williams R (2020). A Rare Case of Epicardial Lead Strangulation of Left Ventricular Inflow. JACC. Case reports, 2(5), 835-836.
  13. Truong DT, Menon SC, Lambert LM, Burch PT, Sheng X, Minich LL, Williams R (2018). Digoxin Use in Infants with Single Ventricle Physiology: Secondary Analysis of the Pediatric Heart Network Infant Single Ventricle Trial Public Use Dataset. Pediatric cardiology, 39(6), 1200-1209.
  14. Van Dorn CS, Puchalski MD, Weng HY, Bleyl SB, Butterfield RJ, Williams R (2018). DMD mutation and LTBP4 haplotype do not predict onset of left ventricular dysfunction in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Cardiology in the young, 28(7), 910-915.
  15. 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 R (2018). Delayed puberty and abnormal anthropometry and its associations with quality of life in young Fontan survivors: A multicenter cross-sectional study. Congenital heart disease, 13(3), 463-469.
  16. Yamauchi MSW, Puchalski MD, Weng HT, Pinto NM, Etheridge SP, Presson AP, Tani LY, Minich LL, Williams R (2018). Disease progression and variation in clinical practice for isolated bicuspid aortic valve in children. Congenital heart disease, 13(3), 432-439.
  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 Investigator (2017). Translating clinical trials into clinical practice: a survey assessing the potential impact of the Pediatric Heart Network Infant Single Ventricle Trial. Cardiology in the young, 27(7), 1265-1270.
  18. Atz AM, Zak V, Mahony L, Uzark K, D'agincourt 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 Investigator (2017). Longitudinal Outcomes of Patients With Single Ventricle After the Fontan Procedure. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 69(22), 2735-2744.
  19. Hinkle KA, Wilkes J, McFadden M, Williams RV, Minich LL, Menon S (2017). A multi-institutional study of factors affecting resource utilisation following the Fontan operation. Cardiology in the young, 27(4), 739-746.
  20. Burch PT, Spigarelli MG, Lambert LM, Loftus PD, Sherwin CM, Linakis MW, Sheng X, LuAnn Minich L, Williams R (2016). Use of Oxandrolone to Promote Growth in Neonates following Surgery for Complex Congenital Heart Disease: An Open-Label Pilot Trial. Congenital heart disease, 11(6), 693-699.
  21. Bogarapu S, Puchalski MD, Everitt MD, Williams RV, Weng HY, Menon S (2016). Novel Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Feature Tracking (CMR-FT) Analysis for Detection of Myocardial Fibrosis in Pediatric Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Pediatric cardiology, 37(4), 663-73.
  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 Investigator (2016). Growth Asymmetry, Head Circumference, and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Infants with Single Ventricles. The Journal of pediatrics, 168, 220-225.e1.
  23. Williams RV, Tani LY, Shaddy R (2002). Intermediate effects of treatment with metoprolol or carvedilol in children with left ventricular systolic dysfunction. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation, 21(8), 906-9.

Review

  1. Anderson-Bell DM, Hardison EH, Rashid M, Hammond BH, Hegewald M, Rapp TE, Ploutz M, Williams RV, Ziebell D, Chaiyakunapruk (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. Pediatric cardiology,
  2. Williams RV, Minich LL, Tani L (2001). Pharmacological therapy for patients with Kawasaki disease. Paediatric drugs, 3(9), 649-60.