Specialties
- Cardioversion
- Pediatric Cardiology
Board Certification
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American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Cardiology)
International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners (Physician/EP)
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Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments |
Pediatrics
-Professor (Clinical) Internal Medicine -Adjunct Associate Professor |
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| Academic Divisions |
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cardiology |
| Board Certification |
American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Cardiology)
International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners (Physician/EP)
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Education history
| Fellowship | Pediatric Electrophysiology - Medical University of South Carolina | Fellow |
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| Fellowship | Pediatric Cardiology - Medical University of South Carolina | Fellow |
| Residency | Pediatrics - Baylor College of Medicine | Resident |
| Internship | Pediatrics - Baylor College of Medicine | Intern |
| Professional Medical | Medicine - Baylor College of Medicine | M.D. |
| Graduate Training | Physics - Baylor University | M.S. |
| Undergraduate | Physics - Baylor University | B.S. |
Selected Publications
Journal Article
- Kamp AN, Moore JP, Alvarado C, Shay V, Ceresnak SR, Bessiere F, Hale B, LaPage MJ, Chang PM, Pilcher TA, Kilinc O, Al-Mousily M, von Alvensleben J, Dionne A, de Groot NM, Fish FA, Khairy P (2026). Catheter Ablation for Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias in Adults With Total Cavopulmonary Connection Fontan Palliation. JACC Clin Electrophysiol.
- Newlon CA, Niu MC, Binka E, Boucek DM, Ou Z, Etheridge SP, Pilcher TA, Martin MH, Gray RG, Asaki SY (2025). Children are Less Likely Than Adults to Develop Complete Heart Block Following TAVR. Pediatr Cardiol, 47(3), 1169-1177.
- Pilcher TA (2025). Top stories: New technology in pediatric ablation. Heart Rhythm, 22(8), 2144-2145.
- Alexander ME, Gongwer R, Trachtenberg FL, Minich LL, Triedman JK, Kaltman JR, Czosek RJ, Tristani-Firouzi M, LaPage MJ, Tsao SS, Radbill AE, DiLorenzo MP, Kovach JR, Stephenson EA, Janson C, Mao C, Salerno JC, Clark BC, Mahgerefteh J, Pilcher T, Johnson TR, Kim JJ, Valdes SO, Cain N, Jackson L, Saarel EV, Pediatric Heart Network Investigators (2024). Limited Relationship Between Echocardiographic Measures and Electrocardiographic Markers of Left Ventricular Size in Healthy Children. Pediatr Cardiol, 45(5), 1055-1063.
- Ramdat Misier NL, Moore JP, Nguyen HH, Lloyd MS, Dubin AM, Mah DY, Czosek RJ, Khairy P, Chang PM, Nielsen JC, Aydin A, Pilcher TA, OLeary ET, Shivkumar K, de Groot NMS (2024). Long-Term Outcomes of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients With Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot: A Multicenter Study. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol, 17(3), e012363.
- Niu MC, Pilcher TA, Etheridge SP (2024). Before it is too late: pre-emptive ablation strategies in tetralogy of Fallot. Europace, 26(3).
- Headrick A, Ou Z, Asaki SY, Etheridge SP, Hammond B, Gakenheimer-Smith L, Pilcher T, Niu M (2023). Intracardiac echocardiography in paediatric and congenital cardiac ablation shortens procedure duration and improves success without complications. Europace, 26(2).
- Gakenheimer-Smith L, Ou Z, Kuang J, Moore JP, Burrows A, Kovach J, Dechert B, Beach CM, Ayers M, Tan RB, Mostafavifar M, Mah DY, Conner TM, Turpin S, Avasarala K, Shah MJ, Webster G, Posey J, Etheridge SP, Binka E, Niu M, Asaki SY, Lambert LM, Pilcher TA (2023). Multicenter retrospective evaluation of magnetic resonance imaging in pediatric and congenital heart disease patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices. Heart Rhythm, 20(12), 1752-1758.
- Barfuss SB, Samayoa JC, Etheridge SP, Pilcher TA, Asaki SY, Ou Z, Boucek DM, Martin MH, Gray RG, Niu MC (2023). Ventricular arrhythmias following balloon-expandable transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement in the native right ventricular outflow tract. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv.
- Kharbanda RK, Moore JP, Lloyd MS, Galotti R, Bogers AJJC, Taverne YJHJ, Madhavan M, McLeod CJ, Dubin AM, Mah DY, Chang PM, Kamp AN, Nielsen JC, Aydin A, Tanel RE, Shah MJ, Pilcher T, Evertz R, Khairy P, Tan RB, Czosek RJ, Shivkumar K, de Groot NMS (2022). Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy for Adult Patients With a Failing Systemic Right Ventricle: A Multicenter Study. J Am Heart Assoc, 11(22), e025121.
- 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, 33(11), 2344-2350.
- Moore JP, Gallotti RG, Shannon KM, Blais BA, DeWitt ES, Chiu SN, Spar DS, Fish FA, Shah MJ, Ernst S, Khairy P, Kanter RJ, Chang PM, Pilcher T, Law IH, Silver ES, Wu MH (2021). Multicenter Outcomes of Catheter Ablation for Atrioventricular Reciprocating Tachycardia Mediated by Twin Atrioventricular Nodes. JACC Clin Electrophysiol, 8(3), 322-330.
- 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.
- Gakenheimer-Smith L, Etheridge SP, Niu MC, Ou Z, Presson AP, Whitaker P, Su J, Puchalski MD, Asaki SY, Pilcher T (2020). MRI in pediatric and congenital heart disease patients with CIEDs and epicardial or abandoned leads. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol, 43(8), 797-804.
- 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.
- Moore JP, Gallotti R, Shannon KM, Pilcher T, Vinocur JM, Cano, Kean A, Mondesert B, Nrnberg JH, Schaller RD, Sharma PS, Nishimura T, Tung R (2020). Permanent conduction system pacing for congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries: A Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society (PACES)/International Society for Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ISACHD) Collaborative Study. Heart Rhythm.
- Pilcher, TA (2019). The Role of Atrial Arrhythmia Ablation in Adolescent and Adult Congenital Heart Disease. Curr Cardiovasc Risk Rep, 13(5).
- Tate J, Stinstra J, Pilcher T, Poursaid A, Jolley MA, Saarel E, Triedman J, MacLeod RS (2018). Measuring defibrillator surface potentials: The validation of a predictive defibrillation computer model. Comput Biol Med, 102, 402-410.
- Mah DY, Sleeper LA, Crosson JE, Czosek RJ, Love BA, McCrindle BW, Muio-Mosquera L, Olson AK, Pilcher TA, Tierney ESS, Shah MJ, Wechsler SB, Young LT, Lacro RV (2018). Frequency of Ventricular Arrhythmias and Other Rhythm Abnormalities in Children and Young Adults With the Marfan Syndrome. Am J Cardiol, 122(8), 1429-1436.
- Tate J, Pilcher T, Aras K, Burton B, MacLeod R (2015). Verification of a Defibrillation Simulation Using Internal Electric Fields in a Human Shaped Phantom. Comput Cardiol (2010), 2014, 689-692.
- Etheridge SP, Bowles NE, Arrington CB, Pilcher T, Rope A, Wilde AA, Alders M, Saarel EV, Tavernier R, Timothy KW, Tristani-Firouzi M (2011). Somatic mosaicism contributes to phenotypic variation in Timothy syndrome. Am J Med Genet A, 155A(10), 2578-83.
Case Report
- Taliercio V, Wilcox A, Cole S, Daboub JF, Morales Moreno JE, Andrews KG, Asaki SY, Pilcher TA, Tristani-Firouzi M, Niu MC, Viskochil D, Hammond B (2026). Resolution of Refractory Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia in Costello Syndrome Using Trametinib: A Case Supporting MEK Inhibitors as Targeted, Specific Antiarrhythmic. Am J Med Genet A.
Abstract
- 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].
- 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].