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Steven Neish, MD

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M.D. in Doctor of Medicine

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Department of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Cardiology

Research

Researcher profile

Steven R Neish, M.D.

Professor

Steven R. Neish, M.D, S.M. is Professor in the Division of Pediatric Cardiology and the Department of Pediatrics.  He was born in South Dakota and went to college and medical school at the University of South Dakota.  He was a pediatric resident at Walter Reed Army Medical Center followed by one year as a general pediatrician at Ft Sill, OK.  He was a pediatric cardiology fellow at Texas Children’s Hospital.  His initial position after fellowship was in Colorado at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, including contributions at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.  During his time in Colorado, he was deployed with the 1st Infantry Division as a part of Operation Desert Storm, serving in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Kuwait.  For his contributions in Operation Desert Storm, he was awarded a Bronze Star Medal and the Combat Medical Badge.  While in the Army, he rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. 

Subsequently, he was the Chief of Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine before returning to Texas Children’s Hospital.  At Texas Children’s Hospital, he was the program director for the Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship.  In 2010, he was asked to join the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.  At UT Health San Antonio, he is Professor of Pediatrics.  He has served as the Chief of Pediatric Cardiology and as Vice-Chair of the Department of Pediatrics.  He led the transition of the medical school’s children’s healthcare services from Children’s Hospital of San Antonio to University Health System. 

He was an editor of the 2nd Edition of the Science and Practice of Pediatric Cardiology.  He was the founding editor of eMedicine: Pediatrics, one of the first comprehensive online pediatric textbooks. As a pediatric resident, he demonstrated that resuscitation medications could be effectively delivered by intraosseous infusion in an experimental model before the use of intraosseous infusion was widely accepted as effective.  As a pediatric cardiology fellow, he published experience in using hybrid techniques for the treatment of severe aortic stenosis in newborns and infants, showing the value of collaboration between surgeons and cardiologists.  In Colorado, he was a part of the team that published the initial experience of using inhaled nitric oxide for the use of critical pulmonary hypertension.  He was a founding member of the National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative which established a unique collaborative to improve outcomes for hypoplastic left heart syndrome across the country.   He was a Co-Director of the American Academy of Pediatrics Special Review in Pediatric Cardiology.  He was a member of the Pediatric Resuscitation Subcommittee of the American Heart Association, contributing to the Pediatric Advanced Life Support certifying course.  He is a graduate of the Advanced Training Program in Health Care Delivery Improvement at Intermountain Healthcare.  He is a graduate of the Healthcare Management program at Harvard School of Public Health. 

He is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and by the ABP’s SubBoard of Pediatric Cardiology.  He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.  He has been selected for inclusion by the Best Doctors in America, the Texas Monthly Super Doctors, and the Top Doctors in San Antonio is numerous consecutive years. 

In San Antonio, he continues to focus on improving care delivery for patients and families with congenital heart disease.  His orientation is to involve families in achieving the best outcomes for infants, children, and adolescents with both straightforward congenital heart disease and complex congenital heart disease. 

  • Professional Background

    Education

    • 2004 - MS - Health Care Management - Harvard School of Public Health
    • 1990 - Postdoctoral Fellowship - Pediatric Cardiology - Baylor College of Medicine & Texas Children's Hospital
    • 1986 - Residency - Pediatrics - Walter Reed Army Medical Center
    • 1983 - MD - Medicine - University of South Dakota School of Medicine
    • 1979 - BS - Chemistry. Minors in Mathematics and History - University of South Dakota

    Appointments

    • 10/2014 - Greehey Family Foundation Chair in Pediatric Cardiology - UTHSCSA, Pediatrics
    • 9/2010 - Professor - University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, Pediatrics, San Antonio
  • Research & Grants

    Research profile

  • Publications

    Journal Article

    Brown DW, Mangeot C, Anderson JB, Peterson LE, King EC, Lihn SL, Neish SR, Fleishman C, Phelps C, Hanke S, Beekman RH, Lannon CM; National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative.
    . Digoxin Use Is Associated With Reduced Interstage Mortality in Patients With No History of Arrhythmia After Stage I Palliation for Single Ventricle Heart Disease Journal of the American Heart Association 2016 Jan;11(5). Husain SA, Rahman M, Baisden C, Forgione D, Kane LC, Neish SR, Calhoon JH. Creating A ?Value Index?: A Method to Compare Regional Programs Performing Congenital Heart Surgery Journal of Health Care Finance 2015 Sep;42(2):1-12. Anderson JB, Beekman RH, Kugler JD, Rosenthal GL, Jenkins KJ, Klitzner TS, Martin GR, Neish SR, Brown DW, Mangeot C, King E, Peterson LE, Provost L, Lannon C. Improvement in Interstage Survival in a National Pediatric Cardiology Learning Network Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2015 Jul;8(4):428-436. Brown DW, Cohen KE, O'Brien P, Gauvreau K, Klitzner TS, Beekman RH 3rd, Kugler JD, Martin GR, Neish SR, Rosenthal GL, Lannon C, Jenkins KJ. Impact of prenatal diagnosis in survivors of initial palliation of single ventricle heart disease: analysis of the National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative database Pediatr Cardiol 2015 Feb;36(2):314-321. Anderson JB, Beekman RH 3rd, Kugler JD, Rosenthal GL, Jenkins KJ, Klitzner TS, Martin GR, Neish SR, Darbie L, King E, Lannon C; National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative. Use of a learning network to improve variation in interstage weight gain after the Norwood operation Congenit Heart Dis 2014 Nov;9(6):512-520. Baker-Smith CM, Wilhelm CM, Neish SR, Klitzner TS, Beekman RH, Kugler JD, Martin GR, Lannon C, Jenkins KJ, Rosenthal GL. Predictors of Prolonged Length of Intensive Care Unit Stay After Stage I Palliation: A Report from the National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaboarative Pediatric Cardiology 2014 Mar;35(3):431-440.

  • Clinical

    Board Certifications

    • American Board of Pediatrics/Cardiology
    • American Board of Pediatrics
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