William I. Douglas
Professor
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
The University of Texas Health Science Center
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Douglas is a specialist in pediatric and congenital heart surgery, whose practice is solely dedicated to children and adults with congenital heart disease. He is a native of the West Coast, having been raised in Oregon, and he attended college and medical school in California. He received most of his training in the Midwest, including his fellowship in pediatric cardiac surgery at the University of Michigan, one of the largest volume pediatric cardiac centers in the world. Dr. Douglas has spent most of his professional career at the University of Kentucky, where he was the Chief of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery for 7 years before relocating to Houston in 2007. Besides his practice in pediatric cardiac surgery, Dr. Douglas is active in the development of new medical devices for pediatric cardiac surgery. Dr. Douglas also makes an annual trip to Central or South America to perform heart surgery for impoverished children in developing countries. Dr. Douglas’s wife, Sue Ann, is a Pediatric Dermatologist with the Kelsey-Seybold Clinic. They keep busy with their medical practices and raising their 7 children.
Research Interest
the development of new medical devices for pediatric cardiac surgery.
Publications
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Douglas WI, Gupta M, Hines MH, Bricker JT. Neonatal coarctation repair with a long isthmus: the isthmus patch. Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Aug;94(2):651-3.
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Douglas WI, Doshi U. A Novel Technique for Repair of Complete Atrioventricular Canal Defect: The Central Patch Technique. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2014 Jul;5(3):434-9.
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Tan IC, Balaguru D, Rasmussen JC, Guilliod R, Bricker JT, Douglas WI, Sevick-Muraca EM. Investigational lymphatic imaging at the bedside in a pediatric postoperative chylothorax patient. Pediatr Cardiol. 2014 Oct;35(7):1295-300.
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Yarrabolu TR, Doshi UH, Douglas WI, Aly AM, Balaguru D. Unusual presentation of unroofed coronary sinus with cyanosis after ventricular septal defect closure. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2015 Jan;6(1):83-5.
