Aaron W. Eckhauser

Aaron W. Eckhauser, MD, MSCI

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Adjunct - Surgery

Divisions: Cardiothoracic Surgery

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery
  • American Board of Thoracic Surgery

I joined the University of Utah, Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery in 2012. I am board certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and American Board of Thoracic Surgery subspecialty Congenital Cardiac Surgery. My clinical interests are focused on caring for all patients, from neonates to adults, with congenital heart defects. I have a special interest in pediatric aortic valve disease (Ross procedure) and pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect and major aortopulmonary collaterals. This has been a very exciting time for our section as we have collaborated with several other centers to develop expertise in these areas and have worked diligently to strengthen our local programs. I have also developed an academic interest in quality and safety within our speciality and I currently am a sitting member of the Primary Children's Hospital Surgical Quality Team and a member of the Quality Improvement Team for the Heart Center at PCH. I am currently leading the development of a new multispeciality Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery program here at PCH. I have also earned a Surgical Leadership certificate degree from Harvard University and I have used these skills specifically to help develop, train and strengthen our OR team. I think that we have a unique opportunity here at Utah to positively impact the quality of many children's lives and their families who are suffering from heart disease.

Education History

Undergraduate University of Notre Dame
 BS
Professional Medical University of Kentucky
 MD
Internship Vanderbilt University Medical Center
 Intern
Residency Vanderbilt University Medical Center
 Resident
Graduate Training Vanderbilt University
 MSCI
Research Fellow Vanderbilt University Medical Center
 Research Fellow
Residency Vanderbilt University Medical Center
 Resident
Residency University of Pennsylvania
 Resident
Fellowship Children¿s Hospital of Philadelphia
 Fellow
Post Graduate Training Harvard University
 Certificate

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Eckhauser A, Torquati A, Youssef Y, Kaiser JL, Richards WO (2006). Internal hernia: postoperative complication of roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. Am Surg, 72(7), 581-4; discussion 584-5.
  2. Eckhauser A, Sharp K, Melvin W (2006). The Evaluation and Management of General Surgery Problems in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices. Am Surg, 72(2), 158-61.
  3. Arnaoutakis GJ, Blitzer D, Fuller S, Eckhauser AW, Montenegro LM, Rossano JW, Gaynor JW (2017). Mechanical Circulatory Support as Bridge to Transplantation for the Failing Single Ventricle. Ann Thorac Surg, 103(1), 193-197.
  4. Ware AL, Malmberg E, Delgado JC, Hammond ME, Miller DV, Stehlik J, Kfoury A, Revelo MP, Eckhauser A, Everitt MD (2016). The use of circulating donor specific antibody to predict biopsy diagnosis of antibody-mediated rejection and to provide prognostic value after heart transplantation in children. J Heart Lung Transplant, 35(2), 179-85.
  5. Hill KD, Eckhauser AW, Marney A, Brown NJ (2009). Phosphodiesterase 5 inhibition improves beta-cell function in metabolic syndrome. Diabetes Care, 32(5), 857-9.
  6. Fabbrini E, Tamboli RA, Magkos F, Marks-Shulman PA, Eckhauser AW, Richards WO, Klein S, Abumrad NN (2010). Surgical removal of omental fat does not improve insulin sensitivity and cardiovascular risk factors in obese adults. Gastroenterology, 139(2), 448-55.
  7. Eckhauser A, South ST, Meyers L, Bleyl SB, Botto LD (2015). Turner Syndrome in Girls Presenting with Coarctation of the Aorta. J Pediatr, 167(5), 1062-6.
  8. Mart CR, Eckhauser AW (2014). Development of an echocardiographic scoring system to predict biventricular repair in neonatal hypoplastic left heart complex. Pediatr Cardiol, 35(8), 1456-66.
  9. Johnson JT, Eckhauser AW, Pinto NM, Weng HY, Minich LL, Tani LY (2015). Indications for intervention in asymptomatic children with chronic mitral regurgitation. Pediatr Cardiol, 36(2), 417-22.
  10. Rauth TP, Eckhauser AW, LaFleur BJ, Melvin WV, Holzman MD (2008). Intraband pressure measurements describe a pattern of weight loss for patients with adjustable gastric bands. J Am Coll Surg, 206(5), 926-32; discussion 932-4.
  11. Tamboli RA, Hossain HA, Marks PA, Eckhauser AW, Rathmacher JA, Phillips SE, Buchowski MS, Chen KY, Abumrad NN (2010). Body composition and energy metabolism following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. Obesity (Silver Spring), 18(9), 1718-24.
  12. Aslam M, Eckhauser AW, Dorminy CA, Dossett CM, Choi L, Buchowski MS (2009). Assessing Body Fat Changes during Moderate Weight Loss with Anthropometry and Bioelectrical Impedance. Obes Res Clin Pract, 3(4), 209.
  13. Mart CR, Eckhauser AW, Murri M, Su JT (2014). A systematic method for using 3D echocardiography to evaluate tricuspid valve insufficiency in hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Ann Pediatr Cardiol, 7(3), 193-200.
  14. Eckhauser AW, Jones C, Witte MK, Puchalski MD (2014). Transthoracic echocardiographic predictors of left atrial hypertension in patients on venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg, 5(1), 67-9.
  15. Winder MM, Vijayarajah S, Reeder RW, Glenn ET, Moza R, Eckhauser AW, Bailly D (2021). Successfully Reducing Fat-modified Diet Duration for Treating Postoperative Chylothorax in Children. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 114, 2363-2371.
  16. Pruitt CR, Menon S, Lal AK, Eckhauser AW, Ou Z, Presson A, Miller T, Niu (2021). Usefulness of Left Ventricular Myocardial Deformation in Children Hospitalized for Acute Myocarditis who Develop Arrhythmias. The American journal of cardiology, 152, 113-119.
  17. McFarland CA, Truong DT, Pinto NM, Minich LL, Burch PT, Eckhauser AW, Lal AK, Molina KM, Ou Z, Presson AP, May L (2021). Implications of Left Ventricular Dysfunction at Presentation for Infants with Coarctation of the Aorta. Pediatric cardiology, 42(1), 72-77.
  18. Johnson JT, Sullivan KL, Nelson RE, Sheng X, Greene TH, Bailly DK, Eckhauser AW, Marino BS, Minich LL, Pinto N (2020). Factors That Contribute to Cost Differences Based on ICU of Admission in Neonates Undergoing Congenital Heart Surgery: A Novel Decomposition Analysis. Pediatric critical care medicine, 21(9), e842-e847.
  19. Anderson BR, Gotlieb EG, Hill K, McHugh KE, Scheurer MA, Mery CM, Pelletier GJ, Kaltman JR, White OJ, Trachtenberg FL, Hollenbeck-Pringle D, McCrindle BW, Sylvester DM, Eckhauser AW, Pasquali SK, Anderson JB, Schamberger MS, Shashidharan S, Jacobs JP, Jacobs ML, Boskovski M, Newburger JW, Nathan M, Pediatric Heart Network (2020). Registry-based trials: a potential model for cost savings?. Cardiology in the young, 30(6), 807-817.
  20. Glotzbach KL, Ward JJ, Marietta J, Eckhauser AW, Winter S, Puchalski MD, Miller T (2020). The Benefits and Bias in Neurodevelopmental Evaluation for Children with Congenital Heart Disease. Pediatric cardiology, 41(2), 327-333.
  21. Sharma V, Griffiths ER, Eckhauser AW, Gray RG, Martin MH, Zhang C, Presson AP, Burch P (2018). Pulmonary Valve Replacement: A Single-Institution Comparison of Surgical and Transcatheter Valves. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 106(3), 807-813.
  22. Winder MM, Eckhauser AW, Delgado-Corcoran C, Smout RJ, Marietta J, Bailly D (2018). A protocol to decrease postoperative chylous effusion duration in children. Cardiology in the young, 28(6), 816-825.
  23. Boucek DM, Lal AK, Eckhauser AW, Weng HC, Sheng X, Wilkes JF, Pinto NM, Menon S (2018). Resource Utilization for Initial Hospitalization in Pediatric Heart Transplantation in the United States. The American journal of cardiology, 121(8), 981-985.
  24. Griffiths ER, Pinto NM, Eckhauser AW, Al-Dulaimi R, Presson AP, Bailly DK, Burch P (2018). Differences in clinical outcomes and cost between complex and simple arterial switches. Cardiology in the young, 28(1), 134-141.
  25. 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.
  26. Newburger JW, Sleeper LA, Gaynor JW, Hollenbeck-Pringle D, Frommelt PC, Li JS, Mahle WT, Williams IA, Atz AM, Burns KM, Chen S, Cnota J, Dunbar-Masterson C, Ghanayem NS, Goldberg CS, Jacobs JP, Lewis AB, Mital S, Pizarro C, Eckhauser A, Stark P, Ohye RG, Pediatric Heart Network Investigators (2018). Transplant-Free Survival and Interventions at 6 Years in the SVR Trial. Circulation, 137(21), 2246-2253.
  27. 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.
  28. Barfuss SB, Boucek DM, McFarland CA, Martin MH, Minich LL, Eckhauser AW, Ou Z, Gray RG, Tani L (2022). Short Term Left Ventricular Reverse Remodeling after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Children. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 35(10), 1077-1083.
  29. Steurer MA, Schuhmacher K, Savla JJ, Banerjee M, Chanani NK, Eckhauser A, Elhoff J, Jacobs JP, Mikesell K, Peyvandi S, Romano J, Zhang W, Gaynor JW, Tabbutt (2022). Fetal growth and gestational age improve outcome predictions in neonatal heart surgery. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery,
  30. Robinson DL, Minich LL, Menon SC, Ou Z, Eckhauser AW, Ware A (2023). Coronary artery dilation associated with bicuspid and unicuspid aortic valve disease in children: a series of 17 patients. Cardiology in the young, 33(12), 2610-2615.
  31. Eckhauser AW, Nonu JL, Hobbs RD, Griffiths ER, Husain SA, Doty (2022). The Ross operation after removal of a transcatheter aortic valve replacement in pediatric patients. JTCVS techniques, 17, 129-132.
  32. Wallace MW, Kastenberg ZJ, Swendiman RA, Eckhauser AW, Rodriguez-Davalos M, Russell K (2024). Two-Stage Liver Transplantation and Tricuspid Valve Replacement After Blunt Trauma in a Pediatric Patient. The American surgeon, 90(6), 31348241241716.
  33. Winder MM,Ware A,Husain A,Griffiths E,Swink JM,Ou Z,Eckhauser (2024). Interdigitating Technique for Repair of Aortic Arch Obstruction to Reduce Reintervention Rates. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 117(2), 387-394.
  34. Wallace MW,Kastenberg ZJ,Swendiman RA,Eckhauser AW,Rodriguez-Davalos M,Russell K (2024). Two-Stage Liver Transplantation and Tricuspid Valve Replacement After Blunt Trauma in a Pediatric Patient. The American surgeon,
  35. Eckhauser (2023). Are Bioprosthetic Pulmonary Valve Replacements Inducing Regurgitation or Inspiring Reflection?. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 115(4), 1007-1008.
  36. Eckhauser (2023). Discussion. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 165(1), 297-298.
  37. Mart CR,Eckhauser AW,Murri M,Su (2014). A systematic method for using 3D echocardiography to evaluate tricuspid valve insufficiency in hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Annals of pediatric cardiology, 7(3), 193-200.
  38. Vossler JD, Eckhauser AW, Griffiths ER, Hobbs RD, Lambert LM, Tani LY, Parsons N, Habib RH, Jacobs JP, Jacobs ML, Husain S (2024). Impact of Atrioventricular Valve Intervention at Each Stage of Single Ventricle Palliation. World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery, 21501351241269924.

Review

  1. Kelly Han B,Binka E,Griffiths E,Hobbs R,Eckhauser A,Husain A,Overman (2024). Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction in Congenital Heart Disease: The Role of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography in Surgical Decision Making. Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. Pediatric cardiac surgery annual, 27, 11-18.
  2. Eckhauser AW,Richards WO,Fowler M (2007). Bariatric surgery for patients with diabetes. Clinical diabetes, 25(3), 83-89.

Book Chapter

  1. Eckhauser AW, Spray TL (2018). Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. In Spray TL, Acker MA (Eds.), Operative Cardiac Surgery (6th Edition). London: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
  2. Eckhauser AW, Spray TL (2014). Transposition of the Great Arteries. In Larry Kaiser, Irving Kron, Thomas Spray (Eds.), Mastery of Cardiothoracic Surgery (3rd). Philadelphia: LWW.
  3. Eckhauser A, Sharp (2008). Complications of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. 425-429.
  4. Eckhauser A, Grau J, Hargrove (2014). Endoscopic Mitral Repair: Evolution to Robotics (Endoballoon Technique).
  5. Eckhauser A, Spray (2014). Congenital Lung Malformation, Chapter 27. 471-478.
  6. Eckhauser AW, Spray T (2014). Myocardial Protection. 4: Peri-operative Care of the Critically Ill or Injured Child,
  7. Eckhauser AW,Spray T (2014). Myocardial protection. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 4, 297-302.
  8. Eckhauser AW,Spray T (2014). Myocardial protection. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 297-302.

Conference Proceedings

  1. Argo MB,Barron DJ,Bondarenko I,Eckhauser A,Gruber PJ,Lambert LM,Paramananthan T,Rahman M,Winlaw DS,Yerebakan C,Alsoufi B,DeCampli WM,Honjo O,Kirklin JK,Prospero C,Ramakrishnan K,St Louis JD,Turek JW,O'Brien JE,Pizarro C,Anagnostopoulos PV,Blackstone EH,Jacobs ML,Jegatheeswaran A,Karamlou T,Stephens EH,Polimenakos AC,Haw MP,McCrindle B (2023). Hybrid palliation versus nonhybrid management for a multi-institutional cohort of infants with critical left heart obstruction. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 166(5), 1300-1313.e2.
  2. Eckhauser AW,Nonu JL,Hobbs RD,Griffiths ER,Husain SA,Doty (2023). The Ross operation after removal of a transcatheter aortic valve replacement in pediatric patients. JTCVS techniques, 17, 129-132.

Commentary

  1. Eckhauser (2021). The Early Bird Gets the Worm. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 112(5), 1671.

Case Report

  1. Eckhauser AE, Melvin WV, Sharp KW (2006). Management of general surgical problems in patients with left ventricular assist devices. Am Surg, 72(2), 158-61.
  2. Eckhauser AW, Hannon D, Molitor M, Scaife E, Gruber PJ (2013). Repair of traumatic aortoinnominate disruption using CorMatrix. Ann Thorac Surg, 95(4), e99-e101.
  3. Eckhauser AW, O'Byrne ML, Weinberg PM, Ravishankar C, Spray TL, Gaynor JW (2013). Hypoplastic left ventricle and scimitar syndrome. Ann Thorac Surg, 96(6), 2232-4.
  4. McRae R, Lambert L, Lee J, Gociman B, Scaife E, Eckhauser A (2014). Repair of a wide sternal cleft in a young female. J Pediatr Surg, 2(6), 277¿279.
  5. Griffiths ER, Gray RG, Martin MH, Husain SA, Eckhauser A (2020). Limited durability of expandable pericardial tissue valves in the mitral position in children. JTCVS techniques, 5, 84-86.
  6. DeBoard ZM, Eckhauser AW, Griffiths (2018). Single-Ventricle Palliation in a 4-Year-Old With Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 105(1), e31-e32.

Editorial

  1. Hobbs RD, Eckhauser A (2022). Commentary: Cumulative preoperative risk modeling in single-ventricle patients'crystal clear or clear as mud?. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery,
  2. Eckhauser (2022). Commentary: One for the money, two for the show, delaying the Ross is the way to go!. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 163(2), 385-386.
  3. Eckhauser (2021). Commentary: Neonatal heart transplant: Conservation status-critically endangered. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 162(5), 1369.
  4. Eckhauser (2021). Commentary: Aortic valvuloplasty au naturel, where longevity is not just skin deep. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 162(4), 1190.
  5. Eckhauser (2021). Commentary: What's in a Name? That Which We Call a Truncus, by Any Other Name Would Look Like a Tetralogy. Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 33(3), 787-788.
  6. Eckhauser (2021). Commentary: The fast train to nowhere is still worth the ride!. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 162(2), 447-448.
  7. Eckhauser (2021). Commentary: What to expect when you're expecting!. Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 33(4), 1080.
  8. Eckhauser (2020). Commentary: Maybe there is just 1 way to skin a cat!. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 160(5), 1282-1283.
  9. Eckhauser (2020). Commentary: Go out on a limb, that's where the fruit is!. JTCVS techniques, 4, 253.
  10. Eckhauser (2020). Commentary: Are pediatric aortic leaflet reconstructions a long run for a short slide or a home run?. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 159(6), 2379.
  11. Eckhauser (2020). Commentary: No harm, no foul-Staged pulmonary artery banding in complete canal defects. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 159(4), 1507.
  12. Eckhauser (2020). Commentary: Aortic valvuloplasty in children'if you like it then you should've put a ring on it!. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 159(2), e141.
  13. Eckhauser (2019). Commentary: Who wins after renal replacement therapy in congenital heart surgery?. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 158(5), 1456.
  14. Eckhauser (2019). Commentary: A bandage for dilated left ventricular cardiomyopathy. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 157(6), 2431-2432.
  15. Eckhauser (2019). Transplanting heterotaxy'out with the vague, and in the with new. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 157(2), 741-742.
  16. Eckhauser A (2022). Neonatal Tetralogy of Fallot, You're the Next Contestant on The Price Is Right!. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 79(12), 1181-1182.
  17. Eckhauser (2024). Commentary: Phenotype versus physiology'what's at the root of Ross dysfunction?. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 167(3), 1134-1135.
  18. Eckhauser (2020). Commentary: Mus uni non fidit antro'use of the modified Nuss to facilitate transplant in patients with pectus excavatum. JTCVS techniques, 1, 102-103.

Other

  1. Callahan CP, Jegatheeswaran A, Blackstone EH, Karamlou T, Baird CW, Ramakrishnan K, Herrmann JL, Brown JW, Nelson JS, Polimenakos AC, Lambert LM, Eckhauser AW, Kirklin JK, DeCampli WM, Aghaei N, St Louis JD, McCrindle BW, Congenital Heart Surgeons¿ Society Pulmonary Conduit Working Group (2022). Time-Related Risk of Pulmonary Conduit Re-replacement: A Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society Study. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 113(2), 623-629.
  2. Eckhauser AW, Van Rompay MI, Ravishankar C, Newburger JW, Ram Kumar S, Pizarro C, Ghanayem N, Trachtenberg FL, Burns KM, Hill GD, Atz AM, Hamstra MS, Mazwi M, Park P, Richmond ME, Wolf M, Zampi JD, Jacobs JP, Minich LL, Pediatric Heart Network Investigators (2019). Variation in care for children undergoing the Fontan operation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Cardiology in the young, 29(12), 1510-1516.
  3. Glotzbach JP, Sharma V, Tonna JE, Pettit JC, McKellar SH, Eckhauser AW, Varghese TK Jr, Selzman C (2018). Value-driven cardiac surgery: Achieving "perfect care" after coronary artery bypass grafting. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 156(4), 1436-1448.e2.
  4. Nathan M, Levine JC, Van Rompay MI, Lambert LM, Trachtenberg FL, Colan SD, Adachi I, Anderson BR, Bacha EA, Eckhauser A, Gaynor JW, Graham EM, Goot B, Jacobs JP, John R, Kaltman JR, Kanter KR, Mery CM, LuAnn Minich L, Ohye R, Overman D, Pizarro C, Raghuveer G, Schamberger MS, Schwartz SM, Narasimhan SL, Taylor MD, Wang K, Newburger JW, Pediatric Heart Network Investigators (2021). Impact of Major Residual Lesions on Outcomes After Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 77(19), 2382-2394.
  5. Gakenheimer-Smith L, Glotzbach K, Ou Z, Presson AP, Puchalski M, Jones C, Lambert L, Delgado-Corcoran C, Eckhauser A, Miller (2019). The Impact of Neurobehavior on Feeding Outcomes in Neonates with Congenital Heart Disease. The Journal of pediatrics, 214, 71-78.e2.
  6. Domingo L, Carey JC, Eckhauser A, Wilkes J, Menon S (2019). Mortality and Resource Use Following Cardiac Interventions in Children with Trisomy 13 and Trisomy 18 and Congenital Heart Disease. Pediatric cardiology, 40(2), 349-356.
  7. Eckhauser A, Pasquali SK, Ravishankar C, Lambert LM, Newburger JW, Atz AM, Ghanayem N, Schwartz SM, Zhang C, Jacobs JP, Minich L (2018). Variation in care for infants undergoing the Stage II palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Cardiology in the young, 28(10), 1109-1115.