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Shannon Nees, MD

Cardiology

Primary Office

ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Children's Hospital, Delaware ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Children's Hospital, Delaware 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803 Appointment: (800) 416-4441

Other Offices

Why I Treat Children

Taking care of children brings joy to my job every day. My patients always bring a positive outlook and unlimited energy! I enjoy helping children and their families understand their cardiac conditions and the treatment options available and helping them navigate through their illness.

What I'm Passionate About

I am passionate about helping families understand cardiac anatomy and physiology as it pertains to their child. I enjoy taking care of patients from fetal life through adulthood, using my expertise in cardiac genetics and cardiac imaging to better understand their conditions, and help anticipate the course of treatment. My specific interests in cardiology are: Cardiac imaging including fetal echocardiography, transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography Cardiac MRI and CT Cardiovascular genetics  

Education & Training

Fellowship

  • Pediatric Cardiology - New York Presbyterian / Columbia Univ Med Ctr, 2018
  • Pediatric Cardiology - New York Presbyterian / Columbia Univ Med Ctr, 2020
  • Research - New York Presbyterian / Columbia Univ Med Ctr, 2019

Residency

  • General Pediatrics - New York Presbyterian / Columbia Univ Med Ctr, 2015

Medical/Dental School

  • M.D. - Columbia University, 2012

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics/Pediatric Cardiology
  • American Board of Pediatrics/General Pediatrics

  • Aortic Stenosis
  • Atrial Septal Defects
  • Atrioventricular Canal Defect
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Coarctation of the Aorta
  • Congenital Heart Disease
  • Heart Failure
  • Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
  • Interrupted Aortic Arch
  • Patent Ductus Arteriosis
  • Pulmonary Artery Sling
  • Pulmonary Atresia
  • Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Pulmonary Stenosis
  • Tetralogy of Fallot
  • Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
  • Transposition of the Great Arteries
  • Tricuspid Atresia
  • Truncus Arteriosus
  • Ventricular Septal Defects

  • Evidence-Based Assessment of Congenital Heart Disease Genes to Enable Returning Results in a Genomic Study; Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine; (2023).

  • Cyproheptadine and atrioventricular block in a patient with congenital heart disease; Progress in Pediatric Cardiology; (2021).

  • Assessment of Anomalous Coronary Arteries by Imagers and Surgeons: Comparison of Imaging Modalities.; The Annals of thoracic surgery; (2020).

  • The genetics of isolated congenital heart disease; American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics; (2020).

  • Genetic Basis of Human Congenital Heart Disease.; Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology; (2020).

  • Targeted Therapy for Pulmonary Hypertension in Premature Infants. ; Children (Basel, Switzerland); (2020).

  • Likely damaging de novo variants in congenital diaphragmatic hernia patients are associated with worse clinical outcomes.; Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics; (2020).

  • Patients with anomalous aortic origin of the coronary artery remain at risk after surgical repair.; The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery; (2018).

  • Pulmonary hypertension in patients with 9q34.3 microdeletion-associated Kleefstra syndrome.; American journal of medical genetics. Part A; (2018).

  • Sildenafil Use in Children with Pulmonary Hypertension.; The Journal of pediatrics; (2018).

  • Mutations in DSTYK and dominant urinary tract malformations.; The New England journal of medicine; (2013).

  • Outcomes of targeted treatment for vesicoureteral reflux in children with nonneurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction.; The Journal of urology; (2013).

  • Incidence, significance and natural history of persistent retrograde venous flow after varicocelectomy in children and adolescents: correlation with catch-up growth.; The Journal of urology; (2013).

  • Use of complementary and alternative medicine among children, adolescent, and young adult cancer survivors: a survey study.; Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology; (2013).

  • Physical exam and ultrasound characteristics of right varicocoeles in adolescents with left varicocoeles.; Andrology; (2013).

  • Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 potentially influences cholesterol uptake in macrophages and reverse cholesterol transport.; FEBS letters; (2013).

  • Outcomes of vesicoureteral reflux in children with non-neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction treated with dextranomer/hyaluronic acid copolymer (Deflux).; Journal of pediatric urology; (2013).

  • Adolescent varicocelectomy: does artery sparing influence recurrence rate and/or catch-up growth?; Andrology; (2013).

  • Intratesticular varicoceles: are they significant?; Journal of pediatric urology; (2012).

  • Copy-number disorders are a common cause of congenital kidney malformations.; American journal of human genetics; (2012).

  • Exome sequencing identified MYO1E and NEIL1 as candidate genes for human autosomal recessive steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome.; Kidney international; (2011).

  • Testicular symmetry and adolescent varicocele--does it need followup?; The Journal of urology; (2011).

  • Observations on hydroceles following adolescent varicocelectomy.; The Journal of urology; (2011).

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