Cynthia Myers

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CURRICULUM VITAE

Cynthia D. Myers, M.D.

Children’s Hospital Colorado

Division of Cardiology

13123 East 16th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

Phone: 720-777-6820

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

Education

1993 - 1997 / Washington University in St. Louis, MO
BA Biology, Summa Cum Laude
1997 - 1999 / University of California, San Diego
MS Neuroscience
1999 - 2003 / Indiana University School of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine

Residency and Fellowship

2003 - 2004 /
Research Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Indiana University School of Medicine
Mentor: Mark Rodefeld, MD
2004 - 2007 / Residency in Pediatrics
Integrated Research Pathway
Indiana University School of Medicine
2007 - 2008 / Research Fellowship in Vascular Biology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Mentor: David Ingram, MD
2008 - 2013 / Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Board Eligible, exam date November 6, 2014
2010 - 2013 / Pediatric Scientist Development Program Fellow
Mentor: Mark Kahn, MD

Board Certification

2009 / American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics

Medical Licensure

2008 / Pennsylvania

I. EMPLOYMENT AND APPOINTMENTS

9/2013 – 6/2014 / Instructor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
6/2014 – present / Instructor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology Children’s Hospital Colorado

II. HONORS AND AWARDS

Outstanding Poster Award (2013)

North American Vascular Biology Organization Meeting

Pediatric Scientist Development Program Fellowship (2010 – 2013)

The Association of Medical School Pediatric Chairs, Inc.

Best Oral Abstract Presentation by a Resident (2007)

Midwest Pediatric Cardiology Society

Pediatric Scholar’s Day Award (2005)

Indiana University School of Medicine

Best Oral Abstract Presentation by a Resident (2004)

Midwest Pediatric Cardiology Society

J. Clifford Wallace Scholarship (2000)

Indiana University School of Medicine

Honorable Mention, Predoctoral Fellowship Competition (1998)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Research Fellowship (1995)

III. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

North American Vascular Biology Organization

American Heart Association

IV. EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH SUPPORT

Pediatric Scientist Development Program (K12)

7/01/2010-6/30/2013

The Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs Inc.

Program Director: Margaret K. Hostetter, MD

Role: Research Fellow

NIH Loan Repayment in Pediatric Research 7/01/2010-6/30/2014

Principal Investigator: Cynthia Myers

“The role of the Heart of Glass Receptor in blood pressure regulation”

Mentor: Mark Kahn, MD

NIH T32 HL079995-01 9/01/2007-6/30/2008

Principal Investigator: Keith March, MD, PhD

“Training in Vascular Biology and Medicine”

Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow

NIH/NHBLI R21 HL 080089 4/01/2005-3/30/2007

Principal Investigator: Mark D. Rodefeld MD

“Bridge to neonatal Fontan repair of single ventricle”

Role: Research Fellow/Trainee

V. PUBLICATIONS

Paterson NE, Myers C, Markou A. Effects of repeated withdrawal from continuous amphetamine administration on brain reward function in rats. Psychopharmalogia 2000;152:440-6.

Rodefeld MD, Boyd JH, Myers CD, LaLone BJ, Bezruczko AJ, Potter AW, Brown JW. Cavopulmonary assist: circulatory support for the univentricular fontan circulation. Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:1911-1916.

Rodefeld MD, Boyd JH, Myers CD, Presson RG, Wagner WW, Brown JW. Cavopulmonary assist in the neonate: an alternative strategy for single ventricle palliation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;127:705-11.

Myers CD, Boyd JH, Presson RG, Vijay P, Coats AC, Brown JW, Rodefeld MD. Neonatal cavopulmonary assist: Pulsatile versus steady-flow pulmonary perfusion. Ann Thorac Surg 2006; 81:257-63.

Myers CD, Mattix K, Presson RG, Vijay P, Maynes D, Litwak KN, Brown JW, Rodefeld MD. Twenty-four hour cardiopulmonary stability in a model of assisted newborn Fontan circulation. Ann Thorac Surg 2006; 81:264-71.

Throckmorton AL, Ballman K, Myers CD, Litwak KL, Frankel SH, Rodefeld MD. Mechanical cavopulmonary assist for the univentricular Fontan circulation using a folding propeller blood pump. ASAIO 2007: 53(6):743-41.

Throckmorton AL, Ballman KK, Myers CD, Frankel SH, Brown JW, Rodefeld MD. Performance of a 3-bladed propeller pump to provide cavopulmonary assist in the failing Fontan circulation. Ann Thorac Surg 2008: 86(4):1343-7.

Myers CD, Ballman K, Riegle LE, Mattix KD, Litwak K, Rodefeld MD. Mechanisms of systemic adaptation to univentricular Fontan conversion. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010;140:850-6.

Zheng X, Riant F, Bergametti F, Myers CD, Tang AT, Kleaveland B, Pan W, Yang J, Tournier-Lasserve E, Kahn ML. Cerebral cavernous malformations arise independent of the heart of glass receptor. Stroke 2014:45(5):1505-9.