Catherine Minor Ikemba, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist
Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Biography
Catherine M. Ikemba, M.D., is a pediatric cardiologist at Children’s Health℠ who specializes in echocardiography and fetal echocardiography. She is also Director of the Fetal Heart Program at Children’s Health and a Professor of pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Dr. Ikemba earned her medical degree at the University of Southern California and completed her pediatric residency at Montefiore Medical Center in New York. She served a three-year fellowship in cardiology and a one-year fellowship in perinatal cardiology at Texas Children’s Hospital, where she also received advanced training in echocardiography.
We provide comprehensive care from planning before birth and into adulthood.
Dr. Ikemba’s clinical interests include echocardiography, fetal echocardiography and congenital heart disease. As Director of the Fetal Heart Program, she has helped Children’s Health become the first program to achieve Joint Commission accreditation in fetal heart care. She also participates in multicenter research projects with the Fetal Heart Society and National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative.
“I like the continuity from seeing children in the womb, meeting them after birth, watching them grow up in clinic,” says Dr. Ikemba. “We provide comprehensive care from planning before birth and into adulthood.”
She has been named a Mom-Approved Doctor by North Texas Child magazine. She also received the Faculty Teaching Award from UT Southwestern 2011 - 12.
In her free time, Dr. Ikemba enjoys swimming, hot yoga and attending her daughters’ soccer games.
Learn more about Dr. Ikemba
Education and Training
- Medical School
- University of Southern California (1996)
- Residency
- Montefiore Medical Center - Weiler Division (1999), Pediatrics
- Fellowship
- Texas Childrens Hospital (2003), Cardiac Advanced Imaging
Texas Childrens Hospital (2002), Pediatric Cardiology - Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics/Pediatric Cardiology
Conditions
- Genetic disorders
- Fetal arrhythmia
- Fetal heart disease
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- Prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease and the effect of a prenatal diagnosis on parental attachment and anxietyy
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Publications
- Assessment of Progressive Pathophysiology After Early Prenatal Diagnosis of the Ebstein Anomaly or Tricuspid Valve Dysplasia. Selamet Tierney ES, McElhinney DB, Freud LR, Tworetzky W, Cuneo BF, Escobar-Diaz MC, Ikemba C, Kalish BT, Komarlu R, Levasseur SM, Puchalski MD, Satou GM, Silverman NH, Moon-Grady AJ Am. J. Cardiol. 2017 Jan 119 1 106-111
- Outcomes and Predictors of Perinatal Mortality in Fetuses with Ebstein Anomaly or Tricuspid Valve Dysplasia in the Current Era: A Multi-Center Study. Freud LR, Escobar-Diaz MC, Kalish BT, Komarlu R, Puchalski MD, Jaeggi ET, Szwast AL, Freire G, Levasseur SM, Kavanaugh-McHugh A, Michelfelder EC, Moon-Grady AJ, Donofrio MT, Howley LW, Selamet Tierney ES, Cuneo BF, Morris SA, Pruetz JD, van der Velde ME, Kovalchin JP, Ikemba CM, Vernon MM, Samai C, Satou GM, Gotteiner NL, Phoon CK, Silverman NH, McElhinney DB, Tworetzky W Circulation 2015 Jun
- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome secondary to intrauterine rhabdomyoma necessitating single ventricle palliation. Mir A, Ikemba CM, Veeram Reddy SR Ann Pediatr Cardiol 2014 Sep 7 3 207-9
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Professional Activities
- American Society of Echocardiography
- Fetal Heart Society
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Awards and Honors
- D Magazine Best Doctor (2018, 2022)
- D Magazine Best Pediatric Specialist (2020)
- Mom Approved Doctor (2012), North Texas Child Magazine
- Faculty Teaching Award (2011-2012), UT Southwestern Children's Medical Center
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