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Katherine Helen Hansen, MD $$

Pediatric Cardiologist

Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
Director of Exercise and Sports Cardiology at Children's Health

Languages Spoken:
English

Locations

UT Southwestern Pediatric Group

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Education and Training

Medical School
University of California - San Diego (2016)
Residency
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (2019), Pediatrics
Fellowship
Boston Children's Hospital Exercise Cardiology (2023), Exercise Cardiology
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (2022), Pediatric Cardiology
Board Certification
American Board of Pediatrics/Pediatric Cardiology

  • Research Interests

    • Congenital heart disease
    • Exercise physiology
    • Exercise testing
    • Exercise training and cardiac rehabilitation
    • Sports cardiology

  • Publications

    • Hansen K. From Surviving to Thriving: A Roadmap for Reinventing Cardiac Rehabilitation in Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 2024 Nov 26.
    • Hansen K, Curran T, Reynolds L, Cameron C, Pymm J, O’Neill JA, Losi R, Sherman C, Ackermans E, Yin S, Singh T. Exercise testing in clinical context: reference ranges for interpreting anaerobic threshold as an outcome for congenital heart disease patients. International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease. 2024 Aug 27:100540.
    • Hansen K, Curran T, Reynolds L, Shafer K, Gauvreau K, Gauthier N. Combined exercise and mindset training during a pediatric cardiac fitness and rehabilitation program benefits youth with a range of congenital heart disease. Pediatric Cardiology. 2024 Jul 10:1-0.
    • Hansen K, Jenkins E, Zhu A, Collins S, Williams K, Garcia A, Weng Y, Kaufman B, Sacks LD, Cohen H, Shin AY. A parental communication assessment initiative in the paediatric cardiovascular ICU. Cardiology in the Young. 2024 April 29:1-9.
    • Hansen K, Curran T, O’Neill JA, Reynolds L, Gauvreau K, Gauthier N. Flexibility: A Hidden But Trainable Morbidity in Pediatric Patients with Congenital Heart Disease. Pediatric Cardiology. 2023 Oct;44(7):1599-604.
    • White DA, Layton AM, Curran T, Gauthier N, Orr WB, Ward K, Vernon M, Martinez MN, Rice MC, Hansen K, Prusi M. ehealth technology in cardiac exercise therapeutics for pediatric patients with congenital and acquired heart conditions: a summary of evidence and future directions. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2023 Jan 2;10:1155861.
    • Curran T, Losi R, Pymm J, O’Neill JA, Goveia N, Flanagan A, Jakkam R, Hansen K, Gauvreau K, Gauthier N. Positive mindset and exercise capacity in school-aged children and adolescents with congenital heart disease. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 2023 Jun 2;11:1133255.
    • Hansen K, Grady S, McCrindle BW, Harahsheh AS, Elias MD, Dahdah N, Selamet Tierney ES. Physicians’ Self-reported Exercise Testing and Physical Activity Recommendations in Kawasaki Patients. Pediatric Cardiology. 2022 Aug 11:1-9.
    • Hansen K, Edwards LA, Yohannes K, Luong R, Lin A, Long J, Halpern-Felsher B, Cohen H, Kaufman BD. Advance Care Planning Preferences for Adolescents With Cardiac Disease. Pediatrics. 2022 Feb 1;149(2):e2020049902. Doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-049902. PMID: 34984466.
    • Hansen K, Dhillon G, Ma M, Maskatia SA, Su L, Vasanawala S, Punn R. Left Subclavian Artery Isolation with Right Aortic Arch and D-Transposition of the Great Arteries. CASE (Phila). 2021 Nov 10;5(6):392-398. Doi: 10.1016/j.case.2021.09.010. PMID: 34993370; PMCID: PMC8712996.
    • Hansen K, Tierney S. Every child with congenital heart disease should be exercising. Current Opinion in Cardiology. October 4, 2021. Doi: 10.1097/HCO.0000000000000931
    • Hansen KH, Schroeder ME, Hamilton G, Sirlin CB, Bydder M. Robustness of fat quantification using chemical shift imaging. Magnetic resonance imaging. 2012 Feb 1;30(2):151-7.
    • Lee J, Shiehmorteza M, Schroeder ME, Hansen KH, Bydder M, Sirlin C. Liver diffusion/perfusion using biexponential analysis with 30 b-values. InProc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med 2010 (Vol. 18, p. 2658).
    • Jankowski PP, Baird LC, Keshavarzi S, Hansen KH, Taylor WR. Minimally Invasive Emergent Decompression for Cauda Equina Syndrome. The Internet Journal of Spine Surgery 2013; 8(1).

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