Title

Chief of Cardiology, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital

Professor of Pediatrics and Radiology, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Director, Cardiac MRI
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital

Director, Cardiac MRI
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Patient Care Emphasis

Congenital Heart Disease, Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging: Cardiac MRI, Transesophageal Echocardiography, 3-D Echocardiography

Board Certification

American Board of Pediatrics, Cardiology Subspecialty


Internship

Duke University Medical Center - Pediatrics


Residency

Duke University Medical Center - Pediatrics


Fellowship

Duke University Medical Center - Pediatric Cardiology
Duke University Medical Center - Advanced Imaging

Selected Research

Research interests include:

  • Radiation Exposure and Cancer Risk in Patients with Heart Disease
  • Cardiac MRI Techniques in Congenital Heart Disease

Hendrickson BS, Stephens RE, Chang JV, Amburn JM, Pierotti LL, Johnson JL, Hyden JC, Johnson JN, Philip RR. Cardiovascular Evaluation After COVID-19 in 137 Collegiate Athletes: Results of an Algorithm-Guided Screening. Circulation. 2021 May 11;143(19):1926-1928. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.053982. Epub 2021 May 10. PMID: 33970675.

Dahiya A, Chao C, Younger J, Kar J, Baldwin BM, Cohen MV, Joseph S, Chowdhry A, Figarola MS, Malozzi C, Nasser MF, Nabeel Y, Shah R, Kennen JM, Aneja A, Khalil S, Ragab S, Mohammed O, Moustafa T, Hamdy A, Ahmed S, Heny A, Taher M, Ganigara M, Dhar A, Misra N, Alzubi J, Pannikottu K, Jabri A, Hedge V, Kanaa'n A, Lahorra J, de Waard D, Horne D, Dhillon S, Sweeney A, Hamilton-Craig C, Katikireddi VS, Wesley AJ, Hammet C, Johnson JN, Chen SSM. Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2019 Case of the Week series. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2021 Apr 1;23(1):44. doi: 10.1186/s12968-020-00671-7. PMID: 33794918; PMCID: PMC8015162.

Johnson JN, Sathanandam S, Naik R, Philip R. Echocardiographic guidance for transcatheter patent ductus arteriosus closure in extremely low birth weight infants. Congenit Heart Dis. 2019 Jan;14(1):74-78. doi: 10.1111/chd.12725. PMID: 30811801.

Philip R, Towbin JA, Sathanandam S, Goldberg J, Yohannan T, Swaminathan N, Johnson JN. Effect of patent ductus arteriosus on the heart in preterm infants. Congenit Heart Dis. 2019 Jan;14(1):33-36. doi: 10.1111/chd.12701. PMID: 30811789.

Philip R, Nathaniel Johnson J, Naik R, Kimura D, Boston U, Chilakala S, Hendrickson B, Rush Waller B, Sathanandam S. Effect of patent ductus arteriosus on pulmonary vascular disease. Congenit Heart Dis. 2019 Jan;14(1):37-41. doi: 10.1111/chd.12702. PMID: 30811787.