Physicians

Department / Division
Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Cardiology

Address
DUMC 3090
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone
919-668-4000

Office Telephone
919-684-3574

Fax Telephone
919-681-5903

Training

• MD, University of Texas School of Medicine–San Antonio, 1996

Residency

• Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, 1996-1999

Fellowship

• Pediatric Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, 1999-2002

Clinical Interests
Pediatric cardiology; echocardiography including fetal, transthoracic, and transesophageal imaging; pediatric cardiac intensive care; fetal diagnosis and counseling; clinical research studies; telemedicine imaging; inpatient pediatric cardiac care; quality improvement; adult congenital heart disease

Research Interests
Echocardiographic assesment of diastolic function.

Echocardiographic assesment of cardiomyopathies.

Use of echocardiography in the intensive care unit.

Single ventricle palliation approaches and long-term medical therapies.

Pericardial effusions after bone marrow transplantation.

Cardiopulmonary disease in infants with sickle cell disease
Clopidigrel therapy for reduction of neonatal shunt thrombosis.

Evaluation of cardiac output in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This faculty member has no reported relationships with industry.

Representative Publications
Barker, PC; Houle, H; Li, JS; Miller, S; Herlong, JR; Camitta, MG. Global longitudinal cardiac strain and strain rate for assessment of fetal cardiac function: novel experience with velocity vector imaging. Echocardiography: a journal of cardiovascular ultrasound and allied techniques. 2009;26:28-36. (2009) Abstract

Drinker, LR; Camitta, MG; Herlong, JR; Miller, S; Lodge, AJ; Jaggers, J; Barker, PC. Use of the monoplane intracardiac imaging probe in high-risk infants during congenital heart surgery. Echocardiography: a journal of cardiovascular ultrasound and allied techniques. 2008;25:999-1003. (2008) Abstract

Milazzo, AS; Golioto, A; Camitta, MG; O'Laughlin, MP. An infant with subvalvar and valvar aortic stenosis, subvalvar and valvar pulmonary stenosis, severe biventricular hypertrophy and pulmonary hemorrhage. Pediatric Cardiology. 2003;24:169-171. (2003) Abstract

Camitta, MG; Gabel, SA; Chulada, P; Bradbury, JA; Langenbach, R; Zeldin, DC; Murphy, E. Cyclooxygenase-1 and -2 knockout mice demonstrate increased cardiac ischemia/reperfusion injury but are protected by acute preconditioning. Circulation. 2001;104:2453-2458. (2001) Abstract