Mary Brickner, MD

Professor
Endowed Title: Charles B. Mullins, M.D. Professorship in Clinical Practice and Teaching in Cardiology
Audre and Bernard Rapoport Center for Cardiovascular Research
Internal Medicine

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

beth.brickner@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Biography

Dr. Beth Brickner is a clinical cardiologist who specializes in echocardiography and adult congenital heart disease. She did her undergraduate training at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, obtained her medical degree from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, completed Internal Medicine training at the University of Michigan Hospitals in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the completed cardiology fellowship training at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas. She joined the medical school faculty at UT Southwestern in 1991 and is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine. She is the medical director of the Cardiovascular (Echocardiography) Laboratory at Parkland Health and Hospital Systems, is the Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Clinic at UT Southwestern, and is the Director of the Audre and Bernard Rapaport Center for Cardiovascular Disease Research. Her clinical interests focus on congenital heart disease in adults, valvular heart disease, and heart disease in pregnancy.

Education

FellowshipUT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Cardiovascular Disease (1991)
ResidencyUniversity of Michigan Hospitals & Health Centers, Internal Medicine (1988)
Medical SchoolThe Ohio State University (1985)

Research Interests

Congenital Heart Disease in Adults
Echocardiography

Publications

Congenital Heart Disease in Adults, Parts I and II

M. Elizabeth Brickner, L. David Hillis, Richard A. Lange , New England Journal of Medicine , January 2000; (Vol. 342):256-263, 334-342

Congenital Heart Disease

M. Elizabeth Brickner, MD , Eric J. Topol’s Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine , 2007; (3rd edition):502-536

Valvar Aortic Stenosis

M. Elizabeth Brickner , Gatzoulis, et al: Diagnosis and Management of Adult Congenital Heart Disease , 2003; (in press)

Transesophageal Echocardiography: Indications and Applications

Gail E. Peterson, M. Elizabeth Brickner, Sharon C. Reimold , Circulation , 2003; (in press)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

Fellow, American College of Cardiology

Member, American College of Physicians

Member, American Heart Association

Member, American Society of Echocardiography

Member, International Society for Adult Congenital Cardiac Disease