Department or Service
Department of Pediatric Medicine, Cardiology
Specialty
Cardiology
Primary Location
Texas Children's Hospital
Also sees patients at
Texas Children's Health Center Sugar Land; Ben Taub General Hospital (Consulting Staff); Methodist Hospital (Consulting Staff); San Jacinto Methodist Hospital (Consulting Staff)
Contact Information
6621 Fannin
Suite 19345-C
Houston, TX 77030
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Phone: 832-82-HEART (43278)
Shannon M. Rivenes, M.D.
Active Staff - Texas Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine
Medical School
University of Arizona College of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine, 1993
Internship
Maricopa Medical Center, Pediatrics, 1994
Residency
Maricopa Medical Center, Pediatrics, 1996
Fellowship
Baylor College of Medicine, Pediatric Cardiology, 1999
Baylor College of Medicine, Echocardiography, 1999
From Dr. Rivenes
Dr. Rivenes' clinical interests include transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, outpatient cardiac care in the Texas Children's Health Center Sugar Land, and inpatient cardiac care at Texas Children's Hospital. She teaches Pediatric Cardiology fellows and Pediatric residents, coordinates the weekly fellows' core teaching conference, and serves as mentor for the Fort Bend ISD Gifted and Talented Mentorship Program. Dr. Rivenes has been actively involved in research projects and efforts to minimize sudden death in student athletes, including outfitting AEDs (automated external defibrillators) in Fort Bend ISD schools and participating in the Texas Education Agency Multicenter Early Cardiovascular Screening Pilot. Her research projects have focused on sudden cardiac death in student athletes, risk stratification of sudden death in pediatric restrictive cardiomyopathy, effects of anesthetics on children with heart disease, and the utility of the electrocardiogram in predicting left ventricular hypertrophy (multi-center study).
Professional Organizations *
- Alpha Omega Alpha
Member - American Academy of Pediatrics
Member - American College of Cardiology
Member - American Society of Echocardiology
Member - Harris County Medical Society
Member
Selected Publications
Sharef S, Coleman R, Rivenes S, Wilmot I, Altman C, Madden-Fuentes R, Salazar J. Stentless Xenograft Implantation in Aortic Position in a 7-year-old Girl. Texas Heart Institute Journal 2010;37(3):347-349. (Baylor College of Medicine).
Rivenes SM, Colan SD, Easley KA, Kaplan S, Jenkins KJ, Khan MN, Lai WW, Lipshultz SE, Moodie DS, Starc TJ, Sopko G, Zhang W, Bricker JT. Usefulness of the pediatric electrocardiogram in detecting left ventricular hypertrophy: results from the Prospective Pediatric Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Complications of Vertically Transmitted HIV Infection (P2C2 HIV) multicenter study. American Heart Journal 2003;145:716-723.
Rivenes SM, Lewin MB, Stayer SA, Bent ST, Schoenig HM, McKenzie ED, Fraser CD, Andropoulos DB. Cardiovascular effects of sevoflurane, isoflurane, halthane, and fentanyl-midazolam in children with congenital heart disease: an echocardiographic study of myocardial contractility and hemodynamics. Anesthesiology 2001;94-223-229. (Baylor College of Medicine).
Rivenes SM, Kearney DL, Smith EO, Towbin JA, Denfield SW. Sudden death and cardiovascular collapse in children with restrictive cardiomyopathy. Circulation 2000;102:876-882.
Rivenes SM, Grifka RG, Feltes TF. Development of advanced pulmonary vascular disease in D-transposition of the great arteries after the neonatal arterial switch operation. Texas Heart Institute Journal 1998;25:201-205.
* Texas Children's Hospital physicians' licenses and credentials are reviewed prior to practicing at any of our facilities. Sections titled From the Doctor, Professional Organizations and Publications were provided by the physician's office and were not verified by Texas Children's Hospital.
