Bryan Cannon, MD

Dr. Bryan Cannon is a board-certified pediatric cardiologist and adult congenital cardiologist. He was born in Lubbock, Texas and graduated magna cum laude at Texas Christian University. He went to medical school at the University of Texas, Southwestern where he was Alpha Omega Alpha. He did his residency at Baylor College of Medicine and served a year as Chief Resident. He did his pediatric cardiology fellowship at Baylor with subspecialty training in heart failure and transplant as well as electrophysiology.

He was on the faculty at Texas Children’s Hospital for 7 years. He then went to the Mayo Clinic where he was a Professor of Pediatrics, Chair of the Pediatric Arrhythmias and Pacing Service and Vice-Chair for Education for the Department of Pediatrics. He also served as the director of the Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Training Program.

Dr. Cannon has won four teaching awards, one at Texas Children’s and three at Mayo and was given the Lifetime Outstanding Educator Award by the Department of Pediatrics. He was also named by Minnesota Monthly as a peer selected top doctor 7 times (2015-2022).

He is certified in pediatric electrophysiology and cardiac device therapy by the International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners and has served as President of the Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society (PACES), the national organization for pediatric heart rhythm specialists.

He has published over 100 articles and 30 book chapters. Dr. Cannon also is the editor of three textbooks including three international consensus statements and an American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement on Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Patients.

Personal Statement

I am committed to providing the highest quality of care with the most recent technological advances for all patients I care for. I am concerned about patients and their lives in and out of the medical system. I have been involved in pediatric electrophysiology for over 20 years. I have been involved in multiple camps for children with medical conditions including Camp Periwinkle, Camp Pump It Up, Camp YOLO and Camp Odayin, and I have won two service awards for my participation and leadership in these camps.

Clinical Interests

Pediatric supraventricular tachycardia

Education

Organizations

Board Certifications

American Academy of Pediatrics - Fellow FAAP - 1998 – Present

American College of Cardiology – Fellow FACC - 1999 – Present

American Heart Association - Member 1995 – Present

Argentine Society of Cardiology – Member 2010 – Present

Heart Rhythm Society - Fellow FHRS 2001 – Present

Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society PACES - Member 1995 - Present

Honors and awards

2024

Camp Odayin (for patients with congenital heart disease) – Golden Heart Award

2023

DPAM Faculty Award: Outstanding Contributions to Pediatric Education - Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

2020

Favorite Faculty Award - Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (Awarded by pediatric residents)

2019-2024

Patient Service Award - Mayo clinic, Rochester - The Office Of Patient Experience, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (Top 5% of positive patient provided feedback at Mayo)

2018-2024

Member of Honor - Latin American Heart Rhythm Society (LAHRS)

2015-2022

Top Doctor 2015-2022 - Minnesota Monthly, Minnesota (yearly award)

2013

Outstanding Dictation Award

2012

Mayo Outstanding Teacher - Mayo Outstanding Teaching Award in Pediatric Cardiology

2010

Sociedad Argentina De Cariologia-Miembro Correspondiente Extranjero

2010

Fulbright and Jaworski Award for Academic Teaching - Baylor College of Medicine

2009

Everyday Hero: community service award. Inaugural recipient. - Community Collaboration Council

2006

McNamara Award for Outstanding Fellow Teaching, Honor/Award for Education. - Texas Children's Hospital

2002

Runner-up Young Investigator's Award - American Academy of Pediatrics, Scientific Sessions Cardiology Section

2002-2003

Recipient of Auxiliary's Blattner Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology - Texas Children's Hospital

1999-2002

Recipient of Auxiliary's Blattner Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology - Texas Children's Hospital

1995

Alpha Omega Alpha - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

1991

Outstanding Leadership and Service Award - Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas

1991

Outstanding Graduate in Biology - Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas

* 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.

Research interests

Pediatric supraventricular tachycardia and implantable devices

Lampert R, Day S, Ainsworth B, Burg M, Marino BS, Salberg L, Tome Esteban MT, Abrams DJ, Aziz PF, Barth C, Behr ER, Bell C, Berul CI, Bos JM, Bradley D, Cannom DS, Cannon BC, Concannon MA, Cerrone M, Czosek RJ, Dubin AM, Dziura J, Erickson CC, Estes NAM 3rd, Etheridge SP, Goldenberg I, Gray B, Haglund-Turnquist C, Harmon K, James CA, Johnsrude C, Kannankeril P, Lara A, Law IH, Li F, Link MS, Molossi SM, Olshansky B, Noseworthy PA, Saarel EV, Sanatani S, Shah M, Simone L, Skinner J, Tomaselli GF, Ware JS, Webster G, Zareba W, Zipes DP, Ackerman MJ. Vigorous Exercise in Patients With Congenital Long QT Syndrome: Results of the Prospective, Observational, Multinational LIVE-LQTS Study. Circulation. 2024 Aug 13;150(7):516-530. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.067590. Epub 2024 Jul 25. PMID: 39051104.

Silka MJ, Shah MJ, Silva JNA, Balaji S, Beach CM, Benjamin MN, Berul CI, Cannon B, Cecchin F, Cohen MI, Dalal AS, Dechert BE, Foster A, Gebauer R, Corcia MCG, Kannankeril PJ, Karpawich PP, Kim JJ, Krishna MR, Kubus P, LaPage MJ, Mah DY, Malloy-Walton L, Miyazaki A, Motonaga KS, Niu MC, Olen M, Paul T, Rosenthal E, Saarel EV, Silvetti MS, Stephenson EA, Tan RB, Triedman J, Bergen NHV, Wackel PL, Writing Committee Members. 2021 PACES Expert Consensus Statement on the Indications and Management of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices in Pediatric Patients: Executive Summary. Annals of Pediatric Cardiology. 2022 May-Jun; 15 (3):323-346 Epub 2022 Nov 16 PMID: 36589659 PMCID: 9802608 DOI: 10.4103/0974-2069.361245

Erickson CC, Salerno JC, Berger S, Campbell R, Cannon B, Christiansen J, Moffatt K, Pflaumer A, Snyder CS, Srinivasan C, Valdes SO, Vetter VL, Zimmerman F, Section On Cardiology And Cardiac Surgery, Pediatric And Congenital Electrophysiology Society (Paces) Task Force On Prevention Of Sudden Death In The Young. Sudden Death in the Young: Information for the Primary Care Provider. Pediatrics. 2021 Jul; 148 (1) Epub 2021 June 21 PMID: 34155130 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2021-052044

Philip Saul J, Kanter RJ, Abrams D, Asirvatham S, Bar-Cohen Y, Blaufox AD, Cannon B, Clark J, Dick M, Freter A, Kertesz NJ, Kirsh JA, Kugler J, LaPage M, McGowan FX, Miyake CY, Nathan A, Papagiannis J, Paul T, Pflaumer A, Skanes AC, Stevenson WG, Von Bergen N, Zimmerman F, Writing Committee. PACES/HRS expert consensus statement on the use of catheter ablation in children and patients with congenital heart disease: Developed in partnership with the Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society (PACES) and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS). Endorsed by the governing bodies of PACES, HRS, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American Heart Association (AHA), and the Association for European Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC). Heart Rhythm. 2016 Jun; 13 (6):e251-89 Epub 2016 Feb 17 PMID: 26899545 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2016.02.009

Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society (PACES), Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF), American Heart Association (AHA), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Canadian Heart Rhythm Society (CHRS), Cohen MI, Triedman JK, Cannon BC, Davis AM, Drago F, Janousek J, Klein GJ, Law IH, Morady FJ, Paul T, Perry JC, Sanatani S, Tanel RE. PACES/HRS expert consensus statement on the management of the asymptomatic young patient with a Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW, ventricular preexcitation) electrocardiographic pattern: developed in partnership between the Pediatric and Congenital Heart Rhythm. 2012 Jun; 9(6):1006-24. Epub 2012 May 10. PMID: 22579340 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.03.050