Office Address: Congenital Heart Institute
Miami Children’s Hospital and Arnold Palmer Hospital
50 West Sturtevant Street
Orlando, Florida 32806
rodrigo.nehgme@orhs.org
Post Graduate Training and Fellowship Appointments:
1985-1988 Resident in Pediatrics
Universidad Catolica Hospital
Santiago, Chile
1988-1991 Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Faculty Appointments: 1991-1994 Instructor of Pediatrics
School of Medicine
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
1994-2000 Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Yale University School of Medicine
2003-2006 Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Jefferson Medical College
Thomas Jefferson University
2006-present Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Florida State University
Clinical Appointments:
05/87-04/88 Pediatric Chief Resident
Universidad Catolica Hospital
Santiago, Chile
1995-2000 Director, Pediatric Arrhythmias and Electrophysiology
Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut
02/00-06/02 Director, Pediatric Arrhythmias and Electrophysiology
Nemours Cardiac Center
Arnold Palmer Hospital
Orlando, Florida
07/02-10/05 Director, Pediatric Arrhythmias and Electrophysiology
Nemours Cardiac Center
A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children
Wilmington, Delaware
03/04-10/05 Chief, Cardiology
Nemours Cardiac Center
A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children
Wilmington, Delaware
10/05-present Director, Pediatric Arrhythmias and Electrophysiology
Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children
Congenital Heart Institute
Orlando, Florida
11/07-present Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children
Congenital Heart Institute
Orlando, Florida
Specialty Certification: 1988 ECFMG certification
2008 American Board of Pediatrics
2002 Sub-Board of Pediatric Cardiology
Licensure: Florida
Awards, Honors and Membership in Honorary Societies:
1988 Child Health Foundation Fellowship.
Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at Yale School of Medicine.
1990 Pediatric Fellow Teaching Award.
Yale University School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics.
1991 McClure Foundation Award.
28th Chilean Society of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery annual meeting.
1997 Howard A. Pearson M.D. Pediatric Faculty Teaching Award.
Yale University School of Medicine.
Department of Pediatrics.
Memberships in Professional and Scientific Societies:
American College of Cardiology
Heart Rhythm Society
Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society
Sociedad Chilena de Cardiologia y Cirugia Cardiovascular
Sociedad Chilena de Pediatria
Lectures by Invitation:
Grand Rounds. “Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias in Infants and Children.” Norwalk Hospital. Norwalk, Connecticut. November, 1994
Faculty. Update in Congenital Heart Disease. Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and Woman and Yale University Medical School. “Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology.” Orlando, Florida. January, 1995
Grand Rounds. “Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology in Pediatrics.” King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre. Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. August, 1995
Pediatric Grand Rounds. “The Long QT Syndrome, From Bedside to Bench.” Yale University School of Medicine. New Haven, Connecticut. November, 1996
Pediatric Grand Rounds. “Current Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease.” Calvo Mackenna Children’s Hospital. Santiago, Chile. August, 1997
Faculty. New England Pediatric Interventional Cardiac Symposium (PICS). “Radiofrequency Ablation for Arrhythmias.” Tufts University School of Medicine and Yale University School of Medicine. Boston, Massachusetts. September, 1997
Lecture Series. “Pacemakers in Children.” King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre. Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. July,1998
Grand Rounds. “Update in the Diagnosis and Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias in Pediatrics.” Universidad de la Frontera Department of Pediatrics and Hospital Regional. Temuco, Chile. November, 1998
Faculty. “Left Heart Obstruction.” 6th Pan-American Congress of Intensive Care Medicine. Quito, Ecuador. June, 1999
Faculty. “Congestive Heart Failure and Cardiogenic Shock.” 6th Pan-American Congress of Intensive Care Medicine. Quito, Ecuador. June, 1999
Faculty. “Cardiac Rhythm Disorders in the Pediatric Intensive Care.” 6th Pan-American Congress of Intensive Care Medicine. Quito, Ecuador. June, 1999
Faculty. “Myocardial Ischemia in Pediatrics.” 6th Pan-American Congress of Intensive Care Medicine. Quito, Ecuador. June, 1999
Faculty. 1999 Lattanzi-Pearson Pediatric Seminar. “Heart Murmurs in Children.” New Haven, Connecticut. July, 1999
Faculty. “Implantable Defibrillators in Children.” IX Congress of the Latin Society of Pediatric Cardiology. Miami, Florida. September, 2000
Faculty. “Pharmacologic Treatment of Ventricular Arrhythmias.” IX Congress of the Latin Society of Pediatric Cardiology. Miami, Florida. September, 2000
Faculty. “Advances in the Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias in Children.” IX Congress of the Latin Society of Pediatric Cardiology. Miami, Florida. September, 2000
Grand Rounds. “Arrhythmias in Children.” Hospital Roberto del Rio. Santiago-Chile. October, 2000
Grand Rounds. “Advances in the Treatment of Arrhythmias in Pediatrics.” Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and Women. Orlando, Florida. May, 2001
Grand Rounds. “Recent Advances in Cardiac Arrhythmias.” A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children. Wilmington, Delaware. October, 2002
Faculty. Nemours Symposium. “Recent Advances in Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery.” A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children. Wilmington, Delaware. June, 2004
Faculty. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Department of Pediatrics Symposium. “Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome.” Santiago, Chile. October, 2005
Faculty. II Spanish-Chilean Congress of Cardiology. XLII Chilean Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery. “Role of Electrophysiology in Children with Structurally Normal Hearts.” Pucon, Chile. December, 2005
Faculty. II Spanish-Chilean Congress of Cardiology. XLII Chilean Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery. “Arrhythmias in Patients with Repaired Congenital Heart Disease.” Pucon, Chile. December, 2005
Faculty. II Spanish-Chilean Congress of Cardiology. XLII Chilean Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery. “Interventional Electrophysiology in Patients with Repaired Congenital Heart Disease.” Pucon, Chile. December, 2005
Faculty. II Spanish-Chilean Congress of Cardiology. XLII Chilean Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery. “Guidelines for the Use of Pacemaker, ICD’s, and Other Devices in Pediatrics.” Pucon, Chile. December, 2005
Faculty. Fourth World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery. “Interventional Electrophysiology. Ventricular Tachycardia in the Young.” Buenos Aires, Argentina. September, 2005
Faculty. Fourth World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery. “Role of Electrophysiology in Grown-up Patients with Congenital Heart Disease.” Buenos Aires, Argentina. September, 2005
Faculty. VII Perinatal Medicine Symposium. “Fetal Arrhythmias.” Santiago, Chile October 2006
Faculty. VII Perinatal Medicine Symposium. “SVT in Pediatrics.” Santiago, Chile October 2006
Faculty. VII Perinatal Medicine Symposium. “Congenital Heart Block.” Santiago, Chile October 2006
Faculty. Heart Rhythm Society Congress 2007. “Transthoracic Approaches to Ablate Atrial Tachycardias.” Denver, Colorado. May 2007
Faculty. Heart Rhythm Society Congress 2008. “Direct Fetal Treatment with Antiarrhythmic Drugs: When and How? San Francisco. California 2008
Lecturer. FLASPE Quarterly Meeting. “Interventional Electrophysiology in Pediatrics and Congenital Heart Disease.” Orlando, Florida. June, 2008.
Faculty. Pan-American Medical Association Annual Meeting. “Lessons from Managing Hypoplastic Left Hearts.” Palm Coast, Florida. September, 2008.
Grand Rounds. “Arrhythmias in Children.” Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Department of Pediatrics. Orlando, Florida. February, 2009.
Lecturer. Pediatric Cardiology Symposium. “Current management of Pediatric arrhythmias.” Sociedad Chilena de Pediatria. Arica, Chile. August, 2009.
Publications:
Garcia C, Wielandt J, Cruz F, Guidi C, Martinez, P, Vaccareza R, Barriga P, Nehgme R, Martinez L : Arteriografia en el transplante renal (The use of renal arteriography in the evaluation of kidney transplant). Revista Chilena de Urologia 1984, 47:21-24.
Nehgme, R, Dewar M, Lutin W, Talner N, Hellenbrand W: Anomalous left coronary artery from the main pulmonary artery: physiological and clinical importance of its association with persistent ductus arteriosus. Pediatric Cardiology 1992, 13:97-99.
Gonzalez R, Fajuri A, Martinez A, Nehgme R, Casanegra P. Radiofrequency ablation in patients with reciprocating tachycardias. Revista Chilena de Cardiologia 1992, 11:103-111.
Gonzalez R, Nehgme R, Fajuri A, Rubio R, Cambon A. Ablation of the slow pathway conduction in the treatment of atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia: report of two Cases. Revista Medica de Chile 1993,121:1426-1431.
Gonzalez R, Fajuri A, Nehgme R, Rubio R, Cambon A. Ablation of the slow pathway in dual atrioventricular node reentry tachycardias. Revista Chilena de Cardiologia 1994, 13(1):8-15.
Nehgme R, Fajuri A, Gonzalez A, Heusser R, Marchant E. Radiofrequency catheter ablation of accessory atrioventricular pathways in children with supraventricular tachycardia. Revista Chilena de Pediatria 1994, 65(3):143-148.
Gonzalez R, Fajuri A, Nehgme R, Cambon A. Multiple pathways tachycardias: electrophysiological properties and fulguration of all accessory pathways. Revista Chilena de Cardiologia 1994, 122:428-434.
Heusser F, Acevedo V, Vergara I, Fajuri A, Nehgme R, Urcelay G, Arnaiz P, Cambon AM, Gonzalez R. Radiofrequency fulguration for supraventricular tachycardia in pediatrics. Revista Medica de Chile 1996, 126(6):694-700.
Galal O, Nehgme R, Fadley F, de Moor M, Williams E, Faezy ME, Haless Z. The role of surgical ligation of patent ductus arteriosus in the era of the Rashkind device. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1997, 63:434-437.
Nehgme RA, Fahey JT, Smith C, Carpenter TO. Cardiovascular abnormalities in patients with X-linked hypophosphatemia. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 1997, 82:2450-2454.
Maheshwari S, Bruckheimer E, Nehgme R, Fahey, JT, Kholwadwala, Hellenbrand WE. Single coronary artery complicating stent implantation for homograft stenosis in tetralogy of Fallot. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis 1997, 42:405-407.
Bowers PN, Fields J, Schwartz D, Rosefeld L, Nehgme R. Amiodarone induced pulmonary fibrosis in infancy. PACE 1998, 8:1665-1667.
Nehgme R. Recent developments in etiology, evaluation, and management of the child with palpitations. Current Opinion in Pediatrics 1998, 10:470-475.
Kleinman CS, Dubin AM, Nehgme RA, Rosenfeld LE, Copel JA. Left atrial tachycardia in the human fetus: Identifying the fetus at greatest risk for developing nonimmune hydrops fetalis. In: Imai Y and Momma K. Proceedings of Second World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Armonk, New York. Futura Publishing Co. 1998.
Moak JP, Barron KS, Hougen TJ, Wiles HB, Salaji S, Sreeram N, Cohen MH, Nordenberg A, Van Hare GF, Friedman RA, Perez M, Cecchin F, Schneider DS, Nehgme R, Buyon JP: Congenital Heart Block: Development of late-onset cardiomyopathy, a previously underappreciated sequela. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2001, 37:238-242.
Goldman L, Boramanand N, Acevedo V, Gallagher P, Nehgme R, Preterm infants with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia: presentation, response to therapy, and outcome. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology 2001, 5:289-293.
Moltz K, Friedman A, Nehgme R, Kleinman C, Carpenter T: Ectopic cardiac calcification associated with hyperparathyroidism in a boy with hypophosphatemic rickets. Current Opinion in Pediatrics 2001, 13:373-375.
Nehgme R. Evaluation and treatment of other arrhythmic causes of syncope in children and adolescents with an apparently normal heart: Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and right ventricular cardiomyopathy. Progress in Pediatric Cardiology 2001, 13:111-125.
Bruckheimer E, Berul C, Kopf G, Hill S, Warner K, Kleinman C, Rosenfeld L, Nehgme R: Late recovery of surgically-induced atrioventricular block in patients with congenital heart disease. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology 2002, 6:191-197.
Carnethon MR, Gidding SS, Nehgme R, Sidney S, Jacobs Jr D, Liu K: Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Young Adulthood and the Development of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors. The Journal of the American Medical Association JAMA 2003, 290(23):3092-3100.
Shaw M, Nehgme R, Carboni M, Murphy J: Endocardial Atrial Pacing Lead Implantation and Midterm Follow-Up in Young Patients with Sinus Node Dysfunction After the Fontan Procedure. PACE 2004, 27:949-954.
Kleinman CS, Nehgme, RA: Cardiac arrhythmias in the human fetus. Pediatric Cardiology 2004, 25(3):234-51.
Gidding S, Nehgme R, Heise C, Muscar C, Linton A, Hassink S: Severe Obesity Associated with Cardiovascular Deconditioning, High Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Diabetes Mellitus/Hyperinsulinemia, and Respiratory Compromise. The Journal of Pediatrics 2004, 144:766-769.
Nehgme R, Carboni M, Care J, Murphy J: Transthoracic Percutaneous Access for Electroanatomic Mapping and Catheter Ablation of Atrial Tachycardia in Patients with a Lateral Tunnel Fontan. Heart Rhythm 2006, 3:37-43
Nehgme R, Huddleston A, Cheatham J. Progression to Late Complete Atrioventricular Block Following Amplatzer Device Closure of Atrial Septal Defect in a Child. Pediatric Cardiology 2009, 30:367-370
Contributions to peer-reviewed clinical research publications, participation cited but not by authorship:
Investigators for the Pediatric Electrophysiology Group Study. Pediatric use of intravenous Amiodarone: efficacy and safety in critically ill patients from a multicenter protocol. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1996, 27:1246-1250.
Intravenous Amiodarone Pediatric Investigators. Intravenous Amiodarone for Incessant Tachyarrhythmias in Children. A Randomized, Double-Blind, Drug Trial. Circulation 2005, 112:3470-3477
Book Chapters:
Nehgme R, O’Connor T, Lister G, Bracken M: Patent Ductus Arteriosus. In: Sinclair JC, Bracken MB: Effective Care of the Newborn Infant. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1992.
Nehgme R. Resonancia Nuclear Magnetica en Cardiologia Infantil (Magnetic Resonance Imagint in Pediatric Cardiology(). In: Zilleruelo R., Artaza O. Manual de Cardiologia Infantil. Santiago-Chile, Editorial, Mediterraneo, 1992.
Nehgme R. Trastornos del Ritmo Cardiaco (Cardiac Rhythm Disturbances). In:Zilleruelo R., Artaza O. Manual de Cardiologia Infantil. Santiago-Chile, Editorial, Mediterraneo, 1992.
Kleinman C, Nehgme R, Copel J. Fetal Cardiac Arrhythmias: Diagnosis and Therapy. In: Creasy R, Resnik R. Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Fourth Edition. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. W.B. Saunders Company. 1999.
Apkon M, Nehgme R, Lister G. Cardiovascular Abnormalities in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. In: Bland RD, Coalson J. Chronic Lung Disease in Early Infancy (for Lenfant C, Lung Biology in Health and Disease). New York, NY. Marcel Dekker Inc. 1999.
Kleinman C, Copel J, Nehgme R: The Fetus with Cardiac Arrhythmia. In: Harrison MR, Evans IE, Adzick NS, Holzbreve W: The Unborn Patient: The Art and Science of Fetal Therapy. W.B. Saunders Company, 2001.
Kleinman C, Nehgme R, Copel C: Fetal Cardiac Arrhythmias: Diagnosis and Therapy. In: Creasy R, Resnik R, Iams J. Maternal-Fetal Medicine: Principles and Practice. Fifth Edition. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. W.B Saunders Company. 2004.