Positions

Assistant Professor

Texas Adult Congenital Heart Program, Assistant Professor – Department of Pediatrics and Medicine
Pediatric Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

West Tower

Pediatric Cardiology
Texas Children's Hospital

Addresses

Texas Children's Hospital (Hospital)

Pediatrics/Pediatric Cardiology
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 822-3510

Texas Children's Hospital (Office)

Pediatrics/Pediatric Cardiology
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 822-3510

Texas Children's Hospital / Texas Adult Congenital Heart Center (Clinic)

Baylor College of Medicine
6621 Fannin Street
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 823-5600

Texas Children's Hospital (Clinic)

Pediatrics/Pediatric Cardiology
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 822-3510

Education

MD from University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

05/2005 - San Antonio, Texas United States

Residency at Baylor College of Medicine

06/2009 - Houston, Texas United States

Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics

Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine

06/2014 - Houston, Texas United States

Combined Adult and Pediatric Cardiology

Certifications

General Internal Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine

General Pediatrics

American Academy of Pediatrics

Pediatric Cardiology

American Board of Pediatrics

Cardiovascular Diseases

American Board of Internal Medicine

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

American Board of Internal Medicine

Professional Interests

• Adult Congenital Heart Disease
• Stress Echocardiography
• Clinical Outcomes Research

Professional Statement

Dr Peter R Ermis has been a Baylor College of Medicine faculty member since 2014 after completing his combined internal medicine-pediatrics residency at the Baylor Affiliated Hospitals and his combined adult and pediatric cardiology fellowships at the Texas Heart Institute and Texas Children's Hospital. He has published on clinical outcomes in adult congenital heart disease, including aspects of imaging, interventional procedures, advanced heart failure, and electrophysiology. His clinical interests include stress echocardiography in the adult congenital patient, particularly those with coronary artery manipulation. His administrative goal is to improve the transition process for patients with adult congenital heart disease.

He is a native Houstonian and an avid Rice baseball fan.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Ermis P, Franklin W, Mulukutla V, Parekh D, Ing F. "Left Ventricular Hemodynamic Changes and Clinical Outcomes after Transcatheter Atrial Septal Defect Closure in Adults.." Congenit Heart Dis. 2014 Jul 24;
• Ermis P, Dietzman T, Franklin W, Kim J, Moodie D, Parekh D. "Cardiac resource utilization in adults at a freestanding children's hospital.." Congenit Heart Dis. 2014;9(3):178-86.
• Ermis P, Lam W, Franklin W. "Pulmonary valvular stenosis in L-transposition of the great arteries with ventricular septal defect.." Texas Heart Institute Journal. 2014;41(2):240-242.
• Ermis P, Lam W, Franklin W. "Clinical Outcomes After Ventricular Assist Device Implantation in Adults With Complex Congenital Heart Disease." J Heart Lung Transplant. 2013 Jun;32(6):615-620.

Memberships

American Academy of Pediatrics

Texas Heart Institute Cardiac Society

Internal Medicine Certification