Clinical Focus
Cardiovascular Medicine
Professional Education
BA: Chemistry/Political Science, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Medical Degree: University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Residency: Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Residency: Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Fellowship: Cardiovascular Disease, Texas Heart Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Fellowship: Pediatric Cardiology, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas
Board Certification
Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Clinical and Research Interests
- Co-Investigator for BREATHE-5 and FUTURE-3 trials
- Consulting Editor for Circulation, Texas Heart Institute Journal, and Congenital Heart Disease journals
- Adult congenital heart disease
- Echocardiography
Recent Publications
1: Franklin WJ, Parekh DR, Safdar Z. Adult congenital heart disease and pulmonary
arterial hypertension: the Texas Adult Congenital Heart Program experience.
Postgrad Med. 2011 Nov;123(6):32-45. PubMed PMID: 22104452.
2: Rodriguez FH 3rd, Moodie DS, Parekh DR, Franklin WJ, Morales DL, Zafar F,
Graves DE, Friedman RA, Rossano JW. Outcomes of hospitalization in adults in the
United States with atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, and
atrioventricular septal defect. Am J Cardiol. 2011 Jul 15;108(2):290-3. Epub 2011
May 3. PubMed PMID: 21545985.
3: Nieto KG, Franklin WJ, Salazar J. A cyanotic patient with prosthetic tricuspid
valve thrombosis and primum atrial septal defect. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J.
2011 Apr-Jun;7(2):35-8. PubMed PMID: 21685846.
4: Ananaba IE, Hare JY, Franklin WJ. The pregnant patient with congenital heart
disease. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2011 Apr-Jun;7(2):9-12. Review. PubMed
PMID: 21685841.