University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital Positions
Pediatric Cardiologist
Cardiologist

Other Related Positions Currently Held
- Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Minnesota
- Research Associate, Lillehei Heart Institute, University of Minnesota

Board Certifications
Pediatrics
Pediatric Cardiology

Sees Patients At
University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital (The Heart Center)
Pediatric Specialty Clinic (Minneapolis)
University of Minnesota Physicians Pediatric Specialty Clinic (St. Paul)
Specialty Clinic for Children (Burnsville)

Clinical Interests
Adolescents and young adults with heart disease
Cardiac genetics
Congenital heart disease
Echocardiography
General pediatric cardiology
Pregnancy in patients with heart disease

Education
Medical School
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Site of Residency
Oregon Health Services (Pediatrics)

Sites of Fellowship
Oregon Health Services (Physiology and Pediatric Cardiology)
University of Minnesota (Pediatric Cardiology)

Awards and Honors
Best Doctors in America^®, 2009-2010
Best Doctors in America^®, 2007-2008
March of Dimes Basil O’Connor Scholar
American Heart Association Scientist Development Award
University of Minnesota Clinical Scholar Award
Elected Member of the Society for Pediatric Research

Research Interests
Adult congenital heart disease
Normal heart development
Genetic and molecular causes of congenital heart disease

Selected Recent Publications
Person, A.D.; Beiraghi, S.; Sieben, C.M.; Hermanson, S.; Neumann, A.N.; Robu, M.E.; Schleiffarth, J.R.; van Bokhoven, H.; Mazzeu, J.F.; Petryk, A.; Brunner, H.G.; Ekker, S.C.; Lohr, J.L.. "Wnt5a Mutations Cause Autosomal Dominant Robinow Syndrome." Developmental Dynamics, 2010 Jan: 239(1): 327-37.

Bartlett, H.; Escalera, R.; Patel, S.; Wedemeyer, E.; Volk, K.; Lohr, J.; Reinking, B. "Echocardiographic Assessment of Cardiac Morphology and Function in Xenopus" in press Comparative Medicine Dec. 2009.

Brick, K.; Chen, X.;  Lohr, J.; Schmidt, A.; Kidder, L.; Pew, W.  "rh-BMP-2 Induced Expression of Key Bone Formation Genes in Infected Segmental Defects" in the Rat. Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research. (2009).467:3096-3103.

Schleiffarth, J.R.; Person, A.D.; Martinsen, B.J.; Neumann, A.N.; Sukovich, D.J.; Jarcho, M.P.; Baker, C.V.H.; Lohr, J.L.; Cornfield, D.N.; Ekker, S.E.; Petryk, A. "Wnt5a is required for normal cardiac outflow tract development." Pediatric Research 2007 Apr. 61(4):386-91.

Hyatt, B.A.; Resnik, E.R.; Johnson, N.S.; Lohr, J.L.; Cornfield, D.N.. “Lung Specific Developmental Expression of Xenopus laevis Surfactant Protein C and B Genes” Gene Expr Patterns. 2007; 7:8-14. Epub 2006 May 5.

Wanner, Sarah; Danos, Maria; Lohr, Jamie; Miller, Jeff. "Molecular Cloning and Expression of Ena/Vasp-like (Evl) during Xenopus development", Gene Expression Patterns, 2005, 5:423-428.

Hills Christine;  Moller James H.; Finkelstein, Marsha;  Lohr, Jamie; Schimmenti, Lisa. "Cri du Chat Syndrome and Congenital Heart Disease: A Review of Previously Reported Cases and Presentation of an Additional 21Cases from the Pediatric Cardiac Care Consortium." Pediatrics 2005.

Martinsen Brad J.; Neumann, Ann N.; Frasier Allison J.; Baker Clare V.H.; Krull, Catherine E.; Lohr, Jamie L; "PINCH-1 in Early Avian Embryogenesis: Implications for Neural Crest and Heart Development Developmental Dynamics" Jan. 2006 Cardiovascular Development Issue.

Martinsen, Brad J; Frasier, Allison J; and Lohr Jamie L.  "Cardiac Neural Crest Ablation Alters Id2 Gene Expression in the Developing Heart" (2004).  Developmental Biology 272(1) 176-190.

Martinsen Brad J; Groebner Nathan J; Frasier, Allison J; and Lohr, Jamie L.  "Expression of cardiac neural crest and heart genes isolated by modified differential display."  Gene Expr Patterns, 2003, Aug.:3(4):407-11.

Lohr, Jamie L. and Yost, H. Joseph. "Vertebrate Model Systems in the Study of Heart Development: Xenopus and Zebrafish" American Journal of Medical Genetics (Seminars in Medical Genetics) Winter 2000, 97:248-257.

Angelo, S.*; Lohr, J.*; Lee, K.H.; Ticho, B.; Breitbart, R.; Yost H.J.; Srivastava, D. "Conservation of Sequence and Expression of Xenopus and Zebrafish dhand During Cardiac, Branchial Arch and Lateral Mesoderm Development" Mechanisms of Development 2000; 95 231-237.