Dala Zakaria

Associate Professor

UAMS

Also affiliated: Arkansas Children's Hospital (2014–2026); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2023)

Faculty Researcher

Peds Pediatrics, College of Medicine

8 h-index 46 pubs 203 cited

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Dala Zakaria is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Her research focuses on pediatric cardiology, with a particular emphasis on congenital heart defects and outcomes following cardiac procedures. Zakaria has investigated risk factors associated with prolonged hospital stays in children with coarctation of the aorta and the utility of serial assessment of right ventricular function in detecting acute cellular rejection in pediatric heart transplant recipients.

Her work also explores specific complications in single-ventricle congenital heart disease, such as coronary sinus ostial obstruction and protein-losing enteropathy in the failing Fontan circulation. Additionally, Zakaria has contributed to understanding language development trajectories in children with critical congenital heart disease and has conducted research on the training experiences of pediatric cardiology fellows. Her scholarship metrics include an h-index of 8, with 42 total publications and 194 citations.

Metrics

h-index: 8
Publications: 46
Citations: 203

Selected Publications

Pulmonary Comorbidities in Children and Young Adults with Fontan Circulation: The Limitations of General Cardiology Clinics Compared with Dedicated Fontan Clinics (2026)

Pediatric Cardiology DOI OpenAlex
Time to Formalize the Informal: Rethinking the 12-Month Research Requirement in Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship (2025)

Pediatric Cardiology DOI OpenAlex
Response to the Editor: On Great Expectations and the Realities of Research During Fellowship (2025)

Pediatric Cardiology 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Research Exposure and Training Among Pediatric Cardiology Fellows in the United States: A National Survey (2025)

Pediatric Cardiology 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Developmental language trajectories in children with critical CHD (2025)

Cardiology in the Young 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Comparison of Echocardiographically-Calculated Fontan Fenestration Gradient and Catheter-Based Measurement (2024)

Pediatric Cardiology 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Quantitative plasma proteomic analysis in children after superior cavopulmonary anastomosis with pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (2024)

Pediatric Research 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm with Resultant Myocardial Pouch Formation in the Fetal Heart—A Diagnostic Challenge (2024)

Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease DOI OpenAlex
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return to Coronary Sinus with Coronary Sinus Ostial Atresia and a Left Superior Vena Cava (2023)

SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
Serial assessment of right ventricular function can detect acute cellular rejection in children with heart transplantation (2022)

Pediatric Transplantation 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
Coronary Sinus Ostial Obstruction in Single-Ventricle Congenital Heart Disease (2021)

JACC Case Reports 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Risk Factors for Increased Post-operative Length of Stay in Children with Coarctation of Aorta (2021)

Pediatric Cardiology 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
Development of a large venous collateral after post-operative Ostial pulmonary vein atresia: An unusual clinical course (2021)

Progress in Pediatric Cardiology DOI OpenAlex
A Fetal Presentation of a Ruptured Right Ventricular Diverticulum (2021)

Pediatric Cardiology 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Pseudoaneurysm of the mitral‐aortic intervalvular fibrosa following endocarditis and aortic valve surgery in an infant—Case report and exhaustive systematic review of pediatric cases (2020)

Echocardiography 9 citations DOI OpenAlex