Dala Zakaria

Associate Professor

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-02

faculty

Peds Pediatrics, College of Medicine

8 h-index 42 pubs 194 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Dala Zakaria, Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, focuses her research on congenital heart disease (CHD) and related outcomes in pediatric populations. Her work investigates risk factors for prolonged hospital stays following cardiac surgery, such as in children with coarctation of the aorta. Dr. Zakaria also studies the effectiveness of serial assessments of right ventricular function in detecting acute cellular rejection in heart transplant recipients and explores protein alterations in children undergoing specific surgical procedures like superior cavopulmonary anastomosis. Additionally, her research examines developmental language trajectories in children with critical CHD and the role of protein-losing enteropathy in failing Fontan circulations. Dr. Zakaria has published 44 papers, with an h-index of 8 and 192 citations. She collaborates with several researchers at her institution, including Murad Almasri, Markus S. Renno, Joshua Daily, and Stephen T. Dalby.

Metrics

  • h-index: 8
  • Publications: 42
  • Citations: 194

Selected Publications

  • Time to Formalize the Informal: Rethinking the 12-Month Research Requirement in Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship (2025)
  • Response to the Editor: On Great Expectations and the Realities of Research During Fellowship (2025)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Research Exposure and Training Among Pediatric Cardiology Fellows in the United States: A National Survey (2025)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Developmental language trajectories in children with critical CHD (2025)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Comparison of Echocardiographically-Calculated Fontan Fenestration Gradient and Catheter-Based Measurement (2024)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Quantitative plasma proteomic analysis in children after superior cavopulmonary anastomosis with pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (2024)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm with Resultant Myocardial Pouch Formation in the Fetal Heart—A Diagnostic Challenge (2024)
  • Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return to Coronary Sinus with Coronary Sinus Ostial Atresia and a Left Superior Vena Cava (2023)
  • Serial assessment of right ventricular function can detect acute cellular rejection in children with heart transplantation (2022)
    6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Coronary Sinus Ostial Obstruction in Single-Ventricle Congenital Heart Disease (2021)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Risk Factors for Increased Post-operative Length of Stay in Children with Coarctation of Aorta (2021)
    7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Development of a large venous collateral after post-operative Ostial pulmonary vein atresia: An unusual clinical course (2021)
  • A Fetal Presentation of a Ruptured Right Ventricular Diverticulum (2021)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex

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