Lee A. Pyles, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Mayo Mail Code 94
420 Delaware St. SE
Minneapolis, MN  55455
Phone: (612) 626-2755
Fax: (612) 626-2467
pyles001@umn.edu

Dr. Lee A. Pyles, MD, FAAP, FACC is an Assistant Professor Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Cardiology and Director of the Pediatric Cardiology Specialty Clinic at Children’s Hospital in St. Paul.

Dr. Pyles received his M.D. from West Virginia University School of Medicine. He completed a residency in Pediatrics and a fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Minnesota. He was a member of the faculty at West Virginia University from 1990 until 1998 when he joined the University of Minnesota faculty.

Dr. Pyles is a pediatric cardiologist interested in clinical, echo and catheter diagnosis of congenital heart disease.  Dr. Pyles is a member of Best Doctors in America and Twin Cities Magazine Best Doctors.  He is Privacy and Security Officer for University of Minnesota Physicians and is interested in use of the internet and electronic health records to improve outcomes for children with heart disease as well as emergency care for complex children.

Selected Publications

Pyles LA,  Hines C, Patock M, et al. Development of a Web-based Database to Manage American College of Emergency Physicians/ American Academy of Pediatrics Emergency Information Forms. In Press, Academic Emergency Medicine March 2005.

Moller, JH, Hills CB, Pyles LA. A multicenter cardiac registry.  A method to assess outcome of catheterization intervention or surgery. In press, Progress in Pediatric Cardiology, 2005.

American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Wiebe RA, Barlow BA, Foltin GL, Heath BW,Hodge D, McCloskey KA, Pyles LA, Mulligan-Smith D, Yeh TS. Emergency Preparedness for Children with Special Health Care Needs. Pediatric Epages Oct. 1999.

American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine,  Role of Pediatricians in Advocating Life Support Training Courses for Parents and the Public, Knapp JF, MD, Chairperson Thomas Bojko T, Dolan MA, Furnival RA, Krug SE, Mulligan-Smith D, Ruddy RM, Shaw KN,  Pyles LA, MD, Pediatrics Vol. 114 No. 6 December 2004, pp. 1676.

Lee A. Pyles, Jane Knapp and the Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Technical Report: Role of Pediatricians in Advocating Life Support Training Courses for Parents and the Public Pediatrics 2004; 114: e761-e765. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]