UAMS Pediatrics

• Assistant Professor, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics

Sections

• Nephrology

Specialties

• Nephrology

Contact Information

• Email:	McNieceKarenL@uams.edu
  Phone:	501-364-1847
  Fax:	501-364-1780
  Address:	Arkansas Children's Hospital
  	1 Children's Way
  	Little Rock, AR 72202

Education

• B.A., Hendrix College, 1996
• M.D., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 2000
• M.P.H., University Of Texas-Houston, School of Public Health, 2008

Training

• Fellowship, Pediatric Nephrology, University of Texas-Houston, School of Medicine, 2003-2006
• Residency, Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 2001-2003
• Internship, Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 2000-2001

Licensure and Board Certification

• American Board of Medical Specialties, Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology
• American Board of Medical Specialties, Pediatrics, Pediatrics

Clinical & Research Interests

• Clinical Research, Epidemiology and Management of Pediatric Hypertension; Hypertensive Target Organ Damage; Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring; Obesity and related health outcomes

Recent Honors

• Best Doctors in America, Best Doctors, Inc, 2008
• Best Doctors in America, Best Doctors, Inc., 2009

Recent Publications

• Journal Article, Acosta AA;McNiece KL; Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: a versatile tool for evaluating and managing hypertension in children. Pediatr Nephrol 2008 Feb 23
• Journal Article, Gupta-Malhotra M., Dave A., Sturhan BC., McNiece K., Syamasundar RP., Portman R. Prevalence of undiagnosed congenital cardiac defects in older children. Cardiol Young 2008 Jun; :1 - 5.
• Journal Article, McNiece KL, Gupta-Malhotra M, Samuels J, Bell C, Garcia K, Poffenbarger T, Sorof JM, Portman RJ. Left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive adolescents: analysis of risk by 2004 National High Blood Pressure Education Program Working Group staging criteria. Hypertension 2007 Aug; 50(2):392 - 395.
• Journal Article, McNiece KL, Poffenbarger TS, Turner JL, Franco KD, Sorof JM, Portman RJ. Prevalence of hypertension and pre-hypertension among adolescents. J Pediatr 2007 Jun; 150(6):640 - 4, 644.
• Journal Article, McNiece KL, Portman RJ. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: what a pediatrician should know. Curr Opin Pediatr 2007 Apr; 19(2):178 - 182.
• Journal Article, Portman RJ, McNiece KL, Swinford RD, Braun MC, Samuels JA. Pediatric hypertension: diagnosis, evaluation, management, and treatment for the primary care physician. Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care 2005 Aug; 35(7):262 - 294.
• Journal Article, McNiece KL, Ellis EE, Drummond-Webb JJ, Fontenot EE, O'Grady CM, Blaszak RT. Adequacy of peritoneal dialysis in children following cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. Pediatr Nephrol 2005 Jul; 20(7):972 - 976.
• Journal Article, Belsha CW, Wells TG, McNiece KL, Seib PM, Plummer JK, Berry PL. Influence of diurnal blood pressure variations on target organ abnormalities in adolescents with mild essential hypertension. Am J Hypertens 1998 Apr; 11(4 Pt 1):410 - 417.

Recent Grant Awards

• Cardiovascular Risk Factor Surveillance Systems in Arkansas Youth, ACHRI/ABI, 1/1/2010-12/31/2010
• ABI Recruitment Package - SAF Money, ACHRI/ABI, 7/1/2007-6/30/2011
• An 8 day open-label, multiple-dose, multi-center study to evaluate the safety/tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of Aliskiren in hypertensive pediatric and adolescent patients 6-17 YO, Novartis, Spp100A; Study : 2256; Center: 1005, 11/1/2008-12/31/2010
• A Comparative Single-Dose Pharmacokinetic and Safety Study of TAK-491 Between Infants, Children, and Adolescents with Hypertension and Healthy Adults, Takeda, TAK-491_109, 3/3/2010-2/28/2011
• A Phase III, Randomized, Open-Label, Parallel-Group, Dose-Ranging Clinical Trial to Study the Safety and Efficacy of MK-0954/Losartan Potassium in Pediatric Patients with Hypertension, Parexel, 0954-337-00, 2/3/2009-6/30/2011