Brian Hughes DO

Education

Postgraduate:
Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals
Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Dates: July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2021

San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium
Internship and Residency in Pediatrics
Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Dates: July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2015

Graduate:
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, (D.O.)
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
Kansas City, Missouri
Graduation Date: May 19, 2012

Undergraduate:
Bachelor of Science
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Lincoln, Nebraska
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; December 2006

Biography

Lieutenant Colonel Brian Hughes received his undergraduate degree from Nebraska Wesleyan University and then earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. He completed his Pediatric Internship and Residency at San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium. Dr. Hughes was a general pediatrician at Maxwell AFB prior to completing his Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at Children’s Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is board certified in General Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology. Dr. Hughes is an Assistant Professor at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and former Vice Chair and Director of the Education Division for the Pediatrics Department at USU. His research focuses are Inherited Cardiovascular Disease and Cardiogenetics. He is currently a Pediatric Cardiologist at Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio.

Representative Bibliography

Mazo Y, Pagani A, Hellwig LD, Gordon CJ, Vinson A, Schopp E, Hughes BN, Schacht JP, Hughes J, De Castro M, Haigney M, Walsh JC. Challenges in Interpretation and Reporting of Gross, Histologic, and Genetic Autopsy Findings: The Importance of Postmortem Genetic Testing and Multidisciplinary Teams. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2025 Sep 22. doi: 10.1097/PAF.0000000000001070. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40971148.

Stark C, Hughes BN, Schacht JP, Urbina TM. Decoding Hearts: Genetic Insights & Clinical Strategies in Congenital Heart Disease. NeoReviews. 2025 Feb 1;26(2):e73-e88. doi:10.1542/neo.26-2-010

Ferraro EM, Dorr MI, Nylund CM, Susi A, Hisle-Gorman E, Rajnik M, Hughes BN. Trends of Cardiac Complaints in Pediatric and Young Adult Populations During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. 2025; 12(4):138. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd12040138

Milissa U Jones, Stephanie A Richard, Allison M Malloy, Kirk N Liesemer, Rebecca Sainato, Joseph May, Brian Hughes, Rhonda E Colombo, Nikhil Huprikar, David Saunders, David Lindholm, Katrin Mende, Christina Schofield, Anuradha Ganesan, Erik R Johnson, Charles T Nguyen, Zachary S Turner, Mark P Simons, David Tribble, Robert O’Connell, Brian Agan, Timothy Burgess, Patrick W Hickey, Craig Dobson, Simon Pollett, Ryan Flanagan, 477. Characteristics and Long-Term Outcomes of Cardiac Complications of SARS-CoV-2 in Youth: Results from the EPICC YES C3 Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Module, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 10, Issue Supplement_2, December 2023, ofad500.547, https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad500.547

Pagani A, Hellwig LD, Dobson CP, Hughes BN, Schacht JP, Haigney M. Exercise-induced QTc prolongation and implications for military service members: A case series. HeartRhythm Case Reports. 2023;9(10):759-763. doi:10.1016/j.hrcr.2023.07.023

Hughes BN, Wakai RT, Zhang J, Simpson P, Strasburger JF. Late-Coupled Premature Ventricular Contractions Predict Mortality in Fetuses Evaluated by Fetal Magnetocardiography. JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology. 2023;9(8):1601-1603. doi:10.1016/j.jacep.2023.04.018

Hughes, Brian, Jacob Hogue, and David Hsieh. "Grip and Percussion Myotonia in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1." The Journal of Pediatrics 164.5 (2014): 1234-1234. Print.