Training:

• Residency – Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Affiliated Hospitals
• Cardiology Fellowship – University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Affiliated Hospitals

Hospital Affiliations:

• Providence Health Center, Waco, Texas
• Baylor Scott & White – Hillcrest, Waco, Texas
• Coryell Memorial Hospital, Gatesville, Texas
• Falls Community Hospital, Marlin, Texas 
• Hill Regional Hospital, Hillsboro, Texas 
• Goodall-Witcher Hospital, Clifton, Texas  
• Parkview Regional Hospital, Mexia, Texas

Clinical Interests:

• Percutaneous Coronary Interventions for ACS and for stable coronary artery disease.
• Dyslipidemia and primary prevention of cardiovascular disease.
• Hypertension and primary prevention of cardiovascular disease.
• Atrial fibrillation, management options.
• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, screening & management.
• Congestive heart failure, management options.
• Adult congenital heart disease.

Original Publications:

• Preoperative left ventricular peak systolic pressure/end-systolic volume ratio and functional status following valve surgery in patients with mitral regurgitation and enlarged end-systolic volumes. 
  Pitts WR, Lange RA, Cigarroa JE, Hillis LD. Am J Cardiol. 1997 Jun 1;79(11):1493-7.
  
•  The “open artery hypothesis” in survivors of myocardial infarction. 
  Pitts WR, Cigarroa JE, Lange RA, Hillis LD. Clin Cardiol. 1997 Jun;20(6):522-4. Review. 
  
• Cocaine-induced myocardial ischemia and infarction: pathophysiology, recognition, and management. 
  Pitts WR, Lange RA, Cigarroa JE, Hillis LD. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 1997 Jul-Aug;40(1):65-76. Review. 
  
• Repeat coronary angiography in patients with chest pain and previously normal coronary angiogram. 
  Pitts WR, Lange RA, Cigarroa JE, Hillis LD. Am J Cardiol. 1997 Oct 15;80(8):1086-7. 
  
• Tricuspid and Pulmonic Valve Disease 
  Pitts WR, Hillis LD. In Current Practice of Medicine, Edited by Alpert JS. Philadelphia: Current Medicine, Inc. 1998: 561-566 
  
• Effects of the intracoronary infusion of cocaine on left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in humans. 
  Pitts WR, Vongpatanasin W, Cigarroa JE, Hillis LD, Lange RA. Circulation. 1998 Apr 7;97(13):1270-3. 
  
• Coronary arterial anatomy in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction without chest pain or previous myocardial infarction. 
  Pitts WR, Lange RA, Hillis LD, Cigarroa JE. Am J Cardiol. 1998 Dec 15;82(12):1530-1, A7. 
  
• Predictive value of prominent right atrial V waves in assessing the presence and severity of tricuspid regurgitation. 
  Pitts WR, Lange RA, Cigarroa JE, Hillis LD. Am J Cardiol. 1999 Feb 15;83(4):617-8, A10. 
  
• Platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor blockade: lessening the risk of coronary interventions. 
  Pitts WR, Lange RA. Thromb Haemost. 1999 Sep;82 Suppl 1:136-8. Review. Valvular Heart Disease Pitts, WR, Hillis LD. in Hospital Medicine, edited Wachter, RM, Goldman L, Hollander H. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Williams 2000: 251-261 
  
• Tricuspid and Pulmonic Valve Disease 
  Pitts WR, Hillis LD. in Cardiology for the Primary Care Physician, Edition 3. Edited by Alpert JS. Philadelphia: Current Medicine, Inc. 2001: 223-228