Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology
Executive Chairperson, Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Dr. Dougherty graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina with highest honors in 1973. She received her medical degree and completed her residency training at The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas from 1978-1981. She completed her cardiology and electrophysiology fellowship training at The University of Texas Medical School in Houston, Texas where she was appointed professor of cardiology in 2001. Dr. Dougherty is the recipient of many honor and awards, including Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Service at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in 1996, 1997 YWCA Outstanding Women of Achievement-Medicine, Science and Technology Award and American Heart Association’s Paul Dudley White Award 1997-1998. She is past president of both the Houston Cardiology Society and the Houston Electrophysiology Society. A reviewer for five peer review journals including Journal of American College of Cardiology, Dr. Dougherty is also an abstract grader for the American Heart Association.
Her clinical interests include electrophysiology, pacing, and ablation of cardiac arrhythmias.
Current research projects include “Dual chamber and VI Implantable (DAVID) II Trial”; and “Advancements in ICD Therapy (ACT) Registry”; and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy – Follow-Up and Outcomes.”
Dr. Dougherty is the author of 46 original articles, 60 abstracts, 58 invited articles, 16 book chapters and more than 129 other professional communications.
