Timothy Bricker died on 14 May 2013 in Houston. Dr. Bricker was born in Ohio in 1952. He graduated with honors from Malone College in Canton, Ohio, in 1972, and he obtained his medical degree from The Ohio State University Medical School in 1976. His pediatric residency, chief residency, and cardiovascular fellowship were done at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston. In 1983, Tim joined the Baylor College of Medicine pediatric faculty, and in 1992 he was named Chief of Pediatric Cardiology. He also obtained an MBA degree at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business in 2002. In 2004, he was recruited to the University of Kentucky Medical School as Chairman of Pediatrics. Dr. Bricker returned to Houston in 2011 as Chief of Pediatric Cardiology at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital and as Director of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at The University of Texas Medical School in Houston.
Figure. J. Timothy Bricker, MD, Photograph by Ken Hoge, Texas Heart Institute.
Tim Bricker was an outstanding educator and clinician. He mentored dozens of trainees in pediatric cardiology. Students of all levels were drawn to him because of his kind and gentle teaching style and his encyclopedic fund of knowledge. While Chief of Pediatric Cardiology at Baylor College of Medicine, he led one of the largest and most respected clinical, research, and training programs in the United States. He co-edited the major textbook of pediatric cardiology and authored more than 100 research papers. In behalf of the Texas Heart Institute Journal, Tim served on our Editorial Board for 12 years—from 1992 through 2004. He will be missed as a leader of pediatric cardiology, not only in the Texas Medical Center, but nationally and internationally as well.
James T. Willerson, MD
President and Medical Director, Texas Heart Institute; and Editor-in-Chief, Texas Heart Institute Journal