Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery - Faculty
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 James S. Tweddell, MD
Professor and Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery
S. Bert Litwin Chair in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery (CHW)
Training: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (MD), General Surgery, New York University Medical Center (Residency), Thoracic Surgery, Washington University Medical Center (Residency), Cardiothoracic Surgery Research, Washington University Medical Center (Fellowship)
Interests: Pediatric cardiothoracic surgery, heart and lung transplantation
Board Certification(s): General Surgery, Thoracic Surgery
Publications/Research: Click here for the Faculty Collaboration Database profile page
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G. Hossein Almassi, MD
Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Training: Pahlavi University School of Medicine, Shiraz, Iran (MD), General Surgery, University of Chicago (Residency), University of Illinois (Residency), Thoracic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals (Residency)
Interests: Minimally invasive and off pump coronary surgery, transmyocardial laser revascularization, Maze procedure for atrial fibrillation, thoracic aortic surgery, aortic dissection, heart remodeling for treatment of heart failure, general thoracic surgery
Board Certification(s): General Surgery, Thoracic Surgery
Publications/Research: Click here for the Faculty Collaboration Database profile page
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John E. Baker, PhD
Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Training: St. Thomas' Hospital Medical School, London (PhD)
Interests: Basic research on cardiovascular development and causes of cardiovascular diseases, Translational Research to improve clinical outcomes following cardiac surgery, Protection of the child’s cardiovascular system against injury from radiation
Publications/Research: Click here for the Faculty Collaboration Database profile page
Also see additional links: Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Toxicology
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Husam H. Balkhy, MD
Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Training: King Abdulaziz University College of Medicine (MD), General Surgery, Tufts New England Medical Center (Residency), Vascular Surgery, Lahey Clinic (Fellowship), Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tufts New England Medical Center (Fellowship)
Board Certification(s): Thoracic Surgery
Publications/Research: Click here for the Faculty Collaboration Database profile page
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Mario G. Gasparri, MD
Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Training: Medical College of Wisconsin (MD), General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Henry Ford Hospital (Residencies), Thoracic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin (Residency)
Interests: Esophageal cancer, lung cancer, and thoracic trauma
Board Certification(s): General Surgery, Thoracic Surgery
Publications/Research: Click here for the Faculty Collaboration Database profile page
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George B. Haasler, MD
Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Training: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (MD), General and Thoracic Surgery, Presbyterian Hospital, New York (Residency), Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery Research, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (Fellowship).
Interests: Esophageal cancer, lung cancer, lung transplantation, pleural diseases, emphysema, chest wall reconstruction, laser and stenting procedures
Board Certification(s): General Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Laser Surgery
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Mats Hidestrand, PhD
Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Training: Stockholm University, Sweden (MSc in Chemistry), Karolinska Institutet, Sweden (PhD in Molecular Toxicology)
Publications/Research: Click here for the Faculty Collaboration Database profile page
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David W. Johnstone, MD
Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Training: Northwestern University Medical School (MD), Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York (General Surgery Residency), Cornell University Medical Center, New York (Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency)
Board Certification(s): General Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Surgical Critical Care
Publications/Research: Click here for the Faculty Collaboration Database profile page
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R. Eric Lilly, MD
Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Training: Duke University School of Medicine (MD), Duke University (Internship, Residency, Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency, Fellowship)
Interests: Minimally-invasive heart valve surgery, mitral valve disease, aortic valve diseases, ascending aortic surgery, cardiac arrhythmia surgery, left ventricular remodeling, heart transplantation, ventricular assist devices, off-pump coronary artery surgery, multi-arterial coronary artery bypass grafting
Board Certification(s): General Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Publications/Research: Click here for the Faculty Collaboration Database profile page
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Robert B. Love, MD
Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Section Chief, Adult Cardiac Surgery
Training: Rush Medical College, Chicago (MD), General Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Residency), General and Vascular Surgery, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Oxford University, England (Fellowship)
Board Certification(s): Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, Surgical Critical Care
Publications/Research: Click here for the Faculty Collaboration Database profile page
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Aoy Tomita-Mitchell, PhD
Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Training: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, PhD, and Post-doctoral Fellow), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Post-doctoral Fellow)
Interests: Genetic etiology of congenital heart disease, high-throughput methodologies for genetic association studies
Publications/Research: Click here for the Faculty Collaboration Database profile page
See additional link: Human and Molecular Genetics Center
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Michael E. Mitchell, MD
Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Training: Harvard Medical School (MD), General Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School (Internship), General Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School (Residency), Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Hospital, Boston (Chief Resident), Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Fellowship)
Interests: Pediatric cardiothoracic surgery, heart and lung transplantation, minimally invasive surgery, adult congenital surgery
Board Certification(s): General Surgery, Thoracic Surgery
Publications/Research: Click here for the Faculty Collaboration Database profile page
See additional link: Human and Molecular Genetics Center
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Alfred C. Nicolosi, MD
Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Training: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (MD), General and Thoracic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals (Residency), Cardiovascular Surgery, Research, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (Fellowship)
Interests: Adult cardiac surgery, heart failure surgery, heart transplantation, mechanical circulatory support, thoracic aortic surgery, mitral valve repair, minimally invasive valve surgery
Board Certification(s): Thoracic Surgery
Publications/Research: Click here for the Faculty Collaboration Database profile page
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Daryl P. Pearlstein, MD
Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Training: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Tennessee (MD), University of Illinois Metropolitan Group Hospitals (Residency, General Surgery), University of Utah Affiliated Hospitals (Residency, Cardiothoracic Surgery)
Board Certification(s): General Surgery, Thoracic Surgery
Publications/Research: Click here for the Faculty Collaboration Database profile page
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Zahir A. Rashid, MD
Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Training: R. G. Kar Medical College, Calcutta, India (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Internship), Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Research, Bangladesh (Postgraduate Hospital), Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (General Surgery Fellowship), New York Medical College, Bronx, NY (General Surgery Residency and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship), Medical College of Wisconsin (Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Fellowship)
Board Certification(s): General Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care
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Mary Shimoyama, PhD
Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery
(Human and Molecular Genetics Center)
Training: University of Wisconsin Milwaukee (PhD, Medical Informatics)
Interests: Standardized vocabularies and ontologies for clinical, phenotype and genomic data. Integration of heterogeneous data types. Data mining and visualization tools for genomic and phenotype data. Data standards for environmental exposures, medical histories and phenotype measurements.
Publications/Research: Click here for the Faculty Collaboration Database profile page
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William B. Tisol, MD
Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Training: Michigan State University (MD), General Surgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine-St. Francis Hospital (Residency), Thoracic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals (Residency)
Interests: Surgery of the chest including the lungs, esophagus, mediastinum and chest wall; treatment of benign and malignant diseases of the lung, esophagus and mediastinum; and minimally invasive surgical techniques for diseases of the chest including hyperhidrosis
Board Certification(s): General Surgery, Thoracic Surgery
Publications/Research: Click here for the Faculty Collaboration Database profile page
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Ronald K. Woods, MD PhD
Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Training: College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign, IL (MD), University of Washington, Seattle (Internship and Residency), University of Missouri - Kansas City (Surgery Fellowship), University of Washington, Seattle (Thoracic Surgery Fellowship)
Board Certification(s): General Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Publications/Research: Click here for the Faculty Collaboration Database profile page
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