Viktor Hraska, MD, PhD

Medical Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; Surgical Director, Herma Heart Institute; Professor and Chief, Pediatric Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin

Locations

Herma Heart Institute
9000 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53226

Biography

Dr. Hraska is a world-renowned pediatric cardiovascular surgeon who brings vast clinical, teaching and research expertise to his new roles with our organization. He trained in Czechoslovakia, Slovakia and Germany and at Boston Children’s Hospital – completing residencies in anesthesia, cardiology, surgery and vascular surgery, and fellowships in cardiac surgery and pediatric cardiac surgery. Dr. Hraska regularly lectures worldwide on pediatric cardiac surgery topics and has published extensively, including books, book chapters and articles. He served as surgeon-in-chief for the German Pediatric Heart Center in Sankt Augustin, Germany, and he is the Congenital Heart Disease chair of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, an organization dedicated to raising standards for operative outcomes through research and training in Europe.

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Certifications

Congenital Heart Surgery

Specialties

Cardiology
Cardiovascular Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgery

Languages

English
German
Slovakian
Russian

Double-orifice (DO) repair of Ebstein tricuspid valve: Just DO it!

(Woods RK, Hraska V.) J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Feb;157(2):e51.
Aortic stenosis of the neonate: A single-center experience.

(Vergnat M, Asfour B, Arenz C, Suchowerskyj P, Bierbach B, Schindler E, Schneider M, Hraska V.) J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Jan;157(1):318-326.e1.
Multiple Ventricular Septal Defects - Strategy, Sandwich, and Vanishing Bands.

(Hraska V, Woods RK.) Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019;31(1):97-98.
A new method for implanting a total artifical heart in the patient with a Fontan circulation.

(Woods RK, Niebler R, Kindel S, Troshynski T, Joyce LD, Hraska V.) J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Jan;157(1):353-355.
Hybrid palliation as a bridge to biventricular repair in critical aortic stenosis with coarctation.

(Handler SS, Buelow M, Bergstrom C, Frommelt PC, Hraska V.) Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Nov 08.
Isolated Left Innominate Artery: Diagnosis of a Rare Aortic Arch Anomaly.

(Spearman AD, Hraska V, Goot BH.) World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2018 11;9(6):708-709.
360-Degree Cone Reconstruction for Ebstein's Anomaly.

(Mitchell ME, Hraska V, Kouretas PC.) Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Sep;106(3):e155-e158.
Total Artificial Heart Using Bilateral Paracorporeal Pulsatile Ventricular Assist Devices in an 8.2-kg Child.

(Woods RK, Kindel SJ, Mitchell ME, Hraska V, Niebler RA.) Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 06;105(6):e255-e257.
Multiple mechanical support modalities and cardiac transplantation in a young child with corrected transposition.

(Woods RK, Neibler RA, Kindel SJ, Mitchell ME, Tweddell JS, Hraska V.) J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 May;155(5):e161-e163.
Invited Commentary.

(Hraska V, Woods RK.) Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 03;105(3):829.
Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Children With Single Ventricle After Total Cavopulmonary Connection.

(Vahsen N, Bröder A, Hraska V, Schneider M.) Klin Padiatr. 2018 01;230(1):24-30.
The World Database for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery A Call to Service for North American Congenital Heart Surgery Programs.

(St Louis JD, Timkovich N, Lenderman S, Jonas RA, Guleserian KJ, Tchervenkov CI, Jacobs JP, Austin EH, Plunkett MD, Myers JL, Hraska V, Sinha P, O'Brien JE Jr, Jacobs ML, Kirklin JK.) Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Summer;31(2):230-233.

Viktor Hraska, MD, PhD