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WashU Medicine Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Delivering the highest quality care to patients with heart & lung disease. @WashUSurgery
St. Louis, MO
Joined September 2021
It is our honor to welcome #WashUCardiac's new Section Chief Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD, to our division and the @WashUSurgery family. Learn more about the leading cardiac surgeon with expertise in transcatheter therapies and minimally invasive techniques:
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#FlashbackFriday: In 1983, Alec Patterson, MD, his colleague, Joel Cooper, MD, and their team performed the first-ever successful single-lung transplant in Toronto. In 1991, Patterson arrived at @WashUSurgery and helped direct one of the first lung transplant programs in the U.S.
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We're so proud to see two of our #WashUCardiothoracic alumni working and thriving together at @CUDeptSurg! On this special day, Jessica Rove, MD, (left) performed a heart transplant while Simran Randhawa, MBBS, (right) performed a bilateral lung transplant.
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A round of applause for our graduating clinical fellows Whitney Brandt, MD, Linda Schulte, MD, Tara Semenkovich, MD, MPHS, and Erin Schumer, MD, MPH! We are thrilled to see these female cardiothoracic surgeons impact the field and revolutionize patient care. Congratulations!
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#WashUCardiac fellow Linda Schulte, MD, joined the #WashUPediatricCT team to present a technique for a complete, combined Tetralogy of Fallot/complete atrioventricular septal defect repair. Read in @wjpchs:
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A brief statement from #WashUCardiothoracic Chief Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., MD, regarding the Presidential Address at #STS2023:
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We are still so thrilled about last week's Thoracic Surgery Fellowship Match Day news. We can't wait to welcome Rodrigo Zea, MD, (@BCM_Surgery) and Michael Napolitano, MD, (@GWHospital) to the next chapter of their training in St. Louis!
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#WashUCardiothoracic is incredibly happy to formally celebrate Dr. Kaneko's establishment as the John M. Shoenberg Chair in Cardiovascular Disease!.
Yesterday, @WashU_CT and The Foundation for @BarnesJewish celebrated the establishment of Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD, as the John M. Shoenberg Chair in Cardiovascular Disease. Congratulations, Dr. Kaneko and thanks to all who attended the event!
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The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery is thrilled to welcome our newest addition to the team. Please welcome Whitney Brandt, MD, to the Section of Thoracic Surgery! Read more about Dr. Brandt.
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We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Tsuyoshi Kaneko to the #WashUCardiothoracic family and are eagerly awaiting his arrival in St. Louis. For additional updates and information on Dr. Kaneko's role in our division, keep an eye on our feed in the next couple of weeks.
Sad day for me. Leaving @BrighamSurgery @BrighamThoracic after 11years and 3months. I thank all the people who helped me grow over the years. At the same time, I’m looking forward to the new chapter in St. Louis! @WashU_CT
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We are incredibly proud to announce Varun Puri, MD, MSCI, has been named chief of the Section of Thoracic Surgery. Congratulations, Dr. Puri! Read more from @WashUSurgery:
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The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery is proud to announce the results of the 2023 Thoracic Surgery Fellowship Program match! We welcome Daniel Harris, MD, PhD (@HopkinsMedicine), as our new thoracic fellow and Sujay Kulshrestha, MD @LoyolaHealth), as our new cardiac fellow!
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#WashUCardiac fellow Linda Schulte, MD, and Spencer Melby, MD, showcased that a posterior band should be favored over a complete ring for degenerative mitral regurgitation in their latest invited expert opinion article in #JTCVS (@AATSJournals)
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Happy #MatchDay! Matthew Johnson, MD (@ClevelandClinic), and Yosuke Sakurai, MD (@MUSOMWV), will join us in 2025 for our two-year, @acgme-accredited Thoracic Surgery Fellowship program. Congratulations and we can’t wait to meet you in St. Louis!
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Today, we honor the dedicated female faculty and trainees of #WashUCardiothoracic. Happy #NationalWomenPhysicians day and thank you for all that you do!
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#WashUCardiothoracic fellow Lauren Barron, MD, collaborates with @BCMHouston's Marc Moon, for their commentary: "Atrial Fibrillation: Surgeons Can Do More Than Operate" Read in @AATSJournals:
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Happy #ThankaResident Day to all of our dedicated fellows training within the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery! @GoldFdtn
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We are so happy to welcome @WUSTLmed alum, @WashUSurgery graduate and former fellow Matthew Schill, MD, to the #WashUCardiothoracic faculty!
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Our new #WashUCardiothoracic Mechanical Circulatory Support fellow Erin Schumer, MD, MPH, and colleagues presented the first report of proton beam therapy to treat lung cancer in a patient with a #LVAD during her training at @MayoClinicCVS:
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Meet the latest addition to the #WashUCardiothoracic family, #WashUCardiac's new Section Chief Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD. Read more about Dr. Kaneko's expansive clinical expertise, research interests, and innovations on his in-depth faculty profile:
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This afternoon, #WashUCardiac's Muhammad Faraz Masood, MD, and Matthew Schill, MD, led a lunchtime talk, organized by @WUSTLmed's Cardiovascular Interest Group, to expose medical students to the world of cardiothoracic surgery and connect them with mentors within the specialty.
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Doctor. Cardiothoracic Surgeon. Surgical Director. Associate Professor. Co-Director. There are many ways to refer to Puja Kachroo, MD, and on this #NationalWomenPhysiciansDay, #WashUCardiothoracic celebrates her groundbreaking work and impact on the field!
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The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery is honored to welcome two of the most recent additions to our dedicated family of surgeons. Takashi Murashita, MD, and Alexander Brescia, MD, MSc, are remarkable cardiac surgeons and we are thrilled they've joined us here in St. Louis.
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In the first part of this contemporary review, #WashUCardiac Section Chief Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD, joins surgeons from around the nation to briefly overview aspects of adult cardiac surgery for clinicians outside the specialty:
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The Cox-Maze procedure, the first curative procedure for atrial fibrillation, was developed by Professor Emeritus James Cox, MD. In 2002, Ralph Damiano Jr. MD, pioneered the minimally invasive Cox-Maze IV procedure, which is recognized as the gold standard for AFib treatment.
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#FastFact: #WashUCardiothoracic's G. Alexander Patterson, MD, Joseph C. Bancroft Professor of Surgery, is the Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (@AATSJournals).
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Puja Kachroo, MD & Ruben Nava, MD, have been elected to the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (@AATSHQ). Members have a proven record of distinction in CT surgery & make significant contributions to the care and treatment of patients worldwide. Congratulations!
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The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at @WashUSurgery & @WUSTLmed has a long tradition of excellence in patient care, research, and surgical training. Learn about our history in the #WashUCardiothoracic 2023 Annual Report:
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“There are multiple exciting innovations that are occurring in the field of cardiac surgery. My goal is for Wash U to lead these innovations.".-Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD.
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#WashUCardiothoracic would like to extend a warm welcome to the newest member of our division, Amit Pawale, MD! Pawale will serve as Surgical Director of the Heart Transplant, VAD and ECMO Program at @WUSTLmed and @BarnesJewish:
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Last Friday, @WashUSurgRes celebrated its graduating chiefs at its year-end gatherings. Among them were #WashUCardiothoracic's incoming fellows, Jason Gauthier, MD, Ali Khiabani, MD, MHA, and Melanie Subramanian, MD. Excellent job, Doctors!
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.@WashUSurgRes trainees Steven Tohmasi, MD, and Louisa Bai, MD, have posters on display at @STS_CTsurgery's #STS2024 today. Dr. Tohmasi will be on hand for discussions about his team's research.
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Welcome to the new @WashU_CT account! The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery provides leading-edge medical and critical care, research and training while being pioneers in developing treatments for lung and heart diseases. Learn about our division:
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Please join us in congratulating Louisa Bai, MD, on being this year's recipient for @AATSHQ's C. Walton Lillehei Award! This prestigious award for surgical trainees in cardiothoracic surgery was given to Dr. Bai for her work under the mentorship of Dr. Ruben Nava.
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The Washington University and @BarnesJewish Transplant Center is home to a dedicated team of heart surgeons who provide life-changing transplants. Meet the team here: #HeartMonth
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Congratulations to @WashUSurgRes chief residents Jason Gauthier, MD, Ali Khiabani, MD, MHA, and Melanie Subramanian, MD, on their matches for our #WashUCardiothoracic Fellowship! 🎉
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#WashUCardiothoracic would like to congratulate @WashUGenSurg resident and member of Dr. Kreisel's lab Louisa Bai, MD, who was awarded the @STS_CTsurgery Looking to the Future Scholarship! A reception for scholarship recipients will be held tonight to kick off #STS2023.
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The American Association for Thoracic Surgery called upon experts, including #WashUPediatricCT surgeons Jacob Miller, MD, and Pirooz Eghtesady, MD, PhD, to update treatment guidelines for tetralogy of Fallot:
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#DidYouKnow @WashUSurgRes trainees are able to tailor their surgical training to focus on a specialty (such as cardiothoracic surgery) through the ABS-approved Flexibility in Surgical Training Program? Read more about the program:
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#WashUCardiothoracic Chief Ralph Damiano, Jr., MD, pioneered the minimally invasive Cox-Maze IV procedure for the treatment of atrial fibrillation. View a simplified explanation of the procedure from @WUSTLmed's Outlook Magazine from 2011 (Thanks @BeckerLibrary!):
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We are incredibly proud to announce that #WashUCardiac surgeon Matthew Schill, MD, received a travel grant from the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (@AATSHQ) Foundation to study atrial fibrillation surgery at another center. Congratulations Dr. Schill!
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Thoracic surgery fellow Ali Khiabani, MD, MHA (@Ali_KhiabaniMD) and #WashUCardiac's Amit Pawale, MD (@AmitPawaleMD) recently had their editorial on ECMO use for cardiogenic shock published in the January 2024 issue of @JAHA_AHA. Read here:
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#WashUCardiothoracic was honored to welcome back Dr. Kouchoukos for his namesake research day. "His legacy at @WashUSurgery lives through his philanthropy, both for his research fellowship and his endowment that helps fund our research mission." - Ralph Damiano Jr., MD.
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Just published in @TheLancet: #WashUCardiac Chief Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD, and colleagues from across the country assess the safety and efficacy of redo-TAVR with balloon-expandable valves in a national registry.
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#DidYouKnow: #WashUCardiothoracic chief and surgical innovator Ralph Damiano Jr., MD, developed the Cox-Maze IV procedure, a minimally invasive treatment of atrial fibrillation.
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The inaugural editorial from Alec Patterson, MD, #WashUCardiothoracic Joseph Bancroft Professor and new Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (@AATS_Journals), is now available:
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Dr. Shuddhadeb Ray and his team at @Christian_Hosp recently performed the first robotic minimally-invasive direct coronary artery bypass procedure in Missouri. Congratulations to Dr. Ray and the team for working to bring this advanced robotic procedure to patients at CHNE!
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Puja Kachroo, MD, joined former cardiac chief and @bcmhouston’s Mark Moon, MD, to write an editorial on type A aortic dissection for the @Texas_Heart Institute Journal. Read the open-access article here:
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Kouchoukos, Damiano, and Kaneko have been at the heart of life-changing innovations in cardiothoracic surgery. Learn the story behind the John M. Shoenberg Chair in Cardiovascular Disease at The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital:
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#WashUCardiothoracic recently welcomed Dr. Emile Bacha (chief of cardiac, thoracic & vascular surgery at @ColumbiaUniversity, director of congenital & pediatric cardiac surgery at New York-Presbyterian Congenital Heart Center) as our Burford-Ferguson Visiting Professor.
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Our cardiothoracic surgeons have arrived at @STS_CTsurgery #STS2024! This full day of meeting activities kicks off with participation from Ralph Damiano Jr., MD, Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD, and Benjamin Kozower, MD, MPH.
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#DidYouKnow: Since 1988, #WashUCardiothoracic surgeons at @BarnesJewish, such as Varun Puri, MD, MSCI, and Bryan Meyers, MD, have completed over 1,900 lung transplantations, making the hospital one of the most active lung transplant centers in the world.
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Congratulations to @WashUSurgRes's Nikki Rosetti, MD, & Hailey Shepherd, MD, for taking first place at this year's Samuel Wells Resident Research Competition for their work with #WashUThoracic surgeons Varun Puri, MD, MSCI, Benjamin Kozower, MD, MPH, and Daniel Kreisel, MD, PhD!
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.@WashUSurgRes trainees honored Whitney Brandt, MD, with the 2023 Gregario A. Sicard Fellow Teaching Award at last week's award ceremony. Dr. Brandt was awarded this honor for her commitment to the education & training of surgical residents. Congratulations Dr. Brandt!
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It was an honor and a privilege to have you, Dr. Schumer! Louisville is gaining an amazing doctor!.
Walking into my last day as a trainee! Thank you @WashU_CT @WashUSurgery @AmitPawaleMD @MFarazMasood @KunalKotkarMD for an incredible🫀failure year! Heading back to @UofL_cts @UofLHealth @uofl as assistant professor in adult cardiac surgery!
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This #WashUCardiac study is the largest experience with stand-alone Cox-Maze IV procedure for atrial fibrillation (AF) in the world. Our team found that this procedure, developed here at WashU, has excellent late outcomes. @AATSJournals.
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Trainees in the #WashUCardiothoracic's Thoracic Surgery Fellowship program, like Matthew Schill, MD, gain a wealth of knowledge and experience during their time in the program.
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Horatio Caraval, MD, incoming @WashUSurgRes intern and post-doc researcher in the Eghtesady Lab, led an investigation into midterm outcomes after heart transplant in children with genetic disorders. Read online ahead of print in @annalsthorsurg:
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Medical student Paighton Miller joined Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD, Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., MD, and Puja Kachroo, MD, to share that the outcomes of double-valve surgery for infective endocarditis are improving in the modern era. Read in #JTCVS @AATSJournals:
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Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD, and his colleagues from @BrighamWomens and @YaleMed compared postdischarge outcomes between valve-in-valve transcatheter mitral valve replacement and reoperative surgical mitral valve replacement:
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The Office of Education at @WUSTLmed extended a shout out to @WashUSurgRes's Katharine Caldwell, MD, for her quick problem solving to bring a pair of donor lungs back to St. Louis for a life-saving transplant. Excellent work, Dr. Caldwell!
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#WashUCardiac surgeon Alexander Brescia, MD, MSc, and the Michigan Mitral Research Group presented real-world outcomes for degenerative mitral regurgitation surgery with and without tricuspid annuloplasty. Read online ahead of print in @annalsthorsurg:
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In their recent simulation lab experience, our fellows had the opportunity to temporarily implant LVADs, troubleshoot the devices using VR goggles, simulate peripheral ECMO cannulation, and get hands-on practice using percutaneous artery closure devices.
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Editor-in-Chief of #JTCVS (@AATSJounals) and #WashUThoracic surgeon Alec Patterson, MD, and his coauthors showcase the publication's policies and best practices and offers insight and expert advice for writing impactful papers:
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.@WashUSurgRes's Louisa Bai, MD, received a Young Investigator Award at the 2023 American Transplant Congress (@ATCMeeting) for her presentation on Maintenance of Lung Graft Tolerance is Dependent on Continuous Recruitment of Foxp3+ Cells to Allografts. Congratulations Dr. Bai!
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It was an honor to welcome Dr. Fernandez back to St. Louis for his lecture. We are extremely proud of everything he has accomplished since his time as a fellow in our program.
#WashUSurgery was honored to welcome back @WashUSurgRes & @WashU_CT fellowship alum Felix Fernandez, MD, MSc, for the inaugural G. Alexander Patterson Lecture in Thoracic Surgery. The lectureship honors Fernandez's longtime mentor & cardiothoracic surgery pioneer, Dr. Patterson.
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#WashUCardiothoracic alum Simran Randhawa, MD, @WashUSurgRes's Sophia Roberts, MD, and faculty member Varun Puri, MD, MSCI, collaborated to discuss disparities in lung transplantation:
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Puja Kachroo, MD, will present “The Evolution of Aortic Root Surgery: The when, the how, and the now” at @WashUCardiology's Grand Rounds tomorrow!
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In the final day of #AATS2022, thoracic surgery fellow Lauren Barron, MD, closed out #WashUCardiothoracic's participation at the meeting with her abstract presentation on emotional exhaustion in thoracic surgery trainees. Great job to everyone who submitted and presented work!
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Kunal Kotkar, MD, and colleagues from throughout the U.S. and Canada studied the outcomes of a thoracotomy-based surgical approach to left-ventricle assist device implantation. Read online @AATSJournals:
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#WashUCardiac surgeons Kotkar, Masood, Kaneko, Damiano, and Pawale present a complex case of a patient w/ severe tricuspid valve regurgitation due to ruptured papillary muscle in a patient w/ mediastinitis early after heart transplant:
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Meet #WashUCardiac surgeon Muhammad Faraz Masood, MD. Dr. Masood treats a variety of cardiac conditions at @BarnesJewish's Heart & Vascular Center. Learn more about his clinical practice:
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Whitney Brandt, MD, joined @WashUSurgRes ACS-AEI fellow Tiffany Brocke, MD, to lead surgical trainees through a VATS skills lab in the WISE center last week.
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The 2022 @stlouisshock Symposium was a success! 🫀 So many fantastic keynote lectures and sessions. Thanks to all who attended!
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In an article published this summer, #WashUThoracic's Bryan Meyers, MD, MPH, joined @MSKCancerCenter, @ClevelandClinic & @vumchealth to see if N-acetylcysteine could reduce the incidence of post-op #AFIB after thoracic surgery:
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#WashUCardiac's Amit Pawale, MD, joined colleagues from @NMCardioVasc & @UTHealthSA to study the prognostic value of serum sodium in left ventricular assist device (LVAD) patients. Online ahead of print in @asaiojournal:
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#WashUThoracic fellow Matthew Schill, MD, and #WashUCardiac assistant professor Puja Kachroo, MD, joined together to summarize surgical options for aortic root aneurysm disease. Find the article in @CO_Cardiology:
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Our specialized team of pediatric cardiothoracic surgeons provides care for infants and adolescents with a variety of congenital and acquired heart and lung conditions. Learn about our team's approach to care:
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Louisa Bai, MD, (@WashUSurgRes) was named a finalist in the C. Walton Lillehei Resident Forum and will be presenting her team's work on lung reperfusion injury. Good luck, Dr. Bai! #AATS2023
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Thank you to Dr. Donald Glower, Jr. for a great Burford-Ferguson lecture on functional mitral regurgitation last week!
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Four consecutive years of #WashUThoracic fellows in one picture! We're so happy that @KateEEngelhardt, incoming fellow Mike Napolitano, MD, @melsub89, and Whitney Brandt, MD, had a chance to unite at #GTSC23 (@GenThorSurgClub) earlier this month!
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Melanie Subramanian, MD, and Bryan Meyers, MD, MPH, examined existing literature on single and bilateral lung transplantation to help answer the question of which approach is preferable. Read the review here:
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At a ceremony held on February 13, 2023, Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD, was formally installed as the John M. Shoenberg Chair in Cardiovascular Disease. Read our story about his installation:
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In #JTCVS: a team of our #WashUCardiac researchers defined the efficacy of the Cox-Maze IV procedure in patients with giant left atria. Read the findings here: @AATSJournals
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The $22 million grant from @NIH will help #WashUThoracic's Daniel Kreisel, MD, PhD, and his colleagues in @WUSTLMed and @MassGeneralNews research if a novel immunosuppressant can reduce the risk of rejection after a lung transplant. Read more:.
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Why #WashUCardiac? Our cardiac surgeons offer the latest advances in heart surgery, aortic surgery, and atrial fibrillation treatment while also leading one of the highest-volume heart failure programs in the world. Read more about cardiac care at WashU:
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Amit Pawale, MBBS, Kunal Kotkar, MD, and Muhammad Faraz Masood, MD, joined @WUSTLPCCM faculty to highlight the physiological benefits of veno-pulmonary ECMO for COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome:
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Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD, joined the #WashUCardiac team as our new section chief. Read more about his arrival in the Department of Surgery 2022 Annual Report:
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In this open access article in #JTCVS (@AATSJournals), #WashUCardiothoracic surgeon Puja Kachroo, MD, and her team evaluated the impact of aortic valve effective height following valve-sparing root replacement:
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#WashUPediatricCT's Jacob Miller, MD, joined a national team of pediatric cardiologists and surgeons to produce a guide for pediatricians treating children who have undergone surgery for single ventricle congenital heart defects:
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It was amazing to see so many #WashUCardiothoracic alumni presenting research, serving as moderators, and discussants, as well as instructing surgeons during courses in San Antonio for @STS_CTsurgery's #STS2024. We're so proud of everything they've accomplished!
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Corresponding author Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD, and his colleagues from @BrighamWomens analyzed the long-term clinical and echocardiographic outcomes of surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis:
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Lung cancer staging, mitral valve surgery, heart-lung transplants and recovery, structural heart interventions, and neonatal care are the focuses of today's presentations and abstracts featuring our faculty and trainees at #AATS2023.
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Incoming @WashUSurgRes intern Paighton Miller, thoracic fellowship alum Linda Schulte, MD, and Kunal Kotkar, MD, presented a case of successful repair of a left ventricular rupture using a hemostatic suture-free patch device.
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“This is perhaps the most prestigious research award for surgical trainees in cardiothoracic surgery,” Daniel Kreisel, MD, PhD, said of @AATSHQ Lillehei Award winner & @WashUSurgRes's Louisa Bai, MD. “We are extremely proud of Louisa.” Read more:
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Did you know that since the program's inception in 1990, #WashUPediatricCT surgeons in the Pediatric Lung Transplant Program at @STLChildrens have performed more than 400 lung and heart-lung transplants?
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Online ahead of print: @WashUSurgRes's Steven Tohmasi, MD, and Varun Puri, MD, MSCI, provided an editorial commentary on the findings of the JCOG0802 and CALGB 140503 trials:
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#WashUCardiothoracic fellow Jason Gauthier, MD, and Benjamin Kozower MD, MPH, present a commentary on the use of stereotactic body radiation therapy utilized with resection surgery for lung cancer. Read in @AATS_Journals #JTCVS:
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Starting in January 2022, #WashUThoracic's Alec Patterson, MD, will serve as the new Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery #JTCVS @AATSJournals:
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