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Cardiac Surgeons
Cardiac Surgeons at Barnes-Jewish Hospital Ralph
J. Damiano, Jr., M.D.
William A. Gay, Jr., M.D.
Marc R. Moon, M.D.
Michael K. Pasque,
M.D.
Jennifer S. Lawton, M.D.
Scott C. Silvestry,
M.D.
Hersh S. Maniar M.D.
Cardiac Surgeons at Christian
Hospital
Nabil A. Munfakh,
M.D.
Sunil M. Prasad,
M.D.
Stefano Schena,
M.D., Ph.D.
Cardiac Surgeons at St. Louis Children's Hospital
Pirooz Eghtesady
M.D., Ph.D.
Ralph
J. Damiano, Jr., M.D.
Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., M.D., is the John M. Shoenberg Professor of Surgery
and chief of cardiac surgery at Washington University School of Medicine.
He received his medical degree from Duke University where he was elected to
Alpha Omega Alpha. He went on to complete both his general surgery and cardiothoracic
surgery training at Duke University Medical Center. During this time, Damiano
received a National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of
Health (NIH) for his work on the surgical treatment of arrhythmias.
Damiano’s first faculty appointment was at the Medical College of Virginia
from 1989 to 1996. During his tenure, he rose to associate professor of surgery
and was named director of the Surgical Electrophysiology and Cardiothoracic
Surgical Research Laboratories. He also was medical director of the Medical
College of Virginia/Richmond Memorial Hospital Heart Program.
In 1996, Damiano was appointed professor of surgery and chief of the Division
of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State
University. At Penn State, he also was co-director of the Cardiovascular Center
and was appointed professor of cellular and molecular physiology. In 2000,
Damiano was appointed chief of cardiac surgery in the Division of Cardiothoracic
Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine.
Damiano has authored more than 250 scientific publications. His major contributions
have been in the area of myocardial preservation during heart surgery, surgical
electrophysiology and minimally invasive cardiac surgery. He has been associate
editor of the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and
is on nine other editorial boards. He has been a member of the Surgery and
Biomedical Engineering Study Section at the NIH.
Damiano is a pioneer in the area of minimally invasive cardiac surgery. His
developmental work on robotically assisted microsurgery for coronary artery
bypass grafting (CABG) earned him a ComputerWorld Smithsonian Award
in June 1997. Damiano performed the first robotically assisted CABG procedure
in North America in December 1998. He completed the first prospective clinical
trial in the world on robotically assisted CABG.
He also has remained active in the surgical treatment of arrhythmias. His
team at Washington University is world renowned for its clinical and basic
research on the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation. The team recently
developed a less invasive procedure for atrial fibrillation that is more widely
applicable to patients with this arrhythmia.
Damiano was listed in Best Doctors
in America (Best Doctors, Inc.) in 2010.
Dr. Damiano’s CV
William A. Gay, Jr., M.D.
William A. Gay, Jr., M.D., is an emeritus professor of surgery in
the Cardiac Surgery Section of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
at Washington University School of Medicine.
Gay received his medical degree from Duke University in 1961. After
completing two years of his surgical residency at Duke University
Medical Center, he spent two years at the Clinic of Surgery, National
Heart Institute (now National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute),
as a clinical associate. He then returned to Duke where he completed
his residency in general and cardiothoracic surgery, culminating
in a year as a teaching scholar in cardiothoracic surgery from 1970
to 1971. He was certified by both the American Board of Surgery
and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery in 1971.
After completing his residency, Gay joined the faculty at Cornell
University Medical College in New York in July 1971 and achieved
full professorship in 1978. In 1984, he was appointed professor
and chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Utah
School of Medicine and remained in that position until 1992.
From 1990 to 1992, Gay also served as vice president for health
sciences at the University of Utah and chairman of the board of
University Hospitals and Clinics. From 1993 to 1995, he was professor
and chairman of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Albert
Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY. In 1995, Gay was named
professor of surgery in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at
Washington University School of Medicine. From 1997 to 2000, he
was the John M. Shoenberg Professor of Surgery and chief of cardiac
surgery. Upon his retirement from clinical practice in 2000, Gay
was succeeded by Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., M.D.
Gay was a director of the American Board of Surgery from 1989 to 1995 and
a director of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery from 1988 to 1993, serving
as vice chairman from 1993 to 1995 and chairman from 1995 to 1997. He now
serves the Board as executive director.
Dr. Gay’s CV
Marc R.
Moon, M.D.
Marc R. Moon, M.D., is the Joseph C. Bancroft Professor of Surgery in the
Cardiac Surgery Section of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Washington
University School of Medicine.
Moon received his medical degree from Wayne State University in 1988 and completed
his residency in general surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin from
1988-1995. His residency included training in vascular surgery at Oxford University
in England with Professor Peter Morris (1994), and he spent two years (1991-1993)
in the cardiovascular physiology laboratory at Stanford University with D.
Craig Miller, M.D. Moon’s investigative efforts focused on the pathophysiology
of mitral regurgitation and its surgical treatment, the effects of mechanical
left ventricular (LV) support and the development of endovascular stent technology
for the treatment of thoracic aortic disease. He returned to Stanford University
from 1995-1998 to complete his clinical cardiothoracic surgery residency under
Bruce Reitz, M.D., with specialized training in thoracic organ transplantation.
In 1998, Moon joined the faculty at Washington University School of Medicine.
He was promoted to associate professor in 2002 and to professor in 2005 and
was honored as the third Joseph C. Bancroft Professor of Surgery in 2008.
He has an active laboratory examining right-heart physiology in chronic pulmonary
hypertension. His goals are to develop a mathematical model of right atrial
(RA)-right ventricular (RV) function that can be used to predict the consequences
of isolated right-sided pathology and surgical procedures that rely heavily
on normal right-heart function for success (such as heart transplantation,
Maze procedure and Fontan operation).
In recognition of his academic excellence, Moon was awarded a Thoracic Surgery
Foundation Research Grant to study the pathophysiology and treatment of chronic
pulmonary hypertension. He also is a recipient of an NIH R01 grant entitled
"Right Heart Function in Pulmonary Hypertension with Beta-Antagonist
and Atrial Shunt."
Moon was named director of the Center
for Diseases of the Thoracic Aorta in December 2000 and program director of
the Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program in June 2004.
Moon was listed in Best Doctors
in America (Best Doctors, Inc.) in 2011.
Dr. Moon’s CV
Michael
K. Pasque, M.D.
Michael K. Pasque, M.D., is a professor of surgery in the Cardiac Surgery
Section of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Washington University
School of Medicine.
Pasque received his medical degree from the University of Oklahoma. He completed
a residency in general surgery at the University of California-Los Angeles
and a residency in cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Toronto. He
also completed a two-year research fellowship at Duke University. He is certified
by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.
Pasque has been the principal investigator on NIH-funded grants for over 20
consecutive years. During this period of uninterrupted NIH funding, his laboratory
effort has developed and validated a methodology to apply advanced mathematical
and engineering analyses to MRI-based cardiac geometrical datasets acquired
from patients in the clinical setting. These advanced MRI-based multiparametric
strain analyses have been clinically applied in patient subsets with a wide
range of cardiovascular disease states including ischemic, valvular and dilated
cardiomyopathies. Parallel to his primary area of research, Pasque has been
active in the design, development and testing of innovative ventricular assist
devices with a wide range of industry partners.
He also takes an active role in
the education and mentoring of cardiothoracic fellows. His primary clinical
role is now centered in donor organ procurement for heart and lung transplantation.
Pasque was listed in Best Doctors
in America (Best Doctors, Inc.) in 2011.
Dr. Pasque’s CV
Jennifer
S. Lawton, M.D.
Jennifer S. Lawton, M.D., is an associate professor of surgery in the Cardiac
Surgery Section of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Washington University
School of Medicine and an attending cardiothoracic surgeon at Barnes-Jewish
Hospital.
Lawton earned her medical degree from Hahnemann University where she was elected
to the Alpha Omega Alpha honorary society. She completed a general surgery
residency at the Medical College of Virginia (Virginia Commonwealth University)
and a residency in cardiothoracic surgery at Pennsylvania State University,
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. She joined the faculty at Washington University
School of Medicine in July 2001.
Lawton is certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board
of Thoracic Surgery. Her investigative interests include intraoperative myocardial
protection (specifically, the use of ATP-sensitive potassium channel openers),
myocyte volume regulation, cardiac electrophysiology and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.
Clinically, she is involved in adult cardiac surgery including coronary revascularization
(on or off cardiopulmonary bypass), valvular heart disease and the surgical
treatment of cardiac dysrhythmias (including the implantation of pacemakers
and of automatic cardioverter-defibrillators).
Lawton has 59 published manuscripts and has made numerous presentations at
national surgical meetings. She was listed in Best Doctors in America
(Best Doctors, Inc.) in 2011.
Dr. Lawton’s CV
Scott
C. Silvestry, M.D.
Scott C. Silvestry, M.D., is an
associate professor of surgery in the Cardiac Surgery Section of the Division
of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine and
an attending cardiothoracic surgeon at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
Silvestry received his medical degree
from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia. He
completed a research fellowship with the National Institutes of Health, a
general surgery residency at Duke University Medical Center and fellowships
in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, and in transplantation and ventricular
assistance, at Duke University.
Silvestry is certified by the American
Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. He joined the
faculty at Washington University School of Medicine in 2010 where he specializes
in heart transplants, heart failure, mechanical circulatory assist device
implants and other surgical treatment of heart disease at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
Dr.
Silvestry's CV
Hersh
S. Maniar M.D.
Hersh S. Maniar, M.D,. is an assistant
professor of surgery in the Cardiac Surgery Section of the Division of Cardiothoracic
Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine. He also is an attending
cardiac surgeon at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
Maniar received his medical degree from the University of Illinois School
of Medicine in Chicago, Ill.. He completed his general surgery residency at
The New-York Presbyterian Hospital, Cornell-Weill Medical Center, in New York
and fellowship training in cardiothoracic surgery at Washington University
School of Medicine in St. Louis. His specialties include adult cardiac surgery,
procedures to correct cardiac arrhythmias, coronary artery bypass, treatment
of valvular heart disease, and aortic surgery.
Dr. Maniar’s CV
Nabil A. Munfakh, M.D.
Nabil Munfakh, M.D., is a professor of surgery in the Cardiac Surgery Section
of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Washington University School
of Medicine and an attending cardiothoracic surgeon at Christian Hospital.
Munfakh earned his medical degree at the University of Michigan School of
Medicine where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honorary society. He
completed a general surgery residency at University of Kentucky Hospital,
taking a year to participate in cardiac research at Massachusetts General
Hospital. He then completed a residency in cardiothoracic surgery at the Medical
College of Virginia (Virginia Commonwealth University).
Munfakh is certified by both the American Board of Surgery and the American
Board of Thoracic Surgery. After spending seven years on the faculty at Louisiana
State University School of Medicine, he joined the faculty at Washington University
School of Medicine in 2001. His clinical interests encompass all aspects of
adult cardiac surgery, with particular interest in mitral valve repair
Munfakh was listed in Best Doctors
in America (Best Doctors, Inc.) in 2011.
Dr.
Munfakh’s CV
Sunil
M. Prasad, M.D.
Sunil Prasad, M.D., is an assistant
professor of surgery in the Cardiac Surgery Section of the Division of Cardiothoracic
Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine and an attending cardiothoracic
surgeon at Christian Hospital.
Prasad earned his medical degree
at the University of Illinois School of Medicine in Chicago, IL. He completed
his general surgery residency and a post-graduate research fellowship in cardiothoracic
surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
He is board certified in thoracic
surgery, and his specialties include adult cardiac surgery, coronary artery
bypass, heart failure, heart transplantation, artificial heart devices, and
research in advancing artificial heart technology.
Dr.
Prasad's CV
Stefano
Schena, M.D., Ph.D.
Stefano Schena, M.D., Ph.D., is
an assistant professor of surgery in the Cardiac Surgery Section of the Division
of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine and
an attending cardiothoracic surgeon at Christian Hospital.
Schena earned his medical degree
at the University of Bari Medical School, in Bari, Italy. He completed a residency
in cardiovascular surgery at the University of Bari, a surgical residency
at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a fellowship in cardiothoracic
surgery at Washington University School of Medicine.
He is board certified in surgery
and thoracic surgery and specializes in minimally invasive coronary and valve
surgery; thoracic and cardiovascular trauma; endovascular surgery; surgical
treatment of atrial fibrillation; and video-assisted and robotic thoracic
surgery.
Dr. Schena's CV
Pirooz
Eghtesady, M.D., Ph.D.
Pirooz Eghtesady, M.D., Ph.D., is chief of the Section of Pediatric Cardiothoracic
Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine and cardiothoracic surgeon-in-chief
at St. Louis Children's Hospital. He received his medical degree from the
UCLA School of Medicine. He was a general surgery resident at Stanford University
Hospital and completed his cardiothoracic surgery residency at The Johns Hopkins
Hospital. While completing his cardiothoracic surgery residency, he was the
Professor Alain Carpentier Service-Fellow in Cardiovascular Surgery at Broussais
Hospital, and the Professor Claude Planché Service-Fellow in Pediatric
Cardiac Surgery, Marie Lannelongue Hospital, in Paris, France, in 1999. He
also completed a pediatric cardiac surgery fellowship at U.C.S.F./Stanford
University Hospital in 2001-2002.
Along with his clinical interests, Eghtesady runs a research laboratory funded
by NIH and other extramural agencies that studies potential therapeutic fetal
cardiac interventions, with particular emphasis on novel uses of extracorporeal
circulation, as well as mechanisms of disease pathogenesis in aortic stenosis
and hypoplastic left heart syndrome. His internationally recognized investigative
work in fetal cardiopulmonary bypass led to recent appointment of Eghtesady
to the FDA Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory
Committee.
Dr.
Eghtesady's CV
Washington University physicians are the medical staff of Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children's Hospital
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