Manhasset, New York, United States
Professor of Surgery, Surgical Director of Lung Transplantation, North Shore University Hospital, Zucker School Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, NY (8/2024-present) Professor of Surgery, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine and Science (2020-2024) Consultant in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic (2017-2024) Chair, Dept of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic Florida (July 2017-2023) Director of Heart, Lung Transplant and Circulatory Assist Devices and ECMO programs, Univ of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (2013-2017) Director of Heart/Lung Transplant and Artificial Heart Programs at Jackson Memorial Hospital (1998-2013) Former Professor of Surgery (Tenured) Univ of Miami Miller School of Medicine 1 Former Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami . Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (1992-1998) Certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, American Board of Surgery (General Surg.) American Board of Surgery (Surgical Critical Care) B.S. in Chemistry (Magna Cum Laude) Lebanon Valley College (Annville, PA) M.D, University of Pittsburgh (1983) Residency in General and Cardiac surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Moron, Moron, Argentina. Doctor of Science (hon.), Lebanon Valley College (2022) Before joining the University of Miami in 1998, was the director of the Adult Heart Transplant Program at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for 6 years, and director of thoracic transplant research laboratory at the same institution. Was on the team that performed the successful combined heart/liver transplant operation on Robert Casey, Sr., the late Governor of Pennsylvania in 1993. Published more than 230 scientific papers. Received grants from the national institute of health (NIH), American Heart Association, American Lung Association, Transplant Foundation. Made several seminal contributions to the field of heart/lung transplantation. His team was the first to use tacrolimus (Prograf) to prevent rejection in heart/lung transplant recipients. Pioneered in the use of donor bone marrow to prevent rejections in heart and lung recipients. Received the Award for Excellence in Medical Research by the Vietnamese American Medical Research Foundation in 2005, and the Health Care Heroes Award by the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce in 2007. Specialties: Cardiothoracic Surgery; Heart Transplant; Lung Transplant; Circulatory Assist Devices; ECMO
Director of Heart Lung Transplant and Mechanical Assist Device Programs