Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Surgery
·
2024 - Present
Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery,
Surgery
Recent Publications
A dedicated modular system for open-chest stabilization in thoracic transplantation.
Journal Article J Heart Lung Transplant · May 25, 2026 Delayed chest closure is frequently required following heart and lung transplantation due to graft edema, bleeding, size mismatch, or hemodynamic instability, yet current open-chest management strategies rely largely on improvised spacers with recognized m ... Full text Link to item CiteThe Importance of Patient Life Expectancy.
Journal Article Ann Thorac Surg · April 18, 2026 Full text Link to item CiteRelative Importance of Timing vs Size of Preoperative Stroke for Valve Operation in Infective Endocarditis.
Journal Article Ann Thorac Surg · April 2026 BACKGROUND: The optimal timing of operation for infective endocarditis with preoperative stroke remains unclear. METHODS: Adults undergoing an operation for acute aortic or mitral valve infective endocarditis were reviewed from our institutional database f ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
REvascularization CHoices Among under-Represented Groups Evaluation (The RECHARGE Trial)
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Weill Cornell Medicine · 2024 - 2034Randomized comparison of the clinical Outcome of single versus Multiple Arterial grafts: the ROMA trial.
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Weill Cornell Medicine · 2023 - 2033RECHARGE Hybrid: Revascularization of Underrepresented Groups with minimally-invasive CABG plus PCI
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education · 2025 - 2027View All Grants
Education
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Medical School ·
2010
M.D.
Emory University ·
2005
B.S.