CURRICULUM VITAE

JOHN V. CONTE, Jr., MD, FACS

Contact Information

(Home)

2903 Mount Snow Court

Ellicott City, MD  21042

jvconte@verizon.net

(Work)

Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgery

Tidal Health System Peninsula Regional

100 E, Carrol St

Salisbury, MD              21801

John.conte@tidalhealth.org

410-546-1353

System Chair, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Vice Chair, Heart Institute             

Geisinger Health System

100 N Academy Ave.

Danville PA 17822

570-271-6466

jvconte@geisinger.edu

Work Experience

7/1/1995 -7/31/1998               University of Maryland Medical Center

                                          Division of Cardiac Surgery

8/1/1998 – 7/31/17              Johns Hopkins University Medical Center

                                          Division of Cardiac Surgery

8/1/17- 7/31/20              Penn State University Milton S. Hershey School of Medicine

                                          Division of Cardiac Surgery

                                          Heart and Vascular Institute

8/1/20- 8/1/23                            Geisinger Health System

                                          Department Cardiothoracic Surgery

                                          Heart and  Vascular Institute

8/1/23 - present              Geisinger Health System              (Locum Tenens)

                                          Department Cardiothoracic Surgery

                                          Heart and  Vascular Institute

8/18/23- present              Tidal Health System

                                          Department Cardiothoracic Surgery

Faculty Appointments and Positions

Current Appointments

Tidal Health System               (8/16/23 to present)

Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgery

Geisinger Health System              (8/1/20 to present)

System Chair Cardiac Surgery

Vice-Chair Heart Institute

Director Geisinger Cardiac Surgery Network

Chair Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine Appointment and Promotions Committee

Member Geisinger Committee on Physician Liability Review Committee

Director Geisinger Cardiac Surgery Physician Assistant Surgical Residency

Editor Geisinger Heart and Vascular Institute newsletter

Member Heart and Vascular Research Oversight Committee

Previous Appointments

Penn State University Milton S. Hershey School of Medicine

Professor of Surgery (8/1/17- 8/31/20)

Director Cardiac Surgery Network and Outreach (8/1/17- 8/31/20)

Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery              (10/1/17 to 8/31/20)

Associate Director Heart and Vascular Institute (8/1/17- to 8/31/20)

Associate Director Thoracic Surgery Residency (8/1/17- to 8/31/20)

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Professor of Surgery (8/1/98 -7/31/17)

Surgical Director Structural Heart Disease Program (2011-7/31/17)

Director Affiliate Cardiac Programs (2010- 7/31/17)

Associate Director Division of Cardiac Surgery (2005-2017)

Director Mechanical Circulatory Support (1998-2012)

Director of Heart Transplantation (1998-2012)

Director of Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation (1998-2008)

Director of Cardiac Surgery ICU Fellowship (2008-2014)

Director Cardiac Surgery Simulation Laboratory (2011-2015)

Director Advanced Cardiac Surgery Fellowship (2007-2011)

Director Advanced Cardiac Surgery Fellowship

Co-Founder Johns Hopkins University Transcatheter Valve Fellowship (2014-2017)

Assistant Professor of Surgery (1998 - 2000)

Associate Professor of Surgery (2000-2006)

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Staff Surgeon

Suburban Hospital 7/1/2006 – 6/30/2009

University of Maryland Medical Center

Assistant Professor of Surgery (7/1/1995 – 7/30/1998)

Director of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Director Mechanical Circulatory Support

University of Maryland School of Medicine

EDUCATION, TRAINING AND LICENSURE

Undergraduate             

Providence College, Providence Rhode Island

B.S.  Biology (magna cum laude) – 1981

Graduate             

Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

M.S. Physiology – 1983

Medical School                           

Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

M.D. 1986

Post Graduate Medical Training

Georgetown University Hospital – General Surgery

7/1986 - 6/1988                            Resident, Department of Surgery

7/1988 - 6/1989                            Cardiovascular Research Fellow, Department of Surgery

7/1988 - 6/1989                            ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) Fellow

Departments of Surgery and Neonatology

7/1989 - 6/1991                            Resident, Department of Surgery

7/1991 – 6/1992                            Chief Resident, Department of Surgery

Stanford University Medical Center – Cardiothoracic Surgery

7/1/1992 - 6/30/1994              Resident, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

7/1/1994 - 6/30/1995              Chief Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation

Board Certification

              Federation of State Medical Boards Diplomate,               1987              Passed 6/16/87

              American Board of Surgery,                                                         1993,              Certificate #38384

              American Board of Thoracic Surgery,                             1997,               Certificate #5934

2007,               Recertification

2017,              Recertification

Licensure

              Virginia                                          1986-1988               (initial)                             0116000921

1987-1992              (residency)               0101041383

              California                                          1992-1995               (residency)              A-51939

              District of Columbia                             1989-2000               (residency)              MD18240

              Maryland                                          1995 - present                              D47828

              Pennsylvania                                          2017 – present                            MD462165

Florida                                                        2020 – present                            ME144967

ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

1. Conte JV, Foegh ML, Calcagno D, Wallace RB, Ramwell PW:  Peptide inhibition of myointimal proliferation following angioplasty in rabbits.  Transplant Proc 1989; 21:  3686-3689

2. Asotra S, Foegh ML, Conte JV, Cai BR, Ramwell PW:  Inhibition of 3H-Thymidine incorporation by angiopeptin in the aorta of rabbits by after balloon angioplasty.  Transplant Proc 1989; 21:  3695-3699

3. Zhao Y, Conte JV, Cai BR, Kagan E. Katz NM, Foegh ML:  Feasibility of serial fine needle aspiration biopsies to monitor dog single lung allografts.  Transplant Proc 1989; 21:  3653-3654

4. Conte JV, Foegh ML, Calcagno C, Ramwell PW, Wallace RB:  Inhibition of angioplasty induced myointimal hyperplasia with angiopeptin.  Surg Forum 1989; XL:  302-303

5. Conte JV, Arcomano TA, Naficy MA, Holt RW:  The treatment of bleeding stomal varicies.  Dis Colon Rectum 1990; 33: 308-314

6. St. Louis J, Corcoran PJ, Rajan S, Conte JV, Wolfinbarger L, Jianfi H, Lange PL, Wang YN, Hilbert SL, Analouei A, Hopkins RA:  Effects of warm ischemia following harvesting of allograft cardiac valves.  Eur J Cardiothoracic Surg 1991; 5: 458-564

7. Calcagno D, Howell MH, Conte JV, Foegh ML:  Peptide inhibition of neointimal hyperplasia in vein grafts.  J Vasc Surg 1991; 13: 475-479

8. Conte JV, Katz NM, Foegh ML, Wallace RB, Ramwell PW:  Iron chelation therapy and lung transplantation:  The effects of desferoxamine on lung preservation in canine single lung transplantation.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1991; 101:  1024-1029

9. Conte JV, Katz NM, Wallace RB, Foegh ML:  Long term lung preservation with the PAF antagonist BN52021.  Transplantation 1991; 51:  1152-1156

10. Kiernan PD, Conte JV, Petri R, O’Hara K, Byrne WD, Fulcher TM, Najib A:  Thoracic esophageal perforations at a Virginia Hospital 1979-1990.  Va Med Q. 1992; 119: 102-104

11. Conte JV, Gomes MN:  Congenital arteriovenous malformations of the chest wall.  Surg Rounds 1992; 15:  591-596

12. Kiernan PD, Sheridan MJ, Byrne WD, Fulcher TM, Conte JV, Corcoran PC, Pagani F, Seigel L:  Resection for esophageal carcinoma at a Virginia hospital 1981-1989.  Va Med Q. 1992; 120: 33-36.

13. Foegh ML, Asotra S, Conte JV, Howell M, Kagan E, Verma K, Romwell PW:  Early inhibition of myointimal proliferation by angiopeptin after balloon catheter injury in the rabbit.  J Vasc Surg 1994; 19: 1084-1091

14. Reichenspurner HR, Girgis RE, Robbins RC, Conte JV, Rajan VN, Valentine V, Berry GJ, Morris RE, Theodore J, Reitz BA:  Obliterative bronchiolitis after lung and heart-lung transplantation.  Ann Thorac Surg 1995; 60:  1845-1853

15. Conte JV, Reichenspurner HR, Robbins RC, Valentine VG, Theodore J, Starnes V, Shumway NE, Reitz BA.  Pediatric heart-lung transplantation:  intermediate term results.  J Heart Lung Transplant 1996; 15:  692-9.

16. Girgis RE, Tu I, Berry GJ, Reichenspurner H, Valentine VG, Conte JV, Ting A, Johnstone L, Miller J, Robbins RC, Reitz BA, Theodore J:  Risk factors for the development of obliterative bronchiolitis after lung transplantation.  J Heart Lung Transplant 1996; 15:  1200-1208

17. Wang J, Juhaszova M, Conte JV, Gaine SP, Rubin LJ, Yuan X-J:  Action of Fenfluramine on voltage-gated K+ channels in human pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells.  Lancet 1998; 352:  290

18. Sonett, JR, Conte JV, Orens JB, Krasna M:  Removal and repositioning of permanent expandable wire stents in bronchial airway stenosis after lung transplantation.  J Heart Lung Transplant 1998; 17:  328-330

19. Conte JV, Gaine SP, Orens JB, Harris T, Rubin LJ:  The influence of continuous intravenous prostacyclin on the timing and outcome of transplantation for primary pulmonary hypertension.  J Heart Lung Transplant 1998; 17:  679-685

20. Yuan XJ, Aldinger AM, Juhaszova M, Wang J, Conte JV, Gaine SP, Orens JB, Rubin LJ:  Dysfunctional voltage-gated K+ channels in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells of patients with primary pulmonary hypertension.  Circulation 1998; 98:  1400-1406 

21. Conte JV:  Thoracic transplantation in 1998.  MD Med J 1998; 47:235-240

22. Attar S, Conte JV, McLaughlin JS:  Primary cardiac tumors.  Penn Thorac Surg 1998; 6:  34-38

23. Kavesh NG, Olsovsky MR, Freudenberger RS, Conte JV, Peters RW, Shorofsky SR, Gold MR:  Intravenous Amiodarone suppression of electrical storm refractory to chronic oral amiodarone.  Pace 1999; 22:  665-667 

24. Soriano CM, Gaine SP, Conte JV, Fairman RP, White C, Rubin LJ.  Anastomotic pulmonary hypertension after lung transplantation for primary pulmonary hypertension:  report of a surgical correction.  Chest.  1999 Aug; 116(2):564-6.

25. Song H, Conte JV, Foster AH, McLaughlin JS, Wei C:  Increased p53 protein expression in human failing myocardium. J Heart Lung Transplant 1999; 18:  744-749

26. Conte JV, Orens JB:  Lung transplantation in a Jehovah’s Witness.  J Heart Lung Transplant 1999; 18: 796-800

27. Conte JV, Ferber LR, Borja MC, Alexander C, May E Yang SC, Orens JB.  Lung transplantation from dialysis dependent donors.  J Heart Lung Transplant.  2000; 19:894-96

28. Conte JV, Baumgartner WA:  Overview and future practice patterns in cardiac and pulmonary preservation.  J Card Surg.  2000; 15:91-107

29. Rosas I, Conte JV, Yang SC, Gaine SP, Borja M, Wigley FM, White B, Orens JB:  Lung transplantation for systemic sclerosis.  Ann Transplant 2000; 5:38-43.

30. Yang SC, Conte JV: Finer techniques in lung transplantation.  Transplant Proc.  2000; 32: 1521-2.

31. Brock, MV, Borja MC, Ferber L, Yang SC, Orens JB, Anzeck RA, Krishnan J, Yang SC, Conte JV:  Induction therapy in lung transplantation:  A comparison of OKT3, ATGAM and Daclizumab.  J Heart Lung Transplant 2001; 20:1282-90.

32. Brock MV, Salazar J, Cameron DE, Baumgartner WA, Conte JV:  The changing profile of the cardiac donor.  J Heart Lung Transplant. 2001; 20:1005-9.

33. Conte JV, Borja MC, Patel CB, Yang SC, Jhaveri RM, Orens JB:  Lung transplantation for primary and secondary pulmonary hypertension.  Ann Thorac Surg.  2001; 72:1673-9.

34. Jhaveri RM, Conte JV:  Management of Perioperative Right Ventricular Failure.  Problems in Anesthesia. 2001; 13:248-65

35. Studer SM, Orens JB, Rosas I, Krishnan J, Cope KA, Yang SC, Conte JV, Becker PB, Risby TH:  Patterns and significance of exhaled-breath biomarkers in lung transplant recipients with acute allograft rejection.  J Heart Lung Transplant.  2001; 20:1158-66.

36. Caparelli DJ, Cattaneo SM, Brock MV, Conte JV:  Aortic and mitral valve disruption following nonpenetrating chest trauma.  J Trauma.  2002; 52:377-9.

37. Chang PP, Sussman MS, Conte JV, Grega MA, Schulman SP, Gerstenblith G, Wang NY, Capriotti A, Weiss JL:  Postoperative ventricular function and cardiac enzymes after on-pump versus off-pump CABG surgery.  Am J Cardiology.  2002; 89:1107-10.

38. Padia SA, Orens JB, Conte JV:  Descending thoracic aortic aneurysm resection after single-lung transplantation.   Surgical Rounds.  2002; June: 292-4.

39. Caparrelli DJ, Shake JG, Cattaneo SM, Chang BY, Baumgartner WA, Conte JV:  Heterotopic abdominal heart transplantation: a pilot study.  Curr Opin Card.  2002; 17:145-151.

40. Conte JV, Jhaveri RJ, Borja MC, Orens JB: Combined heart single-lung transplantation:  A unique operation for unique patients.   J Heart Lung Transplant.  2002; 21:1250-3

41. Conte JV:  Invited commentary on “Heart-Lung Transplantation for Eisenmenger’s Syndrome – Early and Long Term Results by Stoica et al.”  Ann Thorac Surg.  2001; 71: 1891

42. Baldwin WM III, Armstrong LP, Samaniego MD, Rahimi S, Kasper EK, Conte JV, Rodriguez ER, Hruban RH:  Anti-thymocyte globulin treatment is associated with complement deposition in early cardiac transplant biopsies.  J Heart Lung Transplant.  2001; 20:155-6.

43. Conte JV:  Discussion of “Seventeen-Year Experience with 1083 Heart Transplants at a Single Institution” by Marelli et al.,   Ann Thorac Surg.  2002; 74:1567

44. Conte JV:  Invited commentary on “Pulmonary vein gas analysis for assessing of donor lung function” by Azziz et al.  Ann Thorac Surg.  2002 ; 74:1604-5

45. Gerhardt SG, Tuder RM, Girgis RM, Yang SC, Conte JV, Orens JB:  Pulmonary eosinophilia following lung transplantation for sarcoidosis in to patients.  Chest.  2003; 123:629-32.

46. Conte JV, Baumgartner WA.  Commentary on cadaveric-donor recovery at a hospital-independent facility.  Transplantation.  2002; 15:931-2.

47. Bolton JS, Padia SA, Borja MC, Becker P, Orens JB, Wiener C, Yang SC, Conte JV: The predictive value and inter-observer variability of donor chest radiograph interpretation in lung transplantation.  Eur J Cardiothoracic Surg. 2003; 23:484-7

48. Fitton TJ, Bethea BT, Borja M, Yuh DD, Yang SC, Orens JB, Conte JV:  Pulmonary resection following lung transplantation.  Ann Thorac Surg. 2003; 76:1680-5.

49. Padia SA, Borja MC, Orens JB, Yang SC, Jhaveri RM, Conte JV:  Tracheostomy following lung transplantation predictors and outcomes.  Am J Transplant. 2003; 3:891-5.

50. Gerhardt SG, McDyer JF, Girgis RE, Conte JV, Yang SC, Orens JB.  Maintenance azithromycin therapy for bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome:  results of a pilot study.  Am J Resp Crit Care Med.  2003; 168:121-5.

51. Strobeck J, DiDonato M, Costanzo MR, Conte JV.  Importance of shape and surgically reshaping the left ventricle in ischemic cardiomyopathy. Congest Heart Fail. 2004; 10:4553.

52. Fitton T, Wei C, Lin R, Bethea B, Barreiro C, Amado L, Gage F, Hare J, Baumgartner W, Conte JV.  Impact of 24 hour continuous hypothermic perfusion on heart preservation by assessment of oxidative stress.  Clin Transplant. 2004; 18: Suppl 12:22-7.

53. Bowdish ME, Arcasoy SM, Wilt JS, Conte JV, Davis, RD, Garrity ER, Hertz ML, Orens JB, Rosengard BR, Barr ML.  Surrogate markers and risk factors for chronic lung allograft dysfunction.  Am J Transplant.  2004; 4:1171-8. 

54. Merlo CA, Studer SM, Conte JV, Yang SC, Sonnett J, Orens JB:  The course of neurofibromatosis (NF-1) on immunosuppression after lung transplantation:  Report of two cases. J Heart Lung Transplant.  2004; 23:774-6.

55. Hirsch GA, Johnston PV, Conte JV, Achuff SC:  Mycotic aortocoronary saphenous vein graft aneurysm presenting with unstable angina pectoris.  Ann Thorac Surg.  2004; 78:1456-8.

56. Gelvin MJ, Rivard DJ, Albaugh MA, Conte JV.  Use of the A-Med Paraflow System for right heart support after heart transplantation.  ASAIO J 2004; 50:522-23.

57. Conte JV.  Surgical ventricular restoration:  Technique and outcomes.  Congest Heart Fail 2004; 10: 248-51.

58. Hagberg RC, Safe HJ, Sabik J, Conte JV, Block JE:  Improved intraoperative management of anastomotic bleeding during aortic reconstruction:  results of a randomized controlled trial. Am J Surg.   2004; 70:307-11

59. Natori S, Conte JV, Lima JAC, Bluemke DA:  Magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of surgical ventricular restoration.   Ann Thorac Surg. 2005 Aug; 80(2):743.

60. Levine SM, Maurer JR, Barbers RG, Cohen NM, Conte JV, Kotloff RM, Levy RD, Meyer KC, Singer LG.  A survey of clinical practice of lung transplantation in North America. Chest.  2004; 125: 1224-38

61. Doyle RL, McCrory DC, Channick RN, Simonneau G, Conte JV.  Surgical treatments/interventions for pulmonary arterial hypertension:   ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guideline.  Chest  2004: 126:63S-71S

62. Tapson V, Frantz RP, Conte JV, McLaughlin V.  Protocols in heart and lung transplantation:  an essential guide to preoperative assessment and timing to improve outcomes.  Adv Pulm Hypertension.   2004; 3: 20-5

63. Kittleson M, Ye SQ, Irizarry RA, Minhas KM, Edness G, Conte JV, Parmigiani G, Miller LW, Hall JL, Garcia JG, Hare J.  Identification of a gene expression profile that differentiates ischemic and nonischemic cardiomyopathy.  Circulation 2004; 110:3444-51

64. Baldwin WM III, Armstrong LP, Samaniego MD,  Rahimi S, Zachary AA, Conte JV, Hruban RH , Rodriguez ER. Anti-thymocyte globulin treatment is associated with complement deposition in cardiac transplant biopsies.  Hum Immunol 2004; 65:1273-80

65. Kittleson M, Minhas KM, Irizarry RA, Ye SQ,  Edness G, Breton E, Conte JV, Tomaselli G,  Garcia JG, Hare J.  Gene expression in giant cell myocarditis: Altered expression of immune response genes. Int J Cardiol. 2005 Jul 10;102(2):333-40

66. Kittleson M, Minhas KM, Irizarry RA, Ye SQ,  Edness G, Breton E, Conte JV, Tomaselli G,  Garcia JG, Hare J.  Gene expression analysis of ischemic and nonischemic cardiomyopathy: shared and distinct genes in the development of heart failure. Physiol Genomics. 2005 May 11; 21(3):299-307.

67. Fitton TP, Barriero CJ, Wei CM, Gage F, Rodriguez R, Conte JV. Attenuation of DNA damage in canine hearts preserved by continuous hypothermic perfusion. Ann Thorac Surg. 2005;80:1812-20

68. Rodriguez ER, Skojec DV, Tan CD, Zachary AA, Kasper EK, Conte JV, Baldwin WM.  Antibody mediated rejection in human cardiac allografts:  Evaluation of immunoglobulins and complement activation products C4d and C3d as markers. Am J Transplant. 2005;5: 2778-85

69. Chang PP Longnecker J, Want Y, Baughman K, Conte JV, Hare J, Kasper E.  Mild versus severe pulmonary hypertension before heart transplantation:  Different effects on post-transplant pulmonary hypertension and mortality. J Heart Lung Transplant 2005; 24:998-1007

70. Rodriguez ER, Skojec DV, Tan CD, Zachary AA, Kasper EK, Conte JV, Baldwin WM.  Humoral rejection in human cardiac allografts:  Evaluation of immunoglobulins and complement activation products C4d and C3d. Am J Transplant. 2005;5: 2778-85

71. Fitton TP, Kosowski TR, Barriero CJ, Chan V, Patel, ND, Borja MJ, Orens JB, Conte JV. Impact of Secondary pulmonary hypertension on transplant outcome. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2005;24:1254-9

72. Yuh DD, Albaugh MA, Ullrich S, Conte JV.  Treatment of ventricular assist device driveline infection with vacuum-assisted closure system.  Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80:1493-95

73. Patel ND, Williams JA, Bonde  P, Bluemke D, Waldron M, Barriero C, Conte JV. Surgical Ventricular Remodeling for Patients with Clinically Advanced Congestive Heart Failure and Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction (EF< 20%) J Heart Lung Transplant  2005;24:2202-10

74. Patel ND, Williams JA, Bonde P,  Bluemke D, Waldron M, Barriero C, Conte JV. Surgical Ventricular Remodeling For Multi-Territory Myocardial Infarction: Defining a New Patient Population.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg  2005;130:1698-1706

75. Shlobin OA, Orens JB, McDyer J, Yang SC, Conte JV, Girgis R.  Mediastinal mass due to Aspergillus fumigatus following lung transplantation:  A case report.  Accepted J Heart Lung Transplant 2005:24:1991-4

76. Bonde PN, Patel ND, Borja MC, Allan SH, Barriero CJ, Williams JA, Thakur NA, Orens JB, Conte JV. Impact of donor lung organisms on post lung transplant pneumonia. J Heart Lung Transplant 2006;25:99-105

77. Conte JV. Ex-vivo evaluation of non-acceptable donor lungs. (Invited Commentary) Ann Thorac Surg.  2006;81: 466

78. Orens, JB, Ardehali A, Bhorade S, Conte JV, Freudenberger R, Hulbert-Shearon, Merion RM. OPTN /SRTR 2005 Annual Report : Thoracic Organ Transplantation in the United States 1995-2004.  Am J Transplant. 2006;6(5 Pt 2):1188-97.

79. Williams JA, Conte JV. Implantation of Left Ventricular Assist Device following Surgical Ventricular Remodeling.  Interactive Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.  2006; 5: 90-91

80. Atiemo AD, Conte JV, Heldman AW. Resuscitation and recovery from right ventricular failure using a percutaneous right ventricular device. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2006; 68(1):78-82

81. Williams JA, Patel ND, Nwakanma LY, Conte JV. Outcomes of surgical ventricular restoration following recent myocardial infarction Journal of Cardiothoracic-Renal Research 2006; 1:51-58 

82. Orens JB, Estenne M, Arcasoy S, Conte JV, Corris P, Egan JJ, Egan T, Keshavjee S, Knoop C, Kotloff R, Martinez FJ, Nathan S, Palmer S, Patterson A, Singer L, Snell G, Studer S, Vachiery JL, Glanville AR. International guidelines for the selection of lung transplant candidates 2006: a consensus report from the Pulmonary Scientific Council of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2006; 25:754-55

83. Shah AS, Conte JV. Protective effect of a nebulized A-2-adrenoreceptor agonist in warm ischemic re perfused rat lungs. (Invited Commentary) Ann Thorac Surg 2006; 82:47

84. Patel ND, Williams JA, Nwakanma LU, Bluemke D, Conte JV. Surgical Ventricular Restoration for Advanced Congestive Heart Failure: Should Pulmonary Hypertension be a contraindication? Ann Thorac Surg 2006; 82:879-88

85. Olbrecht VA, Barriero CJ, Bonde PN, Williams JW, Baumgartner WA, Conte JV. Clinical outcomes of non-infectious sternal dehiscence following median sternotomy. Ann Thorac Surg.  2006; 82: 902-7

86. Nwakanma LU, Vricella LA, Conte JV, Robbins RC. Aortic root aneurysm due to donor cystic medial degeneration after heart-lung transplantation.  J Heart Lung Transplant. 2006; 25(10):1273-5.

87. Schachna L, Medsgen T, Dauber J, Wigley F, Conte JV, McCurry K, Orens J, Gelber A Lung transplantation in scleroderma compared to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and primary pulmonary hypertension.  Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2006; 54: 3954-3961

88. Ardehali,R, Reed AS, Owens C, Meninger GR, Conte JV, Hare JM. A long and bumpy road. Am J Med. 2006;119(11): 923-6.

89. Klodell CT, McGiffin DC, Rayburn BK, Sun B, Abraham WT, Conte JV, Russell SD, Pae WE, Boehmer JP, Aranda JM. Initial United States experience with the Paracor HeartNet myocardial constraint device for heart failure. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007 ; 133: 204-9

90. Nwakanma LU, Simpkins CE, Williams JA, Chang DC, Borja MC Conte JV, Shah AS. Impact of bilateral versus single lung transplantation on survival in recipients 60 years of age and older: analysis of United Network for Organ Sharing database. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007; 133: 541-7

91. Williams JA, Patel ND, Nwakanma LY, Conte JV. Outcomes following surgical ventricular restoration in elderly patients with congestive heart failure. Am J Ger Cardiol. 2007; 16: 67-75

92. Kobayashi KJ, Williams JA, Nwakanma L, Gott VL, Baumgartner WA, Conte JV. Aortic valve replacement and concomitant coronary artery bypass: assessing the impact of multiple grafts. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007; 83: 969-78.

93. Patel ND, Williams JA, Nwakanma LY, Weiss ES, Conte JV. Impact of Lateral Wall myocardial infarction on outcomes following Surgical Ventricular Restoration.  Ann Thorac Surg.  2007; 83: 2017-27

94. Williams JA, Patel ND, Nwakanma LY, Conte JV. Outcomes Following Surgical Ventricular Restoration for Patients with Clinically Advanced Congestive Heart Failure (New York Heart Association Class IV) J Card Fail. 2007; 13:  431-436.

95. Miller LW, Pagani FD, Russell SD, John R, Boyle AJ, Aaronson KD, Conte JV, Naka Y, Mancini D, Delgado RM, MacGillivray TE, Farrar DJ, Frazier OH. Multicenter clinical evaluation of the Heartmate II Continuous flow left ventricular assist system in patients awaiting heart transplantation. N EngJ Med. 2007; 357(9): 885-896.

96. Kapur NK, Conte JV, Resar J. Percutaneous Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale for Refractory Hypoxemia after HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist Device Placement. J Invasive Cardiol 2007; 19(9):E268-70.

97. Conte JV. Reducing the incidence of atrial fibrillation. Arch Surg. 2007 ; 142: 82

98. Nwakanma LU, Williams JA, Weiss EA, Russell SD, Baumgartner WA, Conte JV.  Influence of pre-transplant panel-reactive antibody on outcomes in 8,160 heart transplant recipients in recent era.  Ann Thorac Surg. 2007; 8: 1556-62;

99. Conte JV. Myocardial infarction leads to both immediate and delayed morbidity and mortality. Invited commentary. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007; 84(6):2010.

100. Patel ND, Nwakanma LY, Williams JA, Conte JV. Impact of septal myocardial infarction on outcomes following Surgical Ventricular Restoration.  Ann Thorac Surg.  2008; 85: 135-45; discussion 145-6.

101. Kapur N, Conte JV, Wittstein IL. Successful management of an unruptured mycotic aneurysm. J Invasive Cardiol 2007;19:E364–E366

102. Weiss EA, Nwakanma LU, Shah AS, Russell SD, Conte JV. Outcomes in bicaval versus biatrial techniques in heart transplantation: an analysis of the UNOS database. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2008; 27: 178-83

103. Joyce DL, Conte JV, Russell SD, Joyce JD, Chang DC. Disparities in access to left ventricular assist device therapy.  J Surg Res 2009; 152(1):111-7.

104. Shah AS, Nwakanma L, Simpkins C, Williams J, Chang DC, Conte JV.  Pretransplant panel reactive antibodies in human lung transplantation: an analysis of over 10,000 patients. Ann Thorac Surg 2008; 85:1919-1924

105. Soderlund KA, Chivukula RR, Russell SD, Conte JV, Mudd JO, Halushka MK. Prognostic value of left ventricular apical tissue removed for Heartmate II left ventricular assist device placement. Cardiovasc Path 2009;18(4):217-22

106. Prucz RB, Weiss ES, Patel ND, Nwakanma LU, Shah AS, Conte JV.  The impact of surgical ventricular restoration on mitral valve regurgitation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2008;86: 726-34

107. Prucz RB, Weiss ES, Patel ND, Nwakanma LU, Baumgartner WA, Conte JV. Coronary artery bypass grafting with or without surgical ventricular restoration: a comparison. Ann Thorac Surg. 2008;86:206-14

108. Patel ND, Weiss ES, Schaffer J, Ullrich SL, Rivard DC, Shah AS, Russell SD, Conte JV. Right Heart dysfunction after left ventricular assist device implantation: a comparison of the pulsatile HeartMate I and axial-flow HeartMate II devices. Ann Thorac Surg. 2008;86:832-40

109. William JA, Weiss ES, Patel ND, Nwakanma LU, Reeb BE, Conte JV. Surgical ventricular restoration versus cardiac transplantation: a comparison of cost, outcomes and survival. Journal Card. Failure. 2008;7:547-554

110. Weiss ES, Meguid RA, Patel ND, Russell SD, Shah AS, Baumgartner WA, Conte JV. Increased mortality at low volume orthotopic heart transplantation centers: should current standards change? Ann Thorac Surg 2008;86: 1250-1259

111. Conte JV. Cellular Immunity Impaired Among Patients On Left Ventricular Assist Device For Six Months. Invited Commentary. Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 May;85(5):1661. 

112. Patel NP, Weiss ES, Nwakanma LU, Russell S, Conte JV. Impact of Donor to Recipient Weight Ratio on Survival after Heart Transplantation: Analysis of the United Network for Organ Sharing Database.  Circulation 2008; 14: 806-814 

113. Tedford RJ, Hemnes AR, Russell SD, Wittstein IS, Mahmud M, Zaiman AL, Mathai SC, Thiemann DR, Hassoun PM, Girgis RE, Orens JB, Shah AS, Conte JV, Champion HC. PDE5A inhibitor treatment of persistent pulmonary hypertension after mechanical circulatory support. Circ Heart Fail. 2008 Nov;1(4):213-9.

114. Mudd JO, Cuda JD, Halushka M, Soderlund KA, Conte JV, Russell SD. Fusion of aortic valve commissures in patients supported by a continuous axial flow left ventricular assist device. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2008 Dec;27(12):1269-74.

115. Weiss ES, Allen JG, Modi MN, Merlo CA, Conte JV, Shah AS.  Lung transplantation in older patients with cystic fibrosis: analysis of UNOS data. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2009 Feb;28(2):135-40.

116. Joyce DL, Russell SD, Conte JV, Cattaneo SM. Aortic valve replacement in a diseased bicuspid valve eleven years after transplantation. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2009; 8(5):594-5.

117. Weiss ES, Allen JG, Patel ND, Russell SD, Baumgartner WA, Shah AS, Conte JV. The impact of donor-recipient sex matching on survival after orthotopic heart transplantation: analysis of 18 000 transplants in the modern era. Circ Heart Fail. 2009;2(5):401-8.

118. Weiss ES, Allen JG, Russell SD, Shah AS, Conte JV. Impact of Recipient Body Mass Index on Organ Allocation and Mortality in Orthotopic Heart Transplantation. J Hear Lung Transplant 2009;28(11):1150-7

119. Allen JG, Weiss ES, Merlo CA, Baumgartner WA, Conte JV, Shah AS. Impact of donor-recipient race matching on survival after lung transplantation: analysis of over 11,000 patients. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2009;28(10):1063-71.

120. Weiss ES, Allen JG, Meguid RA, Patel ND, Merlo CA, Orens JB, Baumgartner WA, Conte JV, Shah AS.  The impact of center volume on survival in lung transplantation: an analysis of more than 10,000 cases. Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Oct;88(4):1062-70

121. Patel ND, Weiss ES, Allen JG, Russell SD, Shah AS, Vricella LA, Conte JV. Heart transplantation for adults with congenital heart disease: analysis of the United network for organ sharing database. Ann Thorac Surg. 2009:814-21

122. Martin JP, Allen JG, Weiss ES, Vricella LA, Russell SD, Conte JV. Glenn shunt facilitated weaning of right ventricular mechanical support. Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Sep;88(3):e16-7.

123. Athanasuleas CL, Buckberg GD, Conte JV, Wechsler AS, Strobeck JE, Beyersdorf F. Surgical ventricular reconstruction. N Engl J Med. 2009 Jul 30;361(5):529-30; author reply 531-2

124. Merlo CA, Weiss ES, Orens JB, Borja MC, Diener-West M, Conte JV, Shah AS. Impact of U.S. Lung Allocation Score on survival after lung transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2009 Aug;28(8):769-75.

125. Pagani FD, Miller LW, Russell SD, Aaronson KD, John R, Boyle AJ, Conte JV, Bogaev RC, MacGillivray TE, Naka Y, Mancini D, Massey HT, Chen L, Klodell CT, Aranda JM, Moazami N, Ewald GA, Farrar DJ, Frazier OH; HeartMate II Investigators. Extended mechanical circulatory support with a continuous-flow rotary left ventricular assist device. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Jul 21;54(4):312-21.

126. Schuleri KH, Feigenbaum GS, Centola M, Weiss ES, Zimmet JM, Turney J, Kellner J, Zviman MM, Hatzistergos KE, Detrick B, Conte JV, McNiece I, Steenbergen C, Lardo AC, Hare JM. Autologous mesenchymal stem cells produce reverse remodelling in chronic ischaemic cardiomyopathy. Eur Heart J. 2009;30 (22):2722-32

127. Gluckman TJ, Segal JB, Schulman SP, Shapiro EP, Kickler TS, Prechel MM, Conte JV, Walenga JM, Shafique I, Rade JJ. Effect of anti-platelet factor-4/heparin antibody induction on early saphenous vein graft occlusion after coronary artery bypass surgery. J Thromb Haemost. 2009 Sep;7(9):1457-64. Epub 2009 Jun 23.

128. Yerebakan C, Ugurlucan M, Bayraktar S, Bethea BT, Conte JV. Effects of inhaled nitric oxide following lung transplantation. J Card Surg. 2009 May-Jun; 24(3):269-74.
129. Blasco-Colmenares E, , Guallar E, Baumgartner WA, Pearl T, Alejo D, Conte JV Faraday ND. Aspirin plus clopidogrel and risk of infection after coronary artery bypass surgery. Arch Int Med. 2009 Apr 27;169(8):788-96.

130. Russell SD, Rogers JG, Milano CA, Dyke DB, Pagani FD, Aranda JM, Klodell CT Jr, Boyle AJ, John R, Chen L, Massey HT, Farrar DJ, Conte JV.  HeartMate II Clinical Investigators. Renal and hepatic function improve in advanced heart failure patients during continuous-flow support with the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device. Circulation. 2009 Dec 8;120(23):2352-7.  

131. Schaffer JM, Allen JG, Weiss ES, Patel ND, Russell SD, Shah AS, Conte JV.  Evaluation of Risk Indices in Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients. Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Dec;88(6):1889-96

132. Weiss ES, Allen JG, Merlo CA, Conte JV, and Shah AS. Lung Allocation Score Predicts Survival in Lung Transplantation Patients with Pulmonary Fibrosis.  The AnnThorac Surg.  2009 Dec;88(6):1757-64.

133. Weiss ES, Allen JG, Merlo CA, Conte JV and Shah AS.  Factors Indicative of Long Term Survival After Lung Transplantation: A Review of 836 10-Year Survivors. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2010 Mar;29(3):240-6

134. Slaughter MS, Rogers JG, Milano CA, Russell SD, Conte JV, Feldman D, Sun B, Tatooles AJ, Delgado RM 3rd, Long JW, Wozniak TC, Ghumman W, Farrar DJ, Frazier OH; HeartMate II Investigators. Advanced heart failure treated with continuous-flow left ventricular assist device. N Engl J Med. 2009 Dec 3;361(23):2241-51.

135. Weiss ES, Allen JG, Merlo CA, Conte JV, Shah AS. Survival after single versus   bilateral lung transplantation for high-risk patients with pulmonary fibrosis.

Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Nov;88(5):1616-25; discussion 1625-6.

136. Conte JV. True, True and Unrelated: An Indictment of the STICH Trial. J Heart Lung Transplant 2010. 29(4):491-6.

137. Allen JG, Weiss ES, Schaffer JM, Patel ND, Russell SD, Shah AS, Conte JV.  Quality of life in Patients Surviving Greater Than One Year After Left Ventricular Assist Device. J Heart Lung Transplant.   2010 Mar;29(3):240-6.

138. Kobayashi KJ, Williams JA, Nwakanma LU, Weiss ES, Gott VL, Baumgartner WA, Conte JV.  EuroSCORE predicts short- and mid-term mortality in combined aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass patients. J Card Surg. 2009; 24(6):637-43.

139. Schaffer JM, Allen JG, Weiss ES, Patel ND, Russell SD, Shah AS, Conte JV.

Evaluation of risk indices in continuous-flow left ventricular assist device patients. Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Dec;88(6):1889-96.

140. Slaughter MS, Naka Y, John R, Boyle A, Conte JV, Russell SD, Aaronson KD, Sundareswaran KS, Farrar DJ, Pagani FD. Post-operative heparin may not be required for transitioning patients with a HeartMate II left ventricular assist system to long-term warfarin therapy. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2010;24:637-43

141. Rogers JG, Aaronson KD, Boyle AJ, Russell SD, Milano CA, Pagani FD, Edwards BS, Park S, John R, Conte JV, Farrar DJ, Slaughter MS; HeartMate II Investigators Continuous flow left ventricular assist device improves functional capacity and quality of life of advanced heart failure patients. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 Apr 27;55(17):1826-34.

142. Conte JV. Invited Commentary on: Resuscitation After Prolonged Cardiac Arrest: Role of Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Systemic Hyperkalemia. Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Jun;89(6):1979-80.

143. Conte JV, Weissman N, Dearani JA, Bavaria J, Heimansohn D, Dembitsky W, Doyle D. A North American, prospective, multicenter assessment of the Mitroflow aortic pericardial prosthesis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Jul;90(1):144-152.e1-3.

144. John R, Pagani FD, Naka Y, Boyle A, Conte JV, Russell SD, Klodell CT, Milano CA, Rogers J, Farrar DJ, Frazier OH. Post-cardiac transplant survival after support with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device: Impact of duration of left ventricular assist device support and other variables. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010; 140:174-81

145. Allen JG, Weiss ES, Arnaoutakis GJ, Russelll SD, Baumgartner WA, Conte JV, Shah AS. The impact of race on survival after heart transplantation: an analysis of more than 20,000 patients. Ann Thor Surg 2010;140:174-81

146. Allen JG, Arnaoutakis GJ, Weiss ES, Merlo CA, Conte JV, Shah AS. The impact of recipient body mass index on survival after lung transplantation. J Heart Lung transplant. 2010;89:1056-63.

147. Feldman T, Ruiz CE, Hijazi ZM, Conte JV, et al. The SCAI structural heart disease council: toward addressing training credentialing and guidelines for structural heart disease intervention. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2010 29: 1026-33

148. Bydon A, XU R, Conte JV, Gokaslan ZL, Brinker JA, Whitham TF, Yassari R. Surgical Mystery: Where is the missing Pituitary Rongeur tip? SPINE 2010: 76:E87-9

149. Arnaoutakis GJ, Allen JG, Merlo CA, Baumgartner WA, Conte JV, Shah AS. Low potassium dextran is superior to University of Wisconsin solution in high-risk lung transplant recipients. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2010 Dec;29(12):1380-7.

150. Ensor CR, Shiekh F, Conte JV. The risk of ventricular-assist device infections differs by device type. Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Sep 1;51(5):632-3; author reply 633-4.

151. Buckberg GD, Athanasuleas CL, Wechsler AS, Beyersdorf F, Conte JV, Strobeck JE. The STICH trial unravelled. Eur J Heart Fail. 2010 Oct;12(10):1024-7.

152. Allen JG, Arnaoutakis GJ, Orens JB, McDyer J, Conte JV, Shah AS, Merlo CA. Insurance status is an independent predictor of long-term survival after lung transplantation in the United States. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2011; 30:45-53

153. Arnaoutakis GJ, Allen JG, Merlo CA, Sullivan BE, Baumgartner WA, Conte JV, Shah AS. Impact of the lung allocation score on resource utilization after lung transplantation in the United States. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2011; 30:14-21

154. Schaffer JM, Allen JG, Weiss ES, Arnaoutakis GJ, Patel ND, Russell SD, Conte JV. Infectious complications after pulsatile-flow and continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2011 Feb;30(2):164-74.

155. Fraser CDIII, Arnaoutakis GJ, George Tj, Owens JB, Shah AS, Conte JV Acute cholecystitis preceding mycotic aortic pseudoaneurysm in a heart transplant recipient. J Card Surg 2010; 25:749-51

156. Skelley NW, Allen JG, Arnaoutakis GJ, Weiss ES, Patel ND, Conte JV. The impact of volume reduction on early and long-term outcomes in surgical ventricular restoration for severe heart failure. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Jan;91(1):104-11.

157. Robinson CW, Arnaoutakis GJ, Allen JG, George TJ, Conte JV. Allograft cardiectomy and biventricular assist device placement as a salvage maneuver in a heart transplant recipient. J Card Surg. 2011 Jan;26(1):114-6.

158. Gluckman TJ, McLean RC, Schulman SP, Kickler TS, Shapiro EP, Conte JV, McNicholas KW, Segal JB, Rade JJ. Effects of aspirin responsiveness and platelet reactivity on early vein graft thrombosis after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Mar 1;57(9):1069-77.

159. Schaffer JM, Arnaoutakis GJ, Allen JG, Weiss ES, Patel ND, Russell SD, Shah AS, Conte JV. Bleeding complications and blood product utilization with left ventricular assist device implantation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Mar;91(3):740-9.

160. Hannan MM, Husain S, Mattner F, Danziger-Isakov L, Drew RJ, Corey GR, Schueler S, Holman WL, Lawler LP, Gordon SM, Mahon NG,  Montoya JG, Padera RF, Kormos RL, Conte JV. Working formulation for the standardization of definitions of infections in patients using ventricular assist devices. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2011; 4:375-84.

161. Starling RC, Naka Y, Boyle AJ, Gonzalez-Stawinski G, John R, Jorde U, Russell SD, Conte JV, Aaronson KD, McGee EC Jr, Cotts WG, Denofrio D, Pham DT, Farrar DJ, Pagani FD. Results of the Post-U.S. Food and Drug Administration-Approval Study With a Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device as a Bridge to Heart Transplantation A Prospective Study Using the INTERMACS (Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support). J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 May 10;57(19):1890-8.

162. George TJ, Arnaoutakis GJ, Merlo CA, Kemp CD, Baumgartner WA, Conte JV, Shah AS. Association of operative time of day with outcomes after thoracic organ transplant. JAMA. 2011 Jun 1;305(21):2193-9.

163. Conte JV. Historical perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Brian B. Blades (1906-1977). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Apr;143(4):776-9

164. Jacobs ML, Daniel M, Mavroudis CM, Morales DL,  Jacobs JP, Fraser CD, Turek JW, Mayer JE, Conte JV . Report of the Society of Thoracic Surgery Congenital Heart Surgery Practice and Manpower Survey. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011;92:762-9

165. George TJ, Arnaoutakis GJ, Baumgartner WA,,Shah AS, Conte JV. Organ storage with University of Wisconsin solution is associated with improved outcomes after orthotopic heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2011 Sep;30(9):1033-43

166. Ensor CR, Russell SD, Wittstein IS, Conte JV. Capnocytophagia canimorsus sepsis in an asplenic heart transplant candidate with a left ventricular assist system. Prog Transplant 2011; 2:121-3

167. Arnaoutakis GJ, George TJ, Kilic A, Weiss ES, Russell SD, Conte JV, Shah AS. Effect of Sensitization in US heart transplant recipients bridged with a ventricular assist device: update in a modern cohort. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011 Nov; 142 (5):1236-45

168. Weiss ES, Allen JG, Arnaoutakis GJ, Russell SD, Shah AS, Conte JV. Creation of a quantitative recipient risk index for mortality prediction after cardiac transplantation (IMPACT). Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Sept; 92(3) 914-21.

169. Tam V, Arnaoutakis GJ, George TJ, Russell SD, Merlo CA, Conte JV, Baumgartner WA , Shah AS. Marital Status Improves Survival Following Orthotopic Heart Transplantation. J Heart Lung Tranplant 2011 Dec; 31(12):1389-94

170. Allen JG, Weiss ES, Arnaoutakis GJ, Russell SD, Baumgartner WA, Shah AS, Conte JV. Insurance and education predict long term survival after orthotopic heart transplantation in the United States. J Heart Lung Transplant 2010 Jan: 31 (1): 52-60.

171. Mclean RC, Nazarian SM, Gluckman TJ, Schulman SP, Thiemann DR, Shapiro EP, Conte JV, Shafique I, McNickolas KW, Laws KM, Rade JJ. Relative importance of patient, procedural and anatomic risk factors for early vein graft thrombosis after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 2011; 52(6) :877-85

172. Pereda DL, Conte JV. Left Ventricular assist device driveline infections. Card Clin 2011 Nov;29 (4):515-27

173. Weiss ES, Allen JG, Kilic A, Russell SD, Baumgartner WA, Conte JV, Shah AS. Development of a quantitative donor risk index to predict short-term mortality in orthotopic heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2012;31(1):52-60

174. Arnaoutakis GJ, George TJ, Allen JG, Russel SD, Shah AS, Conte JV, Weiss ES. Institutional Volume and the Effect of Recipient Risk on Short-Term Mortality after Orthotopic Heart Transplantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Surg. 2012;143(1):157-167

175. Haggerty KA, George TJ, Arnaoutakis GJ, Beaty CA, Conte JV, Whitman GJ. Portal venous air resulting in pneumocardia: a rare presentation of intestinal ischemia. Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Jan;93(1):e13

176. George TJ, Arnaoutakis GJ, Beaty CA Shah AS, Conte JV, Halushka MK. A novel method of measuring cardiac preservation injury demonstrates University of Wisconsin solution is associated with less ischemic necrosis than Celsior in early cardiac allograft biopsy specimens. J Heart Lung Tranplant 2011 Dec 29 [Epub ahead of print]

177. Kilic A, Weiss ES, Arnaoutakis GJ, George TJ, Conte JV, Shah AS. Identifying recipients at high risk for graft failure after heart retransplantation. Ann Thorac Surg 2012;93(3): 712-16

178. Kilic A, Weiss ES, George TJ, Arnaoutakis GJ, Shah AS, Conte JV. What predicts survival following adult heart transplantation? An analysis of over 9400 ten year survivors. J Heart Lung Tranplant 2012;93(3):699-704

179. Kemp CD, Conte JV. The Pathophysiology of Heart Failure Cardiovasc Pathol. 2012  Sept-Oct; 21(5);365-71

180. Beaty CA, George TJ, Conte JV. Historical perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Alfred Blalock (1899-1964). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;143:260-3

181. Kilic A, Weiss ES, Shah AS, Conte JV. Factors associated with 5-year survival in older heart transplant recipients.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Feb: 143(2):468-74.

182. Arnaoutakis GJ, George TJ, Kilic A, Beaty CA, Weiss ES, Conte JV, Shah AS. Risk Factors for Early Mortality In Patients Bridged to Transplant with Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices. Annals of Thoracic Surgery.2012;93(5):1549-54.

183. Kilic A, Shah AS, JV Conte, Yuh DD. Nationwide Outcomes of Surgical Embolectomy for Acute Pulmonary Embolism. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012 Feb 16.

184. Arnaoutakis GJ, George TJ, Kilic A, Beaty CA, Weiss ES, Conte JV, Shah AS. Risk factors for early death in patients bridged to transplant with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices. Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 May;93(5):1549-54

185. George TJ,Arnaoutakis GJ,Beaty CA,Kilic A,Baumgartner WA,Conte JV. Contemporary etiologies, risk factors, and outcomes after pericardiectomy. Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Aug;94(2):445-51

186. Kilic A, Conte JV, Shah AS, Yuh DD. Orthotopic cardiac transplantation in patients with metabolic risk factors.Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Mar;93(3):718-24.

187. George TJ, Arnaoutakis GJ, Beaty CA, Pipeling MR, Merlo CA, Conte JV, Shah AS. Acute kidney injury increases mortality after lung transplantation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Jul;94(1):185-92.

188. Kilic A, Weiss ES, Allen JG, George TJ, Yuh DD, Shah AS, Conte JV. Should orthotopic heart transplantation using marginal donors be limited to high volume centers? Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Sep; 94(3):695-702

189. Arnaoutakis GJ, Zhao Y, George TJ, Sciortino CM, McCarthy PM, Conte JV. Surgical repair of ventricular septal defects following myocardial infarction: outcomes from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database. Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Aug;94(2):436-43; discussion 443-4.

190. Kilic A, Weiss ES, Allen JG, Conte JV, Shah AS, Baumgartner WA, Yuh DD Simple score to assess the risk of rejection after cardiac transplantation. Circulation. 2012 Jun 19;125(24):3013-21

191. Allen JG, Kilic A, Weiss ES, Arnaoutakis GJ, George TJ, Shah AS, Conte JV. Should patients 60 years of age and older undergo bridge to transplantation with continuous flow left ventricular assist devices? Ann Thorac Surg. 2012;;94(6): 2017-24

192. Kilic A, Shah AS, Conte JV, Baumgartner WA, Yuh DD. Operative outcomes in mitral valve surgery: Combined effect of surgeon and hospital volume in a population-based analysis J Thorac Cardiovasc  Surg. 2012 Sept;146(3):638-46

193. Kilic A, Merlo CA, Conte JV, Shah AS. Lung transplantation in patients 70 years old or older: Have outcomes changed after implementation of the lung allocation score? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Nov;144(5):1133-8

194. George TJ, Beaty CA, Ewald GA, Russell SD, Shah AS, Conte JV, Whitman GJ, Silvestry SC. Re-operative Sternotomy Is Associated With Increased Mortality After Heart Transplantation.Ann Thorac Surg. 2012; Dec;94(6):2025-32

195. Kilic A, Weiss ES, Yuh DD, Shah AS, Baumgartner WA, Conte JV. Institutional factors beyond procedural volume significantly impact center variability in outcomes after orthotopic heart transplantation. Ann Surg. 2012 Oct;256(4):616-23

196. Yuan N, Arnaoutakis GJ, George TJ, Allen JG, Ju DG, Schaffer JM, Russell SD, Shah AS, Conte JV. The spectrum of complications following left ventricular assist device placement. J Card Surg. 2012 Sep;27(5):630-8.

197. Kilic A, George TJ, Beaty CA, Merlo CA, Conte JV, Shah AS. The effect of center volume on the incidence of postoperative complications and their impact on survival after lung transplantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Dec;144(6):1502-8

198. Ono M, Brady K, Easley RB, Kibler K, Conte JV, Hogue CW. Cerebral blood flow auto regulation is preserved after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2012;26(6):1022-8.

199. Buckberg G, Athanasuleas C, Conte JV. Surgical ventricular restoration for the treatment of heart failure. Nature Rev Cardiol. 2012 Dec;9(12):703-16.

200. Beaty CA, George TJ, Kilic A, Conte JV, Shah AS. Pre-transplant malignancy: An analysis of outcomes after thoracic organ transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2013 Feb; 32 (2):

201. Kilic A, Sultan I, Yuh DD, Shah AS, Baumgartner WA, Conte JV. Ventricular assist device implantation in the elderly: nationwide outcomes in the United States. J Card Surg. 2013 Mar;28(2):183-9.

202. George TJ, Kilic A, Beaty CA, Conte JV, Mandal K, Shah AS. Septuagenarians bridged to heart transplantation with a ventricular assist device have outcomes similar to younger patients. Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Apr;95(4):1251-61.

203. Kilic A, Conte JV. Reply. Ann Thorac Surg 2013 Apr; 95(4) 1510

204. Kilic A, Beaty CA, Merlo CA, Conte JV, Shah AS. Functional status is highly predictive of outcomes after redo lung transplantation: an analysis of 390 cases in the modern era. Ann Thorac Surg 2013; 96 (5):1804-11

205. Kilic A, Shah AS, Black JH, Whitman GJ, Yuh DD, Cameron DE, Conte JV. Trends in repair of intact and ruptured descending thoracic aortic aneurysms in the United States: A population based analysis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Jun;147(6):1855-60

206. Kilic A, Saha-Chaudhuri P, Rankin JS, Conte JV. Trends and outcomes of tricuspid valve surgery in North America: an analysis of more than 50,000 patients from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons database. Ann Thorac  Surg 2013; 96 (5); 1546-52

207. Kilic A, Shah AS, Conte JV, Mandal K, Baumgartner WA, Cameron DE, Whitman GJ. Understanding variability in hospital specific costs of coronary artery bypass grafting represents an opportunity t for standardizing care and improving resource use. J Thorac Cardiovasc  Surg 2014;147(1):109-15

208. Arnaoutakis GJ, Bittle GJ, Allen JG, Weiss ES, Alejo J, Baumgartner WA, Wolfgang Cl, Efron DT, Conte JV. General and acute care surgical procedures in patients with left ventricular assist devices. World J Surg. 2014; 38(4):765-73

209. Conte JV. Historical perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Robert B. Wallace, M.D. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014; 148(1):2-4

210. Hare J, Karantelis V, DiFede DL, Gerstenblith G, Pham SM, Symes JF, Zambrano JP, Fishman J, Pattany PM, McNiece I, Conte JV, Schulman SP, Wu KC, Breton E, Davis-Sproul J, Schwatz RD, Feigenbaum G, Mushtaq M, John Byrnes, Lowery MH, Heldman A. Autologous Mesenchymal Stem Cells Produce Concordant Improvements in Regional Function, Tissue Perfusion, and Fibrotic Burden when Administered to Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting- The PROMETHEUS Trial.  Circ Res. 2014 Apr 11;114(8):1302-10..

211. Kilic A, Conte JV, Baumgartner WA, Russell SD, Merlo CA, Shah AS.  Does recipient age impact functional outcomes of orthotopic heart transplantation? Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 May;97(5):1636-42.

212. John R, Aaronson KD, Pae WE, Acker MA, Hathaway DR, Najarian KB, Slaughter MS; HeartWare Bridge to Transplant ADVANCE Trial Investigators. Acker M, Jessup M, Woo J, Rame E, Najjar S, Chawla R, Cooper H, Ruiz G, Boyce S, Conte JV, Drive-line infections and sepsis in patients receiving the HVAD system as a left ventricular assist device. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2014 Oct;33(10):1066-73.

213. Adams DH, Popma JJ, Reardon MJ, Yakubov SJ, Coselli JS, Deeb GM, Gleason TG,     Buchbinder M, Hermiller J Jr, Kleiman NS, Chetcuti S, Heiser J, Merhi W, Zorn G, Tadros P, Robinson N, Petrossian G, Hughes GC, Harrison JK, Conte JV, Maini B, Mumtaz M, Chenoweth S, Oh JK; U.S. CoreValve Clinical Investigators. Trans-catheter aortic-valve replacement with a self-expanding prosthesis. N Engl J Med. 2014 May 8;370(19):1790-8.

214. Popma JJ, Adams DH, Reardon MJ, Yakubov SJ, Kleiman NS, Heimansohn D, Hermiller J Jr, Hughes GC, Harrison JK, Coselli J, Diez J, Kafi A, Schreiber T, Gleason TG, Conte JV, Buchbinder M, Deeb GM, Carabello B, Serruys PW, Chenoweth S, Oh JK; CoreValve United States Clinical Investigators. Trans-catheter Aortic Valve Replacement Using a Self-Expanding Bioprosthesis in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis at Extreme Risk for Surgery. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 May 20;63(19):1972-81.

215. Conte JV. Invited Commentary on Cerillo AG, et al. The Low Triiodothyronine Syndrome: A Strong Predictor of Low Cardiac Output and Death in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass GraftingLow Triiodothyronine Syndrome: A strong predictor of Low Cardiac Output and Death in Patients undergoing Coronary artery bypass grafting. The Low Triiodothyronine Syndrome: A Strong Predictor of Low Cardiac Output and Death in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass GraftingAnn Thorac Surg. 2014 Jun;97(6):2095-6

216. Grimm JC, Valero V 3rd, Kilic A, Crawford TC, Conte JV, Merlo CA, Shah PD, Shah AS. Preoperative Performance Status Impacts Perioperative Morbidity and Mortality After Lung Transplantation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014; 99(2):482-9.

217. Reardon MJ, Adams DH, Coselli JS, Deeb GM, Kleiman NS, Chetcuti S, Yakubov SJ, Heimansohn D, Hermiller J Jr, Hughes GC, Harrison JK, Khabbaz K, Tadros P, Zorn GL 3rd, Merhi W, Heiser J, Petrossian G, Robinson N, Maini B, Mumtaz M, Lee JS, Gleason TG, Resar J, Conte JV, Watson D, Chenoweth S, Popma JJ; CoreValve US Clinical Investigators. Self-expanding trans-catheter aortic valve replacement using alternative access sites in symptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis deemed extreme risk of surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Dec;148(6):2869-2876.

218. Kilic A, Grimm JC, Whitman GJ, Shah AS, Mandal K, Conte JV, Sciortino CM. The survival benefit of simultaneous heart-kidney transplantation extends beyond dialysis-dependent patients.  Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Apr;99(4):1321-7

219. Maleszewski JJ, Tazelaar HD, Horcher HM, Hinkamp TJ, Conte JV, Porterfield JK, Halushka MK.  IgG4-related disease of the aortic valve: a report of two cases and review of the literature..Cardiovasc Pathol. 2015 Jan-Feb;24(1):56-9.

220. Kilic A, Grimm JC, Shah AS, Conte JV, Whitman GJ, Sciortino CM. An easily calculable and highly predictive risk index for postoperative renal failure after heart transplantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Sep;148(3):1099-104; discussion 1104-5.

221. Reardon MJ, Adams DH, Kleiman NS, Yakubov SJ, Coselli JS, Deeb GM, Gleason TG, Lee JS, Hermiller JB Jr, Chetcuti S, Heiser J, Merhi W, Zorn GL 3rd, Tadros P, Robinson N, Petrossian G, Hughes GC, Harrison JK, Maini B, Mumtaz M, Conte JV, Resar JR, Aharonian V, Pfeffer T, Oh JK, Qiao H, Popma JJ. 2-Year Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Surgical or Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015;66(2)113-21.

222. Conte JV. Historical perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Timothy Joseph Gardner. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Jun;149(6):1477-80.

223. Athanasuleas C, Buckberg G, Conte JV. The STICH trial data: Keep it simple. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Jun;149(6):1682-3.

224. Kilic A, Grimm JC, Magruder JT, Sciortino CM, Whitman GJ, Baumgartner WA, Conte JV. Trends, clinical outcomes, and cost implications of mitral valve repair versus replacement, concomitant with aortic valve replacement. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015;149(6):1614-9.

225. Hori D, Ono M, Rappold TE, Conte JV, Shah AS, Cameron DE, Adachi H, Everett AD, Hogue CW. Hypotension After Cardiac Operations Based on Autoregulation Monitoring Leads to Brain Cellular Injury. Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Aug 100(2): 487-93

226. Misra S, Conte J, Resar J. Left Atrial Thrombus Associated With Interatrial Septal Occluder 5 Years After Implantation. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Oct;8(10):

227. Hori D, Hogue CW Jr, Shah A, Brown C, Neufeld KJ, Conte JV, Price J, Sciortino C, Max L, Laflam A, Adachi H, Cameron DE, Mandal K. Cerebral Autoregulation Monitoring with Ultrasound-Tagged Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Cardiac Surgery Patients. Anesth Analg. 2015;121(5):1187-93.

228. Yakubov SJ, Adams DH, Watson DR, Reardon MJ, Kleiman NS, Heimansohn D, Hermiller J Jr, Hughes GC, Harrison JK, Coselli J, Diez J, Schreiber T, Gleason TG, Conte JV, Deeb GM, Huang J, Oh J, Byrne T, Caskey M, Popma JJ; CoreValve United States Clinical Investigators. 2-Year Outcomes After Iliofemoral Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis Deemed Extreme Risk for Surgery. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Sep 22;66(12):1327-34.

229. Conte JV, Gleason TG, Resar JR, Adams DH, Deeb GM, Popma JJ, Hughes GC, Zorn GL, Reardon MJ. Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Mar;64(3):144-8

230. Conte JV. Historical perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Floyd D. Loop (1936-2015). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Mar;151(3):607-9

231. Magruder JT, Grimm JC, Kilic A, Crawford T, Conte JV, Cameron DE, Shah AS. Mini-aortic valve replacements are not associated with an increased incidence of patient-prosthesis mismatch: a propensity-scored analysis. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Mar;64(3):144-8

232. Gleason TG, Schindler JT, Adams DH, Reardon MJ, Kleiman NS, Caplan LR, Conte JV, Deeb GM, Hughes GC Jr, Chenoweth S, Popma JJ. The risk and extent of neurologic events are equivalent for high-risk patients treated with transcatheter or surgical aortic valve replacement. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Jul;152(1):85-96

233. Hori D, Max L, Laflam A, Brown C, Neufeld KJ, Adachi H, Sciortino C, Conte JV, Cameron DE, Hogue CW Jr, Mandal K. Blood Pressure Deviations From Optimal Mean Arterial Pressure During Cardiac Surgery Measured With a Novel Monitor of Cerebral Blood Flow and Risk for Perioperative Delirium: A Pilot Study. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2016 Jun;30(3):606-12

234. Sajan F, Conte JV, Tamargo RJ, Riley LH, Rock P, Faraday. Association of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors with Transfusion in Surgical Patients N.Anesth Analg. 2016;123(1):21-8.

235. Magruder JT, Young A, Grimm JC, Conte JV, Shah AS, Mandal K, Sciortino CM, Zehr KJ, Cameron DE, Price J. Bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting: Does graft configuration affect outcome? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Jul;152(1):120-7.

236. Popma JJ, Reardon MJ, Yakubov SJ, Hermiller JB Jr, Harrison JK, Gleason TG, Conte JV, Deeb GM, Chetcuti S, Oh JK, Boulware MJ, Huang J, Adams DH; CoreValve US Clinical Investigators. Safety and Efficacy of Self-Expanding TAVR in Patients With Aortoventricular Angulation. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Aug;9(8):973-81

237. Grimm JC, Magruder JT, Crawford TC, Sciortino CM, Zehr KJ, Mandal K, Conte JV, Cameron DE, Black JH, Price JE. Differential outcomes of type A dissection with malperfusion according to affected organ system. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2016;5(3):202-8.

238. Hori D, Hogue C, Adachi H, Max L, Price J, Sciortino C, Zehr K, Conte JV, Cameron D, Mandal K. Perioperative optimal blood pressure as determined by ultrasound tagged near infrared spectroscopy and its association with postoperative acute kidney injury in cardiac surgery patients. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2016 Apr;22(4):445-51

239. Conte JV. Magnetic resonance imaging is the future of transcatheter aortic valve replacement implantation … and always will be. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 May;151(5):1278-9.

240. Deeb GM, Reardon MJ, Chetcuti S, Patel HJ, Grossman PM, Yakubov SJ, Kleiman NS, Coselli JS, Gleason TG, Lee JS, Hermiller JB Jr, Heiser J, Merhi W, Zorn GL 3rd, Tadros P, Robinson N, Petrossian G, Hughes GC, Harrison JK, Maini B, Mumtaz M, Conte JV, Resar J, Aharonian V, Pfeffer T, Oh JK, Qiao H, Adams DH, Popma JJ; CoreValve US Clinical Investigators. 3-Year Outcomes in High-Risk Patients Who Underwent Surgical or Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016 Jun 7;67(22):2565-74.

241. Popma JJ, Gleason TG, Yakubov SJ, Harrison JK, Forrest JK, Maini B, Ruiz CE, Pinto DS, Costa M, Resar J, Conte JV, Crestanello J, Chang Y, Oh JK, Reardon MJ, Adams DH. Relationship of Annular Sizing Using Multidetector Computed Tomographic Imaging and Clinical Outcomes After Self-Expanding CoreValve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2016 Jul;9(7). pii: e003282. doi: 10.1161

242. Crawford TC, Magruder JT, Grimm JC, Sciortino CM, Mandal K, Price J, Hasan R, Resar J ,  Whitman GJ, Conte JV. Phase of Care Mortality Analysis: A Unique Method for Comparing Mortality Differences Among TAVR and Surgical AVR Patients. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Summer;28(2):245-252

243. Magruder TC, Blasco-Colmenares, Crawford T, Alejo D, Conte JV, Salenger R, Kwon CC, Bobbit J, Brown JM, Nelson MG, Horvath KA, Whitman GR. Variation In Red Blood Cell Transfusion Practices During Cardiac Surgery Among Centers In Maryland: Results From A State Quality Improvement Collaborative. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Aug 20. pii: S0003-4975(16)30618-X. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.05.109

244. Crawford TC, Magruder JT, Grimm JC, Sciortino C, Conte JV, Kim BS, Higgins RS, Cameron DE, Sussman M, Whitman GJ.  Early Extubation: A Proposed New Metric.

Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Summer;28(2):290-299

245. Lee SR,  Crawford TC, Magruder JT, Grimm JC, Sciortino,  Whitman GJ,  Vricella L, Cameron D,  Conte JV.  Outcomes after First-Time or Reoperative Aortic Surgery: A Single Institution’s Experience. Ann Thor Surg 2016 (Accepted )

246. Mokadam NA, Fann JI, Hicks GL, Nesbitt JC, Burkhart HM, Conte JV, Coore DM, Ramphal PS, Shen RK, Walker JD, Feins RH. Experience with the Cardiac Surgery Simulation Curriculum: Results of the Resident and Faculty Survey. Ann Thor Surg 2016 Aug 20. pii: S0003-4975(16)30790-1. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.06.074.

247. Feins RH, BurkhartHM,  Conte JV, Coore DM, Fann JI, HicksGL, Mokadam NA, NesbittJC, Ramphal PS, Schiro SE, Shen RK, Sridhar A, Stewart PW, Walker JD. Simulation-based training in cardiac surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Jan;103(1):312-321

248. Conte JV. Fairness in Heart Allocation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Dec;152(6):1487-1488.

249. Reardon MJ, Kleiman NS, Adams DH, Yakubov SJ, Coselli JS, Deeb GM, O'Hair D, Gleason TG, Lee JS, Hermiller JB Jr, Chetcuti S, Heiser J, Merhi W, Zorn GL 3rd, Tadros P, Robinson N, Petrossian G, Hughes GC, Harrison JK, Maini B, Mumtaz M, Conte JV, Resar JR, Aharonian V, Pfeffer T, Oh JK, Huang J, Popma JJ. Outcomes in the Randomized CoreValve US Pivotal High-risk Trial in Patients With a Society of Thoracic Surgeons Risk Score of 7% or Less.  JAMA Cardiol. 2016 Nov 1;1(8):945-949.

250. Kilic A, Magruder JT, Grimm JC, Dungan SP, Crawford T, Whitman GJ, Conte JV. Development and Validation of a Score to Predict the Risk of Readmission After Adult Cardiac Operations. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Jan;103(1):66-73.

251. Popma JJ, Reardon MJ, Yakubov SJ, Hermiller JB Jr, Harrison JK, Gleason TG, Conte JV, Deeb GM, Chetcuti S, Oh JK, Boulware MJ, Huang J, Adams DH; CoreValve US Clinical Investigators. Safety and Efficacy of Self-Expanding TAVR in Patients With Aortoventricular Angulation JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Aug;9(8):973-81.

252. Magruder JT, Young A, Grimm JC, Conte JV, Shah AS, Mandal K, Sciortino CM, Zehr KJ, Cameron DE, Price J. Bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting: Does graft configuration affect outcome? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Jul;152(1):120-7.

253. Mokadam NA, Fann JI, Hicks GL, Nesbitt JC, Burkhart HM, Conte JV, Coore DN, Ramphal PS, Shen KR, Walker JD, Feins RH. Experience With the Cardiac Surgery Simulation Curriculum: Results of the resident and Faculty Survey. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Jan;103(1):322-328..

254. Magruder JT, Belmustakov S, Ohkuma R, Collica S, Grimm JC, Crawford T, Conte JV, Baumgartner WA, Shah AS, Whitman GR. Attributable harm of severe bleeding after cardiac surgery in hemodynamically stable patients Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Feb;65(2):102-109

255. Crawford TC, Magruder JT, Grimm JC, Suarez-Pierre A, Sciortino CM, Mandal K, Zehr KJ, Conte JV, Higgins RS, Cameron DE, Whitman GJ. Complications After Cardiac Operations: All Are Not Created Equal. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Jan;103(1):32-40.

256. Crawford TC, Magruder JT, Grimm JC, Sciortino CM, Mandal K, Zehr KJ, Cameron DE, Whitman GJ, Conte JV. Planned Versus Unplanned Reexplorations for Bleeding: A Comparison of Morbidity and Mortality. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017;Mar;103(3) :779-7

257. Crawford TC, Grimm JC, Magruder JT, Ha J, Sciortino CM, Kim BS, Bush EL, Conte JV, Higgins RS, Shah AS, Merlo CA. Lung Transplant Mortality Is Improving in Recipients With a Lung Allocation Score in the Upper Quartile.Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 May;103(5):1607-1613

258. Gaudiani V, Deeb GM, Popma JJ, Adams DH, Gleason TG, Conte JV, Zorn GL 3rd, Hermiller JB Jr, Chetcuti S, Mumtaz M, Yakubov SJ, Kleiman NS, Huang J, Reardon MJ. Causes of death from the randomized CoreValve US Pivotal High-Risk Trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Jun;153(6):1293-1301

259. Crawford TC, Magruder JT, Grimm JC, Kemp CD, Suarez-Pierre A, Zehr KJ, Mandal K, Whitman GJ, Conte JV, Higgins RS, Cameron DE, Sciortino CM. The Paradoxical Relationship Between Donor Distance and Survival After Heart Transplantation.Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 May;103(5):1384-1391

260. Crawford TC, Magruder JT, Grimm JC, Lee SR, Suarez-Pierre A, Lehenbauer D, Sciortino CM, Higgins RS, Cameron DE, Conte JV, Whitman GJ. Renal Failure After Cardiac Operations: Not All Acute Kidney Injury Is the Same. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Apr 20. pii: S0003-4975(17)30057-7

261. Deeb GM, Chetcuti SJ, Yakubov SJ, Patel HJ, Grossman PM, Kleiman NS, Heiser J, Merhi W, Zorn GL 3rd, Tadros PN, Petrossian G, Robinson N, Mumtaz M, Gleason TG, Huang J, Conte JV, Popma JJ, Reardon MJ. Impact of Annular Size on Outcomes After Surgical or Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Apr;105(4):1129-1136. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.08.059. Epub 2018 Jan 5.

262. Soleimani B, Brehm C, Campbell DC, Conte JV. A bridge too many? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Mar;155(3):1056-1057. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.11.059. Epub 2017 Nov 22.

263. Conte JV, Hermiller J Jr, Resar JR, Deeb GM, Gleason TG, Adams DH, Popma JJ, Yakubov SJ, Watson D, Guo J, Zorn GL 3rd, Reardon MJ. Complications After Self-expanding Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Autumn;29(3):321-330. doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2017.06.001. Epub 2017 Jun 19.

264. Gleason TG, Schindler JT, Hagberg RC, Deeb GM, Adams DH, Conte JV, Zorn GL 3rd, Hughes GC, Guo J, Popma JJ, Reardon MJ. Subclavian/Axillary Access for Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Renders Equivalent Outcomes as Transfemoral.  Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Feb;105(2):477-483. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.07.017. Epub 2017 Nov 1.

265. Crawford TC, Magruder JT, Grimm JC, Suarez-Pierre A, Patel N, Sciortino CM, Zehr KJ, Mandal K, Tedford RJ, Russell SD, Conte JV, Higgins RS, Cameron DE, Whitman GJ. A Comprehensive Risk Score to Predict Prolonged Hospital Length of Stay After Heart Transplantation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Jan;105(1):83-90. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.07.012. Epub 2017 Nov 1.

266. Kakouros N, Gluckman TJ, Conte JV, Kickler TS, Laws K, Barton BA, Rade JJ. Differential Impact of Serial Measurement of Nonplatelet Thromboxane Generation on Long-Term Outcome After Cardiac Surgery. J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 Nov 2;6(11). pii: e007486. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.007486.

267. Crawford TC, Magruder JT, Fraser C, Suarez-Pierre A, Alejo D, Bobbitt J, Fonner CE, Canner JK, Horvath K, Wehberg K, Taylor B, Kwon C, Whitman GJ, Conte JV, Salenger R; Investigators for the Maryland Cardiac Surgery Quality Initiative. Less Is More: Results of a Statewide Analysis of the Impact of Blood Transfusion on Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Outcomes. Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Jan;105(1):129-136. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.06.062. Epub 2017 Nov 1.

268. Doherty JU, Kort S, Mehran R, Schoenhagen P, Soman P; Rating Panel Members; Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force.  Collaborators: Dehmer GJ, Doherty JU, Schoenhagen P, Amin Z, Bashore TM, Boyle A, Calnon DA, Carabello B, Cerqueira MD, Conte JV, Desai M, Edmundowicz D, Ferrari VA, Ghoshhajra B, Mehrotra P, Nazarian S, Brett Reece T, Tamarappoo B, Tzou WS, Wong JB, Doherty JU, Dehmer GJ, Bailey SR, Bhave NM, Brown AS, Daugherty SL, Dean LS, Desai MY, Duvernoy CS, Gillam LD, Hendel RC, Kramer CM, Lindsay BD, Manning WJ, Mehrotra P, Patel MR, Sachdeva R, Samuel Wann L, Winchester DE, Wolk MJ, Allen JM.ACC/AATS/AHA/ASE/ASNC/HRS/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR/STS 2017 Appropriate Use Criteria for Multimodality Imaging in Valvular Heart Disease : A Report of the American College of Cardiology Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Heart Rhythm Society, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons. J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Dec;24(6):2043-2063. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1070-1.

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272. Kilic A, Whitman GJ, Conte JV. Reply. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Nov;104(5):1757-1758. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.04.012.

273. Young A, Crawford T, Pierre AS, Trent Magruder J, Fraser C, Conte JV, Whitman G, Sciortino C. Renal ultrasound provides low utility in evaluating cardiac surgery associated acute kidney injury. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2017 Sep 2;12(1):75. doi: 10.1186/s13019-017-0637-x.

274. Adesiyun TA, McLean RC, Tedford RJ, Whitman GJR, Sciortino CM, Conte JV, Shah AS, Russell SD. Long-term follow-up of continuous flow left ventricular assist devices: complications and predisposing risk factors. Int J Artif Organs. 2017 Oct 27;40(11):622-628. doi: 10.5301/ijao.5000628. Epub 2017 Aug 2.

275. Crawford TC, Conte JV, Sanchez JA. Team-Based Care: The Changing Face of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Surg Clin North Am. 2017 Aug;97(4):801-810. doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2017.03.003. Review.

276. Ong CS, Fukunishi T, Nashed A, Blazeski A, Zhang H, Hardy S, DiSilvestre D, Vricella L, Conte J, Tung L, Tomaselli G, Hibino N. Creation of Cardiac Tissue Exhibiting Mechanical Integration of Spheroids Using 3D Bioprinting. J Vis Exp. 2017 Jul 2;(125). doi: 10.3791/55438.

277. Ong CS, Fukunishi T, Zhang H, Huang CY, Nashed A, Blazeski A, DiSilvestre D, Vricella L, Conte J, Tung L, Tomaselli GF, Hibino N. Biomaterial-Free Three-Dimensional Bioprinting of Cardiac Tissue using Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Cardiomyocytes. Sci Rep. 2017 Jul 4;7(1):4566. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-05018-4.

278. Crawford TC, Magruder JT, Grimm JC, Lee SR, Suarez-Pierre A, Lehenbauer D, Sciortino CM, Higgins RS, Cameron DE, Conte JV, Whitman GJ. Renal Failure After Cardiac Operations: Not All Acute Kidney Injury Is the Same. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Sep;104(3):760-766. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.01.019. Epub 2017 Apr 21.

279. Reardon MJ, Van Mieghem NM, Popma JJ, Kleiman NS, Søndergaard L, Mumtaz M, Adams DH, Deeb GM, Maini B, Gada H, Chetcuti S, Gleason T, Heiser J, Lange R, Merhi W, Oh JK, Olsen PS, Piazza N, Williams M, Windecker S, Yakubov SJ, Grube E, Makkar R, Lee JS, Conte J, Vang E, Nguyen H, Chang Y, Mugglin AS, Serruys PW, Kappetein AP; SURTAVI Investigators. Surgical or Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement in Intermediate-Risk Patients. N Engl J Med. 2017 Apr 6;376(14):1321-1331. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1700456. Epub 2017 Mar 17.

280. Gaudiani V, Deeb GM, Popma JJ, Adams DH, Gleason TG, Conte JV, Zorn GL 3rd, Hermiller JB Jr., Chetcuti S, Mumtaz M, Yakubov SJ, Kleiman NS, Huang J, Reardon MJ. Causes of death from the randomized CoreValve US Pivotal High-Risk Trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Jun;153(6):1293-1301.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.11.069..

281. Crawford TC, Zhou X, Fraser CD, Magruder JT, Suarez-Pierre A, Alejo D, Bobbitt J, Fonner CE, Wehberg K, Taylor B, Kwon C, Fiocco M, Conte JV, Salenger R, Whitman GJ, Investigators for the Maryland Cardiac Surgery Quality Initiative. Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery Utilization in Diabetics: Friend or Foe. Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Oct;106(4):1088-1094. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.04.030. Epub 2018 Jun 20.  PMID:  29758209

282. Gleason TG, Reardon MJ, Popma JJ, Deeb GM, Yakubov SJ, Lee JS, Kleiman NS, Chetcuti S, Hermiller JB Jr, Heiser J, Merhi W, Zorn GL 3rd, Tadros P, Robinson N, Petrossian G, Hughes GC, Harrison JK, Conte JV, Mumtaz M, Oh JK, Huang J, Adams DH; CoreValve U.S. Pivotal High Risk Trial Clinical Investigators.  Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement or Surgical Valve Replacement in High-Risk Patients: 5-Year Outcomes.  J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Sep 18. pii: S0735-1097(18)38290-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.08.2146. PMID: 30249462

283. Suarez-Pierre A, Crawford TC, Fraser CD 3rd, Zhou X, Lui C, Taylor B, Wehberg K, Conte JV, Whitman GJ, Salenger R; MCSQI Collaborative. Off-pump coronary artery bypass in octogenarians: results of a statewide, matched comparison. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Oct 19. doi: 10.1007/s11748-018-1025-8.

284. Zhou X, Fraser CD 3rd, Suarez-Pierre A, Crawford TC, Alejo D, Conte JV Jr, Lawton JS, Fonner CE, Taylor BS, Whitman GJR, Salenger R. Variation in Platelet Transfusion Practices in Cardiac Surgery. Innovations 2019 Apr;14(2):134-143. doi: 10.1177/1556984519836839. Epub 2019 Mar 18.  PMID 885089

285. Krishnan A, Suarez-Pierre A, Zhou X, Lin CT, Fraser CD 3rd, Crawford TC, Hsu J, Hasan RK, Resar J, Chacko M, Baumgartner WA, Conte JV, Mandal K. Comparing Frailty Markers in Predicting Poor Outcomes after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. Innovations 2019 Feb;14(1):43-54. doi: 10.1177/1556984519827698.

286. Reardon MJ, Heijmen RH, Van Mieghem NM, Williams MR, Yakubov SJ, Watson D, Kleiman NS, Conte J, Chawla A, Hockmuth D, Petrossian G, Robinson N, Kappetein AP, Li S, Popma JJ. Comparison of Outcomes After Transcatheter vs Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement Among Patients at Intermediate Operative Risk With a History of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: A Post Hoc Analysis of the SURTAVI Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Cardiol. 2019 Jun 19. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2019.1856. PMID:31215985

287. Brown CH 4th, Neufeld KJ, Tian J, Probert J, LaFlam A, Max L, Hori D, Nomura Y, Mandal K, Brady K, Hogue CW; and the Cerebral Autoregulation Study Group, Shah A, Zehr K, Cameron D, Conte J, Bienvenu OJ, Gottesman R, Yamaguchi A, Kraut M. Effect of Targeting Mean Arterial Pressure During Cardiopulmonary Bypass by Monitoring Cerebral Autoregulation on Postsurgical Delirium Among Older Patients: A Nested Randomized Clinical Trial JAMA Surg. 2019 May 22. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.1163.

288. Hendriksen BS, Stahl KA, Hollenbeak CS, Taylor MD, Vasekar MK, Drabick JJ, Conte JV, Soleimani B, Reed MF. .Postoperative chemotherapy and radiation improve survival following crdiac sarcoma resection. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Nov 28:S0022-5223(19)32223-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.10.016.

289. Zhou X, Fraser CD 3rd, Suarez-Pierre A, Crawford TC, Alejo D, Conte JV Jr, Lawton JS, Fonner CE, Taylor BS, Whitman GJR, Salenger R.Zhou X, et al. Variation in Platelet Transfusion Practices in Cardiac Surgery. Innovations (Phila). 2019 Apr;14(2):134-143. doi: 10.1177/1556984519836839.

290. Pineda AM, Kevin Harrison J, Kleiman NS, Reardon MJ, Conte JV, O'Hair DP, Chetcuti SJ, Huang J, Yakubov SJ, Popma JJ, Beohar N.Pineda AM, et al. Clinical impact of baseline chronic kidney disease in patients undergoing transcatheter or surgical aortic valve replacement.  Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2019 Mar 1;93(4):740-748. doi: 10.1002/ccd.27928. Epub 2018 Oct 20.Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2019. PMID: 30341970

291. Arnaoutakis GJ, Kilic A, Conte JV, Kim S, Brennan JM, Gulack BC, Edwards FH, Jacobs JP, Sultan I. Longitudinal Outcomes After Surgical Repair of PostInfarction Ventricular Septal Defect in the Medicare population. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Apr;109(4):1243-1250. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.08.024. Epub 2019 Sep 25.Ann Thorac Surg. 2020. PMID: 31562839

292. Si MS, Conte JV, Romano JC, Romano MA, Andersen ND, Gerdisch MW, Kupferschmid JP, Fiore AC, Bakhos M, Bonilla JJ, Burke JR, Rankin JS, Wei LM, Badhwar V, Turek JW.Si MS, et al. Unicuspid Aortic Valve Repair Using Geometric Ring Annuloplasty. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Jun 30:S0003-4975(20)31022-5. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.04.147.

293. Shuhaiber JH, Conte JV. Machine learning in Heart Valve Surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Dec 1;60(6):1386-1387. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezab324.PMID: 34279023

294. Si MS, Conte JV, Romano JC, Romano MA, Andersen ND, Gerdisch MW, Kupferschmid JP, Fiore AC, Bakhos M, Bonilla JJ, Burke JR, Rankin JS, Wei LM, Badhwar V, Turek JW. Unicuspid Aortic Valve Repair Using Geometric Ring Annuloplasty. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Apr;111(4):1359-1366. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.04.147. Epub 2020 Jun 30.PMID: 32619617

Electronic

Conte JV:  Transplant coronary artery disease.  Case Study Rx.Com-Transplantation. 2002 June Vol 1.

Conte JV. Transplant Clinical Commentaries. Vol 1 & 2, Fall & Winter 2002

Books

Johns Hopkins Handbook of Cardiac Surgery 2nd Edition.  Conte JV, Dorman TA,   Owens S, Baumgartner WA. (eds), Elsevier Inc., Publisher, Philadelphia. 20

Book Chapters

Conte JV, Foegh ML.  Lung Preservation.   A New Indication for a PAF Antagonist BN52021.  In:  Platelet Activating Factor Antagonists:  New Development for Clinical Application.   O’Flaherty JT and Ramwell PW (eds), Portfolio Publishing Company, The Woodlands, Texas, 129, 1990.

Conte JV, Kirlin Jr, Reitz BA. Donor Heart-Lung Retrieval.  In: UNOS Organ Procurement, Preservation and Distribution in Transplantation.  Phillips, MG (ed), The William Byrd Press, Richmond, Virginia, 1995

Toomasian JM, Conte JV, Reitz BA.  Kinetic Assisted Venous Drainage as an Adjunct to Multiple Redo Sternotomy and Redo Mitral Valve Replacement.  In: Case Reports and Clinical Studies in Extracorporeal Circulation, Vol 2.  Stafford TB, Toomasian JN, and Kruusz M (eds).  The Pref Press, Houston, Texas, 1996.

Conte JV, Freudenberger RD, Fiocco M.  Cardiac Transplantation.  In:  Clinical Management of the Transplant Patient.  Kuo P, Bartlett S, and Johnson L (eds).  Chapman and Hall Publishers, New York, 2000.

Conte JV and Orens JB.  Lung Transplantation.  In:  Clinical Management of the Transplant Patient.  Kuo P, Bartlett S, and Johnson L (eds). Chapman and Hall Publishers, New York, 2000.

Conte JV.  Heart and Lung Transplantation.  In:  Atlas of Cardiac Surgery.  Hanley and Belfus Publishing, Inc. Baumgartner WA, Stuart RS, Gott VL (eds). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1999.

Conte JV.  Left Ventricular Assist Devices. In:  Atlas of Cardiac Surgery.  Hanley and Belfus Publishing, Inc. Baumgartner WA, Stuart RS, Gott VL (eds). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1999.

Conte JV.  Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.  In:  Atlas of Cardiac Surgery.  Hanley and Belfus Publishing, Inc. Baumgartner WA, Stuart RS, Gott VL (eds). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1999.

Conte JV.  Lung Retransplantation.  In:  Heart and Lung Transplantation.  Baumgartner WA, Reitz BA, and Kasper E (eds). W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2000.

Conte JV, Reitz BA.  Techniques of Lung and Heart/Lung Transplantation.  In:  Heart and Lung Transplantation. Baumgartner WA, Reitz BA, and Kasper E (eds). W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2000

Conte JV.  Cardiac Transplantation.  In:  Current Therapy in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.   Yang SC and Cameron DE (eds), Harcourt Publishing, Philadelphia, PA. 2004

Conte JV. Heart Preservation.  In: Advanced Therapy in Cardiac Surgery (Second Edition).  Franco KL and Verrier ED (eds), BC Decker Inc.  Publisher, Ontario Canada, 2003

Conte JV. Left Ventricular Assist Devices. In: The Johns Hopkins Manual of Cardiothoracic Surgery.  Baumgartner WA, Yuh DD and Vricella LL (eds), McGraw Hill Inc. Publisher, New York In Press. 2007

Williams JA, Conte JV.  Surgical Ventricular Restoration.  In:  The Johns Hopkins Manual of Cardiothoracic Surgery.  Baumgartner WA, Yuh DD and Vricella LL (eds), McGraw Hill Inc. Publisher, New York. 2007

Hsia TY, Peck E, Conte JV. Coronary artery bypass grafting. In Johns Hopkins Handbook of Cardiac Surgery. In Conte JV, Dorman TA, Owens S, Baumgartner WA(eds), Elsevier Inc., Publisher, Philadelphia. 2007

Williams JA, Conte JV. Aortic Diseases. In Johns Hopkins Handbook of Cardiac Surgery. In Conte JV, Dorman TA, Owens S, Baumgartner WA (eds), Elsevier Inc., Publisher, Philadelphia. 2007

Caparelli D, Conte JV. Valvular Heart Disease. In Johns Hopkins Handbook of Cardiac Surgery. In Conte JV, Dorman TA, Owens S, Baumgartner WA (eds), Elsevier Inc., Publisher, Philadelphia. 2007

Bonde P, Conte JV. Mechanical Circulatory Support. In Johns Hopkins Handbook of Cardiac Surgery. In Conte JV, Dorman TA, Owens S Baumgartner WA (eds), Elsevier Inc., Publisher, Philadelphia. 2007

Conte JV.  Surgical Ventricular Reconstruction. In:  Treatment of Advanced Heart disease.  Baumgartner WA, and Baughman KB (eds), In Marcel Dekker Publisher, New York . 2007

Shah AS, Conte JV:  Selection criteria for pulmonary hypertension patients for lung transplantation, in Kasper DL et al (eds):  Harrison's Online, 16th ed.  New York: McGraw Hill, 2006. http://www.accessmedicine.com

Conte JV. Surgical Ventricular Remodeling. Atlas of Surgical Treatment of Advanced Heart Failure. Elsevier Inc., Publisher, Philadelphia. 2009

Conte JV. Surgical Ventricular Restoration. Cardiothoracic Surgery Review. Franco KL and Thourani VH (eds), Lippincott Williams and Wilkens, Inc. Philadelphia, PA. 2011

Arnaoutakis GJ, Conte JV. Post infarction Ventricular septal defect In:  Current Therapy in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.   Yang SC and Cameron DE (eds), Harcourt Publishing, Philadelphia, PA. 2013

Conte JV.  Surgical Ventricular Remodeling.  In:  Current Therapy in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.   Yang SC and Cameron DE (eds), Harcourt Publishing, Philadelphia, PA. 2007

Kemp CD, Conte JV.  Surgical Ventricular Remodeling.  In:  Current Therapy in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.   Yang SC and Cameron DE (eds), Harcourt Publishing, Philadelphia, PA. 2007

Conte JV.  Triple Valve Replacement. In: In: Advanced Therapy in Cardiac Surgery (Second Edition).  Franco KL and Thourani VD (eds), BC Decker Inc.  Publisher, Ontario Canada.  2013

Kemp CD, Conte JV.  Surgical Ventricular Remodeling.  In:  Current Therapy in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.   Yang SC and Cameron DE (eds), Harcourt Publishing, Philadelphia, PA. 2014

Kemp CD, Conte JV.  Mechanical Circulatory Support.  In:  Current Therapy in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.   Yang SC and Cameron DE (eds), Harcourt Publishing, Philadelphia, PA. 2014

Kronfli A, Conte JV.  Surgical Ventricular Remodeling.  In:  Current Therapy in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.   Yang SC and Cameron DE (eds), Harcourt Publishing, Philadelphia, PA. 2019

Educational Videos

Conte JV, Nwakanma LU. “Surgical Ventricular Restoration..”  Southern Thoracic Surgical Association Annual Meeting. Tuscon , AZ  October 4, 2006

Conte JV. “Surgical Ventricular Remodeling.  American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting, October 2006, Chicago ILL.

Conte JV.  “Heart Transplantation Clinical and Scientific Updates: Improving Long Term Outcomes.” Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine. February 9, 2008

Beaty CA, Conte JV. Subcostal Exchange of Ventricular Assist Device. Southern Thoracic Surgical Association Annual Meeting. November 8, 2013 Marco Island FLA

“And the Beat Goes On: A Behind the Scenes Experience At Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute”. October 25, 2018

Scientific Exhibits

Conte JV. “Transplant Pneumonectomy:  “A New Indication for Endoscopic Stapling Devices,” American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, October 6-11, 1996

Acute Upper Extremity Ischemia Complicating Cardiac Surgery,” Attar S, Fiocco M, Conte JV, American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, October 12-17, 1997

EXTRAMURAL SUPPORT

GRANT AWARDS

Principal Investigator

1998                                                       

Orthobiotech Inc.

OKT3 use as induction therapy in lung and heart/lung transplantation.

Total Funding ($15,000.00)

1999                                            ZEN031        

                                                  Roche Laboratories Inc.

“Daclizumab versus Antithymocyte Globulin in Induction Therapy in Lung Transplant Patients”.              

Total Funding ($178,570.00)

2000                                                        SMC-106--1002

                                                        Sandoz Pharmaceuticals

A randomized, controlled study of Celsior Cold Storage Solution for flushing and hypothermic storage of donor lungs prior to pulmonary transplantation.

Total Funding ($30,000)

2000                                          SMC-106-1002 Substudy

                                                        Sandoz Pharmaceuticals

The role of complement in reperfusion pulmonary edema following lung transplantation.  Total Funding ($25,000)

2001                                                        SEA-00-5.0

                                                        Cohesion Technologies

A controlled randomized multicenter study to assess the safety and effectiveness of CoSeal Surgical Sealant applied to aortic repair and grafts.

Total Funding ($19,500)

2001                                                        D099M362

Meyer Center for Advanced Transfusion Practices & Blood Research

Heterotopic abdominal heart transplantation.

Total Funding ($225,531)

2002                                                        1RO1HL69015

NHLBI

STICH Trial (Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure Trial)

Surgical PI at Johns Hopkins Hospital

Total Funding (undetermined)

PI - Robert Jones, Duke University

2002                                                        RPN 99-06-30-02

                                                        Roche Labs. Inc.

Zenepax (Dacliizumab) versus Atgam for induction therapy in lung transplantation patients

Total Funding ($271,671)

2002                                                        20-01-003

                                                        Fujisawa Healthcare Inc.

A prospective, randomized multi-center comparison of Prograf, Cellcept and steroids vs Cyclosporine, cellcept and steroids vs Prograf, Rapamune and steroids in cardiac transplant recipients.             

Total Funding – ($50,000)             

2002                                                        PN 00-10-25-03

                                                        Sangstat Medical Corp.

Complement Activation Study:  A randomized controlled study of Celsior cold storage for flushing and hypothermic storage of donor lungs prior to pulmonary transplantation.

Total Funding ($31,500)

2003                                                        D002M326

                                                        Organ Recovery Systems, Inc

Canine cardiac transplantation following extended hypothermic pulsatile perfusion

Total Funding Cost ($194,000)

2003                                                        CGT003-04

Corgentec, Inc.

A phase III multicenter  randomized, double blind , placebo controlled trial of the ex vivo treatment with CGT003 of coronary vein grafts in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft procedures

Total Funding ($525,000)

2003                                                        DIS-006 R2

Micromed, Inc.

Multicenter Trial of the MicroMed DeBakey VAD® as a Bridge to Transplant in Patients with End-Stage Heart Failure

Total Funding (undetermined)

2003                                                        WIRB #20010589

Thoratec, Inc.

Home Discharge Clinical Evaluation of the Thoratec® TLC-II Driver in the VAD System

Total Funding (undetermined)

2004                                                  SYNPCR-01/WIRB #20030426

Sulzer Carbomedics, Inc

A prospective randomized multicenter trial of the Synergy PC stented valve in patients

Total Funding ($440,000)

2004                                                        WIRB # 20030941

The Medicines Co. Inc.

CHOOSE on pump: A phase III study of Angiomax (bivalirudin) in patients with HIT/HITTS type II Undergoing cardiac surgery on pulmonary bypass (CPB) (Pilot Study)

Total Funding ($16,000)

2004                                                        WIRB # 20041952

                                                        Paracor Medical Inc

Paracor Ventricular Support System

A phase I study applying external cardiac ventricular support through a thoracotomy. (Pilot Study)

Total Funding ($50,000)

2004                                                        WIRB # 20030937

                                                        The Medicines Co. Inc.

EVOLUTION: A study comparing Angiomax (bivalirudin) to heparin with protamine reversal in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) surgery.  (Pilot Study)

Total Funding Cost: (80,000)

2004                                                        WIRB #: 20040056

                                                    Thoratec Inc.

Heartmate II: Phase I Study: VAD for bridge to Transplant in patients with end stage heart failure (Pilot Study)

Total Funding (undetermined)

2004                                                        WIRB #: 20030941

The Medicines Co.Inc.

CHOOSE:  A phase III study of Angiomax (bivalirudin) in patients with HIT/HITTS type II undergoing off pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) surgery (Pivotal Study)

Total Funding ($16,000)

2004                                                        JHU IRB # 03-11-20-03

Chase Medical Inc.

TR3ISVR Multi-Center Clinical Registry

Total Funding ($30,000)

2004                                                        WIRB #: 20040056 Rev.18

                                                     Thoratec Inc.

Heartmate II:  Phase II Study:  VAD for bridge to Transplant in patients with end stage heart failure (Pivotal Trial)

Total Funding ($ 44,289)

2005                                                        WIRB # 200 419 52 

                                                        Paracor Inc.

Paracor Ventricular Support Device Pivotal Trial: applying external cardiac ventricular support through a thoracotomy.

Total Funding ($ 44,297)

2005                                                        WIRB # 05072003E

                                                        Chase Medical Inc.

MRI evaluation of Surgical Ventricular Remodeling

Total Funding ($70,000)

2007                                                        JHH IRB # NA_00010458

Abiomed

Post approval study to monitor the clinical performance of the Abiocor in severe end-stage heart disease patients.

Total Funding (undetermined)                           

2007                                                        JHH IRB # NA_0010900

St. Jude Medical

Post approval study of the St. Jude’s Biocor and Biocor Supra valve.

Total Funding (undetermined)

2007                                                        WIRB # 20061000

Carbomedics Inc.

A randomized study to compare sizing, implant techniques and hemodynamic performance.

Total Funding (undetermined)

2009                                                        JHH IRB # NA_00022242              

                                                        Abiomed, Inc.

A multicenter, prospective, single arm clinical trial designed to evalute the safety and performance of the AB Portable Driver System in the out-patient environment (VOYAGER). 

Total Funding (undetermined)

2010                                                        JHH IRB # NA_00041527

                                                        HeartWare Inc.             

A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled, Un-blinded, Multi-Center Clinical Trial to Evaluate the HeartWare® Ventricular Assist System for Destination Therapy of Advanced Heart Failure 

Total Funding ($ 494,000)

2010                                                        JHH IRB # NA_00041138

Thoratec Corporation

RESIST study (REduce Driveline Trauma through StabIlization and Exit Site Management)

Total Funding (undetermined)

Site PI, Overall PI David Farrar, Thoratec Corporation

2011                                                        JHH IRB # NA_00041009, 00077574, 00077955

                                                        Medtronic Inc.

Medtronic Corevalve U.S. Pivotal trial (00041009)

Medtronic CoreValve Expanded Use Study (EUS) (00077574)

Medtronic SURTAVI: Surgical Replacement and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (00077955)

Site Surgical PI National PI David Adams M.D. & Jeffrey Popma M.D.

Total Funding (undetermined)

2011                                                         AHRQ 1 R18 HS020451-0

Title: Improved Patient Safety by Simulator Based Training in Cardiac Surgery

Total Funding ($1,049,298.00)             

Site PI; Overall PI- Richard Feins, University North Carolina

2012                                                        NA_00081498

Cardiovascular Outcomes Assessment of the MitraClip Percutaneous Therapy for Heart Failure Patients with Functional MR  (The COAPT Trial)

Site Surgical PI

Total Funding (undetermined)

2014                                                        NA_0056231

                                                        Boston Scientific

Evaluation of the Lotus Valve.

Site Surgical PI

Total Funding (undetermined)

2018                                                        Neochord Inc

RECHORD Trial. “Randomized evaluation of the NeoChord DS1000 system versus open surgical repair.”

Site Surgical PI

Total Funding (undetermined)

2021                                                        Geisinger IRB #: 2022-0451

ASCEND Trial. “Post Market Clinical Follow-Up Study in Patients Treated with the On-X Ascending Aortic Prosthesis (AAP)-ASCEND”

2022                                                                      Atricure Inc.

“Left Atrial Appendage Exclusion for Prophylactic Stroke Reduction Trial LeAAPS Trial CLINICAL TRIAL PROTOCOL: CP-2021-05”

Co-investigator

1998                                                        SD2 RAD B15 9

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation

A randomized 3 year multi-center, double blind study of the efficacy and safety of SDZ RAD versus Azathioprine as adjunctive immunosuppressive therapy in lung or heart/lung transplant recipients at risk for bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome.

Total Funding ($152,460.00) PI - Jonathan Orens, MD

1998                                                        CRAD001 B253

Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corp.

A Two-Year Randomized, Multicenter, Double-Blind Study of the Efficacy and Safety of SDZ RAD vs. Azathioprine as Part of Triple Immunosuppressive Therapy in De Nova Heart Transplant Recipients.

Total Funding ($ 375,000) PI - Joshua Hare, MD             

2000                                                        NR15880

Roche Laboratoires, Inc.

A prospective randomized multi-center trial of Daclizumab in cardiac transplantation.

Total Funding ($40,000) PI - Joshua Hare, MD

2000                                                        Intellicardia, Inc.

Evaluation of Renal function in congestive heart failure during prolonged perfusion of the kidney with venous blood.

Total funding ($ 68,000)PI - Joshua Hare, MD

2001                                                        Serano 21488, IND 8944

Serano Pharmaceuticals Corp.

A phase I, multi-center study of Onercept (recombinant human tumor necrosis factor binding protein, (r-hTB-1) in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)

Total Funding ($25,000) PI - Marc Sussman, MD

2002                                                         JHH 03-07-14-01

The Medicines Co.Inc.

(RIGOR)  Reduction in Graft Occlusion Rates

Total Funding ($250,000) PI-Jeff Rade, MD

2004                                                        NHLBI-Intramural Grant

Acute cardiac allograft cellular rejection and cardiac allograft vasculopathy identification of diagnostic biomarkers and target pathways for preventive therapy

                                        Total Funding ($100,000) PI-Mike Solomon, MD

2004                                                        5 P01 HL56091-08                                                       

NHLBI

Mechanisms of Accelerated Graft Arteriosclerosis    

Total Funding ($116,846) PI-William Baldwin, PhD

2005                                                        HL081028-01

NHLBI RFA HL 04-017

Specialized Center for Cell Based Therapy: "Cellular Cardiomyoplasty for Acute and Chronic Ischemic Disease

Total Funding ($598,233) PI - Joshua Hare, MD

2006                                                        JHH IRB # NA_00016214 

                                                        American Society of Transplant Surgeons

Thoracic Fellowship Award – Faculty Mentor

Ambulatory Paracorporeal Artificial Lung Bridge to Lung TransplantationTotal Funding ($85,000)

Award Recipient – Lois Nwakanma

2007-12                                          JHH IRB # NA_00016618

Donald W. Reynolds Foundation (Co-I)                                                                                                                                                         

The purpose of this multiple PI and Co-I study is to research causes of sudden cardiac death.

Total funding $3,509,584 PI- Gordon Tomaselli

2008                                                        JHH IRB # NA_00013014 

A Phase I/II, Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Study of  Safety and Efficacy of Intramyocardial Injection of Autologous Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) in Patients With Chronic Ischemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction Secondary to Myocardial Infarction

Total Funding ($698,240) PI- Steven Schulman, MD

2013                                                        JHH IRB # NA_00013160 

Monitoring of Cerebral Blood Flow Autoregulation Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy

(PI Charles Hogue MD)

2008                                                        JHH IRB # NA_00046091

The Medicines Co.Inc.

Assessment of Risk Factors for Early Saphenous Vein Graft Failure Following Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Reduction in Graft Occlusion Rates (RIGOR study)

Total Funding ($250,000) PI-Jeff Rade, MD

2012                                                        JHH IRB # NA_00043346

A Prospective Evaluation of Serum Biomarkers to Predict Brain Injury in Patients Undergoing Complex Cardiac Surgical Procedures

Total Funding (undetermined) PI-William Baumgartner, MD

2012                                                        JHH IRB # NA_00032660

NIA P30-AG021334   Older Americans' Independence Center (OAIC) award

A Prospective Cohort Evaluation of the Use of p16 Transcriptional Factor Level as a Marker of Molecular Age and Predictor of Perioperative Outcomes in Elderly Cardiac Surgical Population: Pilot Study

Total Funding ($51,115) PI- Aliaksei Pustavoitau MD

2012                                                        JHH IRB # NA_00052274

Cardiopulmonary Bypass Frailty and Inflammation

Total Funding (undetermined) PI-Rhondalyn McLean, MD

2012                                                        JHH IRB #              NA_00067566

Coronary atherosclerotic plaque characterization by 320 slice MCT: A verification study with coronary pathology.

Total Funding (undetermined) PI-Armin Zaeh, MD

2012                                                        JHH IRB #              NA_00068678

                                                        Allocure Inc

A Randomized, Multicenter, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of AC607 for the Treatment of Acute Kidney Injury in Cardiac Surgery

Total Funding ($222,209.89)  PI-Mohammad Atta MD

2012                                                        JHH IRB #              NA_00043223 

Evaluation of XIENCE PRIME or XIENCE V versus Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery for Effectiveness of Left Main Revascularization (EXCEL Clinical Trial: 10-389) 

Total Funding (undetermined) PI-John Resar, MD

2013                                                        JHH IRB #              NA_ 00071155 

Non Invasive Monitoring of Cerebral Blood Flow During and After Cardiopulmonary Bypass to Assess and Compare for the Presence of Delirium in Post Operative Patients (DELIRIUM)

Total Funding (undetermined) PI-Kaushik Mandal, MD

2013                                                        JHH IRB #              NA_ 00071155 

Non Invasive Monitoring of Cerebral Blood Flow During and After Cardiopulmonary Bypass to Assess and Compare for the Presence of Delirium in Post Operative Patients (DELIRIUM)

Total Funding (undetermined) PI-Jon Resar MD

2018                                                        Caisson Interventional, LLC

Interlude Study:  Caisson Transcatheter mitral valve replacement system

PI- Pradeep Yadav M.D.

2018                                                        Tendyne Holdings, LLC

Feasibility study of the Tendyne Mitral Valve System for use in subjects with mitral annular calcification

PI- Pradeep Yadav M.D.

2018                                                        Ancora Heart

CorCinch HRrEF Study- An early feasibility evaluation of the AccuCinch Ventricular repair System in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection Fraction. (HFrEF)

PI- John Boehner MD                           

EDITORIAL AND REVIEWER ACTIVITIES

Editorial Board

2011-17              Journal of Cardiac Surgery

                            Wiley Publishing Co., Hoboken, NJ

2007-16                 Annals of Thoracic Surgery

                                       Elsevier Publishers, Philadelphia, PA

2007-13              Journal of Heart & Lung Transplantation

Elsevier Publishers, Orlando, FLA

2008-12              Journal of Transplantation

Hindawi Publishing Corp, Cairo, Egypt             

2012-18              World Journal of Surgical Procedures

                            Baishideng BioMed Scientific Co., Beijing, China 

2006-8               Journal of Cardiothoracic - Renal Research

                            Elsevier Publishers, Philadelphia, PA

Invited Reviewer

              American Journal of Cardiology

              American Journal of Transplantation

              Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Archives of Surgery

              Artificial Organs: Journal of ASAIO

              Circulation

              CHEST

European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Journal American Medical Association (JAMA)

Journal of American College of Cardiology

Journal of American Medical Association

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Journal of Heart & Lung Transplantation

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Journal of Transplantation

              New England Journal of Medicine

Surgery

Transplantation

World Journal of Surgical Procedures

TRAINING AND MENTORING

Cardiothoracic Surgery Residents and Clinical Fellows Trained

University of Maryland

1.              Ronald Reis

Current Position: Private Practice

                    Miami, FLA

                    Dates of mentoring:  1995-1996

2.              Douglas Wallace

Current Position: Staff Surgeon

                    Heartland Regional Medical Center, Marion, ILL

                    Dates of mentoring:  1995-1997

3.              Ken Saum

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University.

                    Springfield, ILL

Dates of mentoring:  1995-1998

4.              Brett Borchelt

Current Position: Staff Surgeon

Forsyth Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC

Dates of mentoring:  1996-1998 

5.              Kurt Wehberg

Current Position: Staff Surgeon

              Penninsula Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, MD

Dates of mentoring:  1997-1998

Johns Hopkins University

6.               John Liddicoat, M.D.

            Current Position: Vice President Structural Heart Disease, Medtronic Inc.,

                    Minneapolis, MN

                    Dates of mentoring:  1996-1999

7.                 Octavio Pajaro, M.D.

              Current Position: Assistant Professor of Surgery,

              Mayo Clinic Scottsdale AZ

              Dates of mentoring:  1996-1999

8.              Kirk Fleischer, M.D.

              Current Position:: Staff Surgeon,

              Mid-Atlantic Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Norfolk, Virginia

              Dates of mentoring:  1997-2000

9.                 Malcolm Brock, M.D.

Current Position:  Professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital

              Baltimore, Maryland

              Dates of mentoring:  1997-2000

10.               Pirooz Eghtesady, M.D.

Current Position: Professor of Surgery,

Barnes Hospital, Washington University

              St Louis, Missouri

              Dates of mentoring:  1998-2001

11.              Peter Gruber, M.D.

              Current Position:  Professor of Surgery

              University of Iowa School of Medicine

                     Cedar Rapids, Iowa

              Dates of mentoring:  1998-2001

12.              Elaine Tseng, M.D.

              Current Position: Associate Professor of Surgery

              University of California, San Francisco

              San Francisco, California

              Dates of mentoring:  1999-2002

13.              Daniel Meldrum, M.D.

Current Position: Attending Surgeon Meijer Heart Center, West MI Cardiac Surgeons

Grand Rapids, MI

              Dates of mentoring:  1999-2002

14.              John Doty, M.D.

Current Position: Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Utah and LDS Hospital, 

Salt Lake City, Utah

              Dates of mentoring:  2000-2003

15.               Jorge Salazar, M.D.

              Current Position: Professor Surgery,

              University of Mississippi, Jackson, MS

                    Dates of mentoring:  2000-2003

16.              Pierre Theodore, M.D.

              Current Position::Associate Professor of Surgery

              University of California, San Francisco, CA

              Dates of mentoring: 2001-2004

17.              Peter Walinsky, M.D.

              Current Position: Attending Surgeon

                    Presbyterian Healthcare Services

                    Albuquerque, New Mexico

              Dates of mentoring: 2001-2004

18.              Eric Peck, M.D.

              Current Position: Attending Surgeon

                    Bakersfield Heart Hospital

                    Bakersfield, California

              Dates of mentoring: 2002-2005

19.              T-Y Hsia, M.D.

              Current Position: Chief Pediatric Cardiac Surgery,

              Yale University School of Medicine

              Dates of mentoring: 2002-2005

20.               Jay Shake, M.D.

              Current Position; Director Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit

              University of Mississippi, Jackson, MS

              Dates of mentoring: 2003-2006, 2010

21.              Sunjay Kaushal

Current Position: Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Maryland

              Baltimore, MD

              Dates of mentoring: 2003-2006

22.               Stephen Cattaneo

              Current Position:  Attending Surgeon, Ann Arundel Medical Center

              Annapolis, Maryland

              Dates of mentoring: 2004-2007

23.              Joseph DeSimone, M.D.

              Current Position:  Associate Professor of Surgery, Dartmouth University

              Hanover, NH

              Dates of mentoring: 2004-2007

24.              Brian Bethea

Current position:  Private Practice, Medstar Health

Baltimore, MD

              Dates of mentoring:  2005-2008

25.              David Caparrelli

Current position:  Attending Surgeon,

New England Heart & Vascular Institute, Manchester NH

              Dates of mentoring:  2005-2008

26.              Jay Bhama, (George Washington University)

Current position:  Assistant Professor

University of Iowa

              Dates of mentoring:  2005-2006

27.              Henry Tannous, (George Washington University)

Current position:  Associate Professor, Chief Division Cardiac Surgery

Renaissance School of Medicine, Stonybrook University

              Dates of mentoring:  2005-2006

28.               Torin Fitton

Current position: Attending Surgeon; Providence Health System

Portland, OR

Dates of mentoring:  2006- 2009

29.               Avo Meneshin

Current position: Attending Surgeon, Ann Arundel Medical Center;

Annapolis, Maryland

              Dates of mentoring:  2006- 2009

30.              Kristopher George, (George Washington University)

Current position:  Private Practice

Fresno, CA

              Dates of mentoring:  2006-2007

31.              Pramode Bonde (Clinical Fellow)

Current position:  Associate Professor Surgery,

Yale University, New Haven, CT

Dates of mentoring:  2007-2009

32.              Maurice Smith

Current position:  Private Practice

Frederick, MD

              Dates of mentoring:  2007- 2010

33.              Harsh Jain

Current position:  Private Practice

              Catholic Health System, Buffalo, NY

              Dates of mentoring:  2007- 2010

34.              Christopher Barriero

Current position: Attending Surgeon, Sentara Hospital;

Norfolk, Virginia

              Dates of mentoring:  2008- 2011

35.              Kaushak Mandal

Current position: Associate Professor Cardiac Surgery,

Penn State  University School of Medicine

Hershey, PA

              Dates of mentoring:  2008- 2011

36.              Gregory Rushing

Current position: Assistant Professor of Surgery,

Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

              Dates of mentoring:  2009-2012

37.              Stephen Huddleston

Current position: Attending Surgeon,

St Lukes Medical Center, Duluth, MN

              Dates of mentoring:  2009- 2012

38.              Daniel Pereda (Clinical Fellow)

Current position: Attending Surgeon

Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

              Dates of mentoring:  2010-2011

39.              Christopher Scortino

Current position: Assistant Professor of Surgery

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Pittsburgh, PA

              Dates of mentoring:  20010- 2013

40.              Neel Sodha

Current position: Assistant Professor of Surgery,

Brown University, Providence, RI

              Dates of mentoring:  2010- 2013

41.              Minh Tran

Current position: Private Practice;

Dallas, Texas

              Dates of mentoring: 2011- 2014

42.              Keki Balsara

Current position: Assistant Professor of Surgery,

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

              Dates of mentoring:  2011- 2014

43.              Gary Schwartz

Current position:  Attending Surgeon, Baylor University

Dallas, TX

              Dates of mentoring:  2012- 201

44.              Anna Parsee

Current position: Assistant Professor of Surgery

Penn State University, Hershey, PA

              Dates of mentoring:  2012- 2015

45.              Nheu Do

Current position:  Attending Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon

Johns Hopkins All Childrens Hospital, St Petersburg FLA

              Dates of mentoring:  2013- 2016

46.              Clinton Kemp

Current position:  Attending Surgeon, Sentara Norfolk Health System

Norfolk, VA

              Dates of mentoring:  2013- 2016

47.              David Lehenbauer

Current position:  Attending Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon

University of Texas- San Antonio School of Medicine, San Antonio, TX

              Dates of mentoring:  2014- 2017

48.              Nishant D. Patel

Current position: Attending Surgeon Tenet Florida Health System,

Palm Beach Gardens, FLA

              Dates of mentoring:  2014- 2017

49.              Jinny Ha

Current position:  Thoracic Surgery Attending, The Johns Hopkins Hospital;

Baltimore, Maryland

              Dates of mentoring:  2015- 2017

50.              Trevor Ellison

Current position:  Attending Cardiac Surgeon, Mount Carmel Health System

Columbus, OH

              Dates of mentoring:  2015- 2017

51.              Yuske Terasake

Current position:  Attending Cardiac Surgeon, Detroit Medical Center

Detroit, MI

              Dates of mentoring:  2016- 2017

52.              Lori Soni

Current position:  Attending Thoracic Srgeon, Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital

NY, NY

              Dates of mentoring:  2016- 2017

53.              Scott Tiedebohl             

Current position:  Attending Thoracic Surgeon, The York  Hospital;

York,  Pennsylvania

              Dates of mentoring:  2017- 2018

54.               Louis Capecci

Current position:  Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Fellow, Stanford University

Palo Alto, CA

              Dates of mentoring:  2017- 2019

55.               Matthew Delusio

Current position:  Chief Resident Thoracic Surgery

Penn State University, Hershey, PA

              Dates of mentoring:  2018- 2019

56.              Jonathan Rice

Current position:   Resident Thoracic Surgery

Penn State University, Hershey, PA

              Dates of mentoring:  2019

Medical Students Mentored

Larry R. Ferber, University of Maryland, 1997-1998

Marvin C. Borja, University of Grenada, 1998-2005

Stephen A Padilla, Johns Hopkins University, 1999-2000

Joshua S. Bolton, Johns Hopkins University, 2000-2001

Vanessa A. Albrecht, Johns Hopkins University, 2004-2005

Nishant D. Patel, Johns Hopkins University 2004-2009

Kimmie Kobayashi, Johns Hopkins University, 2007-2008

Nathanial Skelley, Johns Hopkins University, 2007-2009

Ronald B. Prucz, Johns Hopkins University, 2007-2009

Nancy Yuan, Johns Hopkins University, 2009-2011

Charles Fraser III, University of Texas, 2010-2011

Justin M.  Schaeffer, Johns Hopkins University, 2009-2011

Trevor Davis, Johns Hopkins University 2014-15

Shin-Rong Lee, Johns Hopkins University 2015-16

Imad Aljabban, Penn State University, 2017-19

Morgan Moroi, Penn State University, 2017-19

General Surgery Residents, Cardiology Fellows and others Mentored

(Excluding Subsequent Cardiac Surgery Residents)

Shunsuke Natori, Cardiology Fellow 2002

Lois U. Nwakanama, Surgery Resident, 2006-2008

Michael Gelvin, Perfusion student, staff 2002-12

Jason A Williams, Surgery Resident, 2006-2008

Eric A. Weiss, Surgery Resident, 2006-2009

Jeremiah G. Allen, Surgery Resident, 2007-2009

George J. Arnaoutakis, Surgery Resident 2009-2015

Timothy J. George, Surgery Resident 2009-2011

Claude A. Beaty, Surgery Resident 2010-2012

Arman Kilic, Surgery Resident 2010-2015.

Joshua Grimm, Surgery Resident 2013-2015

Trent Magruder, Surgery Resident 2014-2016

Todd Crawford, Surgery Resident 2015-2017

Alejandro Suarez, Surgery Resident, 2015-17

Brandon Hendrickson, Penn State Surgery Resident, 2017-2019

Anthony Kronfli, Penn State Surgery Resident, 2017-2019

Paul Aifesehi, ICU Fellow 2016-17, Gen Surg Resident 2018-2023

PhD Examination Committee

2005              Elena Blasco-Comenares, M.D.

                            Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health

                            Department of Epidemiology

Johns Hopkins Cardiac ICU Fellows Mentored

Lois U. Nwakanama,              2008-9

Zulfigar Mohammad, 2009-10

Orlando DeBesa 2010-11

Yolanda Johnson2011-12

Markos Kashiouris, 2012-13

Bravein Amalakuhan, 2012-13

Pam Paufler, 2014-15

Abiodun Orija, 2014-15

Baruch Batzofin, 2015-16

Paul Aifesehi, 2016-17

Raghavendra Makam, 2016-17

DIDACTIC AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Johns Hopkins Resident and Fellow Didactic and Educational Activities

1998– 2017              Johns Hopkins University Thoracic Surgery Program Didactic Lecture Series

2000-2011              Johns Hopkins University PGY-3 Cardiac Surgery Clinical Clerkship Director

2008-2013              Founder and Director Johns Hopkins University Cardiac ICU Fellowship

2007-2011              Johns Hopkins University Cardiac ICU Didactic Lecture Series

2006-2017              Director Cardiology Fellow Cardiac Surgery Rotation

2011-2015              Director Cardiac Surgery Simulation Laboratory

2007-2011              Director Advanced Cardiac Surgery Fellowship

2015-2017                Co-Founder Johns Hopkins University Transcatheter Valve Fellowship

Director AATS Graham Foundation Advanced Valve Disease Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University

2015-2016              Calogera Pisano              Palermo University, Palermo Italy

2016-2017              Govind Chetty                            Consultant Surgeon, London, UK

Post Graduate Courses Directed

2003

“Surgical Ventricular Restoration”

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, Maryland

March 2 – March 3, 2003

May 29 – May 30, 2003

July 31 – August 1, 2003

October 23 – October 24, 2003

“Medical & Surgical Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure”

Clinical & Research Aspects of Heart Failure at Johns Hopkins

Cambridge, Maryland

June 20, 2003,

“Techniques for Implantation of Ventricular Assist Devices”

The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

Trained Surgeons from Peninsula Regional Medical Center Salisbury, MD

September 15, 2003

2004

“Surgical Ventricular Restoration”

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, Maryland

March 3 – March 4, 2004

“Medical & Surgical Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure”

St. Michaels, Maryland

October 28 – October 30, 2004

“Techniques for Implantation of Ventricular Assist Devices”

The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

Trained Surgeons from Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland, MD

Trained Surgeons from Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD

November 14, 2005

2006

Program Chair STS Annual Meeting Chicago, IL,

“Surgical Ventricular Restoration”

Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting: STS University

30th Annual Meeting Chicago, Ill - Jan 26, 2006

2007

“Techniques for Implantation of Ventricular Assist Devices”

The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

Trained Teams from Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore,MD; Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville TN; Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, MD;  Adventis Hospital, Laurel, MD.  June 14, 2007

“Advanced Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation & Management”

The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

Trained Team from University of Rochester, September 27, 2007

2008

“Techniques and indications for Cryopreserved Homografts”

The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

Training course for 10 surgeons sponsored by Cryolife, Inc

March 14, 2008

2009

“Techniques for Implantation of Heartmate 2 Left Ventricular Assist Device”

The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

Training course for LVAD programs sponsored by Thoratec, Inc

Beginning May 2008 and 7 through Oct 15 2010

2013

Program Chair STS Annual Meeting 2013 Los Angeles, CA

Society of Thoracic Surgeons/Society Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists: “Intraoperative Echo & Decision Making in Cardiovascular Surgery “ course at STS Annual Meeting   2013 Los Angeles, CA

2015

Advanced Techniques in Mitral Valve Repair AATS Annual Meeting 2015

The AATS Graham Foundation Advanced Valve Disease Educational Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University

INVITED TALKS & LECTURES

1995

“Maximizing the Benefits of Lung Transplantation”

University of Maryland Medical Center Department of Surgery Grand Rounds

Baltimore, Maryland – September 17, 1995

1996

“Lung Volume Reduction Surgery”

North Arundel Hospital, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds

Glen Burnie, Maryland – February 22, 1996

“Lung Transplantation 1996”

Suburban Hospital, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds

Bethesda, Maryland – February 23, 1996

“The Treatment of End-Stage Lung Disease”

Arlington Hospital, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds

Arlington, Virginia – March 14, 1996

“Lung Transplantation 1996:  Current Indications & Immunosuppression Strategies”

OrthoBiotech, Inc.

Orlando, Florida – April 10, 1996

“Transplants – The Wave of the Future?”

J.M.T. Finney, M.D. Memorial Lecture

Ellicott City, Maryland – April 25-27, 1996

“Lung Transplantation 1996:  Current Status”

University of Maryland Medical Center

Baltimore, Maryland – April 27, 1996

“Lung Transplantation in Emphysema”

University of Maryland Medical Center

Baltimore, Maryland – May 2, 1996

“Current Status of Lung Transplantation”

Georgetown University, Surgery Department Grand Rounds

Washington, D.C. – May 11, 1996

“Procurement of Thoracic Organs”

Washington Regional Transplant Consortium

Fairfax, Virginia – June 11, 1996

“Heart and Lung Transplantation”

Orthobiotech Training Conference

Somerset, New Jersey – July 31, 1996

“Lung Transplantation”

Montgomery County Hospital, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds

Olney, Maryland – August 1, 1996

“Expanding Indications for Lung Transplantation”

The University of Maryland School of Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland – September 7-8, 1996

“Heart Transplantation”

National Institutes of Health, Cardiology Unit

Bethesda, Maryland – September 10, 1996

“Lung Transplantation 1996”

Maryland-District of Columbia Society for Respiratory Care

Ocean City, Maryland – September 12, 1996

“Can this Patient Be a Lung Donor?”

UNOS Region 2 OPO Forum

October 23, 1996

“Cardiac Volume Reduction Surgery”

Harbor Hospital Center, Department of Surgery

Baltimore, Maryland – November 21, 1996

“Cardiac Volume Reduction Surgery”

The University of Maryland Medical Center Surgery Grand Rounds

Baltimore, Maryland – December 7, 1996

1997

“Current Trends in Thoracic Transplantation”

St. Josephs Medical Center

Baltimore, Maryland – March 12, 1997

“ABIOMED BVS 5000:  a novel Approach to Right Sided Cannulation”

First International Interdisciplinary Conference on Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery, Science and Mechanics

Washington, D.C. – June 6-9, 1997

“Transmyocardial Laser Re-vascularization & Minimally Invasive Surgery”

Seventh Annual Cardiovascular Symposium

Rehoboth Beach, Delaware – June 21-22, 1997

“The Role of Ventricular Reduction Surgery in the Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure”

York Hospital, Department of Surgery Grand Rounds

York, Pennsylvania – July 17, 1997

“Lung Volume Reduction Surgery”

Fifth Annual Maryland Operating Room Nurses Symposium

Ocean City, Maryland – September 20, 1997

“Surgical Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure”

University of Maryland Medical Center, Medical Grand Rounds

Baltimore, Maryland – October 8, 1997

“Cardiac Transplantation Update”

Mercy Medical Center, Medical Grand Rounds

Baltimore, Maryland – December 3, 1997

1998

“Lung Transplantation 1998”

Harbor Hospital, Surgery Grand Rounds

Baltimore, Maryland – March 19, 1998

“Lung Transplantation:  Current Status and Future Directions”

Johns Hopkins Hospital, Comprehensive Transplant Center

Baltimore, Maryland – September 11, 1998

“Left Ventricular Assist Devices”

St. Agnes Hospital, Medical Grand Rounds

Baltimore, Maryland – September 30, 1998

“Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Heart and Lung Transplantation”

Johns Hopkins Hospital, Surgery Grand Rounds

Baltimore, Maryland – October 17, 1998

“Left Ventricular Assist Devices”

University of Maryland Medical Center Surgery Grand Rounds

Baltimore, Maryland – November 10, 1998

1999

“The Use of Marginal Donors in Heart and Lung Transplantation”

AOPA Procurement Director and Development Council Annual Meeting

Annapolis, Maryland – January 1999

“Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (OPCAB)

Johns Hopkins Hospital, Cardiology Grand Rounds

Baltimore, Maryland – January 6, 1999

“Update on Lung Transplantation”

Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, Maryland – February 6, 1999

“Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery:  Fact or Fiction”

Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds

Baltimore, Maryland – February 20, 1999

“Surgical Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension”

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation 19th Annual Meeting

San Francisco, California – April 20, 1999

2000

“Lung Transplantation 2000"

Temple University School of Medicine

Transplantation Grand Rounds - June 2, 2000

"Induction Therapy in Lung Transplantation"

Norfolk General Hospital

Surgery Department Grand Rounds

Norfolk, Virginia - May 19, 2000

"Post Transplantation, What to Expect"

Pulmonary Hypertension Association's 4th International Pulmonary Hypertension Conference

Chicago, Illinois - June 23-25, 2000

2002

“Advances in Cardiac Diagnostics & Interventions”

Howard County General Hospital

Getting to the Heart of Your Wellness

Sheraton Columbia Hotel, Columbia, Maryland – February 14, 2002

“Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery”

Cardiology Grand Rounds

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Baltimore, Maryland - March 7, 2002

“Limited Access Techniques for Cardiac Surgery”

Johns Hopkins Hospital

Cardiovascular Topics at Johns Hopkins

Baltimore, Maryland – February 28 – March 2, 2002

“Surgical Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure”

Shoreline Cardiac Conference – Peninsula Regional Medical Center

Ocean City, MD - August 17, 2002

2003

“Surgical Ventricular Reconstruction: An Alternative to Transplantation for Ischemic Cardiomyopathy”

Surgery Grand Rounds

Christiana Hospital Wilmington DE – January 29, 2003

“Surgical Technique and Outcomes of Ventricular Remodeling”

Heart Failure Society of America

Las Vegas, NV – September 22, 2003

“Surgical Ventricular Reconstruction: An Alternative to Transplantation for Ischemic Cardiomyopathy”

Cardiothoracic Surgery Grand Rounds

Long Island Jewish Medical Center

New Hyde Park, New York – October 16, 2003

“Surgical Treatment Options in Advanced Heart Failure”

Advanced Strategies in the Treatment & Management of Heart Failure

Sponsored by Thoratec, Inc.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – November 22, 2003

2004

“Training Surgeons to Perform Ventricular Restoration”

Society for Thoracic Surgeons, 28th Annual Meeting

San Antonio, Texas – January 27, 2004

“Surgical Treatment of End Stage Heart Disease”

Cardiology Grand Rounds

George Washington University Hospital

Washington, DC – February 18, 2004

“Patient Selection:  LVAD vs. BIVAD” & “Product Selection: LVAD’s, BIVADS’s, Axial, Bridge vs. Destination, DT vs. Bridge”

National Ventricular Assist Device Coordinator Workshop

Sponsored by Thoratec, Inc.

Baltimore, Maryland – June 11, 2004

“Surgical Ventricular Reconstruction Techniques for Congestive Heart Failure”

Society of Thoracic Surgeons Biannual Circulatory Support Meeting

Louisville, Kentucky – August 27, 2004

“Surgical Ventricular Reconstruction for Congestive Heart Failure”

Pittsburgh Congestive Heart Failure Symposium

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – September 27, 2004

“Surgical Treatment of End Stage Heart Disease”

Thoratec Annual Users Meeting

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida – October 22, 2004

“Surgical Ventricular Restoration”

The Johns Hopkins CME Course, Medical & Surgical Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure

St. Michaels, Maryland – October 30, 2004

“LVAD for Recovery:  Fact or Myth”

The Johns Hopkins CME Course, Medical & Surgical Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure

St. Michaels, Maryland – October 31, 2004

“Update on Cardiac Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support”

American College of Chest Physicians Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery Update

Scottsdale, AZ Dec 10, 2004

“Surgical Ventricular Remodeling”

American College of Chest Physicians Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery Update

Scottsdale, AZ Dec 11, 2004

2005

“Surgical Ventricular Restoration”

Association of Cardiovascular Surgery Physician Assistants Annual Meeting

Tampa, FLA January 23, 2005

“Surgical Ventricular Restoration”

King Edward Hospital Medical Grand Rounds

Hamilton, Bermuda February 2, 2005

“Surgical Ventricular Remodeling”

University Of Pittsburgh Heart Failure Symposium

Pittsburgh, PA February 4, 2005

Surgical Ventricular Remodeling”

University Of Pennsylvania Heart Failure Symposium

Philadelphia, PA February 4, 2005

“Treatment of Right Ventricular Failure”

Cardiothoracic Critical Care 2005