Division of Cardiac Surgery

Our Division

Welcome to the Division of Cardiac Surgery of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Ranked 13th in the nation for heart and heart surgery programs by U.S. News and World Report, the Division of Cardiac Surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine's Department of Surgery is widely respected throughout the nation as an innovator and leader. The division's success is built upon three main areas: education, research, and clinical care through Feinberg-affiliated hospitals.

Learn more about our work via the links below.

Education
Learn about our fellowship program as well as our other contributions to the education of future leaders in our field
Research
Discover our areas of focus in research
Patient Care
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Faculty
Meet our faculty members
About Us
Connect with our office; meet our chief

Meet our Faculty

Gail Osterman, PhD

Assistant Professor of Surgery (Cardiac Surgery) and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

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Message from the Chief

Read message from the Chief, Patrick M. McCarthy, MD

News

05.17.2016Evaluating an Alternative to Open-Heart Surgery
11.13.2014The 25th Annual Arthur DeBoer, MD Visiting Professor Lectureship

Recent Publications

Heart Failure Symptom Biology in Response to Ventricular Assist Device Implantation.
Lee CS, Mudd JO, Lyons KS, Denfeld QE, Jurgens CY, Aouizerat BE, Gelow JM, Chien CV, Aarons E, Grady KL.
J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2018 Nov 27. doi: 10.1097/JCN.0000000000000552. [Epub ahead of print]
Alternative Implantation Technique for Rapid Deployment Valve.
Kaku Y, Segurola RJ, Rego A, McCarthy PM, Malaisrie SC.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Nov 23. pii: S0003-4975(18)31689-8. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.10.036. [Epub ahead of print]
Successful Repair of a Ruptured Mycotic Aortic Aneurysm in a Pediatric Patient with Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest.
Sainathan S, Monge M, Eltayeb O.
Am Surg. 2018 Feb 1;84(2):e77-e79. No abstract available.
Structural valve degeneration in the era of precision medicine.
Fedak PWM.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Oct 10. pii: S0022-5223(18)32613-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.09.105. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
Outcomes of the Fourteenth International Conference on Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems and Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Perfusion.
Mongé MC, Backer CL, Myers JL, Ündar A.
Artif Organs. 2018 Oct 18. doi: 10.1111/aor.13354. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
Aortic valve-mediated wall shear stress is heterogeneous and predicts regional aortic elastic fiber thinning in bicuspid aortic valve-associated aortopathy.
Bollache E,… Malaisrie SC …
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Dec;156(6):2112-2120.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.05.095. Epub 2018 Jun 12.
Assessing wall stresses in bicuspid aortic valve-associated aortopathy: Forecasting the perfect storm?
Barker AJ, Markl M, Fedak PWM.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Aug;156(2):471-472. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.03.092. Epub 2018 Mar 31. No abstract available.
Aortic Valve Replacement in an Era of Rapid Innovation: Better the Devil You Know.
Fedak PWM, Bhatt DL, Verma S.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Apr 3;71(13):1413-1416. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.02.007. No abstract available.
Brom Aortoplasty for Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis.
Mongé MC, Eltayeb OM, Costello JM, Johnson JT, Popescu AR, Rigsby CK, Backer CL.
World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2018 Mar;9(2):139-146. doi: 10.1177/2150135118754520.
Burden of preoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.
Malaisrie SC, McCarthy PM, Kruse J, Matsouaka R, Andrei AC, Grau-Sepulveda MV, Friedman DJ, Cox JL, Brennan JM.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Jun;155(6):2358-2367.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.01.069. Epub 2018 Feb 9.
Causes and Consequences of Missing Health-Related Quality of Life Assessments in Patients Who Undergo Mechanical Circulatory Support Implantation: Insights From INTERMACS (Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support).
Grady KL,… Grady KL …
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2017 Dec;10(12):e003268. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.116.003268.
Pediatric Heart Transplantation: Transitioning to Adult Care (TRANSIT): Baseline Findings.
Grady KL,… Grady KL …
Pediatr Cardiol. 2018 Feb;39(2):354-364. doi: 10.1007/s00246-017-1763-x. Epub 2017 Nov 3.
Prothrombin Complex Concentrate Reduces Blood Product Utilization in Heart Transplantation.
Enter DH,… Malaisrie SC … Pham DT …
Pharmacotherapy. 2017 Oct;37(10):1215-1220. doi: 10.1002/phar.2015.
Unusual Complication of the Nuss Procedure: Fistulization of the Internal Thoracic Artery to the Pulmonary Artery.
Mongé MC, Wax D, Barsness K.
World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2017 Jan 1:2150135117696493. doi: 10.1177/2150135117696493. [Epub ahead of print]
Evolution of Precision Medicine and Surgical Strategies for Bicuspid Aortic Valve-Associated Aortopathy.
Fatehi Hassanabad A, Barker AJ, Guzzardi D, Markl M, Malaisrie C, McCarthy PM, Fedak PWM.
Front Physiol. 2017 Jul 10;8:475. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00475. eCollection 2017.
The ICD and Shared Decision Making: Nothing Is Ever Easy.
Goetz PW, Grady KL, Yancy CW.
J Card Fail. 2017 Nov;23(11):800-801. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2017.05.012. Epub 2017 May 22. No abstract available.
Single leaflet reconstruction of pulmonic valve with decellurized bovine pericardium.
Tomasko JM, Rankin JS, Malaisrie SC.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2017 Jun 1;24(6):969-971. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivx015.
Creating a 90° curve in polyester grafts during thoracic aortic surgery using the pleat technique.
Campo JJ, Yamashita MH, Malaisrie SC.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Aug;154(2):414-416. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.12.052. Epub 2017 Feb 12. No abstract available.
Put a ring on it?
Backer CL, Mongé MC.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Jul;154(1):212-213. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.01.012. Epub 2017 Feb 2. No abstract available.

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