Jefferson Health has received an incredible gift from the Bruce & Robbi Toll Foundation to establish the Bruce & Robbi Toll Heart and Vascular Institute, a comprehensive program designed to bring high-quality cardiovascular care to patients & communities: brnw.ch/21wKYA7

ECMO vs. Impella: What's the Best Therapy for Cardiogenic Shock? Watch the panel discussion and three case presentations during our next Global Grand Rounds webinar this Wednesday at 8am ET. Register for the replay: aats.org/events/ecmo-vs…

I am extremely excited to share this paper with my mentor, Dr. Stephen Meltzer, in Gastroenterology . The Role of DNA Methylation in Gastrointestinal Disease: An Expanded Review of Malignant and Non-Malignant Gastrointestinal Diseases - Gastroenterology gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-…

We're excited about the 6th N. American Aortic Valve Repair Symposium on 9/6-9/7 in Philly! Register to attend, submit an abstract, or apply for a scholarship! Don't miss it! TSRA The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Nimesh Desai MD PhD Aortic Valve Repair Symposium Jason Han Details: aovalverepairsymposium.com

New in #JTCVS Open: An Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry analysis of acute brain injury risk prediction models in venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation patients with tree-based machine learning. See the results: doi.org/10.1016/j.xjon…

Calling all 2025 ERAS Cycle I-6 applicants, please complete this survey! We are investigating the interview format preferences for I-6 applicants. This data will help inform the interview format for this cycle and allow for analysis of bias and preference. tinyurl.com/I6-Survey

Will ECPR Move the Needle on Cardiac Arrest Survival? medscape.com/viewarticle/wi…

#AdultCardiac #CME article from Benjamin Shou et al on Impact of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Bridging Duration on Lung Transplant Outcomes: doi.org/10.1016/j.atho… #AnnalsCME Emily Larson Sung-Min Cho Andrew Kalra Errol L. Bush, MD, FACS

Thoracic Surgery Directors Association Statement on 2024-2025 Recruitment Cycle TSDA supports in-person interviews for I-6, Independent & Congenital recruitment. The TSDA also supports virtual interviews if individual program chooses virtual interviews as their format. #MedEd #Match2025 Read more:

ELSO study ⁦Akram Zaaqoq⁩ ⁦asaiojournal⁩. Well done Andrew. journals.lww.com/asaiojournal/f…

Pulse Pressure and Acute Brain Injury in Venoarterial... : ASAIO Journal journals.lww.com/asaiojournal/a… Sung-Min Cho Benjamin Shou Akram Zaaqoq Jin Kook (Luke) Kang

Pulse pressure & acute brain injury in VA #ECMO, ELSO Registry analysis 🧠 early (at 24h of #ECLS) PP ≤10 mm Hg associated with ⬆️ CNS ischemia & BD (but not ICH), even in non #ECPR pts alone Low PP may serve as marker for ABI in this high-risk population. Optimizing EBF,

Pulse pressure & acute brain injury in peripheral VA #ECMO, ELSO Registry analysis 🔎 >9.8K adults on #ECLS for cardiogenic shock, Jan 2018-Jul 2023 🔍 85% PP >10 mm Hg vs 15% ≤10 ⚖️ after adjustment, PP ≤10 mm Hg associated w ABI asaiojournal 🖇️ bit.ly/3Xj0vcv

.Andrew Kalra et al researched acute brain injury risk prediction models in venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation patients with tree-based machine learning by analyzing the Extracorporeal Life Support Org Registry. See more in #JTCVS Open: doi.org/10.1016/j.xjon…

Register today! I am looking forward to a lively clinical discussion!

The 4th Annual Philadelphia Cardiovascular Congress is currently accepting abstracts for our poster competition! Registration is free for med students, residents, and fellows, and winners will receive a cash prize. See below for more details: tinyurl.com/mr3sxkv6

The gloves are off and this is going to be EPIC!! Time to take on my mentor and great friend Joe Bavaria, MD. Super asymmetric BAV with severe regurgitation. Is repair ever durable or is late stenosis inevitable? Do we respect the geometry? Use patches? Or is a Ross the ideal

Great time today chatting with Dr. #BenYoudelman Maimonides Health to launch our #AortaChat series! Check out interview link below and learn ways to get involved this #AorticDiseaseAwareness month! TSMA AorticBridge Think Aorta US THINK AORTA Global Aortic Hope Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust

Nice study confirming venous / pre-oxygenator sat on the ECMO circuit is a reasonable surrogate for mixed venous sat with peripheral VA ECMO. asaiojournal journals.lww.com/asaiojournal/f…

Excited to share my first 2 papers with Mayo Clinic Cardiac Surgery! Thanks to Sahar A. Saddoughi, MD, PhD and Phillip Rowse, MD, FACS for their support.