Dr. Emile Bacha, MD

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Clinical Specialties:

Valve repair and reconstruction
Neonatal Cardiac surgery
Hybrid procedures
Complex biventricular repairs
Adult congenital heart surgery

Specialties:

cardiothoracic surgery
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Affiliation:

Columbia University Department of Surgery

Location:

Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of Ne...
New York, NY
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Education: MD, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany, 1989
Internship: Internship and General Surgery Residency, Klinikum Grosshadern University Hospital and German Heart Center, Munich, Germany, 1989-1991
Residency: General Surgery Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1991-1993
General Surgery Residency, Emory University School of Medicine Affiliated Hospitals, Atlanta, GA, 1993-1995
Fellowship: Research Fellowship, Laboratoire de Chirurgie Experimentale, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hopital Marie-Lannelongue, Paris, France, 1995-1996
Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital and Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1996-1998
Board Certifications: Surgery, American Board of Surgery
Thoracic Surgery, American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Congenital Heart Surgery, American Board of Congenital Heart Surgery
Professional Membership or Societies: American College of Surgeons -- Fellow
American College of Cardiology -- Fellow
Society of Thoracic Surgeons -- Member
American Association for Thoracic Surgery -- Fellow
World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery -- Founding Member
European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery -- Member
Congenital Heart Surgeon’s Society – Member
Chicago Cardiothoracic Surgical Society -- Founding Member
American International Health Council -- Member
University of Chicago Surgical Society -- Member
International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation -- Member
Society of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery Aldo R. Castaneda -- Member
Honors or Awards: TSFRE (Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education) Education Award Recipient, 2009
Finalist, Young Investigators Award, European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 1998
Simone et Cino del Duca Foundation Research Award, 1995
Scholar of the German National Scholarship Foundation, 1985-1989
Publications: Salvin J, Polito A, Thiagaragan R, Pigula F, Bacha E, Laussen P, Scheurer M, McGowan F. Blood Transfusion Following Pediatric Cardiac Surgery is Associated with Prolonged Hospital Stay. Ann Thor Surg (in press)
Porras, D, Bacha E, McElhinney D. Factors Associated with Subsequent Arch Reintervention After Initial Balloon Aortoplasty in Patients with a Norwood Procedure and Arch Obstruction. JACC (in press)
Shuhaiber J, McElhinney DB, Bacha E. The role of surgical therapy for pulmonary vein atresia in childhood. Pediatric Cardiology (in press)
Shuhaiber JH, Bergersen L, Pigula F, Emani S, McElhinney D, Marshall A, Fynn-Thompson F, Bacha EA. Intraoperative assessment after pediatric cardiac surgical repair: Initial experience with C-arm angiography. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (in press)
Bautista-Hernandez V, Scheurer MA, Thiagarajan RR, Bacha EA. Right ventricle and tricuspid valve function at mid-term following the Fontan operation for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: Impact of shunt type. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (in press)

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