
Nimesh Desai MD PhD
@nimeshdesaimd
Cardio-Aortic Surgeon and Clinical Researcher 🇨🇦🇺🇸 #aorta #TAVR All tweets are my own. RT≠endorsement
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29-01-2019 15:06:44
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Great to see the #pennaorta team on podiums around the world sharing our work. Here PennSurgery resident Madison Grasty, MD is International Aortic Summit in Aruba explaining our technique of open repair for an aneurysmal Kommerell’s Diverticulum with dysphagia in a right sided aortic arch


Don't miss the first ever The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Pre-Con focused on all things #aorta! Co-Directed by Ibrahim Sultan George Arnaoutakis Karen M Kim, MD and packed with an all-star lineup of world experts in aortic surgery #AortaEd Register Now: sts.org/2025-sts-annua…


V-V ECMO after Type A? TEVAR in #marfan? Penn residents Allie Sperry, MD and Mike Catalano are presenting some controversial topics at The Society of Thoracic Surgeons EACTS LACES meeting in Buenos Aires! Great job team! PennSurgery #PENNAORTA #AortaEd Kendall Lawrence Chase Brown, MD, MS


Our analysis of the current national practice pattern with respect to TEVAR for aortic dissection. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports Nimesh Desai MD PhD Penn Cardiology PennSurgery annalsthoracicsurgeryshortrep.org/article/S2772-…


#EditorsChoice Nimesh Desai MD PhD, Karen M Kim, MD and coauthors present a new STS ACSD risk model to predict mortality and morbidity after ascending aneurysm surgery has been developed, and predictors of better and worse outcomes have been identified👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.atho…


Reminder: Next Thursday no M&M However… We are pleased to announce Dr. Maral Ouzounian MD PhD FRCSC (Maral Ouzounian) will be our Inaugural Penn Aorta Center Michael and Ellen Kullman Lecturer UHN Sprott Department of Surgery Peter Munk Cardiac Centre University of TorontoCVsurgery@UofTSurgery @UofT


Excited to share our study in EJCTS🫀! 💡 Conclusion: Hemiarch doesn’t increase perioperative risk but may not prevent medium-term reinterventions. Thanks to Nimesh Desai MD PhD, Matthias Siepe, Martin Czerny, Florian Schönhoff and all involved! Full study: doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/…


Dr Paul Fiorilli named Director of Structural Heart Disease Penn Medicine! Paul is the Philly region’s busiest structuralist, serves as our interventional fellowship director, has won numerous teaching awards, and is the rare IC with expertise in treating all 4 heart valves.



#cardiac #surgery #trainees 7th N. American #AVRS masterclass is offering scholarships! Click here for details: aovalverepairsymposium.com TSRA Joseph Coselli, MD Joe Bavaria, MD Nimesh Desai MD PhD

Let’s continue to improve #AorticAwareness - Unmet need: 50% increased death w/ malperfusion in Acute proximal dissection John J. Kelly, MD William L. Patrick Joe Bavaria, MD Maral Ouzounian T. Brett Reece G C Hughes Eric E. Roselli Karen M Kim, MD Ourania Preventza Nimesh Desai MD PhD #AortaEd

ft. John DePaolo, Sarah Abramowitz, Gina Biagetti, Renae Judy, Nick Goel, Nimesh Desai MD PhD, Wilson Szeto, Scott Damrauer (@PennSurgery), Cameron Beeche, Julio Chirinos, Michael Levin (Penn Cardiology), Jeffrey Duda, James Gee & Walter Witschey (Penn Radiology) jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.…


Just two days left to apply for a #scholarship to #AVRSMasterclass - don't miss this opportunity! aovalverepairsymposium.com Joe Bavaria, MD TSRA Nimesh Desai MD PhD Prashanth Vallabhajosyula, MD, MS John J. Kelly, MD Maral Ouzounian


Have you registered yet? Take advantage of early bird rates through 7/4! aovalverepairsymposium.com Nimesh Desai MD PhD Joe Bavaria, MD Prashanth Vallabhajosyula, MD, MS Maral Ouzounian