Ralph J. Damiano

St.Louis, USA
M.D.
Evarts A. Graham Professor,
Surgery Chief,
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Faculty

Specialty Areas:

  • — Cardiac Surgery,
  • — Cardiothoracic Surgery,
  • — Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery,
  • — Arrhythmia Surgery,
  • — Coronary Artery ByPass Graft (CABG),
  • — Off Pump Cardiac Surgery,
  • — Robotic-Assisted Cardiac Surgery.

Interests

  • — Surgical treatment of arrhythmias,
  • — Pathophysiology of surgical ischemia,
  • — Hyperpolarizing cardioplegia,
  • — Cell volume regulation during cardioplegia,
  • — Transplant preservation (donor heart),
  • — Surgical robotics,
  • — Minimally invasive cardiac surgery.

The lectures

  • — Recent advances in the surgical treatment of lone AF
  • — Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation in patients with mitral valve disease