A CU Medicine provider.
I am part of a world class multidisciplinary team focused on providing the best care for patients with advanced forms of heart and lung disease. I am driven to provide excellent care through tailored surgical approaches to each unique patient and believe strongly that shared decision making is important to achieve the best outcomes for my patients.
Locations
720.848.9264
720.848.5301Qualifications and experience
- Specialties
- Surgery, Heart and Circulation, Thoracic and Cardiac, Heart and Circulation - Heart Failure, Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery, Surgery - Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart and Circulation - Circulatory Disorders, Heart and Circulation - Structural Heart Disease, Surgery - Transplant Surgery, Surgery - Heart Transplant Surgery, Surgery - Lung Transplant Surgery, Heart and Circulation - Aneurysms, Heart and Circulation - Arrhythmia, Heart and Circulation - Coronary Disease, Heart and Circulation - Heart Valve Diseases, Surgery - Open Heart Surgery, Surgery - Vascular Surgery, Heart and Circulation - Heart Attack, Surgery - Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, Surgery - Open Thoracic Aortic Surgery, Heart and Circulation - Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Heart and Circulation - Abnormal heart rhythms, Heart and Circulation - Dysfunction of the heart valve, Heart and Circulation - Weakened heart muscle, Heart and Circulation - Abnormal blood flow through the heart
- Gender
- Male
- Languages spoken
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English
- Education
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Fellowship
University of Colorado (2023)
Medical School
Medical College of Wisconsin (2015)
Residency
Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Program (2020)
Undergraduate
University of Wisconsin–Madison (WI) (2010)
- Clinical interest for patients
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I have a clinical focus on advanced heart and lung disease, including mechanical circulatory support and left ventricular assist device implantation, minimally invasive approaches to mechanical circulatory support, heart and lung transplantation, and surgical management of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). In addition to these focuses, I provide the full spectrum of adult cardiac care at the University of Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center and care for patients with coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, arrhythmias including atrial fibrillation, as well as thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissection. I offer minimally invasive approaches to valve repair and replacement. I am the program director of the ECMO fellowship and surgical director of mechanical circulatory support/LVAD.
- Research interest for patients
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I have research interests which mirror my clinical focus, with an emphasis on investigating the impact of normothermic regional perfusion on heart and lung transplantation, evaluating the impact of right ventricular dysfunction in patients supported on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and the use of temporary ventricular assist devices for cardiogenic shock. Additionally, I have an interest in the investigating the roll of 4D flow cardiac MRI imaging in improving the evaluation of patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
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