


John D. Puskas, MD
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| Academic Appointment |
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Professor of Surgery and Associate Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic
Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine |
| Clinical Appointments |
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Chief of Cardiac Surgery, Emory University Hospital Midtown |
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Surgical Director, Emory Carlyle Fraser Center for Atrial Fibrillation |
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Director, Clinical Research Unit, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
| Telephone |
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404.686.2513 |
| Board Certification |
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American
Board of Surgery |
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American
Board of Thoracic Surgery |
| Medical School |
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MD received 1986, Harvard Medical School |
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MSc in Surgical Science received
1991, University of Toronto Institute of Medical Science |
| Postgraduate Training |
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General Surgery Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1986-1993 |
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Research
Fellowship in Thoracic Surgery, University of Toronto, 1989-1991 |
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Residency
and Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory, 1993-1996 |
| Honors and Awards |
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J. Maxwell Chamberlain Memorial Award (best paper in adult cardiac surgery), Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting, January 2009, San Francisco, CA |
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J. Maxwell Chamberlain Memorial Award (best paper in adult cardiac surgery), Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting, January 2007, San Diego, CA |
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Best Oral Presentation, International Society for Minimally Invasive
Cardiac Surgery, Annual Meeting, London, UK, June, 2004 |
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Educational Award from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons to attend
the Howard School of Public Health/J. F. Kennedy School of Government
Executive Course in "Skills For The New World Of Health Care,"
4/26–5/4/2003 |
| Current Organizational Memberships |
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American
College of Surgeons, Fellow |
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American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Education Committee |
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American College of Chest Physicians |
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International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, President |
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Society of Thoracic Surgeons |
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Society of University Surgeons |
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U.S. Surgical Endosurgery, Executive
Committee |
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MGH Surgical Alumni Society |
| Clinical Interests |
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Bypass surgery |
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Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery |
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Arterial grafting in coronary artery bypass surgery |
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Tracheal
resection and reconstruction |
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Valve repair/replacement |
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Surgical management of arterial revascularization
therapies |
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Minimally invasive surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation |
| Research Interests: |
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The application of evidence-based medicine to cardiothoracic surgical practice, especially in the development of new techniques and technologies for innovative procedures. |
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Translating advances in basic science and device innovation to clinical cardiothoracic practice. |
| Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member |
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1996 |
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