Dr. John D. Puskas, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dept. of Surgery, Emory SOM

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John D. Puskas, MD

Academic Appointment

Professor of Surgery and Associate Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Clinical Appointments

		Chief of Cardiac Surgery, Emory Crawford Long Hospital

		Surgical Director, Emory Carlyle Fraser Center for Atrial Fibrillation

		Director, Clinical Research Unit, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Telephone

404.686.2513

Affiliations

		Emory Crawford Long Hospital
		Emory University Hospital

Board Certification

		American Board of Surgery
		American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Medical School

		MD received 1986, Harvard Medical School
		MSc in Surgical Science received 1991, University of Toronto Institute of Medical Science

Postgraduate Training

		General Surgery Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1986-1993

		Research Fellowship in Thoracic Surgery, University of Toronto, 1989-1991

		Residency and Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory, 1993-1996

Honors and Awards

		J. Maxwell Chamberlain Memorial Award (best paper in adult cardiac surgery), Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting, January 2007, San Diego, CA

		Best Oral Presentation, International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Annual Meeting, London, UK, June, 2004

		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

		American College of Surgeons, Fellow

		American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Education Committee

		American College of Chest Physicians

		American Board of Thoracic Surgery

		International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

		Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Chair, Tech Con Program Committee

		Society of University Surgeons

		U.S. Surgical Endosurgery, Executive Committee

		MGH Surgical Alumni Society

Clinical Interests

		Bypass surgery

		Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery

		Arterial grafting in coronary artery bypass surgery

		Tracheal resection and reconstruction

		Valve repair/replacement

		Surgical management of arterial revascularization therapies

		Minimally invasive surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation

Research Interests:

		The application of evidence-based medicine to cardiothoracic surgical practice, especially in the development of new techniques and technologies for innovative procedures

		Translating advances in basic science and device innovation to clinical cardiothoracic practice

Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member

1996