Arie Blitz
Institutional Affiliation
- University Hospitals of Cleveland, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Specialty
- Adult Cardiac Surgery
- Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
- General Thoracic Surgery
Background
- Cornell University (BA Philosophy 1985)
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (MD 1989)
- Montefiore Medical Center General Surgery Residency (1989-1994)
- UCLA Cardiothoracic Surgery Research Fellowship (1994-1996)
- UCLA Cardiothoracic Surgery Clinical Fellowship (1996-1998)
- UCLA Congenital Heart Surgery/Transplant Fellowship (1998-1999)
- Heart Failure Surgery/Heart Transplant Fellow, Ochsner Clinic (2004-2005)
- Director, Heart Transplantation, University Hospitals of Cleveland (present)
- Associate Director, Residency Program, University Hospitals of Cleveland (present)
Interests
- Heart failure surgery
- Heart/lung transplantation
- Off pump CABG
- Stentless/homograft aortic valve replacement
- Mitral valve repair
- Aortic surgery
- Laser TMR
- Assist Device / Destination Therapy
- Arrhythmia Surgery
- Minimally invasive valve surgery
Last Modified: 18-Jun-2007
