Jnanesh Jyotindra Thacker, M.D. 834 Chestnut Street Apartment number 623, Philadelphia, PA  19107 United States 9820089864, 267-456-9678; 215- 1 215-707-1576 (Fax)

Institutional Affiliation

• Temple University.

Specialty

• Adult Cardiac Surgery

Background

• GRANT MEDICAL COLLEGE. MBBS 1982
• TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. RESIDENCY IN GENERAL SURGERY. 1986.
• SETH G.S. MEDICAL COLLEGE, RESIDENCY IN CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC SURGERY.
• TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE. ADVANCED FELLOW. 1991
• UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM, SPECIAL FELLOW. 1992.
• CHILDREN HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA, FELLOW. 1993
• ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL, PORTLAND OREGON. ADVANCED FELLOW. 1993-1995
• SIR H.N. HOSPITAL. CONSULTANT CARDIAC SURGEON. 1995 TO 2005
• UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER, FACULTY, CARDIOPULMONARY TRANSPLANTATION. 2005 TO 2007.
• ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN CLINICAL SURGERY, CARDIOPULMONARY TRANSPLANTATION, MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY Sx.

Interests

• HEART TRANSPLANTATION
• LUNG TRANSPLANTATION.
• VENTRICULAR ASSISTED DEVICES AND ARTIFICIAL HEART.
• NON TRANSPLANT SURGERY FOR HEART FAILURE.
• HETEROTOPIC HEART TRANSPLANTATION.
• LOBAR LUNG TRANSPLANTATION.
• XENOTRANSPLANTATION. (pig-to-baboon model.)
• AORTIC SURGERY.
• TOTAL ARTERIAL REVASCULARISATION USING ONLY INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERIES.
• HIGH RISK CORONARY SURGERY.

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