Kenton James Zehr
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Kenton James Zehr, M.D.
UPMC/Presbyterian University HospitalSuite C-720200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
United States
1 412 648-6961
1 412 692-2948 (Fax)
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Institutional Affiliation
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center/Heart, Lung, and Esophageal Surgery Institute
Specialty
Background
- Eastern Mennonite College, Harrisonburg, VA (B.A. Biology 1983)
- Pennsylvania State University, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA (M.D. 1989)
- Johns Hopkins Hospital General Surgery Residency (1989-1991, 1993-1995)
- Johns Hopkins Hospital Cardiothoracic Surgery Research Fellow (1991-1993)
- Johns Hopkins Hospital Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellow (1995-1998)
- Harefield Hospital Senior Registrar for Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub, Harefield, UK (7/1996-12/1996)
- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 7/1998-2/2006
- Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, 3/2006-present
- Chief of Cardiac Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3/2006-2/2008
Interests
- aortic root surgery and valve-preserving aortic root reconstruction
- aortic valve repair
- mitral valve repair
- left ventricular assist device therapy and research
- percutaneous and transapical mitral valve repair research
- establishing cardiac surgery in underdeveloped areas
- geography and cultural anthropology
- Leningrad school impressionism
Last Modified: 10-Apr-2008
