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Kenton James Zehr

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Kenton James Zehr, M.D.

2401 South 31st Street
Temple, TX  76508
United States

1 254 724-6898
1 254 724-7482 (Fax)

Institutional Affiliation

  • Scott and White Clinic, Texas A & M Health Science Center College of Medicine

Specialty

  • Adult Cardiac Surgery

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 and Clinical Fellow (1991-1993, 1995-1998)
  • Harefield Hospital Senior Registrar for Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub (1996)
  • Mayo Clinic Consultant in Cardiovascular Surgery (7/1998-2/2006)
  • Professor of Surgery and Chief of Cardiac Surgery at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (3/2006
  • Senior Staff Surgeon, Perm Heart Institute, Perm Russia (4/2008-12/2008)
  • Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Scott and White Clinic (1/2009-current)
  • Professor of Surgery, Texas A & M, Health Science Center, College of Medicine (1/2009-current)

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: 13-Oct-2009

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