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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)

Institutional Affiliation

  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center/Heart, Lung, and Esophageal Surgery Institute

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 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

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