Virna Sales

Virna Sales, M.D. New York Methodist Hospital 506 Sixth Street 2 Kirkwood Pavilion Brooklyn, NY  11215 United States http:// www.ctsnet.org/home/vsales

Specialty

• Adult Cardiac Surgery
• General Thoracic Surgery
• Peripheral Vascular Surgery

Research Interests

• Tissue Engineered Cardiovascular Structures
• Stem cell- based transplantation of Tissue Engineering of Heart Valves

Background

• University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines, B.S Chem (1988)
• Ruprechts-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany, M.D. (1997)
• Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany (1997-1998)
• Johann-Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Frankfurt, Germany (1999)
• Ruprechts-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Klinikum, Germany (1999)
• Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School (1999-2003)
• Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School (2003-2009)
• Northwestern University, Chicago, IL (2009-2011)
• University of Wisconsin-Madison (2011-2012)
• New York Methodist Hospital (2012-pres)

Interests

• Coronary Revascularization and Catherization
• Devices, Stents, Drug-delivery strategies, Point-of-care diagnostics
• Cardiac Valve Surgery and Repair
• VATS lobectomies
• Thoracic Oncology
• Healthcare delivery systems
• Healthcare economics