Michael Halkos

Podcast
October 1, 2020 | Pavan Atluri

Pavan Atluri, Husam Balkhy, Eric Lehr, Johannes Bonatti, and Michael Halkos reflect on the current state of coronary surgery, the importance of the heart team, and the NIH trial comparing multi-vessel PCI to hybrid procedures.

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Video
March 17, 2020 | John Fallon

Patient Selection Surgical pulmonary embolectomy (SPE) is a safe and effective therapeutic approach to pulmonary embolism management for patients who are diagnosed with submassive and/or massive acute pulmonary emboli by...

Article
August 7, 2013 | Michael Halkos

Led by Dr. Raphael Bueno (Program Director and Associate Division Chief of Thoracic Surgery), Dr. R. Morton Bolman, III (Chief of Cardiac Surgery), Dr. Pedro Del Nido (Chair of Cardiac...

Video
January 22, 2010 | Duc Nguyen

The HeartMate II is a continuous flow, second generation left ventricular assist device (LVAD). This pump has been implanted for bridge to transplant and destination therapy indications. This video describes...

Article
May 6, 2009 | Elizabeth Stephens

Introduction The current “traditional” method for training cardiothoracic surgeons (five years of general surgery and two-three years of thoracic) dates back 80 years to a time in which the specialty...