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Alon S. Aharon, M.D.
BACKGROUND
Boston University – Biomedical Engineering (1985)
Tulane University – Doctorate of Medicine (1990)
UCLA – General Surgery Residency
UCLA – Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship
Vanderbilt University – Cardiothoracic Surgery
Saint Louis University Medical Center
Attending Surgeon, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Lankenau Heart Institute – Main Line Health -Campus Chief Cardiac Surgery
OTHER INTERESTS
Ventricular assist devices
Endovascular surgery
Off-pump coronary artery bypass
Minimally invasive cardiac surgery
Heart transplantation
Complex aortic surgery
Mitral valve repair & replacement
Heart failure surgery
Endoscopic and minimally invasive surgery for atrial fibrillation
RESEARCH
Activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase systems in cerebral endothelium following cortical ischemia.
Stroke.
Cerebral protection during adult and pediatric cardiac surgery.
Immune mechanisms of reperfusion injury in lung transplantation.
Immune mechanisms of reperfusion injury in cardiac transplantation.
Gene therapy and skeletal muscle plasticity.
Complex aortic surgery.
Anatomic study of coronary circulation in explanted human hearts.
Major histocompatability antigens and expression of vascular adhesion molecule in cardiac and lung allografts during warm and cold ischemia.
Neurophysiologic monitoring during hypothermic circulatory arrest. Detection and treatment of intraoperative stroke.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Biomedical Engineering (1985) – School of EngineeringBoston University, Boston, MA Honors Thesis: Selective Photoablation of Laser Irradiated Tissue Doctorate of Medicine (1990) – School of MedicineTulane University, New Orleans, LAClass Rank: Upper 20%
