Daniel Beckles M.D., PhD.

Daniel L. Beckles M.D., PhD., F.A.C.S

Surgeon - Cardiothoracic
Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Christus Ochsner Health

Chief and Regional Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery, CHRISTUS Ochsner Health
Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery, CHRISTUS Ochsner Health (2024-
Clinical Professor (Adjunct), Texas A & M University, Surgical Director, Heart Transplantation, VADS & ECMO, Baylor Scott & White Health, Temple, Central and Greater Austin Region, Texas (2019-
Associate Professor of Surgery, Herman and Olive Pascarella Endowed Professorship in Cardiovascular Research, Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, State University of New York (2015-2018)
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Director of Minimally Invasive Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Co-Director Heart and Lung Transplantation, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas (2010-2015)
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgical Director of Lung Transplantation, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York (2008-2010)
Instructor of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School (2008)

Adult Cardiac Surgery
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Valve Repair and Replacement
On and Off-pump Coronary Revascularization
Minimally Invasive Robotic Lung Surgery
Hybrid Afib Surgery
VADS, ECMO & Heart Transplantation

  1. Malhotra, A., Md. Anamul Islam, McCullough, K.A., Eisenga, J.B., Tavilla, G., Reddy, R., Beckles, D., d’Amato, T., Smith, R.L., Roberts, C.S., Mack, M.J., and DiMaio, J.M. Coronary Revascularization Surgical Techniques and Outcomes in Octogenarians: A Multicenter Retrospective Matched Study. J Cardiac Surgery (1) 2025. https://doi.org/10.1155/jocs/5329892
  2. Tavilla, G., Islam, M. A., Malhotra, A., Beckles, D.L., Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery in Off-pump Coronary Artery Grafting in Diabetic Patients. The Am. J Cardiology, Volume 243, 15 May 2025, Pages 34-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2025.01.030
  3. Tavilla G, Islam MA, Malhotra A, Reddy RC, Beckles DL. Predominant Use of Bilateral Internal Mammary Arteries in Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. Am J Cardiol. 2024 Aug 15:225:134-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2024.06.004
  4. Beckles DL. Atrial Fibrillation – Current Management and Practice– Surgical Ablation Techniques, Intech Open, Jul 31st https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.1006152
  5. Martynov A, Farber B, Bomko T, Beckles DL, Kleyn I. Molecular Modeling, Synthesis, and Antihyperglycemic Activity of the New Benzimidazole Derivatives – Imidazoline Receptor Agonists. Drug Design Devel Ther. 2024 Apr 3:18:1035-1052. https://doi.org/10.2147/DDDT.S447289
  6. Salifu, M. O., Bets, I., Gdula, A. M, Braun, M, Watala, C, Beckles, D.L., Ehrlich, Y., Kornecki, E, Swiatkowska, M, Babinska, A. Effect of F11 Receptor/Junctional Adhesion Molecule-A derived Peptide on Neointimal Hyperplasia in a Murine Intimal Hyperplasia Model. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2023, Oct 21st: S1051-0443(23)00755-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvir.2023.10.012
  7. Tavilla G, Islam MA, Malhotra A, Beckles DL, Reddy RC. In-situ Bilateral Internal Mammary Arteries In Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: How Far Can We Push The Limit? ISMICS Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, June 2023.
  8. Malhotra, A., Islam, M. A., Tavilla, G., Beckles, L., Reddy, R.C. Is Off-Pump Coronary Bypass Surgery the Savior of Low EF Coronary Artery Disease Patients? The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 42 (4), S283 April 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2023.02.648
  9. Siddiqui, M.A.Q., Wagner, M., Espinoza-Derout, J., Huang, F., Beckles, D., Mascareno, E. CLP-1-Mediated Transcriptional Control of Hypertrophic Gene Programs Underlying Cardiac Hypertrophy (chapter 19). In: Genes and Cardiovascular Function, Osterdal, B., Nagao, M. and Dhalla, N., (editors) Springer: New York, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7207-1_19

Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School Advanced Fellowship (2008)
Univ of Texas, Southwestern Med Ctr, Dallas; Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency (2004-2007)
State University of New York Department of Molecular Biology (PhD 1999-2004)
State University of New York Gen Surgery Residency (1997-1999, 2001-2004)
State University of New York- Downstate School of Medicine (MD,1997)
Stony Brook University, New York (M.S. Chemistry-1994)
Stony Brook University, New York (B.S. Biochemistry-1991)

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