Robotic and minimally invasive cardiac surgery
Mitral and tricuspid valve repair, aortic surgery
Coronary revascularisation: arterial revascularisation, hybrid approaches
Quality improvement and program development
Undergraduate, residency and professional education, faculty development
Research: clinical trials, comparative outcomes, big data
Selected publications (of >100):
Joanna Chikwe MD is The Irina and George Schaeffer Distinguished Professor & Chair of the Department of Cardiac Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute [4] - ranked #1 for Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery by U.S. News & World Report in the region, and #3 in the United States.
Dr. Chikwe graduated in medicine from Oxford University and completed cardiothoracic surgery residency and fellowship training in the UK, becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 2006.
Links
[1] https://www.cedars-sinai.org/research/news/cedars-science/2019/chikwe-named-founding-chair-of-new-department.html
[2] https://www.ctsnet.org/user/login?destination=user/412694
[3] https://www.ctsnet.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/JACC%20CABG2.png?itok=nwclOmv6
[4] https://www.cedars-sinai.org/programs/heart.html
[5] https://www.ctsnet.org/print/home/jchikwe
[6] https://www.ctsnet.org/article/sponsored-content-mitral-valve-repair-using-chords%E2%80%94-case-based-discussion
[7] https://www.ctsnet.org/article/ross-procedure-after-explantation-failed-transcatheter-aortic-valve-replacement
[8] https://www.ctsnet.org/article/sutured-patch-repair-ischemic-left-ventricular-free-wall-rupture
[9] https://www.ctsnet.org/article/robotic-assisted-mitral-valve-repair-after-failed-transcatheter-edge-edge-repair
[10] https://www.ctsnet.org/article/sponsored-content-medtronic-case-presentations-and-hallway-conversations-mitral-valve-repair
[11] https://www.ctsnet.org/article/how-teach-orthotopic-heart-transplantation
[12] https://www.ctsnet.org/article/ctsnet-go-podcast-episode-why-atrial-fibrillation-undertreated-patients-cabg-and-structural
[13] https://www.ctsnet.org/article/why-atrial-fibrillation-undertreated-patients-cabg-and-structural-disease
[14] https://www.ctsnet.org/article/podcast-episode-cardiac-surgery-era-covid-19-interview-thoralf-m-sundt
[15] https://www.ctsnet.org/article/cardiac-surgery-during-covid-19-ecmo-transplants-elective-cases-and-future
[16] https://www.ctsnet.org/articles/jchikwe
[17] https://www.ctsnet.org/society/aats
[18] https://www.ctsnet.org/society/ctsnet
[19] https://www.ctsnet.org/society/eacts
[20] https://www.ctsnet.org/society/scts
[21] https://www.ctsnet.org/society/tsda