JohnVictorConteJr.MD

Thoracic Surgery • Danville, PA

Adult Cardiac Surgery, Aortic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery

System Chair Cardiac Surgery Vice Chair Heart Institute; Geisinger Health System Danville PA

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Office
Geisinger Heart Institute
100 N. Academy Aveenue
Danville, PA 17822
Phone+1 570-271-6466

Fax+1 570-214-1480
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Summary

Dr. John Conte is a Cardiac surgeon affiliated with Geisinger Medical Center where he is the System Chair of Cardiac Surgery and Vice-Chair of the Heart Institute. He received his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine and has been in practice 31 years. He specializes in adult cardiac surgery, aortic surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, and cardiovascular surgery and is experienced in aortic valve repair, mitral valve repair, aortic surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, and complex re-operative cardiac surgery.

Education & Training

Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1992 - 1995
MedStar Health/Georgetown-Washington HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1986 - 1992
Georgetown University School of MedicineClass of 1986

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1993 - Present
FL State Medical License 2020 - 2026
MO State Medical License 2024 - 2025
DE State Medical License 2023 - 2025
IN State Medical License 2024 - 2025
MD State Medical License 1995 - 2024
IA State Medical License 2023 - 2024
PA State Medical License 2017 - 2024
DC State Medical License 1989 - 2000
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Castle Connelly Top Doctor 2018
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013-2014
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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Clinical Trials

The Use of Daclizumab and Anti-Thymocyte Globulin in Lung Transplantation Start of enrollment: 1999 Oct 01
Completed
Phase 2, Phase 3
The Effect of Cold Storage Solutions on Ischemic Injury in Lung Transplantation Start of enrollment: 2000 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 3
Prospective Randomized Study of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery (PROMETHEUS) Start of enrollment: 2007 Nov 01
Terminated
Phase 1, Phase 2
Safety and Efficacy Study of the Medtronic CoreValve® System in the Treatment of Severe, Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis in Intermediate Risk Subjects Who Need Aortic Valve Replacement (SURTAVI). Start of enrollment: 2012 Apr 01
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
Safety & Efficacy Study of the Medtronic CoreValve® System-Treatment of Symptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis With Significant Comorbidities in Extreme Risk Subjects Who Need Aortic Valve Replacement Start of enrollment: 2012 Aug 01
Active, not recruiting
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Machine learning in heart valve surgery.
Jeffrey H. Shuhaiber, John V. Conte> ;European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Jul 19
24 citations
Postoperative chemotherapy and radiation improve survival following cardiac sarcoma resection.
Brandon S. Hendriksen, Kelly A. Stahl, Christopher S. Hollenbeak, Matthew D. Taylor, Monali K. Vasekar, Joseph J. Drabick, John V. Conte, Behzad Soleimani, Michael F. ...> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2021 Jan 1
16 citations
Unicuspid Aortic Valve Repair Using Geometric Ring Annuloplasty
Ming-Sing Si, John V. Conte, Jennifer C. Romano, Matthew A. Romano, Nicholas D. Andersen, Marc W. Gerdisch, John P. Kupferschmid, Andrew C. Fiore, Mamdouh Bakhos, Juan...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Apr 1
11 citations
Longitudinal Outcomes After Surgical Repair of Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect in the Medicare Population.
George J. Arnaoutakis, Arman Kilic, John V. Conte, Sunghee Kim, J. Matthew Brennan, Brian C. Gulack, Fred H. Edwards, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Ibrahim Sultan> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2020 Apr 1
92 citations
Effect of Targeting Mean Arterial Pressure during Cardiopulmonary Bypass by Monitoring Cerebral Autoregulation on Postsurgical Delirium among Older Patients: A Nested ...
Charles H. Brown, Karin J. Neufeld, Jing Tian, Julia Probert, Andrew Laflam, Laura Max, Daijiro Hori, Yohei Nomura, Kaushik Mandal, Kenneth Dale Brady, Charles W. Hogu...> ;JAMA Surgery. 2019 Sep 1
11 citations
Comparison of Outcomes After Transcatheter vs Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement Among Patients at Intermediate Operative Risk With a History of Coronary Artery Bypass ...
Michael J. Reardon, Robin H. Heijmen, Nicolas M. Van Mieghem, Mathew R. Williams, Steven J. Yakubov, Daniel R. Watson, Neal S. Kleiman, John V. Conte, Atul Chawla, Dav...> ;JAMA Cardiology. 2019 Aug 1
4 citations
Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery Use in Diabetic Patients: Friend or Foe?
Todd C. Crawford, Xun Zhou, Charles D. Fraser, J. Trent Magruder, Alejandro Suarez-Pierre, Diane Alejo, Jennifer Bobbitt, Clifford E. Fonner, Kurt Wehberg, Brad Taylor...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2018 Oct 1
29 citations
ACC/AATS/AHA/ASE/ASNC/HRS/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR/STS 2019 Appropriate Use Criteria for Multimodality Imaging in the Assessment of Cardiac Structure and Function in Nonvalvular...
John U. Doherty, Smadar Kort, Roxana Mehran, Paul Schoenhagen, Prem Soman, Gregory J. Dehmer, Thomas M. Bashore, Nicole M. Bhave, Dennis A. Calnon, Blase A. Carabello,...> ;Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 2019 May 1
12 citations
ACC/AATS/AHA/ASE/ASNC/HRS/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR/STS 2019 appropriate use criteria for multimodality imaging in the assessment of cardiac structure and function in nonvalvular...
John U. Doherty, Smadar Kort, Roxana Mehran, Paul Schoenhagen, Prem Soman, Gregory J. Dehmer, Thomas M. Bashore, Nicole M. Bhave, Dennis A. Calnon, Blase A. Carabello,...> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2019 Apr 1
5 citations
Off-pump coronary artery bypass in octogenarians: results of a statewide, matched comparison
Alejandro Suarez-Pierre, Todd C. Crawford, Charles D. Fraser, Xun Zhou, Cecillia Lui, Bradley Taylor, Kurt Wehberg, John V. Conte, Glenn J. Whitman, Rawn Salenger> ;General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2019 Apr 1
8 citations
Variation in Platelet Transfusion Practices in Cardiac Surgery.
Xun Zhou, Charles D. Fraser, Alejandro Suarez-Pierre, Todd C. Crawford, Diane Alejo, John V. Conte, Jennifer S. Lawton, Clifford E. Fonner, Bradley S. Taylor, Glenn J....> ;Innovations. 2019 Mar 18
27 citations
Clinical impact of baseline chronic kidney disease in patients undergoing transcatheter or surgical aortic valve replacement
Andres M. Pineda, J. Kevin Harrison, Neal S. Kleiman, Michael J. Reardon, John V. Conte, Daniel O'Hair, Stanley Chetcuti, Jian Huang, Steven J. Yakubov, Jeffrey J. Pop...> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2019 Mar 1
12 citations
Comparing Frailty Markers in Predicting Poor Outcomes after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Aravind Krishnan, Alejandro Suarez-Pierre, Xun Zhou, Cheng Ting Lin, Charles D. Fraser, Joshua Hsu, Rani K. Hasan, Jon R. Resar, Matthews Chacko, William A. Baumgartne...> ;Innovations. 2019 Feb 1
68 citations
ACC/AATS/AHA/ASE/ASNC/HRS/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR/STS 2019 Appropriate Use Criteria for Multimodality Imaging in the Assessment of Cardiac Structure and Function in Nonvalvular...
John U. Doherty, Smadar Kort, Roxana Mehran, Paul Schoenhagen, Prem Soman, Gregory J. Dehmer, Thomas M. Bashore, Nicole M. Bhave, Dennis A. Calnon, Blase A. Carabello,...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2019 Feb 1
225 citations
5-Year Outcomes of Self-Expanding Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in High-Risk Patients
Thomas G. Gleason, Michael J. Reardon, Jeffrey J. Popma, G. Michael Deeb, Steven J. Yakubov, Joon S. Lee, Neal S. Kleiman, Stan Chetcuti, James B. Hermiller, John Heis...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2018 Dec 4
30 citations
Impact of Annular Size on Outcomes After Surgical or Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
G. Michael Deeb, Stanley Chetcuti, Steven J. Yakubov, Himanshu J. Patel, P. Michael Grossman, Neal S. Kleiman, John Heiser, William Merhi, George L. Zorn, Peter Tadros...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2018 Apr 1
27 citations
Less Is More: Results of a Statewide Analysis of the Impact of Blood Transfusion on Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Outcomes.
Todd C. Crawford, J. Trent Magruder, Charles D. Fraser, Alejandro Suarez-Pierre, Diane Alejo, Jennifer Bobbitt, Clifford E. Fonner, Joseph K. Canner, Keith A. Horvath,...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2018 Jan 1
A bridge too many
Behzad Soleimani, Christoph Brehm, David C. Campbell, John V. Conte> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2017 Nov 22
3 citations
Differential Impact of Serial Measurement of Nonplatelet Thromboxane Generation on Long-Term Outcome After Cardiac Surgery.
Nikolaos Kakouros, Tyler J Gluckman, John V. Conte, Thomas S. Kickler, Katherine Laws, Bruce A. Barton, Jeffrey J. Rade> ;Journal of the American Heart Association. 2017 Nov 2
72 citations
Subclavian/Axillary Access for Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Renders Equivalent Outcomes as Transfemoral
Thomas G. Gleason, John Schindler, Robert C. Hagberg, G. Michael Deeb, David H. Adams, John V. Conte, George L. Zorn, G. Chad Hughes, Jia Guo, Jeffrey J. Popma, Michae...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2017 Nov 1
15 citations
A Comprehensive Risk Score to Predict Prolonged Hospital Length of Stay After Heart Transplantation.
Todd C. Crawford, J. Trent Magruder, Joshua C. Grimm, Alejandro Suarez-Pierre, Nishant D. Patel, Christopher M. Sciortino, Kenton J. Zehr, Kaushik Mandal, Ryan J. Tedf...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2018 Jan 1
Reply.
Arman Kilic, Glenn J Whitman, John V Conte> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2017 Nov 1
2 citations
Renal ultrasound provides low utility in evaluating cardiac surgery associated acute kidney injury
Allen Young, Alejandro Suarez Pierre, J. Trent Magruder, Charles D. Fraser, John V. Conte, Glenn J. Whitman, Christopher M. Sciortino, Todd C. Crawford> ;Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2017 Sep 2
14 citations
Complications After Self-expanding Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement
John V. Conte, James B. Hermiller, Jon R. Resar, G. Michael Deeb, Thomas G. Gleason, David H. Adams, Jeffrey J. Popma, Steven J. Yakubov, Daniel R. Watson, Jia Guo, Ge...> ;Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2017 Sep 1
9 citations
Phase of Care Mortality Analysis: A Unique Method for Comparing Mortality Differences Among Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacemen...
Todd C. Crawford, J. Trent Magruder, Joshua C. Grimm, Kaushik Mandal, Joel Price, Jon R. Resar, Matthews Chacko, Rani K. Hasan, Glenn J. Whitman, John V. Conte> ;Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2016 Jun 1
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Journal Articles

Original Investigation Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement or Surgical Valve Replacement in High-Risk Patients: 5-Year Outcomes
G Michael Deeb, Steven J Yakubov, Joon S Lee, Thomas G Gleason, William Merhi, George Petrossian, G Chad Hughes, David H Adams, Neal S Kleiman, Jeffrey J Popma, Mubash..., ScienceDirect