ChristianAndresBermudezMD

Thoracic Surgery • Philadelphia, PA

Aortic Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery

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Office
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone+1 800-789-7366
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Education & Training

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Vascular Surgery, 2000 - 2002
University of Concepcion Faculty of MedicineClass of 1994

Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 2002 - 2024
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011

Clinical Trials

Emergency Preservation and Resuscitation (EPR) for Cardiac Arrest From Trauma Start of enrollment: 2016 Oct 01
Recruiting
Phase 2
Novel Lung Trial: Normothermic Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion (Evlp) As An Assessment Of Extended/Marginal Donor Lungs Start of enrollment: 2011 May 01
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
REGISTRY EVALUATION OF VITAL INFORMATION FOR VADs IN AMBULATORY LIFE Start of enrollment: 2015 Jul 01
Completed
International Randomized Study of the TransMedics Organ Care System (OCS Lung) for Lung Preservation and Transplantation Start of enrollment: 2011 Nov 01
Completed
Not Applicable
TandemHeart Experiences and MEthods (THEME Registry) Start of enrollment: 2014 Dec 01
Terminated
Extracorporeal CO2 Removal With the Hemolung RAS for Mechanical Ventilation Avoidance During Acute Exacerbation of COPD Start of enrollment: 2018 Feb 18
Terminated
Not Applicable
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Early Tracheostomy in lung transplantation: Delaying may be the enemy of progress.
Paulo Gregorio, Christian A Bermudez> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2024 Apr 5
Development and validation of primary graft dysfunction predictive algorithm for lung transplant candidates.
Joshua M Diamond, Michaela R Anderson, Edward Cantu, Emily S Clausen, Michael G S Shashaty, Laurel Kalman, Michelle Oyster, Maria M Crespo, Christian A Bermudez, Luke ...> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2024 Apr 1
Ex vivo lung perfusion in donation after circulatory death: A post hoc analysis of the Normothermic Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion as an Assessment of Extended/Marginal Donors...
Doug A Gouchoe, Pablo G Sanchez, Jonathan D'Cunha, Christian A Bermudez, Mani A Daneshmand, Robert D Davis, Matthew G Hartwig, Thomas C Wozniak, Zachary N Kon, Bartley...> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2024 Mar 19
Percutaneous Venopulmonary Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as Bridge to Lung Transplantation.
Asad Ali Usman, Audrey Elizabeth Spelde, Wasim Lutfi, Jacob T Gutsche, William J Vernick, Omar Toubat, Salim E Olia, Edward Cantu, Andrew Courtwright, Maria M Crespo, ...> ;ASAIO Journal. 2024 Mar 6
Lung transplant outcomes after acute respiratory distress syndrome requiring extracorporeal life support: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Richards, T., Bermudez, F., Hunt, M., Crespo, M., Courtwright, A., Usman, A., Spelde, A., Diamond, J., Patel, N., Cantu, E., Christie, J., Clausen, E., Cevasco, M., Ah...> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2024 Jan 8
Extracorporeal Carbon Dioxide Removal to De-escalate Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Severe COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
Cambria, G., Olia, S., Biscotti, M., Spelde, A., Mackay, E., Ibrahim, M., Cevasco, M., Bermudez, C., Vernick, W., Gutsche, J., Usman, A.> ;Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 2024 Mar 1
Reevaluating Rehabilitation Practice for Patients Who Were Critically Ill After COVID-19 Infection: An Administrative Case Report.
Malachy J Clancy, Michael A Tevald, Joe Adler, Kelly Butler, Andrew M Courtwright, Joshua M Diamond, Maria M Crespo, Christian A Bermudez> ;Physical Therapy. 2024 Mar 1
Interpretable machine learning-based predictive modeling of patient outcomes following cardiac surgery.
Adeel Abbasi, Cindy Li, Max Dekle, Christian A Bermudez, Daniel Brodie, Neel R Sodha, Corey E Ventetuolo, Carsten Eickhoff, Sellke, F.> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2023 Nov 29
1 citations
Effect of Anesthesia Induction on Cardiac Hemodynamics in Patients Undergoing Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: The EACH-LVAD Study.
James W Schurr, Ian Sigal, Asad Usman, Prakash Patel, Benedicte Lefebvre, Kristy Kurcik, Pavan Atluri, Michael Acker, Christian Bermudez, J Eduardo Rame, Thomas Hanff,...> ;ASAIO Journal. 2023 Oct 1
1 citations
Surgical Placement of Axillary Impella 5.5 With Regional Anesthesia and Monitored Anesthesia Care.
Samuel Cohen, Saumil Jayant Patel, Taras Grosh, John G Augoustides, Audrey Elizabeth Spelde, William Vernick, Joyce Wald, Christian Bermudez, Michael Ibrahim, Marisa C...> ;Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 2023 Nov 1
The SHELTER Trial of Transplanting Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Lungs Into Uninfected Recipients.
Peter P Reese, Joshua M Diamond, David S Goldberg, Vishnu Potluri, Stacey Prenner, Emily A Blumberg, Vivianna M Van Deerlin, K Rajender Reddy, Heather Mentch, Richard ...> ;Transplantation Direct. 2023 Jul 1
Infectious complications associated with bronchial anastomotic dehiscence in lung transplant recipients.
Andrew M Courtwright, Jeffery B Doyon, Emily A Blumberg, Marisa Cevasco, Ed Cantu, Christian A Bermudez, Maria M Crespo> ;Clinical Transplantation. 2023 Oct 1
1 citations
Rehabilitation Characteristics and Outcomes for Lung Transplantation for COVID-19: A Case Series.
Malachy J Clancy, Joe Adler, Michael A Tevald, Derek Zaleski, Lindsay Fluehr, Carol Wamsley, Christian A Bermudez, Maria M Crespo, Priya Balar, Michelle L Oyster, Andr...> ;Physical Therapy. 2023 May 4
Lung transplantation for COVID-2019 respiratory failure in the United States: Outcomes 1-year posttransplant and the impact of preoperative extracorporeal membrane oxy...
Christian Bermudez, Francisca Bermudez, Andrew Courtwright, Thomas Richards, Joshua Diamond, Marisa Cevasco, Emily Blumberg, Jason Christie, Asad Usman, Maria M Crespo> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2024 Jan 1
Oxygenated right ventricular assist device as part of veno-venopulmonary extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to support the right ventricle and pulmonary vasculature.
Asad Ali Usman, Marisa Cevasco, Marc O Maybauer, Audrey Elizabeth Spelde, Salim Olia, Christian Bermudez, Michael Ibrahim, Wilson Szeto, William J Vernick, Jacob T Gut...> ;Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2023 Apr 11
3 citations
Technical considerations for percutaneous pulmonary artery cannulation for mechanical circulatory support.
Asad Ali Usman, Audrey Elizabeth Spelde, Marisa Cevasco, Christian Bermudez, Salim E Olia, Michael Ibrahim, Pavan Atluri, Wilson Szeto, William Vernick, Jacob Gutsche> ;JTCVS Techniques. 2023 Apr 1
Intracannula Thrombus Formation Associated With Dual Lumen ProtekDuo Cannula in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO).
Audrey E Spelde, Asad A Usman, Salim E Olia, Michael E Ibrahim, Wilson Y Szeto, Marisa Cevasco, Joshua C Grimm, Christian A Bermudez, Toby B Steinberg, William J Verni...> ;ASAIO Journal. 2023 Aug 1
3 citations
Cryoablation in lung transplantation: Its impact on pain, opioid use, and outcomes.
Brittany Koons, Yoshikazu Suzuki, Marisa Cevasco, Christian A Bermudez, Michael T Harmon, Laura Dallara, Christian V Ramon, Ana Nottingham, Nikhil Ganjoo, Joshua M Dia...> ;JTCVS Open. 2023 Mar 1
3 citations
Outcomes of a PAINESD score-guided multidisciplinary management approach for patients with ventricular tachycardia storm and advanced heart failure: A pilot study.
Naga Venkata K Pothineni, Andres Enriquez, Ramanan Kumareswaran, Fermin Garcia, Joyce Wald, Christian Bermudez, Daniele Muser, Francis E Marchlinski, Pasquale Santange...> ;Heart Rhythm. 2023 Jan 1
Shedding Light on the "Prolonged Ischemia Time in Lung Transplantation" Saga-Are We Making Progress?
Mallory Hunt, Christian A Bermudez> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2023 Aug 1
2 citations
Quality and readability of online patient information on the left ventricular assist device.
Armaun D Rouhi, Jason J Han, Yazid K Ghanem, Sahir S Pervaiz, Alejandro Suarez-Pierre, Rashikh A Choudhury, Christian A Bermudez, Noel N Williams, Kristoffel R Dumon> ;Artificial Organs. 2023 Jun 1
9 citations
Contemporary trends in PGD incidence, outcomes, and therapies.
Edward Cantu, Joshua M Diamond, Marisa Cevasco, Yoshi Suzuki, Maria Crespo, Emily Clausen, Laura Dallara, Christian V Ramon, Michael T Harmon, Christian Bermudez, Luke...> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2022 Dec 1
Commentary: A sobering reality: Donor lungs declined in the United States transplanted successfully in Canada.
Christian A Bermudez, Maria M Crespo> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2022 Dec 1
3 citations
Comprehensive Monitoring in Patients With Dual Lumen Right Atrium to Pulmonary Artery Right Ventricular Assist Device.
Asad A Usman, Audrey E Spelde, Michael Ibrahim, Marisa Cevasco, Christian Bermudez, Emily MacKay, Sameer Khandhar, Wilson Szeto, William Vernick, Jacob Gutsche> ;ASAIO Journal. 2022 Dec 1
Early Antireflux Surgery After Lung Transplant: Can We Justify the Risk?
Mallory Hunt, Christian A Bermudez> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2023 Apr 1
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Lectures

UPMC Adult ECMO Review and Training Course
UPMC Life Changing Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - 9/23/2012

Press Mentions

Penn Medicine: Medical Miracles on 34th StreetDecember 14th, 2021
Rare, Risky, and Complex, Lung Transplants for COVID-19 Survivors Save, but Change, LivesAugust 2nd, 2021
Lung Transplants Saving Severe COVID-19 Patients on Death's DoorstepMay 14th, 2021
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