GeorgeL.ZornIIIMD

Thoracic Surgery • Kansas City, KS

Adult Cardiac Surgery, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery

Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Kansas School of Medicine

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Office
4000 Cambridge St
Kansas City, KS 66160
Phone+1 913-588-1227
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Education & Training

University of Virginia Medical CenterFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 2002 - 2004
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1995 - 2002
University of Alabama School of MedicineClass of 1995

Certifications & Licensure

MO State Medical License 2004 - 2025
KS State Medical License 2004 - 2024
VA State Medical License 2002 - 2004
TN State Medical License 1998 - 2000
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology

Clinical Trials

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
ProspeCtive, nOn-randoMized, MulticENter Clinical Evaluation of Edwards Pericardial Bioprostheses With a New Tissue Treatment Platform (COMMENCE) Start of enrollment: 2012 Dec 11
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Nationwide Trends and Outcomes for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in End-Stage Kidney Disease and Stable Coronary Artery Disease.
Harsh Mehta, Peter Downey, Greg Muehlebach, Rhythm Vasudeva, Wan-Chi Chan, Monil Majmundar, Sri G Yarlagadda, Emmanuel Daon, Matthew Danter, George Zorn, Mark Wiley, P...> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2024 Jan 1
1 citations
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement for aortic insufficiency in a patient with aortic root Thrombus and left ventricular assist device: A risk worth taking?
Anureet Malhotra, Tarun Dalia, George L Zorn, Zubair Shah, Andrija Vidic> ;Journal of Cardiology Cases. 2023 Nov 1
The Impact of Transfusions on Mortality After Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement
Mubashir Mumtaz, Moritz C. Wyler von Ballmoos, G. Michael Deeb, Jeffrey J. Popma, Nicolas M. Van Mieghem, Neal S. Kleiman, Thomas G. Gleason, Atul Chawla, David R. Hoc...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Sep 1
4 citations
Three-year outcomes with a contemporary self-expanding transcatheter valve from the Evolut PRO US Clinical Study
Moritz C. Wyler von Ballmoos, Michael J. Reardon, Mathew R. Williams, Abeel A. Mangi, Neal S. Kleiman, Steven J. Yakubov, Daniel R. Watson, Susheel Kodali, Isaac Georg...> ;Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 2021 May 1
15 citations
Causes of death in intermediate-risk patients: The Randomized Surgical Replacement and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Trial.
Hafid Amrane, G. Michael Deeb, Jeffrey J. Popma, Steven J. Yakubov, Thomas G. Gleason, Nicolas M. Van Mieghem, Michael J. Reardon, Mathew R. Williams, Mubashir Mumtaz,...> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2019 Sep 1
1938 citations
Transcatheter aortic-valve replacement with a self-expanding valve in low-risk patients
Jeffrey J. Popma, G. Michael Deeb, Steven J. Yakubov, Mubashir Mumtaz, Hemal Gada, Daniel O'Hair, Tanvir Bajwa, John Heiser, William Merhi, Neal S. Kleiman, Judah Aske...> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2019 Mar 16
227 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
128 citations
Early Outcomes With the Evolut PRO Repositionable Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve With Pericardial Wrap.
John K. Forrest, Abeel A. Mangi, Jeffrey J. Popma, Kamal R. Khabbaz, Michael J. Reardon, Neal S. Kleiman, Steven J. Yakubov, Daniel R. Watson, Susheel Kodali, Isaac Ge...> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2018 Jan 22
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
8 citations
Safety and Feasibility of Rotational Atherectomy in Elderly Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis.
Jigar Patel, Jared Kvapil, David Westover, Michael Pierpoline, Peter Tadros, Mark Wiley, George L. Zorn, Greg Muehlebach, Ashwani Mehta, Eric Hockstad, Matthew Earnest...> ;The Journal of Invasive Cardiology. 2017 Aug 1
18 citations
Causes of death from the randomized CoreValve US Pivotal High-Risk Trial.
Vincent A. Gaudiani, G. Michael Deeb, Jeffrey J. Popma, David H. Adams, Thomas G. Gleason, John V. Conte, George L. Zorn, James B. Hermiller, Stan Chetcuti, Mubashir M...> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2017 Jun 1
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
52 citations
Outcomes in the Randomized CoreValve US Pivotal High Risk Trial in Patients With a Society of Thoracic Surgeons Risk Score of 7% or Less
Michael J. Reardon, Neal S. Kleiman, David H. Adams, Steven J. Yakubov, Joseph S. Coselli, G. Michael Deeb, Daniel O'Hair, Thomas G. Gleason, Joon S. Lee, James B. Her...> ;JAMA Cardiology. 2016 Nov 1
241 citations
3-Year Outcomes in High-Risk Patients Who Underwent Surgical or Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
G. Michael Deeb, Michael J. Reardon, Stan Chetcuti, Himanshu J. Patel, P. Michael Grossman, Steven J. Yakubov, Neal S. Kleiman, Joseph S. Coselli, Thomas G. Gleason, J...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2016 Jun 7
37 citations
Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Versus Surgical Valve Replacement in Patients at High Risk for Surgery A Study of Echocardiographic Change and Ri...
Stephen H. Little, Jae K. Oh, Linda D. Gillam, Partho P. Sengupta, David A. Orsinelli, João L. Cavalcante, James Chang, David H. Adams, George L. Zorn, Amy W. Pollak, ...> ;Circulation. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2016 Jun 1
2 citations
Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch: Another Reason for TAVR?
Jae K. Oh, George L. Zorn> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging. 2016 Aug 1
100 citations
Prosthesis-patient mismatch in high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis: A randomized trial of a self-expanding prosthesis.
George L. Zorn, Stephen H. Little, Peter Tadros, G. Michael Deeb, Thomas G. Gleason, John Heiser, Neal S. Kleiman, Jae K. Oh, Jeffrey J. Popma, David H. Adams, Jian Hu...> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2016 Apr 1
19 citations
Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
John V. Conte, Thomas G. Gleason, Jon R. Resar, David H. Adams, G. Michael Deeb, Jeffrey J. Popma, G. Chad Hughes, George L. Zorn, Michael J. Reardon> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2016 Jan 1
90 citations
Health Status After Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis at Increased Surgical Risk: Results From the CoreValve U...
Suzanne V. Arnold, Matthew R. Reynolds, Kaijun Wang, Elizabeth A. Magnuson, Suzanne J. Baron, Khaja Chinnakondepalli, Michael J. Reardon, Peter Tadros, George L. Zorn,...> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2015 Aug 17
317 citations
2-Year Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Surgical or Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Michael J. Reardon, David H. Adams, Neal S. Kleiman, Steven J. Yakubov, Joseph S. Coselli, G. Michael Deeb, Thomas G. Gleason, Joon S. Lee, James B. Hermiller, Stan Ch...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2015 Jul 14
58 citations
Self-expanding transcatheter aortic valve replacement using alternative access sites in symptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis deemed extreme risk of surgery
Michael J. Reardon, David H. Adams, Joseph S. Coselli, G. Michael Deeb, Neal S. Kleiman, Stan Chetcuti, Steven J. Yakubov, David Heimansohn, James B. Hermiller, G. Cha...> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2014 Dec 1
1041 citations
Transcatheter aortic-valve replacement with a self-expanding prosthesis.
David H Adams, Jeffrey J Popma, Michael J Reardon, Steven J Yakubov, Joseph S Coselli, G Michael Deeb, Thomas G Gleason, Maurice Buchbinder, James Hermiller Jr, Neal S...> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2014 May 8
Preoperative Statin use is not Associated with a Reduced Risk of Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery.
Brian J. Barnes, Scott Solomon, Patricia A. Howard, Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, Jeffrey B. Kramer, Gregory F. Muehlebach, Emmanuel Daon, George L. Zorn, James L. Vacek> ;Journal of Atrial Fibrillation. 2011 May 4
5 citations
Combined bronchial sleeve resection and repair of partial anomalous pulmonary venous return.
Robert L. Smith, George L. Zorn, Benjamin B. Peeler, David R. Jones> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2006 Oct 1
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