JohnIkonomidisMDPhD, FRCS(C), FACS, FACC, FAHA
Thoracic Surgery • Chapel Hill, NCAortic Surgery, Cardiopulmonary Transplantation, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery
Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Summary
- John Ikonomidis, MD, PhD is Professor and Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Dr. Ikonomidis graduated from the University of Toronto Medical School in 1989 and from the University of Toronto General Surgical Program in 1997, also completing a PhD degree in cardiac physiology. Dr. Ikonomidis completed Cardiothoracic Surgical training at Stanford University in June of 2000. Dr. Ikonomidis’ clinical interests include thoracic aortic surgery, transcatheter aortic valve replacement and cardiopulmonary transplantation.
Dr. Ikonomidis’ NIH-funded basic science research interests include the study of a unique murine model of thoracic aortic aneurysms. In addition, Dr. Ikonomidis studies a multi-institutional ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm tissue bank which is currently yielding information about the etiology of thoracic aortic aneurysms in patients with different risk factors. Other clinical research interests include myocardial protection and intraoperative interrogation of the myocardium.
Dr. Ikonomidis has 210 publications either in print or in press. He is a member of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the Western Thoracic Surgical Association, the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association and numerous other societies. He serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Cardiac Surgery and Aorta and is Associate Editor of The Journal of the American Heart Association and the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Dr. Ikonomidis is a past Chair of the Bioengineering, Technology and Surgical Sciences Grant Study Section of the National Institutes of Health.
Education & Training
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1997 - 2000
University of Toronto Faculty of MedicineClass of 1989
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1996 - Present
SC State Medical License 2000 - 2025
NC State Medical License 2017 - 2024
FL State Medical License 2019 - 2021- American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow, AHA American Heart Association
- Fellow, FRCS (C) Royal College of Surgeons (Canada)
- Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
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Clinical Trials
- PARTNER II Trial: Placement of AoRTic TraNscathetER Valves II - XT Intermediate and High Risk Start of enrollment: 2011 Mar 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Paradoxical Changes: EMMPRIN Tissue and Plasma Levels in Marfan Syndrome-Related Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms.Kyle C Alexander, Carlton W Anderson, Chris B Agala, Elizabeth N Collins, Yiwen Ding, John W Blackwell, Danielle E Willcox, Behzad S Farivar, Melina R Kibbe, Adam W Ak...> ;Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2024 Mar 8
- New Directions in Diagnostics for Aortic Aneurysms: Biomarkers and Machine Learning.Alexander, K., Akerman, A., Ikonomidis, J.> ;Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2024 Jan 31
- Mechanical pump complication after HeartMate 3 implantation.Aurelie Merlo, Panagiotis Tasoudis, Guilherme C de Oliveira, John S Ikonomidis, Paul Tessmann, Benjamin Haithcock, Thomas Caranasos> ;Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis. 2024 Jan 1
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Press Mentions
Impact of Physiologic Pacing Versus Right Ventricular Pacing Among Patients With...August 20th, 2019
2018 AHA/ACC/AACVPR/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/ADA/AGS/APhA/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guideline on the Management of Blood CholesterolJune 25th, 2019- Systematic Review for the 2018 AHA/ACC/AACVPR/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/ADA/AGS/APhA/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice GuidelinesJune 18th, 2019
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