JosephLamelasMD
Thoracic Surgery • Miami, FLAdult Cardiac Surgery, Adult General Thoracic Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery
Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Miami Health System; Professor of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
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Office
University of Miami Health System
1295 N.W. 14th Street, South Building, Suite H
Miami, FL 33125Phone+1 305-689-2784Fax+1 305-689-2865- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Joseph Lamelas is considered an expert and pioneer in the most advanced forms of minimally invasive cardiac surgery. He is board certified in Cardiac and Thoracic surgery and has received board certification in Surgery and Surgical Critical Care.
Dr. Lamelas completed his general surgery residency at The Brooklyn Hospital Center in Brooklyn, New York, and his Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery residency at The State University of New York Health Science Center in Brooklyn, New York.
After his training, Dr. Lamelas practiced in Miami, Florida for 26 years. From 2008 - 2016 he served as the Chief of Cardiac Surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Florida. In 2017, he became the Associate Chief of the Division of Cardiac Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, CHI St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Texas Heart Institute.
In 2019, he became Chief of Cardiac Surgery for the University of Miami Health System.
He has consistently achieved one of the lowest morbidity and mortality rates in Florida as well as in the nation, gaining the attention of surgeons and patients from around the globe.
Dr. Lamelas has performed more than 16,000 Cardiac operations in his career, which began in 1990. His practice is predominantly cardiac surgery. He offers his patients every cardiac surgical approach available as well as the latest state of the art techniques.
He has participated in national and international cardiac surgery operative surgical symposia. Additionally, he has lectured extensively at conferences on all aspects of cardiac surgery and has published numerous articles.
As a result of his extensive experience, Dr. Lamelas has played an instrumental role in the design and development of new and innovative concepts and products for advancing the field of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery. Miami Instruments, Inc. was a collaborative effort amongst Dr. Lamelas and engineers with the vision of providing Cardiac Surgeons the tools and
Education & Training
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1988 - 1990
Brooklyn Hospital CenterResidency, Surgery, 1983 - 1988
Universidad Central del Este Facultad de MedicinaClass of 1982
Certifications & Licensure
NJ State Medical License 1985 - Present
FL State Medical License 1986 - 2026
TX State Medical License 2017 - 2022
NY State Medical License 1988 - 2010- American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Mitral Valve Reference Center - University of Miami Health System American Heart Association and Mitral Foundation, 2021
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012
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Clinical Trials
- 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
- Ventricular Sling for Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction Start of enrollment: 2021 Dec 12
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Pacemaker implantation after concomitant tricuspid valve repair in patients undergoing minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: Results from the Mini-Mitral Internatio...Faerber, G., Berretta, P., Nguyen, T., Wilbring, M., Lamelas, J., Stefano, P., Kempfert, J., Rinaldi, M., Pacini, D., Pitsis, A., Gerdisch, M., Dinh, N., Van Praet, F....> ;JTCVS Open. 2024 Feb 1
- Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Mortality of Mitral Valve Surgery: A National Analysis.Kelley N Benck, Ahmed Alnajar, Joseph Lamelas> ;Innovations. 2023 Nov 21
- Neurological outcomes in minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: risk factors analysis from the Mini-Mitral International Registry.Giovanni Domenico Cresce, Paolo Berretta, Antonio Fiore, Manuel Wilbring, Marc Gerdisch, Antonios Pitsis, Mauro Rinaldi, Nikolaos Bonaros, Jorg Kempfert, Tristan Yan, ...> ;European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 2023 Oct 4
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Press Mentions
‘Miami Valves’ International Conference Showcases Advances in Treating Cardiovascular DiseaseMarch 3rd, 2023- Miami Valves 2022 Brings International Perspective to Advances in Treatment Devices and ProceduresMarch 7th, 2022
- Two Miami-Area Doctors Pioneer Heart Valve Treatments — Woman Gets Her Life BackFebruary 24th, 2022
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Other Languages
- Spanish
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