KristineJaneGuleserianMD
Thoracic Surgery • Dallas, TXAdult Cardiac Surgery, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery
Director, Congenital Heart Surgery Medical City Children's Hospital Dallas, TX
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Office
Medical City Children's Hospital-Congenital Heart Surgery
7777 Forest Lane, Ste. B-120
Dallas, TX 75230Phone+1 972-566-2525Fax+1 972-566-2032- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Kristine Guleserian is a congenital heart surgeon and Director of the Congenital Heart Center at Medical City Children's Hospital in Dallas, TX. She received her undergraduate degree from Harvard College and medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine. She has been in practice 20 years. She specializes in congenital heart surgery, pediatric cardiac surgery, pediatric cardiovascular surgery, pediatric thoracic surgery and minimally invasive heart surgery (mini sternotomy, VATS). She is experienced in neonatal and infant heart surgery---including premature babies---with coarctation of the aorta, hypoplastic or interrupted aortic arch, transposition of the great arteries (D-TGA, L-TGA), anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR, PAPVR), single ventricle lesions (requiring Blalock-Taussig shunt, Norwood, Glenn, Fontan), complex congenital heart defects (HLHS, DORV, heterotaxy syndrome, Ebstein's anomaly), septal defects (ASD, VSD, AV Canal), pulmonary valve stenosis/insufficiency, tricuspid atresia, tetralogy of Fallot, truncus arteriosus, cardiac tumors, anomalous coronary arteries, and patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). She also performs heart surgery in adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD).
Education & Training
Children's Hospital/Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Congenital Cardiac Surgery, 2003 - 2004
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 2001 - 2003- Childrens HospitalFellowship, Transplantation and Tissue Engineering Reseach Fellowship, 1999 - 2001
Brown UniversityResidency, Surgery, 1994 - 1999
Boston University School of MedicineClass of 1994
Harvard UniversityA.B., Classics-Greek, Cum Laude, 1986 - 1990
Certifications & Licensure
TX State Medical License 2005 - 2024
FL State Medical License 2016 - 2023
MA State Medical License 1999 - 2008- American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly
- Best Doctors-Pediatric Cardiac Surgery US News & World Report
- Best Doctor-Pediatric Cardiac Surgery D Magazine
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Clinical Trials
- Berlin Heart EXCOR Pediatric Post Approval Study Start of enrollment: 2012 Aug 01
- On-X Heart Valve - 17mm Aortic and 23mm Mitral Start of enrollment: 2011 Nov 18
- Syncardia 50cc TAH-t as a Bridge to Transplant Start of enrollment: 2015 Oct 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Report of the 2022 Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Practice Survey.Elizabeth H Stephens, James D St Louis, Robert D B Jaquiss, Eric N Feins, Lauren C Kane, Kristine J Guleserian, Ming-Sing M Si, Robert J Dabal, Mahesh S Sharma, James ...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2023 Jul 1
- 26 citationsNomenclature for Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care: Unification of Clinical and Administrative Nomenclature – The 2021 International Paediatric and Congenital Card...Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Rodney C. G. Franklin, Marie J. Béland, Diane E. Spicer, Steven D. Colan, Henry L. Walters, Frédérique Bailliard, Lucile Houyel, James D. St. Louis,...> ;World Journal for Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery. 2021 Jul 26
- 11 citationsNomenclature for Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care: Unification of Clinical and Administrative Nomenclature - The 2021 International Paediatric and Congenital Card...Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Rodney C. G. Franklin, Marie J. Béland, Diane E. Spicer, Steven D. Colan, Henry L. Walters, Frédérique Bailliard, Lucile Houyel, James D. St. Louis,...> ;Cardiology in the Young. 2021 Jul 1
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Authored Content
- Surgeon's Story: Kids, Transplants, the Red Sox, and the Glass CeilingOctober 2018
- Surgeon's StoryJanuary 2017
Press Mentions
The women leading Medical City Children's Heart Surgery ProgramSeptember 27th, 2021
CEO Perspectives: The Pandemic's Impact on Texas Health SystemsOctober 1st, 2021
Revealed: D CEO’s 2020 Excellence in Healthcare Award WinnersDecember 2nd, 2020- Join now to see all
Grant Support
- Cardiovascular Tissue EngineeringMerkle Foundation2006–2010
Research History
- Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering1999 - 2001
Professional Memberships
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- Congenital Heart Surgeons' SocietyMember
- International Society for Nomenclature of Paediatric and Congenital Heart DiseaseMember
- International Society for Heart and Lung TransplantationMember
- World Society of Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryMember
- Southern Thoracic Surgery AssociationMember
- Women in Thoracic SurgeryMember
- Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic ResonanceMember
External Links
- CTSNethttp://www.ctsnet.org/home/kguleserian
- Surgeon's Storyhttp://www.surgeonsstory.com
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