MarkJCunninghamMD

Thoracic Surgery • Boston, MA

Interim Chief, Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital

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Office
75 Francis st
Division of Cardiac Surgery
Boston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-732-7678

Fax+1 617-732-6559
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Summary

My current focus is to continue resident, fellow and peer training and education, extend the heart transplant donor pool with deceased donors with extra-corporeal support in addition to brain dead donors, develop temporary circulatory support devices to treat heart failure, continue in clinical trials to demonstrate efficacy of percutaneous mitral valve technology in the aging population, and administratively join the MGB mission to better serve all people, everywhere.

Mark Joseph Cunningham, MD

Mark Joseph Cunningham, MD is affiliated with Brigham and Women's Hospital and specializes in Cardiac Surgery in Boston, MA and Boston, MA

Education & Training

University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical CenterFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1997 - 2000
Boston University Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1992 - 1997
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of MedicineClass of 1992

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2019 - 2026
CA State Medical License 1997 - 2025
MA State Medical License 2022 - 2025
RI State Medical License 2022 - 2024
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Excellence in Professionalism Award Richard J. Hurvitz, MD., 2020
Top doctor Award Los Angeles Magazine, 2018
Top Doctor Award Pasadena Magazine, California, 2010, 2012, 2014
America's Top Surgeon Consumers' Research Council of America, California, 2008
Outstanding Performance Award NASA Langley Research Center, 1986-1987
Youth Citizenship Award Soroptimist Society, 1979
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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Clinical Trials

Study to Evaluate the Clinical Performance of the Valiant Thoracic Stent Graft With the Captivia Delivery System (Valiant Captivia) for the Treatment of Acute, Complicated Type B Aortic Dissections Start of enrollment: 2010 May 01
Completed
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

11 citations
Effect of UNOS policy change and exception status request on outcomes in patients bridged to heart transplant with an intra-aortic balloon pump
Aaron M. Wolfson, Eugene C. DePasquale, Vaughn A. Starnes, Mark J. Cunningham, Craig J. Baker, Raymond Lee, Michael E. Bowdish, Michael W. Fong, J. Rahman, K. Pandya, ...> ;Artificial Organs. 2021 Nov 17
2 citations
Intercostal artery incorporation to prevent spinal cord ischemia during total endovascular thoracoabdominal aortic repair
Anastasia Plotkin, Sukgu M. Han, Miguel F. Manzur, Mark J. Cunningham, Fernando Fleischman, Gregory A. Magee> ;JTCVS Techniques. 2021 Jan 28
12 citations
Renal cancer with extensive level IV intracardiac tumour thrombus removed by robot.
Inderbir S. Gill, Giovanni Cacciamani, Vinay Duddalwar, Duraiyah Thangathurai, Mark J. Cunningham> ;Lancet. 2020 Nov 14
4 citations
Performance and healing of an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene multichordal device at 6 months after repair of mitral leaflet flail in swine
Surendra K. Chawla, Robert W.M. Frater, Mark J. Cunningham, Muralidhar Padala> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2019 Mar 1
21 citations
Image Predictors of Treatment Outcome after Thoracic Aortic Dissection Repair
Farhood Saremi, Cameron Hassani, Leah M Lin, Christopher Lee, Alison Wilcox, Fernando Fleischman, Mark J. Cunningham> ;Radiographics. 2018 Oct 12
6 citations
Optimal Approach for Repair of Left Atrial-Esophageal Fistula Complicating Radiofrequency Ablation.
W. Hampton Gray, Fernando Fleischman, Mark J. Cunningham, Anthony W. Kim, Craig J. Baker, Vaughn A. Starnes, P. Michael McFadden> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2018 May 1
10 citations
Selective Aortic Arch and Root Replacement in Repair of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection
Fernando Fleischman, Ramsey S. Elsayed, Robbin G. Cohen, James M. Tatum, S. Ram Kumar, Kayvan Kazerouni, Wendy J. Mack, Mark L. Barr, Mark J. Cunningham, Amy E. Hackma...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2017 Nov 1
14 citations
Comparison of intravascular ultrasound- and centerline computed tomography-determined aortic diameters during thoracic endovascular aortic repair
Sukgu M. Han, Ramsey S. Elsayed, Sung W. Ham, Anuj Mahajan, Fernando Fleischman, Vincent L. Rowe, Mark J. Cunningham, Fred A. Weaver> ;Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2016 Jun 1
11 citations
The Utility of Nurse-Managed Extracorporeal Life Support in an Adult Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.
Amy E. Hackmann, Luke M. Wiggins, Glenn P. Grimes, Richard M. Fogel, Felicia A. Schenkel, Mark L. Barr, Michael E. Bowdish, Mark J. Cunningham, Vaughn A. Starnes> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2017 Aug 1
5 citations
Type A Aortic Dissection Repair: How I Teach It
Robbin G. Cohen, Amy E. Hackmann, Fernando Fleischman, Craig J. Baker, Mark J. Cunningham, Vaughn A. Starnes, Michael E. Bowdish> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2017 Jan 1
47 citations
A comparison of aortic valve replacement via an anterior right minithoracotomy with standard sternotomy: a propensity score analysis of 492 patients
Michael E. Bowdish, Dawn S. Hui, John D. Cleveland, Wendy J. Mack, Raina Sinha, Rupesh Ranjan, Robbin G. Cohen, Craig J. Baker, Mark J. Cunningham, Mark L. Barr, Vaugh...> ;European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 2016 Feb 1
74 citations
Robotic Level III Inferior Vena Cava Tumor Thrombectomy: Initial Series
Inderbir S. Gill, Charles Metcalfe, Andre Luis de Castro Abreu, Vinay Duddalwar, Sameer Chopra, Mark J. Cunningham, Duraiyah Thangathurai, Osamu Ukimura, Raj Satkunasi...> ;The Journal of Urology. 2015 Oct 1
2 citations
Exercise Hemodynamics and Quality of Life after Aortic Valve Replacement for Aortic Stenosis in the Elderly Using the Hancock II Bioprosthesis.
Theodore Long, Becky Lopez, Christopher E. Berberian, Mark J. Cunningham, Vaughn A. Starnes, Robbin G. Cohen> ;Cardiology Research and Practice. 2014 Dec 2
4 citations
Contemporary Use of Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty in the Era of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Dawn S. Hui, David M. Shavelle, Mark J. Cunningham, Ray V. Matthews, Vaughn A. Starnes> ;Texas Heart Institute Journal. 2014 Oct 1
29 citations
Aortic morphologic findings after thoracic endovascular aortic repair for type B aortic dissection.
Michael Sigman, Owen P. Palmer, Sung W. Ham, Mark J. Cunningham, Fred A. Weaver> ;JAMA Surgery. 2014 Sep 1
8 citations
Minimally invasive approach to the supradiaphragmatic inferior vena cava: total thoracoscopic caval isolation.
Dawn S. Hui, Inderbir S. Gill, Mark J. Cunningham> ;Innovations. 2014 Mar 1
8 citations
Anomalous coronary arteries: cardiovascular computed tomographic angiography for surgical decisions and planning.
Jerold S. Shinbane, Jabi E. Shriki, Fernando Fleischman, Antreas Hindoyan, James G Withey, Christopher Lee, Alison Wilcox, Mark J. Cunningham, Craig J. Baker, Ray V. M...> ;World Journal for Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery. 2013 Mar 20
90 citations
Identifying, Characterizing, and Classifying Congenital Anomalies of the Coronary Arteries
Jabi E. Shriki, Jerold S. Shinbane, Mollie A Rashid, Antereas Hindoyan, James G Withey, Anthony DeFrance, Mark J. Cunningham, George R. Oliveira, Bill H. Warren, Aliso...> ;Radiographics. 2012 Mar 5
6 citations
Caseous mitral annular calcification along the anterolateral annulus causing mild mitral regurgitation: multi-modality imaging and diagnosis.
Christopher Lee, Andrew J. Yoon, Nancy Klipfel, Mark J. Cunningham, Farhood Saremi> ;Circulation Journal. 2012 Jan 1
28 citations
Arch and visceral/renal debranching combined with endovascular repair for thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms
Sung W. Ham, Terry Chong, John M. Moos, Vincent L. Rowe, Robbin G. Cohen, Mark J. Cunningham, Alison Wilcox, Fred A. Weaver> ;Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2011 Jul 1
5 citations
Thoracic Aortic Stent-Grafting for Acute, Complicated, Type B Aortic Dissections
Sung W. Ham, Vincent L. Rowe, Christian Ochoa, Terry Chong, William M. Lee, Craig J. Baker, Robbin G. Cohen, Mark J. Cunningham, Fred A. Weaver, Karen Woo> ;Annals of Vascular Surgery. 2011 Apr 1
21 citations
Ventricular Tachycardia in the Era of Ventricular Assist Devices
David A. Cesario, Leslie A. Saxon, Michael K. Cao, Michael E. Bowdish, Mark J. Cunningham> ;Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 2011 Mar 1
3 citations
Is transthoracic minimally invasive aortic valve replacement too time-consuming for the busy cardiac surgeon?
Mark J. Cunningham, Christopher E. Berberian, Vaughn A. Starnes> ;Innovations. 2011 Jan 1
6 citations
Pericardial constriction after lung transplantation.
Kamyar Afshar, Mark J. Cunningham, Richard G. Barbers, Paul Michael McFadden> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2010 Oct 1
Calcific constrictive pericarditis demonstrated on 99mTc-MDP bone scintigraphy.
Natalie Burns, Jabi E. Shriki, Ali Farvid, Karim E. El-Sherief, Mark J. Cunningham, Patrick M. Colletti, Jerold S. Shinbane> ;Journal of Radiology Case Reports. 2009 Mar 5
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