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Office
3400 Spruce Street
Silverstein Pavilion, 6th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104Phone+1 215-615-4949Fax+1 215-349-5798- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
- Penn MedicineAortic Surgery, 2008 - 2009
- University of TorontoResidency, 1996 - 2000
- University of Western OntarioClass of 1996, Biochemistry, Summa cum Laude
Certifications & Licensure
- PA State Medical License 2008 - 2024
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of CanadaSpecialist Certificate: Cardiac Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Randall Griepp Award American Association for Thoracic Surgery, 2014
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012
Clinical Trials
- Zenith® Dissection Clinical Trial Start of enrollment: 2012 Aug 01
- ABLATE Post Approval Study - Synergy Ablation Lesions for Non-Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Start of enrollment: 2012 Sep 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Testing clinical selection criteria for intraoperative transoesophageal echocardiography in isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery.Charlotte J Talham, Bo Zhang, Emily J MacKay, Chase R Brown, Peter W Groeneveld, Nimesh D Desai, John G Augoustides> ;BJA Open. 2024 Jun 1
- Transcatheter aortic valve replacement achieves similar predicted effective orifice area to surgical aortic valve replacement in bicuspid aortic stenosis.John E Connolly, Howard C Herrmann, Pavan Atluri, Nimesh Desai, Paul N Fiorilli, Jay Giri, Robert H Li, Taisei Kobayashi, Ashwin S Nathan, Wilson Y Szeto, Joshua C Grimm> ;Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 2024 Mar 21
- Axillary vs Femoral Arterial Cannulation in Acute Type A Dissection: International Multicenter Data.Malak Elbatarny, Santi Trimarchi, Amit Korach, Marco Di Eusanio, Davide Pacini, Raffi Bekeredjian, Truls Myrmel, Derek R Brinster, Chih-Wen Pai, Kim A Eagle, , Joseph ...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2024 Mar 7
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Journal Articles
- Development of Persistent Opioid Use After Cardiac SurgeryNimesh Desai, MD, JAMA Cardiology
- Thoracic Aortic Surgery Enters the Era of Big DataJoseph E Bavaria, Nimesh D Desai, Shinichi Fukuhara, European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Authored Content
- Development of Persistent Opioid Use After Cardiac SurgeryJune 2020
- Development of Persistent Opioid Use After Cardiac SurgeryJune 2020
- Development of Persistent Opioid Use After Cardiac SurgeryJune 2020
Press Mentions
- 10 Percent of Patients Continue to Use Opioids Three to Six Months After Heart SurgeryJune 17th, 2020
- STS/ACC TVT Registry Study Identifies Hospital Variation in TAVR Care - American College of CardiologyJune 10th, 2021
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Fellow
- International Society for Minimally Invasive Surgery Program CommitteeMember
- Delaware Valley STS Quality Improvement InitiativeMember
- Eastern Cardio-Thoracic Surgical Society Program CommitteeMember
Hospital Affiliations
- Hospital of the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
- Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
- Penn Medicine Chester County HospitalWest Chester, Pennsylvania
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