PietroBajonaMDPhD, FEBTCS
Thoracic Surgery • Princeton, NJAdult Cardiac Surgery, Aortic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery
Associate Professor, Director Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Program
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3551 Lawrenceville Rd
Princeton, NJ 08540- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Pietro Bajona is a thoracic surgeon in Pittsburgh, PA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Allegheny General Hospital and Forbes Hospital. He received his medical degree from University of Ferrara, Italy and has been in practice 15 years. He also speaks multiple languages, including Italian. He specializes in adult cardiac surgery, aortic surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, and cardiovascular surgery and is experienced in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, maze procedure, aortic valve repair, aortic surgery, and mitral valve surgery.
Education & Training
Sant'Anna School of Superior StudiesPhD, Mitral Valve Anatomy and Physiology, 2015 - 2018
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 2013 - 2014
University of TorontoClinical Fellowship, Cardiovascular Surgery, 2009 - 2010
UPMC Medical EducationPost-Doctoral Fellowship, Research Fellowship in Cardiovascular Surgery, 2006 - 2008- University of PisaClass of 2003
- University of PisaBoard of Cardiac Surgery
Certifications & Licensure
TX State Medical License 2016 - 2025
PA State Medical License 2019 - 2024- European Board of Cardiovascular and Thoracic SurgeryCardiovascular Surgery
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 2 citationsSpatial distribution and network morphology of epicardial, endocardial, interstitial, and Purkinje cell-associated elastin fibers in porcine left ventricle.Xiaodan Shi, Song Zhang, Yue Liu, Bryn Brazile, Jim Cooley, J Ryan Butler, Sara R McMahan, Karla L Perez, Jiazhu Xu, Timothy Eastep, Kytai T Nguyen, Pietro Bajona, Mat...> ;Bioactive Materials. 2023 Jan 1
- Structural and biomechanical characterizations of acellular porcine mitral valve scaffolds: anterior leaflets, posterior leaflets, and chordae tendineae.Wang, B., Sierad, L., Mercuri, J., Simionescu, A., Simionescu, D., Williams, L., Vela, R., Ramaswamy, S., Hong, Y., Liao, J., Bajona, P., Peltz, M.> ;Engineered Regeneration. 2022 Dec 1
- Accurate Classification of Cardiomyopathy Diagnosis by Chromatin Accessibility.Samadrita Bhattacharyya, Jialei Duan, Ryan J Vela, Minoti Bhakta, Pietro Bajona, Pradeep P A Mammen, Gary C Hon, Nikhil V Munshi> ;Circulation. 2022 Sep 13
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Press Mentions
Allegheny Health Network Names Pietro Bajona, MD, PhD, Director of Cardiac Surgery at Forbes HospitalOctober 23rd, 2019
UT Southwestern Designated Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center of ExcellenceFebruary 19th, 2018
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Other Languages
- Italian
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