RalphJDamianoJr.MD

Thoracic Surgery • Saint Louis, MO

Adult Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery

Evarts Graham Professor of Surgery, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery Washington University St Louis

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Office
4921 Parkview Pl
Saint Louis, MO 63110
Phone+1 314-362-7327

Fax+1 314-747-0917
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Education & Training

Duke University HospitalFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1988 - 1989
Duke University HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1980 - 1988
Duke University School of MedicineClass of 1980

Certifications & Licensure

IL State Medical License 2004 - 2026
MO State Medical License 2000 - 2025
OK State Medical License 2020 - 2020
NC State Medical License 1988 - 2003
PA State Medical License 1996 - 2000
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Allscripts Enterprise EHR, Allscripts, 2012
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
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Clinical Trials

Randomized On-X Anticoagulation Trial Start of enrollment: 2006 Jun 06
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
Comparing the Effectiveness of a Mitral Valve Repair Procedure in Combination With Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) Versus CABG Alone in People With Moderate Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation Start of enrollment: 2008 Dec 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Medtronic Reveal XT Study Start of enrollment: 2011 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 2
Surgical Treatment of Aortic Stenosis With a Next Generation, Rapid Deployment Surgical Aortic Valve Start of enrollment: 2012 Sep 26
Completed
Not Applicable
Medtronic Terminate AF Study Start of enrollment: 2018 Nov 15
Recruiting
Not Applicable
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)/Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS)/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society (LAHRS) expert consen...
Stylianos Tzeis, Edward P Gerstenfeld, Jonathan Kalman, Eduardo Saad, Alireza Sepehri Shamloo, Jason G Andrade, Chirag R Barbhaiya, Tina Baykaner, Serge Boveda, Hugh C...> ;Heart Rhythm. 2024 Apr 5
2024 European Heart Rhythm Association/Heart Rhythm Society/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society expert consensus statement on cathete...
Stylianos Tzeis, Edward P Gerstenfeld, Jonathan Kalman, Eduardo B Saad, Alireza Sepehri Shamloo, Jason G Andrade, Chirag R Barbhaiya, Tina Baykaner, Serge Boveda, Hugh...> ;Europace. 2024 Mar 30
Characterization of de novo malignancy after orthotopic heart transplantation: single-centre outcomes over 20 years.
Nadia H Bakir, Ioana B Florea, Jordan Phillipps, Joel D Schilling, Marci S Damiano, Gregory A Ewald, Kunal D Kotkar, Akinobu Itoh, Ralph J Damiano Jr, Marc R Moon, Muh...> ;European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 2023 Oct 4
Outcomes of double-valve surgery for infective endocarditis are improving in the modern era.
Paighton C Miller, Linda J Schulte, Theodore Marghitu, ShengXiang Huang, Tsuyoshi Kaneko, Ralph J Damiano, Puja Kachroo> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2023 Oct 4
3 citations
Low-Dose vs Standard Warfarin After Mechanical Mitral Valve Replacement: A Randomized Trial.
Michael W A Chu, Marc Ruel, Allen Graeve, Marc W Gerdisch, Ralph J Damiano Jr, Robert L Smith 2nd, William Brent Keeling, Michael A Wait, Robert C Hagberg, Reed D Quin...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2023 Apr 1
2 citations
WITHDRAWN: Low-Dose Versus Standard Warfarin After Mechanical Mitral Valve Replacement: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Michael W A Chu, Marc Ruel, Allen Graeve, Marc W Gerdisch, Ralph J Damiano Jr, Robert L Smith 2nd, William Brent Keeling, Michael A Wait, Robert C Hagberg, Reed D Quin...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2022 Jan 28
1 citations
Association of STS database variables with repair durability in ischemic mitral regurgitation using machine learning
Puja Kachroo, Aixia Guo, Robert M. MacGregor, Brian P. Cupps, Marc R. Moon, Ralph J. Damiano, Hersh S. Maniar, Akinobu Itoh, Michael K. Pasque, Randi E. Foraker> ;Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2022 Jan 1
3 citations
Competing Risks to Transplant in Bridging with Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices
Nadia H. Bakir, Michael J. Finnan, Akinobu Itoh, Michael K. Pasque, Gregory A. Ewald, Kunal D. Kotkar, Ralph J. Damiano, Marc R. Moon, Justin Hartupee, Joel D. Schilli...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Nov 19
3 citations
PROSE: Prospective Randomized Trial of the On-X Mechanical Prosthesis and the St Jude Medical Mechanical Prosthesis Evaluation : Part 1(Patient Dynamics): Preoperative...
W.R. Eric Jamieson, John L. Ely, Johan Brink, Timothy Pennel, Paul G. Bannon, Jashvant Patel, Rajiv Kumar Gupta, Prasanna Simha Mohan Rao, Damyanti Agrawal, Lars Wiklu...> ;Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2021 Nov 1
2 citations
Impact of Obesity on Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence Following Stand-Alone Cox Maze IV Procedure.
Robert M. MacGregor, Ali J. Khiabani, Nadia H. Bakir, Meghan O. Kelly, Samuel C. Perez, Hersh S. Maniar, Richard B. Schuessler, Marc R. Moon, Spencer J. Melby, Ralph J...> ;Innovations. 2021 Jun 27
4 citations
Efficacy of the Stand-Alone Cox-Maze IV Procedure in Patients with Longstanding Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
Martha M.O. McGilvray, Nadia H. Bakir, Meghan O. Kelly, Samuel C. Perez, Laurie A. Sinn, Richard B. Schuessler, Christian W. Zemlin, Hersh S. Maniar, Spencer J. Melby,...> ;Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 2021 Jun 10
Phenylephrine Provocation to Evaluate the Cause of Mitral Regurgitation in Patients With Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Jonathan D. Moreno, Richard G. Bach, Ralph J. Damiano, Sara C. Martinez, Sharon Cresci> ;Circulation. Cardiovascular Imaging. 2021 May 1
4 citations
Late results after stand-alone surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation
Robert M. MacGregor, Nadia H. Bakir, Havisha Pedamallu, Laurie A. Sinn, Hersh S. Maniar, Spencer J. Melby, Ralph J. Damiano> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2021 Apr 17
Commentary: What is the measure of success for atrial fibrillation ablation? Is a reduction in arrhythmia burden sufficient?
James R. Edgerton, Ralph J. Damiano> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2021 Apr 14
3 citations
30 Years of Heart Transplant: Outcomes After Mechanical Circulatory Support From a Single Center.
Michael J. Finnan, Nadia H. Bakir, Akinobu Itoh, Kunal D. Kotkar, Michael K. Pasque, Ralph J. Damiano, Marc R. Moon, Gregory A. Ewald, Joel D. Schilling, Muhammad F. M...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Mar 3
3 citations
Concomitant Cox-Maze IV and Septal Myectomy in Patients With Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy.
Nadia H. Bakir, Robert M. MacGregor, Ali J. Khiabani, Matthew R. Schill, Laurie A. Sinn, Richard B. Schuessler, Spencer J. Melby, Marye J. Gleva, Ralph J. Damiano> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Mar 1
Cannulation Strategy for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Does Not Influence Total Hospital Cost.
Karen L. Walker, Nadia H. Bakir, Kunal D. Kotkar, Marci S. Damiano, Ralph J. Damiano, Gene Ridolfi, Marc R. Moon, Akinobu Itoh, Muhammad F. Masood> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Feb 11
6 citations
Concomitant surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation is associated with increased risk of acute kidney injury but improved late survival.
Nadia H. Bakir, Ali J. Khiabani, Robert M. MacGregor, Meghan O. Kelly, Laurie A. Sinn, Richard B. Schuessler, Hersh S. Maniar, Spencer J. Melby, Mohammad A. Helwani, R...> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2021 Jan 23
4 citations
Extracorporeal Life Support for Cardiogenic Shock With Either a Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device or an Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump.
T. Nakajima, Y. Tanaka, Irene Fischer, Kunal D. Kotkar, Ralph J. Damiano, Marc R. Moon, Muhammad F. Masood, Akinobu Itoh> ;ASAIO Journal. 2021 Jan 1
Lower Survival After Coronary Artery Bypass in Patients Who Had Atrial Fibrillation Missed by Widely Used Definitions.
Giovanni Filardo, Benjamin D. Pollock, Briget da Graca, Danielle M. Sass, Teresa K. Phan, Debbie E. Montenegro, Gorav Ailawadi, Vinod H. Thourani, Ralph J. Damiano> ;Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Innovations, Quality & Outcomes. 2020 Dec 10
8 citations
Impact of Surgical Experience on Operative Mortality After Reoperative Cardiac Surgery
Marc R. Moon, Matthew C. Henn, Hersh S. Maniar, Michael K. Pasque, Spencer J. Melby, Puja Kachroo, Muhammad F. Masood, A. Itoh, Kunal D. Kotkar, Nabil A. Munfakh, Ralp...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2020 Dec 1
9 citations
Pericardial Mitochondrial DNA Levels Are Associated With Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery.
Joshua L. Manghelli, Meghan O. Kelly, Daniel I. Carter, Jason M. Gauthier, Davide Scozzi, Timothy S. Lancaster, Robert M. MacGregor, Ali J. Khiabani, Richard B. Schues...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2021 May 1
6 citations
Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Heart Failure
Ali J. Khiabani, Richard B. Schuessler, Ralph J. Damiano> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2021 Oct 1
5 citations
Cardiac allograft rejection in the current era of continuous flow left ventricular assist devices
Nadia H. Bakir, Michael J. Finnan, Robert M. MacGregor, Joel D. Schilling, Gregory A. Ewald, Kunal D. Kotkar, Akinobu Itoh, Ralph J. Damiano, Marc R. Moon, Muhammad F....> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2020 Jul 22
Massive Left Atrial Thrombus After a Left Atrial Surgical Ablation and Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve Replacement.
Mustafa Husaini, Nishath Quader, Alan C. Braverman, Ralph J. Damiano, Hersh S. Maniar> ;Innovations. 2020 Jul 5
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Press Mentions

Stanford Biodesign’s New Arrhythmia Technology Retreat Conjoint to 2021 Heart Rhythm Society’s Annual Scientific SessionsAugust 9th, 2021
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A to Z with Richard Bach, MDDecember 28th, 2018
Medtronic Studies Use of Both Heat and Cold for Cardiac AblationDecember 3rd, 2018
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Grant Support

Surgical Treatment Of Cardiac ArrhythmiasNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2003–2012
Basic Science Research Training - Cardiopulmonary SurgeryNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2011
Basic Science Research Training Cardiopulmonary SurgeryNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2005–2009
Hyperpolarized Arrest During Surgical Global IschemiaNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1996–1998
Hyperpolarized Arrest During Surgical Global IschemiaNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1995