RobertPGallegosMD, Ph.D, FACS,FACC
Thoracic Surgery • Omaha, NEAortic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery, Creighton University School of Medicine, Chief of Cardiac Surgery, CHI Bergan’s Mercy
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Office
7500 Mercy Rd
Ste 618
Omaha, NE 68124Phone+1 515-322-2769Fax+1 888-592-3848- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Robert Gallegos, the Chief of Cardiac Surgery and Associate Professor at Creighton University School of Medicine, CHI Bergan Mercy, specializes in adult cardiovascular surgery(MIS, structural). He holds a BS in Bioengineering, PhD Experimental and is currently completing an MBA. He has extensive experience with clinical and preclinical trials. He also has extensive experience with patent law.
Education & Training
University of IowaMBA, Business, 2023 - 2025
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Children's HospitalFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 2006 - 2008
University of MinnesotaResidency, Surgery, 1998 - 2006
University of California San Diego School of MedicineClass of 1998
Certifications & Licensure
NE State Medical License 2023 - Present
TX State Medical License 2022 - 2025
IA State Medical License 2017 - 2025
SD State Medical License Active through 2025
NM State Medical License 2015 - 2025
OH State Medical License 2011 - 2025
IN State Medical License 2011 - 2025- American Board of Surgery Surgery
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
- American College of Cardiology Fellow
- American College of SurgeonsFellow
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
Clinical Trials
- Thoratec HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) for Bridge to Cardiac Transplantation Start of enrollment: 2005 Mar 01
- PARTNER II Trial: Placement of AoRTic TraNscathetER Valves II - XT Intermediate and High Risk Start of enrollment: 2011 Mar 01
- Cardiovascular Outcomes Assessment of the MitraClip Percutaneous Therapy for Heart Failure Patients With Functional Mitral Regurgitation (The COAPT Trial) and COAPT CAS Start of enrollment: 2012 Aug 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- The Sutureless Biological Bentall Procedure: A New Technique to Create a Modular Valve-Conduit Construct.Robert P Gallegos, Borut Gersak> ;Innovations. 2023 Jul 17
- Five-Year Outcomes of Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement.Makkar RR, Thourani VH, Mack MJ, Kodali SK, Kapadia S, Webb JG, Yoon SH, Trento A, Svensson LG, Herrmann HC, Szeto WY, Miller DC, Satler L, Cohen DJ, Dewey TM, Babalia...> ;The New England journal of medicine. 2020-01-29
- Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement in Intermediate-Risk Patients.Leon MB, Smith CR, Mack MJ, Makkar RR, Svensson LG, Kodali SK, Thourani VH, Tuzcu EM, Miller DC, Herrmann HC, Doshi D, Cohen DJ, Pichard AD, Kapadia S, Dewey T, Babali...> ;N Engl J Med. 2016 Apr 28
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Journal Articles
- Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement in Intermediate-Risk PatientsGallegos RP as part of Partner II investigators, NEJM, 4/28/2016
- Prevention of HeartMate II pump thrombosis-recommendations and preliminary observations from the PREVENT studyS itaramesh Emani, Mary Keebler, John M Ransom, Ahmet Kilic, Gregory Egnacyzk, Robert Gallegos, Paul Mather, John Stulak, Igor Gregoric, Jason Katz, Charles T Klodell,..., Circulation, 11/10/2015
Authored Content
- Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement in Intermediate-Risk PatientsApril 2016
Professional Memberships
- Past President Central Iowa
- Fellow
Hospital Affiliations
External Links
- Linked Inhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-gallegosMDPhD85381665
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