Rochus Ken-Ichi Voeller MD

Adult Cardiac Surgery, Aortic Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery

University of Minnesota Physicians

500 Harvard Street SEMinneapolis, MN 55455

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Education & Training

Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumFellowship, Thoracic Surgery - Independent, 2010 - 2012
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumResidency, Surgery, 2003 - 2010
University of Minnesota Medical SchoolClass of 2003
University of Minnesota, College of Biological SciencesBS, Biochemistry, Magna cum laude, 1999

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Certifications & Licensure

MN State Medical License 2012 - 2027
MO State Medical License 2005 - 2027
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory - Core EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013-2014, 2016
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Inpatient 2014 Certified EHR Suite (with Beaker), Epic Systems Corporation, 2013-2014, 2016
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Inpatient 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013-2014, 2016

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Feasibility of Zero-Dimensional-Model-Based Pulse Waveform Analysis as a Tool to Detect Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Growth.
Lily R Watkins, Kiley A Irwin, Hadi Wiputra, Rochus K Voeller, Victor H Barocas
Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 2026-07-01
2 citations
Successful Simultaneous Heart-Kidney Transplant in a Patient WithMELAS Cardiomyopathy.
Jose Arriola-Montenegro, Melinda Mutschler, Rebecca Cogswell, Tamas Alexy, Ranjit John
JACC. Case Reports. 2024-09-18
Repair of calcified bicuspid aortic valves using living autologous aortic wall leaflets.
Timothy W James, J Hunter Mehaffey, Lawrence M Wei, Rochus K Voeller, Vinay Badhwar
JTCVS Techniques. 2024-06-01

Journal Articles

Repair of Aortic Coarctation New and Emerging Techniques in Coarctation of the Thoracic Aorta
Shaffer AW, Voeller RK, Reed AB, Endovascular Today, 1/1/2018
Postcardiotomy shock: Which patients benefit from extracorporeal membrane oxygenation?
Voeller RK, Kelly R, J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 1/1/2018
A Simple Porcine Model of Inducible Sustained Atrial Fibrillation
Lee AM, Miller JR, Voeller RK, Zierer A, Lall SC, Schuessler RB, Damiano RJ, Melby SJ, Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, 1/1/2016

Books/Book Chapters

Cardiac Surgery in the Adult
Chapter: Aortic Valve Replacement with a Mechanical Cardiac Valve Prosthesis
Emery R, Voeller RKEditors: Lawrence H. Cohn, MD; David H. Adams, MD.McGraw-Hill EducationEdition 5th,2018
Electrophysiological Disorders of the Heart
Chapter: Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation
Lee AM, Voeller RK, Damiano RJ, Jr.Editors: Sanjeev Saksena.Elsevier Publishing GroupEdition 2nd,2011
The Washington University Manual of Surgery
Chapter: Thoraco-abdominal vascular disease
Voeller RK, Sanchez LLippincott, Williams and WilkinsEdition 5th,2008

Abstracts/Posters

Mutational analysis of the SPM domain in Drosophila melanogaster.
Voeller RK, Peterson AJ, Simon JA, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, College of Biological Sciences Honors Program Poster Symposium, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 1/1/1999

Lectures

Aortic Stenosis: Surgery, the Proven Approach
Minneapolis, MN - 1/21/2018
Clinical Case Session 4: Current State of Aortic Grafts.
University of Minnesota - 1/11/2018
Surgery for the Tricuspid Valve/Is ther opportunity for transcatheter therapy?
Minneapolis, MN - 1/20/2017