RonaldDLeidenfrostMDFACS

Thoracic Surgery • Chesterfield, MO

Adult Cardiac Surgery, Aortic Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery

Chairman, Heart and Vascular Institute Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery St Luke's Hospital, St Louis, Missouri

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Office
222 S Woods Mill Rd
Suite 550-N
Chesterfield, MO 63017
Phone+1 314-434-3049

Fax+1 314-205-6916
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Education & Training

Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1981 - 1983
Childrens HospitalFellowship, Selective Pathology, 1980 - 1981
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumResidency, Surgery, 1976 - 1980
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumResidency, Internal Medicine, 1973 - 1976
SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityClass of 1973

Certifications & Licensure

MO State Medical License 1975 - 2025
FL State Medical License 1983 - 1987
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Clinical Trials

Biologically Modified Saphenous Vein Transplants for Improved CABG Outcomes Start of enrollment: 2015 Mar 01
Recruiting
Phase 1, Phase 2

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

92 citations
The efficacy of pneumatic compression stockings in the prevention of pulmonary embolism after cardiac surgery.
Roque Ramos, Bakr I. Salem, Maria P. De Pawlikowski, Cordie Coordes, Steven B Eisenberg, Ronald Leidenfrost> ;Chest. 1996 Jan 1
3 citations
Critical role of pulmonary angiography in the diagnosis of pulmonary emboli following cardiac surgery.
Roque Ramos, Bakr I. Salem, Maged Haikal, Siddhesh Gowda, Cordie Coordes, Ronald Leidenfrost> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis. 1995 Oct 1
Recanalization characteristics of intracoronary streptokinase compared to intravenous tissue plasminogen activator following acute myocardial infarction: a community h...
Ramos, R. S., Salem, B. I., Gowda, S., Haikal, M., Coordes, C., Leidenfrost, R.> ;South Med J. 1995 Sep
2 citations
Radiation-induced mitral and tricuspid regurgitation with severe ostial coronary artery disease: a case report with successful surgical treatment.
G. S. Raviprasad, Bakr I. Salem, Siddhesh Gowda, Ronald Leidenfrost> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis. 1995 Jun 1
5 citations
Sustained supraventricular tachyarrhythmias following coronary artery bypass surgery comparing mammary versus saphenous vein grafts.
Bakr I. Salem, Abdul Chaudhry, Maged Haikal, Siddhesh Gowda, Amy Campbell, Cordie Coordes, Ronad Leidenfrost> ;Angiology. 1991 Jun 1
Acute dissecting aortic aneurysm: community hospital experience in 20 cases.
Salem, B. I., Selke, K., Gowda, S., Haikal, M., Coordes, C., Leidenfrost, R.> ;South Med J. 1990 Jul
7 citations
Early percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty or coronary bypass surgery following thrombolytic treatment of acute myocardial infarction.
Bakr I. Salem, Siddhesh Gowda, Maged Haikal, Ronald Leidenfrost, James L. Cox, Thomas A. Ferguson> ;Chest. 1987 May 1
2 citations
The morphologic method applied to the problem of "single" right ventricle.
Richard Van Praagh, Ronald D. Leidenfrost, Sung Kyu Lee, Gerald R. Marx, Gregory B. Wright, Stella Van Praagh> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 1982 Oct 1
2 citations
Surgical Correction of Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult: Experience with 139 Patients
Ronald D. Leidenfrost, Clarence S. Weldon> ;Annals of Surgery. 1978 Oct 1
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Professional Memberships

American College of Surgeons - ACS
Member

Hospital Affiliations

St. Luke's HospitalChesterfield, Missouri