Syed Tasnim Raza MD

PubMed

• Reducing sternal wound infections after cardiac surgery through targeted, interdisciplinary efforts: A large, single-center experience.
  Alice V Vinogradsky, Fady K Soliman, Paul Kurlansky, Faridi Ali, Jill B Cohen
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2026-08-05
• Minimally Invasive Approach for Mitral Valve Surgery Is Associated With Increased Risk of Postoperative Diaphragm Dysfunction.
  Sameer K Singh, Marco Tagliafierro, Darina Kirilina, Paul A Kurlansky, Michael Argenziano
  Innovations. 2026-05-15
• 2 citations
  Significance of isolated postoperative atrial fibrillation in thoracic aortic aneurysm repair.
  Megan M Chung, Cheryl Pan, Hideyuki Hayashi, Viswajit Kandula, Yanling Zhao
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2025-02-01

Journal Articles

• Patient Experiences Using an Inpatient Personal Health Record  
  J. Woollen; J. Frey; L. Wilcox; A. Sackeim; S. Restaino; S.T. Raza; S. Bakken; S. Feiner; G. Hripcsak; D. Vawdrey., Applied Clinical Informatics, 1/1/2016
• A circular surgical stapler designed to anastomose aorta and Dacron tube graft: Validation of the concept and comparison to hand-sewn anastomosis in bench experiments  
  Raza, Syed T, Aorta, 1/1/2013
• Stroke after aortic surgery: History of COPD is a significant independent risk factor  
  Zhou Z, Raza ST, Bhayana JN, Rizvi I, Suresh A, Chest, 1/1/2005

Books/Book Chapters

• Ischemia-reperfusion injury in cardiac surgery 
  Chapter: Surgical techniques for warm blood cardioplegia 
  Raza ST, Salerno TAG Landes Company, Biomedical Publishers, Austin, TX1998
• Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Thoracic Organ Transplantation 
  Chapter: Retrograde blood cardioplegia for myocardial preservation during heart transplantation 
  Bhayana JN, Bergsland J, Graham SP, Raza ST, Schwartz JS, Shubert MA, Posluszny MCEditors: MM Korner, H Posival, R Korfer.nternational Congress Series, Excerpta Medica, Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands1994
• Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology 
  Chapter: Pacing techniques in heterotopic heart transplantation: A comparison of sequential paced rhythm versus synchronous pacing 
  Page 503 - 507Raza ST, Tam SKC, Sun SC, Hill SM, Lachman P, Laurence R, Berkovits B, Shemin RJ, Cohn LHEditors: B. Belhassen, S. Feldman, Y. Cooperman.R&L Creative Communications, Ltd., Tel Aviv, Israel1987

Abstracts/Posters

• Stroke after aortic surgery: History of COPD is a significant independent risk factor
  Zhou Z, Raza ST, Bhayana JN, Rizvi I, Suresh A, Chest, 1/1/2005
• When should MAZE procedure for atrial fibrillation be combined with mitral valve surgery
  Raza ST, Bhayana JN, Grosner G, Lewin AN, Lajos TZ, Raza A, Hasnain S, Chest, 1/1/2001
• Limited access for reoperative coronary disease
  Lajos TZ, Akhter M, Bergsland J, Grosner G, Lewin AN, Salerno TZ, Raza ST, Levinsky L, Bhayana JN, Hasnain S, XXXI Meeting of the Hungarian Medical Association of America, Sarasota, FL, 1/28/1999

Lectures

• Series of Surgical Staplers designed for Aortic Surgery 
  New York, NY - 1/1/2014
• A Surgical Stapler designed to anastomose Aorta and Dacron Tube Graft 
  Houston, TX - 1/21/2013
• Food production and sustainability 
  Pocintico, NY - 1/28/2008

Other

• Thoratec Ventricular Assist Device 
  Syed Tasnim Raza
  New York, NY - 1/1/2017
• Response to Edge Question: “3D Printing in the Medical Field,” in “Know This,” edited by John Brockman 
  Syed Tasnim Raza, Harper Perennial
  New York, NY - 1/1/2017
• Denton A. Cooley, Pioneering Heart Surgeon, dies at 96 
  Syed Tasnim Raza
  http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2016/11/denton-a-cooley-pioneering-heart-surgeon-dies-at-96.html
  1/28/2016