VictorOMorellMD

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery

Eugene S. Weiner Endowed Professor and Chair of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Surgeon-in-Chief, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Executive Director of UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute

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Office
4401 Penn Avenue
3rd Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
Phone+1 412-692-7625

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Education & Training

Brigham and Women's Hospital/Children's HospitalFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1993 - 1996
Robert Packer Hospital/GuthrieResidency, Surgery, 1988 - 1993
Ponce Health Sciences University School of MedicineClass of 1984

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 1997 - 2026
PA State Medical License 1991 - 2024
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Congenital Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
Top MD Consumers Checkbook

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Midterm Outcomes After Aortic Valve Neocuspidization (Ozaki Procedure) in Adults.
Takuya Ogami, Keith A Dufendach, Mahnoor Imran, Floyd W Thoma, Johannes O Bonatti, Pyongsoo D Yoon, David J Kaczorowski, Ibrahim Sultan, Victor O Morell, Danny Chu> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2024 Apr 1
Cone repair after tricuspid valve replacement in Ebstein anomaly.
Luciana Da Fonseca Da Silva, Jose Pedro Da Silva, Laura Seese, Albert F Guerrero Becerra, Mario Castro-Medina, Melita Viegas, Victor O Morell> ;JTCVS Techniques. 2023 Aug 1
Coronary transfer for complex looping and intramural variants in the arterial switch procedure.
Bari Murtuza, Victor Morell, Karl Reyes> ;Multimedia Manual of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2023 Jan 5
Predictors of Mediastinal Exploration While on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery.
Jason S Kerstein, Phillip S Adams, Timothy M Maul, Jamie Stebler, Tracy Baust, Lucas Saenz, Oluchi Albert, David Palmer, Victor O Morell, Yuliya Domnina> ;ASAIO Journal. 2023 Jun 1
2 citations
Multimodality Imaging in Ebstein Anomaly.
Tarek Alsaied, Adam B Christopher, Jose Da Silva, Aditi Gupta, Victor O Morell, Lizabeth Lanford, Jacqueline G Weinberg, Brian Feingold, Thomas Seery, Arvind Hoskoppal...> ;Pediatric Cardiology. 2023 Jan 1
2 citations
Anatomic Position and Durability of Polytetrafluoroethylene Conduit ≥18 mm: Single-Center Experience.
Carlos E Diaz-Castrillon, Mario Castro-Medina, Melita Viegas, Jordann Lewis, Eric Hyzny, Shwetabh Tarun, Luciana Da Fonseca Da Silva, Victor Morell> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2023 Apr 1
Commentary: Is a double better than a single in root translocation?
Victor O Morell> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2022 Nov 1
1 citations
The effect of receiving an award from the American Association for Thoracic Surgery Foundation.
Edgar Aranda-Michel, James D Luketich, Rashmi Rao, Victor O Morell, George J Arnaoutakis, Arman Kilic, Courtenay Dunn-Lewis, Ibrahim Sultan> ;JTCVS Open. 2022 Jun 1
4 citations
Standardized Aortic Valve Neocuspidization for Treatment of Aortic Valve Diseases.
Andrea Amabile, Markus Krane, Keith Dufendach, Christopher W Baird, Nikhil Ganjoo, Friedrich S Eckstein, Alberto Albertini, Peter J Gruber, Mubashir A Mumtaz, Emile A ...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2022 Oct 1
Congenital Heart Surgery Training Experiences and Perceptions Among Cardiothoracic Surgery Residents.
Garrett N Coyan, Mario Castro-Medina, Melita Viegas, Luciana Da Fonseca Da Silva, Jennifer C Romano, Stephanie M Fuller, Victor O Morell, Kilcoyne, M.> ;Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2023 Jan 1
8 citations
Design and rationale of a clinical trial to increase cardiomyocyte division in infants with tetralogy of Fallot.
Samar R. El Khoudary, Anthony Fabio, Jessie W. Yester, Matthew L. Steinhauser, Adam B. Christopher, Frank Gyngard, Phillip S. Adams, Victor O. Morell, Melita Viegas, J...> ;International Journal of Cardiology. 2021 Sep 15
3 citations
A High-Fidelity Percutaneous Model Used to Demonstrate ECMO Cannulation.
David Palmer, Marit Aspenleiter, José Pedro da Silva, Luciana da Fonseca da Silva, Mario Medina-Castro, Melissa Grayson, Victor O. Morell, Amber Palmer, Mahesh Sharma,...> ;The Journal of Extra-Corporeal Technology. 2021 Sep 1
1 citations
High Risk Status for Stage I Palliation Increases Mortality Following Stage II But Not Stage III.
Garrett N. Coyan, Carlos E. Diaz-Castrillon, Mario Castro-Medina, Luciana Da Fonseca Da Silva, Melita Viegas, Victor O. Morell> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Aug 4
7 citations
Utilization and Outcomes of the Nikaidoh, Rastelli, and REV Procedures: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database.
Laura Seese, Harma K. Turbendian, Dylan Thibault, Luciana Da Fonseca Da Silva, Kevin D. Hill, Mario Castro-Medina, Melita Viegas, Jose Pedro da Silva, Jeffery P. Jacob...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Jul 5
Complex Infantile Scimitar Variant: Primary Stenosis of a Meandering Pulmonary Vein.
Bari Murtuza, Elsa J. Suh, Javier Gonzalez, J Blaine John, Jeremy M. Ringewald, Victor O. Morell, Karl G. Reyes> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Jun 8
3 citations
Aortic Root Replacement with Autologous Pericardium Valved Conduit
Laura Seese, Pyongsoo Yoon, Victor O. Morell, Danny Chu> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2021 May 7
1 citations
The impact of coronavirus 2019 on general surgery residency: A national survey of program directors
Maxwell F. Kilcoyne, Garrett N. Coyan, Edgar Aranda-Michel, Arman Kilic, Victor O. Morell, Ibrahim Sultan> ;Annals of Medicine and Surgery. 2021 Apr 16
29 citations
A Novel Restorative Pulmonary Valve Conduit: Early Outcomes of Two Clinical Trials.
David L.S. Morales, Cynthia Herrington, Emile A. Bacha, Victor O. Morell, Zsolt Prodan, Tomasz Mroczek, Sivakumar Sivalingam, Martijn Cox, Gerardus Bennink, Federico M...> ;Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2021 Mar 4
2 citations
Polytetrafluoroethylene Tricuspid Valved Conduit for Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction.
Garrett N. Coyan, Luciana Da Fonseca Da Silva, Jose Pedro da Silva, Melita Viegas, Victor O. Morell, Mario Castro-Medina> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Jun 1
Two-patch transannular repair of tetralogy of Fallot with complete atrioventricular canal defect.
Bari Murtuza, Victor O. Morell, Karl G. Reyes> ;Multimedia Manual of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2021 Jan 20
3 citations
Cangrelor PK/PD analysis in post-operative neonatal cardiac patients at risk for thrombosis.
Diana Vargas, Hairu Zhou, Xinren Yu, Scott L. Diamond, Justin Yeh, Vivekanand Allada, Ganga Krishnamurthy, Mary Price, Beverly Allen, James Alexander, Joseph Schmidhof...> ;Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 2021 Jan 10
3 citations
Outcome of Bridge to Lung Transplantation With Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Pediatric Patients 12 Years and Older.
Sandeep Sainathan, John P. Ryan, Mahesh Sharma, Takashi Harano, Victor O. Morell, Pablo G. Sanchez> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Oct 1
13 citations
Biliary-Atresia-Associated Mannosidase-1-Alpha-2 Gene Regulates Biliary and Ciliary Morphogenesis and Laterality.
Juhoon So, Mylarappa Ningappa, Joseph T. Glessner, Jun Min, Chethan Ashokkumar, Sarangarajan Ranganathan, Brandon W. Higgs, Dong Li, Qing Sun, Lori Schmitt, A. Biery, ...> ;Frontiers in Physiology. 2020 Oct 30
92 citations
Evolving Trends in Adult Heart Transplant With the 2018 Heart Allocation Policy Change.
Arman Kilic, Michael A. Mathier, Gavin Hickey, Ibrahim Sultan, Victor O. Morell, Suresh Mulukutla, Mary E. Keebler> ;JAMA Cardiology. 2021 Feb 1
2 citations
High-Risk Committee for Cardiac Surgery Decision-Making: Results From 110 Consecutive Patients.
Lauren V. Huckaby, Thomas G. Gleason, Francis D. Ferdinand, Ibrahim Sultan, Danny Chu, Pyongsoo Yoon, Forozan Navid, Siva Venkata, David West, Claudio A.B. Lima, Victo...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Aug 1
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Press Mentions

Patient Who Had Multiple Heart Surgeries at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital as a Child Returns to Deliver Her Baby in a Very Special WayFebruary 16th, 2021
Two-Patch Transannular Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot with Complete Atrioventricular Canal DefectJanuary 20th, 2021
External Advisory Board Issues Findings & Recommendations for UNC Children’s Pediatric Heart Surgery ProgramSeptember 17th, 2019
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