ChristianPizarroMD
Thoracic Surgery • Wilmington, DEPediatric Cardiac Surgery, Pediatric Thoracic Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery
Chair, Dept of Cardiovascular Medicine. Director, Nemours Cardiac Center Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Office
1600 Rockland Rd
A.I. Dupont Hospital For Children
Wilmington, DE 19803Phone+1 302-651-6600Fax+1 302-651-5345
Summary
- Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics.
Sidney Kimmel Medical College. Thomas Jefferson University
Education & Training
Great Ormond Street. Hospital for Sick ChildrenCardiothoracic surgery, senior registrar, 1996 - 1997
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1994 - 1996- University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Surgery, 1988 - 1994
University of Pennsylvania/Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaFellowship, Congenital Cardiac Surgery, 1991 - 1992- St Luke's University HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1987 - 1988
University of ChileClass of 1985
Certifications & Licensure
DE State Medical License 1997 - 2025
FL State Medical License 1999 - 2025
MD State Medical License 2000 - 2025
NJ State Medical License 2003 - 2025
PA State Medical License 1991 - 2024- American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
Clinical Trials
- Neuroprotective Effects of Remote Ischemic Preconditioning (RIPC) During Infant Cardiac Surgery Start of enrollment: 2011 Sep 01
- Congenital Heart Disease: Impact on Learning and Development in Down Syndrome (CHILD-DS) Start of enrollment: 2022 May 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 144 citationsTransplantation-Free Survival and Interventions at 3 Years in the Single Ventricle Reconstruction TrialJane W. Newburger, Lynn A. Sleeper, Peter C. Frommelt, Gail D. Pearson, William T. Mahle
Circulation. 2014-05-20 - 228 citationsRisk factors for hospital morbidity and mortality after the Norwood procedure: A report from the Pediatric Heart Network Single Ventricle Reconstruction trialSarah Tabbutt, Nancy S. Ghanayem, Chitra Ravishankar, Lynn A. Sleeper, David S. Cooper
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2012-10-01 - 24 citationsThe Pediatric Heart Network Residual Lesion Score Study: Design and objectivesMeena Nathan, Felicia L. Trachtenberg, Maria I. Van Rompay, William Gaynor, Kirk R. Kanter
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2020-07-01
Press Mentions
Nemours Children’s Health Researchers to Present at World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac SurgeryAugust 25th, 2023
Committees
- Abstract & Publications committee, Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2013 - Present
- member, STS annual meeting task force 2017 - 2017
- member, Congenital Heart Surgeons Society. Research Committee 2014 - 2018
- member, EACTS Congenital Domain 2014 - 2016
- member, AATS Research and Scholarships Committee 2013 - 2017
- member, AATS membership committee 2013 - 2016
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Member
- Member
- International society heart and lung transplantationMember
Other Languages
- Spanish
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