KatherineLeighWoodMD

Thoracic Surgery • Newark, NJ

Adult Cardiac Surgery, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery

Cardiac Surgeon

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Office
201 Lyons Ave
Ste G5
Newark, NJ 07112
Phone+1 973-926-6938

Fax+1 973-923-4683

Education & Training

Childrens Healthcare of AtlantaFellowship, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2020 - 2021
Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish RiteThoracic Surgery, 2021
Emory University School of MedicineFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 2021
University of RochesterResidency, Thoracic Surgery - Integrated, 2014 - 2020
The University of Toledo College of MedicineClass of 2012

Certifications & Licensure

NJ State Medical License 2024 - 2025
NY State Medical License 2016 - 2025
OH State Medical License 2012 - 2014
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

18 citations
Predicting Survival After Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation by Using Machine Learning.
Brian Ayers, K. Wood, Igor Gosev, Sunil M. Prasad
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2020-10-01
6 citations
MELD-XI is predictive of mortality in venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
Brian Ayers, K. Wood, Amber L. Melvin, Sunil M. Prasad, Igor Gosev
Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2020-04-27
12 citations
Complete Sternal-Sparing Approach Improves Outcomes for Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation in Patients With History of Prior Sternotomy:
Brian Ayers, Fabio Sagebin, K. Wood, Bryan Barrus, Sabu Thomas
Innovations. 2020-01-05

Press Mentions

UR Medicine Strong Memorial Hospital Completes Dual Kidney-Heart TransplantApril 11th, 2023
Caring Buffalo Nurse Receives New Heart, Second ChanceJuly 11th, 2022
UR Medicine Performs Record Number of Heart Transplants in 2023January 23rd, 2024