MarioCastro-MedinaMD

Thoracic Surgery • Pittsburgh, PA

Adult Cardiac Surgery, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Pediatric Thoracic Surgery

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Office
UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh
4401 Penn Avenue Faculty Pavillion 5TH floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
Phone+1 412-692-5218

Fax+1 412-692-5817

Education & Training

Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo LeonClass of 2000

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2019 - 2026
PA State Medical License 2013 - 2024

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

The cone repair allows right ventricle rehabilitation with excellent tricuspid valve function following the Starnes procedure.
Syed Faaz Ashraf, Jose Pedro Da Silva, Mario Castro-Medina, Melita Viegas, Tarek Alsaied
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2025-02-01
Long-term Outcome After Repair of Transposition of the Great Arteries With Aortic Arch Obstruction.
Kei Kobayashi, Luciana Da Fonseca Da Silva, Bari Murtuza, Mario Castro-Medina, Melita Viegas
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2025-02-01
Using DaSilva Cone Operation to Establish 1.5 or 2 Ventricle Circulation After Initial Single Ventricle Palliation with Starnes Procedure.
Craig P Dobson, Adam B Christopher, Mario Castro-Medina, Melita L Viegas, Jose Pedro Da Silva
Pediatric Cardiology. 2025-01-01

Journal Articles

Outcomes of open repir for chronic descending thoracic aortic dissection
Estrera LA, Jan A, Sandhu H, Shalhub H, Shalhub S, Medina-Castro M, Nguyen TC, Azizzadeh A, Charlton-Ouw K, Miller CC, Safi HJ, Ann Thorac Surg, 1/1/2015
Delayed cardiac tramponade after penetrating thoracic trauma
Rendon F, Gomez Danes LH, Castro Mario, Asian Cardiovasc Thoerac Annals, 1/1/2004
Surgical treatment of cardiac myxoma A series of 14 cases and literature review
Rendon F, Gomez Danes LH, Castro M, Lozano Gonzalez H, Naccoud A, Revista de Medicina Universitatria, 1/1/2003

Abstracts/Posters

Submammarian incision for congenital heart disease in young females
Felipe Rendon Elias, Luis H Gomez Danes, Mario Castro, Heriberto Lozano Gonzalez., VI Biomedical Research Annual Congress, UANL, 1/1/1988

Lectures

The role of interventional cardiology after congenital cardiac surgery
1/1/2016
ECMO in pediatric heart surgery
1/1/2015
ECMO is not a contraindication to transplantion
1/1/2014
Aortic valve repair of aortic insufficiency after blunt trauma. Case report
1/1/2003
Past, present and future of cardiac surgery at the University Hospital �Dr. Jose E Gonzalez� UANL
1/1/1999
Myocardial revascularization off-pump
1/1/1998
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