MarkSullivanSlaughterMD

Thoracic Surgery • Louisville, KY

Adult Cardiac Surgery, Cardiopulmonary Transplantation, Cardiovascular Surgery

Professor of Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery, University Louisville School of Medicine

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Office
201 Abraham Flexner Way
Suite 1200
Louisville, KY 40202
Phone+1 502-561-2180

Fax+1 502-561-2190

Education & Training

University of MinnesotaFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1991 - 1994
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Surgery, 1987 - 1991
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityInternship, Surgery, 1986 - 1987
Indiana University School of MedicineClass of 1986

Certifications & Licensure

KY State Medical License 2008 - 2026
IL State Medical License 1987 - 2023
IN State Medical License 1995 - 2017
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Ethics Committee American Association Thoracic Surgeons (AATS)
Associate Editor Annals Thoracic Surgery
Editor in Chief American Society Artificial Internal Organs Journal (ASAIO Journal)
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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Clinical Trials

Exclusion of the Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) With the LAAx, Inc. TigerPaw System Start of enrollment: 2009 Aug 01
Unknown status
Phase 2
REGISTRY EVALUATION OF VITAL INFORMATION FOR VADs IN AMBULATORY LIFE Start of enrollment: 2015 Jul 01
Completed
C-Pulse® System: A Heart Assist Device Clinical Study Start of enrollment: 2012 Sep 12
Terminated
Not Applicable
A Clinical Trial to Evaluate the HeartWare™ Ventricular Assist System (ENDURANCE SUPPLEMENTAL TRIAL) Start of enrollment: 2013 Oct 01
Completed
Not Applicable
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Recognition of the Large Ambulatory C2D Stage of Advanced Heart Failure-A Call to Action.
Shannon M Dunlay, Sean P Pinney, Anuradha Lala, Garrick C Stewart, Colleen McIlvennan
JAMA Cardiology. 2025-02-05
Severe left-to-right shunting from combined traumatic tricuspid valve rupture and atrial septal defect: bridge to surgical repair using veno-venous ECMO.
Toyokazu Endo, Gabriel Bonvillain, Mark S Slaughter, Erin M Schumer
BMJ Case Reports. 2025-01-29
Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators and Cardiovascular Resynchronization Therapy with Left Ventricular Assist Devices: A MOMENTUM 3 Trial Analysis.
Gabriel Sayer, Mustafa M Ahmed, Mandeep R Mehra, Igor Gosev, Himabindu Vidula
Journal of Cardiac Failure. 2025-01-22

Lectures

Hemodynamic Benefits of Counterpulsation, Implantable, Percutaneous, and Intraaortic Rotary Blood Pumps: An in-Silico and in Vitro Study
American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO), Chicago, Illinois - 6/12/2013

Press Mentions

UofL Health Dedicates Kentucky’s First Heart HospitalAugust 25th, 2022
Medical Moment: Artificial Heart Pump Buys Patients More TimeFebruary 18th, 2022
Judas Priest’s Richie Faulkner Successfully Discharged from the HospitalOctober 7th, 2021
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Professional Memberships

American College of Surgeons - ACS
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