RobertPGallegosMD, Ph.D, FACS,FACC

Aortic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery

Associate Professor of Surgery and Chief of Cardiac Surgery, Creighton University School of Medicine, CHI Bergan’s Mercy

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7500 Mercy Rd
Ste 618
Omaha, NE 68124
Phone+1 515-322-2769

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Robert Gallegos, the Chief of Cardiac Surgery and Associate Professor at Creighton University School of Medicine, CHI Bergan Mercy, specializes in adult cardiovascular surgery(MIS, structural). He holds a BS in Bioengineering, PhD Experimental and is currently completing an MBA. He has extensive experience with clinical and preclinical trials. He also has extensive experience with patent law.

University of IowaMBA, Business, 2023 - 2025
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Children's HospitalFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 2006 - 2008
University of MinnesotaResidency, Surgery, 1998 - 2006
University of California San Diego School of MedicineClass of 1998

Lillehei-Bakken Award Lillehei Society
Coleman Connelly Award for outstanding surgical teaching University of Minnesota
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013

PubMed

8 citations
Perfusion preservation of the donor heart: Basic science to pre-clinical
Andrew L. Rivard, Robert P. Gallegos, Irene M. Ogden, Richard W. Bianco
The Journal of Extra-Corporeal Technology. 2009-09-01
47 citations
The current state of in-vivo pre-clinical animal models for heart valve evaluation.
Robert P. Gallegos, Pavel J Nockel, Andrew L. Rivard, Richard W. Bianco
The Journal of Heart Valve Disease. 2005-05-01
87 citations
Functionally Competent Cardiac Stem Cells Can Be Isolated From Endomyocardial Biopsies of Patients With Advanced Cardiomyopathies
Domenico D'Amario, Claudia Fiorini, Patricia Campbell, Polina Goichberg, Fumihiro Sanada
Circulation Research. 2011-04-01

Journal Articles

Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement in Intermediate-Risk Patients
Gallegos RP as part of Partner II investigators, NEJM, 4/28/2016
Prevention of HeartMate II pump thrombosis-recommendations and preliminary observations from the PREVENT study
S itaramesh Emani, Mary Keebler, John M Ransom, Ahmet Kilic, Gregory Egnacyzk, Robert Gallegos, Paul Mather, John Stulak, Igor Gregoric, Jason Katz, Charles T Klodell,..., Circulation, 11/10/2015

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