Arnar Geirsson, MD

Cardiac Surgery
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Overview

Dr. Geirsson is a renowned cardiac surgeon and the Director of the Cardiovascular Institute and Director of the Surgical Heart Valve Program at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. With an upbringing and medical education in Iceland, he honed his skills in General Surgery at Yale University and Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania between 1998 and 2007. During his tenure at Yale as the Director of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery from 2007 to 2013, he made significant contributions to the field. Dr. Geirsson then returned to Iceland from 2013 to 2016, serving as a Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Landspitali University Hospital in Reykjavik. Driven by his passion for innovative approaches, he returned to Yale in 2016 and was appointed as the Chief of the Division of Cardiac Surgery in 2017.

Dr. Geirsson's clinical practice focuses on minimally invasive cardiac surgery and valve surgery, specializing in robotic mitral valve repair and aortic valve repair. He achieved notable milestones by performing the first minimally right thoracotomy mitral valve surgery at YNHH in 2009 and the first robotic mitral valve surgery at YNHH in 2018. Moreover, his research endeavors encompass both basic and clinical science, concentrating on mitral valve prolapse and aortic aneurysm disease.

With his expertise, dedication, and commitment to advancing cardiac surgery, Dr. Geirsson continues to make significant contributions to the field and improve patient outcomes.

Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated

  • Adult Cardiac Surgery
  • Aortic and Mitral Valve Surgery
  • Aortic Valve Surgery
  • Cardiac Valve Replacement
  • Cardiac Valve Surgery
  • Coronary and Structural Heart Interventions
  • Da Vinci Robotic Surgery
  • Heart Surgery
  • Heart Valve Disease
  • Heart Valve Repair
  • Heart Valve Replacement
  • Heart Valve Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Techniques
  • Minimally Invasive Valve Repair
  • Mitral/Aortic Valve Replacement
  • Mitral Valve Prolapse
  • Mitral Valve Reconstruction
  • Mitral Valve Repair
  • Mitral Valve Replacement/Repair
  • Mitral Valve Surgery
  • Robotic Surgery
  • Structural Heart Disease

Academic Appointments

  • Professor of Surgery at CUMC

Administrative Titles

  • Director of the Cardiovascular Institute
  • Director of the Surgical Heart Valve Program

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Languages

  • Icelandic

Gender

  • Male

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177 Ft. Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032
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15 North Broadway
Suite C
White Plains, NY 10601
300 Frank W Burr Blvd
Suite 130
Teaneck, NJ 07666
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  • Essential Plan
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  • Medicare Managed Care
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  • Oxford Liberty
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Credentials & Experience

Honors & Awards

  • 2021: Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award. American Heart Association and the Mitral Foundation recognized Yale-New Haven Hospital as referral center for mitral valve repair. Arnar Geirsson lead mitral valve surgeon.
  • 2020: Richard E. Clark Memorial Paper for Adult Cardiac Surgery presented at the 2020 Society of Thoracic Surgery Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Jan 26-28, 2020. The Evolving Burden of Infective Endocarditis Due to Illicit Drug Use in the United States: An Analysis of the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database.
  • 2019: Ingegerd and Viking Olov Björk Scholarship. Invitation for partipating in the 2019 SATS/Swedish Thoracic meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, September 4-6, 2019.
  • 2016: Best article published in the EJCTS in 2016 at the Journal Family Session at the EACTS Annual meeting in Barcelona, Spain, Oct 1-5, 2016. The Incidence and Mortality of Acute Thoracic Aortic Dissection: Results from a Whole Nation Study. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.
  • 2009: Career Development Award. Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education. "Role of micro RNA in Cardiac Ischemia and Heart Failure".
  • 2001: Research Fellowship Award. The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. "Characterization of trophoblast factor suppressing MHC class II expression".
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Research

Selected Publications

  • Ailawadi G, Voisine P, Raymond S, Gelijns AC, Moskowitz AJ, Falk V, Overbey JR, Chu MWA, Mack MJ, Bowdish ME, Krane M, Yerokun B, Conradi L, Bolling SF, Miller MA, Taddei-Peters WC, Fenton KN, Jeffries NO, Kramer RS, Geirsson A, Moquete EG, O'Sullivan K, Hupf J, Hung J, Beyersdorf F, Bagiella E, Gammie JS, O'Gara PT, Iribarne A, Borger MA, Gillinov M. Pacemaker implantation associated with tricuspid repair in the setting of mitral valve surgery: Insights from a Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network randomized trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Dec 8;. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2022.11.031.
  • Kahler-Quesada AM, Vallabhajosyula I, Yosef S. Mori M, Amabile A, Assi R, Geirsson A, Vallabhajosyula P. Varioability in surveillance practice for patients with diagnosis of bicuspid aortic valve syndrome. Sci Rep 2022 Dec 20;12(1):22009.
  • Mori M, Zogg CK, Amabile A, Fereydooni S, Agarwal R, Weininger G, Krane M, Sugeng L, Geirsson A. Impact of secondary mitral regurgitation on survival in atrial and ventricular dysfunction. PLoS One 2022;17(12):e0277385.
  • Mori M, Dhruva SS, Geirsson A, Krumholz HM. Characterization of multi-domain postoperative recovery trajectories after cardiac surgery using a digital platform. MPJ Digit Med. 2022 Dec 24;5(1):192.
  • Amabile A Geirsson A, Krane M, Torregrossa G, Danesi TH, Balkhy HH, Kofidis T. De-airing meneuvers after minimally invasive and robotic assisted intracardiac procedures.  Braz J Cardiovasc Surg 2023 Jan 23 doi:10.21470/1678-9741-2022-0214.
  • Rosenfeld LE, Jain S, Amabile A, Geirsson A, Krane M, Weimer MB. Multidisciplinary management of opioid use-related infective endocarditis: Treatment OTc values and cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation. J Clin Med 2023 Jan 22;12(3). 
  • Balkhy HH, Grossi EA, Kiaii B, Murphy D, Geirsson A, Guy S, Lewis C. A retrospective evaluation of endo-aortic balloon occlusion compared to external clamping in minimally invasive mitral valve surgery. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Mar 14; doi:10.1053
  • Muncan B, Amabile A, Kalogeropoulos AP, Geirsson A, Krane M. Midterm outcomes of mital valve repair versus replacement in elderly patients: A propensity score-matched analysis. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2022, 37:4391-4396.Clancy Mullan, Caroline Komlo, Katherine AA Clark, Sounuk Sen, Muhammad Anwer, Arnar Geirsson, Tariq Ahmad, Robert P Davis. Survival after heart transplantation from SARS-CoV-2 Positive Donors. JACC Heart Failure. 2022, 10:874-876.
  • Clancy Mullan, Caroline Komlo, Katherine AA Clark, Sounuk Sen, Muhammad Anwer, Arnar Geirsson, Tariq Ahmad, Robert P Davis. Survival after heart transplantation from SARS-CoV-2 Positive Donors. JACC Heart Failure. 2022, 10:874-876.
  • Tea Lena, Andrea Amabile, Alyssa Morrison, Gianluca Torregrossa, Arnar Geirsson, Ugo F Tesler. John H Gibbon and the development of the heart lung machine: The beginnings of open cardiac surgery. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2022 37:4199-4201.
  • Åström D, Bjursten H, Oudin A, Nozohoor S, Ahmad K, Tang M, Bjurbom M, Hansson E, Jeppsson A, Møller C, Jormalainen M, Juvonen T, Mennander A, Olsen P, Olsson C, Ahlsson A, Pan E, Raivio P, Wickbom A, Sjögren J, Geirsson A, Gudbjartsson T, Zindovic I. Temperature effects on incidence of surgery for acute type A aortic dissection in the Nordics. Global Health Action. 2022, 15: 2139340
  • Jiang B, Wang S, Song G, Jiang Q, Fan M, Fang C, Li X, Soh CL, Manes TD, Cheru N, Qin L, Ren P, Jortner B, Wang Q, Quaranta E, Yoo P, Geirsson A, Davis RP, Tellides G, Pober JS, Jane-Wit D. Hedgehog-induced ZFYVE21 promotes chronic vascular inflammation by activating NLRP3 inflammasome in T cells, Sci Signal, 2023:21;16 (777).
  • Sameh Yousef, Andrea Amabile, Chirag Ram, Ritu Agarwal, Rita K Milewski, Roland Assi, Prakash A Patel, Markus Krane, Arnar Geirsson, Prashanth Vallabhajosyula. Direct Relationship between transvalvular velocity and cardiac dysfunction, morbidity, and mortality in patients with aortic stenosis. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2022, 37:5052-5062.
  • Oudin A, Bjursten H, Oudin Åström D, Nozohoor S, Ahmad K, Tang M, Bjurbom M, Hansson E, Jeppsson A, Moeller C, Jormalainen M, Juvonen T, Mennander A, Olsen P, Olsson C, Ahlsson A, Pan E, Raivio P, Wickbom A, Sjögren J, Geirsson A, Gudbjartsson T, Zindovic I. Impact of national holidays and weekends on incidence of acute type A aortic dissection repair. Scientific Reports 2022, 12: 20552
  • Usman Bin Mahmood, Makoto Mori, Andrea Amabile, Lindsey Prescher, John K Forrest, Ryan Kaple, Arnar Geirsson, Abeel A Mangi. Risk factors and mortality associated with permanent pacemaker after surgical and transcatheter aortic valve replacement: Early versus late implantation. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2022, 37: 4295-4300.
  • Andrea Amabile, Alyssa Morrison, Michael Lalonde, Ritu Agarwal, Makoto Mori, Irbaz Hameed, Usman Bin Mahmood, Caroline Komlo, Sigurdur Ragnarsson, Markus Krane, Arnar Geirsson. Two hundred robotic mitral valve repair procedures for degenerative mitral regurgitation: the Yale experience. Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2022. DOI: 10.21037/acs-2022-rmvs-73.
  • Mori M, Mark DB, Khera R, Lin H, Jones P, Huang C, Lu Y, Geirsson A, Velazquez EJ, Spertus JA, Krumholtz HM. Identifying quality of life outcome patterns to inform treatment choices in ischemic cardiomyopathyl. American Heart Journal. 2022. 254: 12-22.
  • Ahmad Y, Howard J, Seligman H, Arnold A, Madhavan M, Forrest J, Geirsson A, Mack M, Lansky A, Leon M. Early surgery for patient with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. 2022, 1:100383.
  • Gabe Weininger, Muhammed Zafar, Bulat Ziganshin, Makoto Mori, D Papanikolaou, Rajesh Sekar, Ellelan Degife, J O’Marr, Arnar Geirsson, John A Elefteriades, Roland Assi, Prashanth Vallabhajosyula. Long-term risk of arch complications in Loeys Dietz syndrome patients undergoing proximal ascending aortic replacement. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2022, 37:3688-3692.
  • Fouad Chouairi, Clancy Mullan, Ahmed Ahmed, Jasjit Bhinder, Avirup Guha, P. Elliott Miller, Ania M Jastreboff, Michael Fuery, Maya Rose Chiravuri, Arnar Geirsson, Nihar R Desai, Christopher Maulion, Sounok Sen, Tariq Ahmad, Muhammad Anwer. Clinical Implications of Type 2 Diabetes on Outcomes after Cardiac Transplantation. PLOS ONE. 2022;17(12):e0273111. 
  • Sameh Yousef, Andrea Amabile, Chirag Ram, Huang Huang, Varun Korutla, Saket Singh, Ritu Agarwal, Roland Assi, Rita K Milewski, Yawei Zhang, Prakash A Patel, Markus Krane, Arnar Geirsson, Prashanth Vallabhajosyula. Screening Tool to Identify Patients with Advanced Aortic Valve Stenosis. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2022;11(15):4386.
  • Makoto Mori, Daniel B Mark, Rohan Khera, Haiqun Lin, Philip Jones, Chenxi Huang, Yuan Lu, Arnar Geirsson, Eric J Velazquez, John A Spertus, Harlan M Krumholz. Identifying Quality of Life Outcome Patterns to Inform Treatment Choices in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy. American Heart Journal. 2022 Aug 3;S0002-8703(22)00160-0.
  • Madonna E Lee, Gary S Kopf, Arnar Geirsson, Peter Gruber. Pioneers in congenital cardiac surgery: Dr. William Imon Norwood JR, MD, PhD. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2022;37:2521-2523.
  • Arnar Geirsson, Clarence H Owen, Robert S Binford, Rochus K Voeller, Christopher R Burke, Jeffrey D McNeil, Lawrence M Wei, Vinay Badhwar, J Scott Rankin. Aortic valve repair for isolated right coronary leaflet prolapse. JTCVS Techniques. 2022;13-26-30.
  • Markus Bjurbom, Christian Olsson, Arnar Geirsson, Tomas Gudbjartsson, Jarmo Gunn, Emma C Hansson, Vibeke Hjortdal, Anders Jeppsson, Ari Mennander, Jacob Ede, Igor Zindovic, Anders Ahlsson, Anders Wickbom, Magnus Dalén. Type A Aortic Dissection Repair in Patients With Prior Cardiac Surgery. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2022 Jun 8;S0003-4975(22)00801-3.
  • Sameh Yousef, Andrea Amabile, Huang Huang, Ritu Agarwal, Saket Singh, Chirag Ram, Rita K Milewski, Roland Assi, Yawie Zhang, Markus Krane, Arnar Geirsson, Prashanth Vallabhajosyula. One and Five-Year Mortality Risk Prediction in Patients with Moderate and Severe Aortic Stenosis. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2022 May 23;11(10):2949.
  • Safdar Basmah, Makoto Mori, Armin Nowroozpoor, Arnar Geirsson, Dail D’Onofrio, Abeel A Mangi. Clinical Profile and Sex-Specific Recovery with Cardiac Rehabilitation after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery. Clinical Therapy. 2022;44:846-858.
  • Andrea Amabile, Gianluca Torregrossa, Ellelan Degife, Arnar Geirsson, Markus Krane. Aortic valve neocuspidization: Frequently asked technical questions. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2022;37:2469-2474.
  • Keti Vitanova. Syed Zaid, Gilbert HL Tang. Tsuyoshi Kaneki, Vinayak N Bapat, Thomas Modine, Paolo Denti, EXPLANT-TAVR Investigators. Aortic valve versus root surgery after failed transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2022 Mar26;S0022-5223(22)00348-8.
  • Yousif Ahmad, James P. Howard, Henry Seligman, Ahran D. Arnold, Mahesh V. Madhavan, John K Forrest, Arnar Geirsson, Michael J. Mack, Alexandra J. Lansky, Martin B. Leon. Early surgical aortic valve replacement versus watchful waiting for patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. 2022. Accepted for publication.
  • Tea Lena, Andrea Amabile, Ellelan Degife, Gianluca Torregrossa, Arnar Geirsson, Ugo F Tesler. Pioneers in congenital cardiac surgery: Dr. Helen Brook Taussig. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 37:1475-1476, 2022.
  • Irbaz Hameed, Adam S Cifu. Arnar Geirsson. Blood Management in High-risk Surgery. JAMA. 2022;327:578-579.
  • Andrea Amabile. Soraya Fereydooni, Makoto Mori, Irbaz Hameed, Jeenah Jung, Markus Krane, Arnar Geirsson. Variable definitions and treatment approaches for atrial functional mitral regurgitation. A scoping review of the literature. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2022 Feb 18, online ahead of print. 
  • Gabe Weininger, Makoto Mori, Sameh Yousef, David J Hur, Roland Assi, Arnar Geirsson, Prasanth Vallabhajosyula. Growth rate of ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm in a non-referral-based population. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2022 Feb 2;17(1):14.
  • Michel Pompeu Sa, Luiz Rafael P Cavalcanti, Jef Van den Eynde, Andrea Amabile, Antoni C Escorel Neto, Alvaro M Perazzo, Alexander Waymann, Arjang Ruhparwar, Serge Sicouri, Gianluigi Biserli, Gianluca Torregrossa, Arnar Geirsson, Basel Ramlawi. Respect versus resect approaches for mitral valve repair: A study-level meta-analysis. Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2022 Jan 18;S1050-1738(22)00007-X/
  • Brendon Muncan, Esther K Kim, Andrea Amabile, Melissa B Weimer, Max Jordan Nguemeni Tiako, Prashanth Vallabhajosyula, Andreas P Kalogeropoulos, Arnar Geirsson. Cardiac surgeons’ perspectives and practice regarding people who use drugs: A scoping review. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2022 Mar;37(3):630-639. 
  • Tea Lena, Andrea Amabile, Michael Shang, Gianluca Torregrossa, Arnar Geirsson, Ugo F Tesler. Alexis Carrel: The surgeon, the visionary, the Nobel Laureate. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2022 Feb;37(2):277-279. 
  • Michael A Fuery, Fouad Chouairi, Peter Natov, Jasjit Bhinder, Maya Chiravuri, Lynn Wilson, Katherine A. Clark, Samuel Reinhardt, Clancy Mullan, P. Elliott Miller, Robert Patrick Davis, Joseph G Rogers, Chetan Patel, Sounok Sen, Arnar Geirsson, Muhammad Anwer, Nihar R Desai, Tariq Ahmad. Trends and outcomes of cardiac transplantation in the lowest urgency candidates. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2021 Dec 21;10(24):e023662.
  • James S. Gammie, Michael W. A. Chu, Vokmar Falk, Jessica R. Overbey, Alan  J. Moskowitz, Marc Gillinov, Michael J. Mack, Pierre Voisine, Markus Krane, Babatunde Yerokun,  Michael E. Bowdish, Lennard Conradi, Steven F. Bolling, Marissa A. Miller, Wendy C. Taddei-Peters, Neal O. Jeffries, Michael K. Parides, Richard Weisel, Mariell Jessup, Eric A. Rose, John C. Mullen, Samantha Raymond, Ellen G. Moquete, Karen O'sullivan, Mary E. Marks, Alexander Iribarne, Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Michael A. Borger, Arnar Geirsson, Emilia Bagiella, Judy Hung, Annetine C.  Gelijns, Patrick T. O'Gara, Gorav Ailawadi, for the Trial Investigators. The Role of Tricuspid Repair in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation. New England Journal of Medicine. 2022 Jan 27;386(4):327-339. 
  • Andrea Amabile, Makoto Mori, Cornell Brooks, Gabe Weininger, Michael Shang, Soraya Fereydooni, Arnar Geirsson. The Impact of Trainees’ Working Hour Regulations on Outcome in CABG and Valve Surgery in the State of New York. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2021 Dec;36(12)4582-4590.
  • Mikko Uimonen, Christian Olsson, Anders Jeppsson, Arnar Geirsson, Raphaelle Chemtob, Ahmad Khalil, Vibeke Hjortdal, Emma C. Hansson, Shahab Nozohoor, Igor Zindovic, Jarmo Gunn,  Anders Wickbom, Anders Ahlsson, Tomas Gudbjartsson, Ari Mennander. Outcome after surgery for acute type A aortic dissection with or without primary tear resection. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Nov 10:S0003-4975(21)01846-4.
  • Michael Shang, Gae Weininger, Makoto Mori, Arianna Kahler-Quesada, Ellelan Degife, Cornell Brooks, Arnar Geirsson, Prashanth Vallabhajosyula. Socioeconomic Disparities in Surveillance and Follow-Up of Patients with Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2021 Dec 6 doi:10.1111/jocs.16173. 
  • Makoto Mori, Cornell Brooks, Sanket Dhruva, Yuan Lu, Erica Spatz, Pranammya Dey, Yawei Zhang, Sarwat Chaudry, Arnar Geirsson, Heather Allore, Harlan Krumholz. Trajectories of pain after cardiac surgery: Implications for measurement, reporting and individualized treatment. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. Epub. 2021 Aug:14(8):e007781.
  • Aminah Sallam, Michael Shang, Ishani Vallabhajosyula, Makoto Mori, Rachel Chinian, Roland Assi, Pramod Bonde, Arnar Geirsson, Prashanth Vallabhajosyula. Telemedicine in the ear of coronavirus 19: Implications for postoperative care in cardiac surgery. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2021 Oct;36(10):3731-3737.
  • Andrea Amabile, Caroline Komlo, Karel M Van Praet, Timo Z Nazari-Shafti, Gianluca Torregrossa, Markus Kofler, Jorg Kempfert, Arnar Geirsson, Volkmar Falk, Stephan Jacobs, Husam H Balkhy. Techniques for robotic-assisted surgical myocardial revascularization. Surgical Technology International. 2021 Aug 17;39:251-259
  • Melissa B. Weimer, Caroline G. Falker, Nikhil Seval, Marjorie Golden, Sarah C. Hull, Arnar Geirsson, Prashanth Vallabhajosyula. The Need for Multidisciplinary Hospital Teams for Injection Drug Use-Related Infective Endocarditis. Journal of Addiction Medicine. Online ahead of print. 2021 Sep 10.
  • Michael Shang, Arianna Kahler-Quesada, Makoto Mori, Sameh Yousef, Arnar Geirsson, Prashanth Vallabhajosyula. Progression of Aortic Stenosis in Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Valve. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2021 Dec;36(12):4665-4672. 
  • Irbaz Hameed, Christian Oakley, N. U. Farrukh Hameed, Adham Ahmed, Nyla Naeem, Saket Singh, Alexandria Brackett, John K. Forrest, Ryan Kaple, Abeel A. Mangi, Arash Salemi, Arnar Geirsson, Mario Gaudino, and Prashanth Vallabhajosyula. Alternate accesses for transcatheter aortic  valve replacement: A network meta-analysis. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2021 Nov;36(11):4308-4319.
  • Fouad Chouairi, Aidan Milner, Sounok Sen, Avirup Guha, James Stewart, Ania M. Jastreboff, Makoto Mori, Katherine A. Clark, P. Elliott Miller, Michael A. Fuery, Joseph G Rogers, Andrew Notarianni, Daniel Jacoby, Christopher Maulion, Muhammad Anwer, Arnar Geirsson, Nihar R Desai, Tariq Ahmad, Clancy W. Mullan. Impact of the Obesity on Heart Transplantation Outcomes. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2021 Dec 7;10(23):e021346.
  • Makoto Mori, Aakriti Gupta, Yun Wang, Torsten Vahl, Tamim Nazif, Ajay J. Kirtane, Isaac George, Celina M. Yong, Oyere Onuma, Susheel Kodali, Arnar Geirsson, Martin B. Leon, Harlan M. Krumholz. Trends in Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement Among Older Adults in the United States, 2012-2019. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2021 Nov 30;78(22)2161-2172.
  • Henrik Bjursten, Daniel O Astrom, Shahab Norzohoor, Khalil Ahmad, Mariann Tang, Markus Bjurbom, Emma C Hansson, Anders Jeppsson, Christian J H Moller, Miko Jormailainen, Totu Juvonen, Ari Mennander, Peter S Olsen, Christian Olsson, Anders Ahlsson, Anna Oudin, Emily Pan, Peter Raivio, Anders Wickbom, Johan Sjogren, Arnar Geirsson, Tomas Gudbjartsson, Igor Zindovic. Once after a Full Moon: Acute type A aortic dissection and Lunar phases. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. Online ahead of print. Aug 27 2021.
  • Makoto Mori, Geliang Gang, Yanhong Deng, Sameh Yousef, Gabe Weininger, Krishna Daggula, Ritu Agarwal, Michael Shang, Roland Assi, Arnar Geirsson, Prashanth Vallabhajosyula. Development and Validation of a Predictive Model to Identify Patients with Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2021 Nov 16;10(22):e022102.
  • P. Elliott Miller, Clancy W. Mullan, Fouad Chouairi, Sounok Sen, Katherine A. Clark, Samuel Reinhardt, Michael Fuery, Muhammad Anwer, Arnar Geirsson, Richard Formica, Joseph G. Rogers, Nihar R. Desai, Tariq Ahmad. Mechanical Ventilation at the time of Heart Transplantation and Associations with Clinical Outcomes. European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care. 2021 Oct 27;10(8):843-851.
  • Max Jordan Nguemeni Tiako, Reed Mszar, Cornell Brooks 2nd, Syed Usman Bin Mahmood, Makoto Mori, Prashanth Vallabhajosyula, Arnar Geirsson, Melissa B Weimer. Cardiac surgeons' practices and attitudes toward addiction care for patients with substance use disorders. Substance Abuse. 2021 May 26;1-6.
  • Gabe Weininger, Makoto Mori, Michael Shang, Ellelan Degife, Michael Amick, Sameh Yousef, Roland Assi, Rita Milewski, Arnar Geirsson, Prashanth Vallabhahosyula. Patterns of surveillance imaging for incidentally detected ascending aortic aneurysm. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Online ahead of print. 2021.
  • Fouad Chouairi, Clancy W Mullan, Sounok Sen, Makoto Mori, Michael Fuery, Robert W Elder, Joshua Lesse, Kelsey Norton, Katherine A Clark, P Elliot Miller, David Mulligan, Richard Formica, Joseph G Rogers, Daniel Jacoby, Christopher Maulion, Muhammad Anwer, Arnar Geirsson, Nihar R Desai, Tariq Ahmad. Impact of the new heart allocation policy on patients with restrictive, hypertrophic, or congenital cardiomyopathies. PLoS One. 2021 Mar 2;16(3):e0247789.
  • Makoto Mori, Gabe Weininger, Ritu Agarwal, Michael Shang, Andrea Amabile, Arianna Kahler-Quesada, Sameh Yousef, Matthew Pichert, Prashanth Vallabhajosyula, Yawei Zhang, Lissa Sugeng, Arnar Geirsson. Survival of patients with mild secondary mitral regurgitation with and without mild tricuspid regurgitation. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 2021 Jun 10:S0828-282X(21)00306-8.
  • Sameh Yousef, Nana Matsumoto, Issam Dabe, Makoto Mori, Alden Landry, Shin Lee, Yuki Kawamura, Chen Yang, Guangxin Li, Roland Assi, Prashanth Vallabhajosyula, Arnar Geirsson, Gilbert Moeckel, Jay Humphrey, George Tellides. Quantitative, not Qualitative, Histology Differentiates Aneurysmal from Nondilated Ascending Aortas and Reveals a Net Gain of Medial Components. Scientific Reports. 2021 Jun 23;11(1)13185.