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The Department of SurgeryCardiac Surgery |
The Division of Cardiac Surgery provides consultative and therapeutic services for the surgical treatment of cardiac, pulmonary and esophageal diseases. We offer a full complement of cardiac services for acquired heart disease, congenital heart disease and transplantation. We offer minimally invasive and robotic surgeries, including minimally invasive, robotic mitral valve surgery.
Treatments for acquired heart disease include coronary artery bypass grafting, valve repair and replacement, treatment of thoracic aneurysms, and the insertion of pacemakers and electrical defibrillators. Treatments for congenital cardiac lesions include the arterial switch procedure, use of homographs, and the Fontan and unifocalization procedures. Our physicians also have extensive experience in the treatment of adults with congenital heart disease. Our transplant programs include heart, heart-lung, and lung transplantation, as well as assist devices.
Referrals for cardiac services can be made to individual faculty members, or may be channeled through the general information and referral service of the division office. Referrals for transplantation are made through the transplant programs listed.
UCLA is actively evaluating patients as candidates for TAVR - a new device that offers aortic valve replacement to those who are not candidates for open-heart surgery. For more information or to arrange an evaluation, visit www.uclahealth.org/TAVR.
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How You Can Make a Difference
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Lung Transplant Program
Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Program
Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy Program
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) Program
| Chief | Specialty |
|---|---|
| Shemin, Richard MD | Thoracic Surgery; Transplant Surgery |
Physician |
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| Ardehali, Abbas MD | Thoracic Surgery; Transplant Surgery |
| Benharash, Peyman MD | Thoracic Surgery |
| Biniwale, Reshma MD | Congenital Cardiac Surgery; Thoracic Surgery; Pediatric Cardiology |
| Hunter, Curtis MD | Thoracic Surgery; Transplant Surgery |
| Kwon, Murray MD | Thoracic Surgery; Transplant Surgery |
| Laks, Hillel MD | Thoracic Surgery; Transplant Surgery |
| Odeh, Yousef MD | Thoracic Surgery |
| Reemtsen, Brian MD | Thoracic Surgery; Transplant Surgery |
Specialists |
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| Chavarria, Allison NP | Thoracic Surgery |
| Ethridge, Kristen RN, NP | Thoracic Surgery |
| Francisco, Gerard PA | Thoracic Surgery |
| Martinez, Joyleen NP | Thoracic Surgery |
| Scotti, Mary NP | Thoracic Surgery |
| Sharma, Zayda NP | Thoracic Surgery |
| Villamater, Ryan PA | Thoracic Surgery |
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Division of Cardiac Surgery
10833 LeConte, 67-123 CHS
Los Angeles, California 90095
