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Angelo Thomas Pezzella MD DATE OF BIRTH:
December 4, 1945 |
CHILDREN:
Kelly Elizabeth Pezzella
Rocco Michael Murray Pezzella
Ani Pearl Murray Pezzella
Enza Eleanor Murray Pezzella
Julia Ann Vines
Heather Michelle Pezzella
EDUCATION:
Holy Cross College, AB 1967
Worcester, Massachusetts
St. Louis University, MD 1971
St. Louis, Missouri
POSTGRADUATE
TRAINING:
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INTERNSHIP:
University of Kentucky Medical Center
Lexington, Kentucky (Surgery)
July 1971 - July 1972
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RESIDENCY:
GENERAL
SURGERY:
University of Kentucky Medical Center
Lexington, Kentucky
July 1972 - July 1976
CARDIOTHORACIC
SURGERY:
University of Kentucky Medical Center
Lexington, Kentucky
July 1976 - July 1978
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FELLOWSHIP:
CARDIOVASCULAR
SURGERY:
University of Missouri Medical Center, Columbia, Missouri,
July 1980 - January 1981
Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas, January 1981 - July 1981
St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, April
2003-July 2003
Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital,
St Louis, MO, January 2005- June 2005
BOARDS:
American Board of Surgery 1977
American Board of Thoracic Surgery 1980
American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Recertification 1990, 1999
LICENSURE
(ACTIVE):
Massachusetts, Missouri, Colorado, South Dakota
SOCIETIES:
Association of Military Surgeons, 1979-2003
Denton Cooley Cardiovascular Society, 1979-2005
Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 1982-2006
Massachusetts Medical Society, 1987, 1998
Worcester District Medical Society, 1987, 1998
Fellow American College of Surgeons (FACS), 1988- 2007
Global Health Council, 1988-2005
New England Cancer Society, 1988
International Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons
(ISCTS), 1994-2005
European Association Cardiothoracic Surgery, 1997-2007
International Advisory Board Asian Cardiovascular &
Thoracic Annals, 1997-2006
Ad Hoc Committee International Relations Society of
Thoracic Surgery 1996-2005
Asian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2003-2007
MILITARY:
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Major, US Army
Medical Corps. 1978 - 1980, Chief of Thoracic Surgery, 121st Evacuation
Hospital, Seoul, Korea, |
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Department of General Surgery, USA, MEDDAC, Fort Carson, Colorado, August 1979 - July 1980 |
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Major, US Army Reserves (Active), July 1980 - July 1984 |
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Staff, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center (FAMC), July 1984- July 1986 |
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Acting Chief Cardiothoracic Surgery, Letterman Army Medical Center, July 1985 - September 1985 |
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Col., US Army Reserves (Active), IMA - FAMC, July 1986 - July 1993 |
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Staff, Cardiothoracic
Surgeon, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Operation Desert Storm |
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Col., USAR, IMA - Walter Reed Army Medical Center, July 1993 - July 1995 |
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Col., USAR, IMA - Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia, July 1995 - 1996 |
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Office of Surgeon General, IMA-Consultant Thoracic Surgery, April 1992 - July 1998 |
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399 CSH, July 1998 – July 1999 |
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Retired Reserves- July 1999 |
APPOINTMENTS:
(academic; hospital affiliation; privileges)
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Thoracic Surgery, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, August 1978 - August 1979 |
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Staff Cardiac Surgeon St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, Syracuse, New York, July 1981 - July 1984 |
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, SUNY - Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, New York, July 1981 - July 1984 |
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Associate Professor Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Massachusetts
Medical Center, |
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Staff Cardiothoracic Surgeon, St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, Massachusetts, August 1986 – May 2000 |
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Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, |
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Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA, July 1997 – May 2000 |
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Rapid City Regional Hospital, Rapid City, SD, May 2000 – January 2001 |
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Good Samaritan Hospital, Mt. Vernon, IL, January 2001 – Apr 2003 |
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St. Mary’s Hospital, Centralia, IL, January 2001 – Apr 2003 |
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St. Joseph's Hospital, St Charles, MO, Jul 2001 – Apr 2003 |
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DePaul Hospital, St. Louis, MO, Jul 2001 - Apr 2003 |
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St. Anthony's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, Jul 2004 - Jun 2005 |
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Des Peres Hospital, St Louis, MO, Aug 2004 - Jan, 2005 |
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St Mary's, Health Center, St Louis, MO, Aug 2004 - Jan, 2005 |
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Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, January 2005 - June 2005 |
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Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai China, July 2005 - July 2006 |
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Frontier Lifeline, Chennai, India/St Gregorios Hospital, Parumula, Kerala, India, Jan, 2007 - Apr, 2007 |
VISITING
PROFESSOR/LECTURES/SURGERY/CONSULTATIONS:
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Visiting Professor (Lectures/Surgery/Consultation) |
Visiting Professor (Lectures/
Development/ Surgery) |
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Visiting Professor (Consultant) |
Visiting Professor (Lectures/
Surgery) |
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Visiting Professor (Consultation) |
Visiting Professor (Lectures/
Development/ Surgery) |
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Visiting Professor |
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Visiting Professor |
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Visiting Professor |
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Visiting Professor |
Visiting
Professor, Staff Surgeon |
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Visiting Professor |
Visiting
Professor, Staff Surgeon |
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Lecturer |
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Professor |
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Visiting Professor, Pediatric
Cardiac Surgury |
Visiting Professor, |
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AWARDS:
International Human Assistance Program, Inc. Plaque of
Appreciation - 1979, Seoul, Korea
City of Chuncheon, South
Korea, Letter of Appreciation - 1979
AMA Physicians Recognition Award - 1981, 1984
Lincoln Square Boys Club Award - 1988, Worcester,
Massachusetts
St. Louis University School of Medicine, 1995 Alumni
Merit Award
Grand Marshall, Columbus Day Parade, Worcester, MA,
October 8, 2000
Honorary Fellow, West African College of Surgeons,
February 2001
Alumnus Honoree, St John's High School, Shrewsbury, MA,
March 2007
Certificate of Gratitude and Medal of Honor - Ministry
of Health Mongolia, Ulan Baator, Mongolia, May 2007
AWARDS
- MILITARY:
Army Commendation Medical - 1979
Army Achievement Medal - 1986
Army Achievement Medal - 1991
INTERESTS
/ ACTIVITIES:
3rd Degree Black Belt Karate (Taekwondo)
1st Degree Black Belt Karate (Chinese)
Board of Directors, Worcester County Food Bank, 1991 –
1994,
Board of Directors, Center for International Health at
the University of Massachusetts Medical School, 1995 – 1999
Director Special Projects, World Heart Foundation 2003
- Nov 2007
PRESENTATIONS
/ ABSTRACTS:
Movies:
Surgical
Techniques - Resection of Multiple Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula.
(Presented at Southeastern Surgical Congress, Bal
Harbor, Florida) March 1979
BIBLIOGRAPHY
(Articles/Letters/Chapters/Editorials)
1. Pezzella
AT, Griffen WO, Ernest CB. Superior Mesenteric
Artery Injury Following Blunt Abdominal Trauma: Case Report with Successful
Primary Repair. Journal of Trauma 1978; 18(6): 472-474
2. Pezzella
AT, Todd EP, Dillon ML, Utley JR, Griffen WO. Early Diagnosis and Individualized treatment of Blunt Thoracic Aortic
Trauma. American Surgeon 1978; 44(1): 699-703
3. Pezzella
AT. Pulmonary Sarcoidosis: A Case Report. Korean Journal of Thoracic &Cardiovascular
Surgery 1979; 12:14-15
4. Pezzella
AT, Todd EP, Stahmann F, Zeok
JV, Dillon ML. Multiple Bilateral Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistulas. Southern
Medical Journal 1981; 74(4): 486-488
5. Pezzella
AT, Brown BE, Walls JT, Curtis JJ. Esophageal Obstruction Secondary to a
Tortuous Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm: Case Report. Missouri Medicine 1981;
78:193-195
6. Pezzella
AT, Yu HS, Kim J. Surgical Aspects of Pulmonary Paragonimiasis
Cardiovascular Diseases. Bulletin of Texas Heart Institute 1981;8(2): 187-194
7. Curtis
JJ, Madigan NP, Whiting RB, Mueller KJ, Pezzella AT, Walls JT, Heinemann
TM. Clinical Experience with Permanent Atrioventricular
Sequential Pacing. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1981; 32(2): 179-187
8. Pezzella
AT, Yeager R. Chronic Traumatic Popliteal Arteriovenous Fistula: A Case
Report. Cardiovascular Diseases. Bulletin of the Texas
Heart Institute 1981;8(4): 531-536
9. Pezzella
AT, Falaschi G, Ott DA,
Cooley DA. Congenital Coronary Artery-Left Heart Fistulas: Report of Three
Cases. Cardiovascular Diseases, Bulletin of the Texas Heart Institute 1981;8(3): 355-3634
10. Pezzella
AT, Vanick D, Garcia V. Surgical Aspects of
Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Military Medicine 1982; 147:134-138
11. Pezzella
AT, Walls JT, Curtis JJ. Bilateral Pulmonary Resection Through
a Median Sternotomy Approach. Korean Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular
Surgery 1981; 14(3): 215-217
12. Pezzella
AT, Effler DB, Levy IE. Nonoperative
Management of Unusual Blunt Traumatic Rupture of the Thoracic Aorta.
Texas Heart Institute Journal 1982; 9(3): 359-362
13. Pezzella
AT, Effler DB, Levy IE. Management
of Aneurysms in Segments of Saphenous Vein Grafts. Annals of Thoracic
Surgery 1983; 35(6): 670-671
14. Pezzella
AT, Effler DB, Levy IE. Operative Approaches to
the Left Atrium and Mitral Valve Apparatus. Texas Heart Institute Journal 1983;
10(3): 263-268
15. Pezzella
AT, Walls TJ, Curtis JJ. Nontuberculous Empyema: A Clinical Experience.
Texas Heart Institute Journal 1984; 10(3): 263-268
16. Iqbal SM, Pezzella AT, Effler
DB. Infection and Right Atrial Pseudo tumor Complicating
a Ventriculoatrial Shunt for Hydrocephalus. American Journal of Cardiology
1984; 54:668-670
17. Effler DB, Pezzella AT, Levy IE. Postinfarction
Ventricular Aneurysmectomy. American Journal of Surgery 1985;
149:793-796
18. Pezzella
AT, Esente P. Coronary Artery Thrombosis
Complicating Polycythemia Vera - An Unusual Indication for Myocardial Revascularization.
Military Medicine 1985; 150:614-616
19. Pezzella
AT. Bleeding Aortic Cannulation Site - Technique for
Repair. Texas Heart Institute Journal 1986; 13(2) 253-254
20. Pezzella
AT. Cannulation for Cardiopulmonary Bypass by the
Left-Handed Surgeon. Texas Heart Institute Journal 1986; 13(2): 255-260
21. Pezzella
AT, Svinarich JT, Davis RC, Ehrich
D, Esente P. Successful Early Streptokinase
Thrombolysis of Aortocoronary Vein Grafts. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1986;
42:213-215
22. Pezzella
AT, Fall SM, Pauling FW. Management of High-Risk
Sternotomy Wounds with Retention Sutures. Texas Heart Institute Journal
1987; 14:293-296
23. Pezzella
AT, Giambartolomi A, Esente
P, Gensini GG. Total Occlusion of the Left Main Coronary
Artery. Korean Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery 1987;
20(2): 342-347
24. Zaaloznik AJ, Pezzella AT. Management
of Cardiac Metastasis from Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma. Cancer 1988;
1:602-604
25. Pezzella
AT, Ascioti A, Ricardi
P. Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema Following Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Report of
Two Cases and Review of the Literature. Perfusion 1988; 3:21-28
26. Carey
S, Pezzella AT, Gilliam H. Traumatic Sternal Fractures: Current Concepts
in Diagnosis and Management. Military Medicine 1988; 153:451-453
27. VanderSalm TJ, Chowdhary S, Okike ON, Pezzella AT, Pasque MK. Internal Mammary
Artery Grafts: The Shortest Route to the Coronary Arteries. Annals of Thoracic
Surgery 1989; 7:421-27
28.
VanderSalm TJ, Okike ON, Pezzella
AT, Pasque MK. Ectopic Ossification after Median Sternotomy. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1989; 48:315-316
29. Cho
BK, Lee DY, Pezzella AT, Hong SN, Hong PW. Surgical
Treatment of Atrial Myxomas. A Case Report of 20
Cases. Texas Heart Institute Journal 1989; 16:81-86
30. VanderSalm TJ, Okike ON, Pasque
MK, Pezzella AT, Lew R, Traina V, Mathieu R.
Reduction of Sternal Infection by Application of Topical Vancomycin. Journal of
Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery 1989; 98:618-622
31. Clyne CA, Aurigemma G, Sweeney A,
Pezzella AT, Paraskos J, Pape L. Traumatic
Intracardiac Communication: Detection by Color Flow Mapping. Journal of
American Society of Echocardiography 1989; 2:342-345
32. Pezzella
AT, Fall SM, Pauling FW, Sadler TR. Solitary Plasmacytoma of the Sternum:
Surgical Resection with Long-Term Follow-up. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1989;
48:859-862
33. Waite
RJ, Charbonneau RJ, Balikian JP, Umali
CB, Pezzella AT, Nash G. Parietal Pleural Changes in Empyema:
Appearances at CT. Radiology 1990; 175:145-150
34. Landow L, Wilson J, Heard SO, Townsend P, VanderSalm TJ, Okike ON, Pezzella AT, Pasque K. Free and Total
Lidocaine Levels in Cardiac Surgical Patients. Journal of Cardiothoracic
Anesthesia 1990; 4(3): 340-347
35. Pezzella
AT, VanderSalm TJ: Chapter 153, Chest Trauma. Rippe JM, Irwin
RS, Alpert JS, Fink MP. Intensive Care Medicine 1991; 2nd Ed., Little
Brown Co. Boston
36. Pezzella,
AT, Marsicano TH: Chapter 4, Chest Tube Insertion
and Care. Rippe JM, Irwin RS, Alpert JS, Fink MP. Intensive Care Medicine
1991; 2nd Ed, Little Brown Co. Boston
37. Edwards
FH, Taylor AJ, Thompson L, Rogan KM, Pezzella AT, Burge JR, Hetzler N. Current status of Coronary Artery Operation in
Septuagenarians. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1991; 52:265-269
38. Edwards
FH, Hale D, Cohen A. Thompson L, Rogan KM, Pezzella AT, Virmani R. Primary Cardiac Valve Tumors. Annals of Thoracic
Surgery 1991; 52:1127-1131
39. Pezzella
AT. Transatrial Closure of Postinfarction Ventricular
Septal Defect. Texas Heart Institute Journal 1992; 19:297-299
40.
Fraire AE, Cuenoud HF, Honig RS, Pezzella AT. Cholesterol
Embolization to the Coronary Arteries Resulting in Acute Myocardial Infarction.
Cardiovascular Pathology 1995; 4:211-213
41. Pezzella
AT. Editorial International Heart Surgery. Texas
Heart Institute Journal 1995; 22:317-319
42. De
DH, Pezzella AT, Nguyenduy. Membranous
Obstruction of Hepatic Venous Flow. Texas Heart Institute Journal 1995; 22:320-323
43. De
DH, Pezzella AT. Aneurysm Following Ligation of PDA.
Texas Heart Institute Journal 1995; 22:320-323
44. Savarese DM, Rohrer MJ, Pezzella AT, Davidoff A, Fraire AE, Menon M. Successful
Management of Intracardiac Extension of Tumor Thrombus in a Patient with
Advanced Non- Seminomatous Germ Cell Testicular Cancer 1995;Urology 46:1-6
45. Lancey RA, Pezzella AT. Chest Tube
Insertion and Care. Chapter 11:136-144. Procedures and Techniques in
Intensive Care Medicine, Rippe JM, Irwin RS, et al.
Little Brown Co, Boston, 1996
46. Pezzella
AT, VanderSalm TJ. Chapter 177,
Chest Trauma. Rippe JM, et al. Intensive Care
Medicine 1996; 3rd Ed., Little Brown Co., Boston
47. Pezzella
AT. Blunt Traumatic Injury of the Thoracic Aorta Following Commercial
Airline Crashes. Texas Heart Institute Journal 1996; 23:65-67
48. Pezzella
AT. Primary Cardiac Valve Tumors: Letter to the Editor. Annals of Thoracic
Surgery 1996; 61:1041-1042
49. Pezzella
AT. Hand Signals in Surgery. AORN Journal 1996; 63:769-771
50. VanderSalm TJ, Kaur S, Lancey RA, Okike ON, Pezzella AT,
Stahl R, Leone L, Li JM, Valeri C, Michelson A.
Reduction of Bleeding after Heart Operations through the Prophylactic Use of
Epsilon Amino Caproic Acid. Journal Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery 1996;
112:1
51. Pezzella
AT. Subintimal Hematoma of the Aorta After
Deceleration Injury: Letter to the Editor. Texas Heart Institute Journal 1996;
23:70-71
52. Morell
VO, Daggett WM, Pezzella AT, Moran JM, Bitran
D. Aortic Stenosis in the Elderly: Result of Aortic Valve Replacement. J.
Cardiovascular Surgery 1996; 37: (Suppl.l) 33-35
53. Mathew
TC, Vasudevan R, Leb L,
Pezzella SM, Pezzella AT. Coronary Artery Bypass
Grafting in Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura. Annals of Thoracic Surgery
1997; 64:1059-1062
54. Pezzella
AT. Post Infarct Ventricular Septal Defects: Letter to the Editor. Annals
of Thoracic Surgery 1997; 64:294-295
55. Becker
RC, Pezzella AT. Ch 11 Myocardial Rupture -
Acute Coronary Syndromes ed. EJ Topol Marcel Dekker N.Y. 1998; p.
269-325
56. Pezzella
AT. International Aspects of Cardiac Surgery: Editorial Annals of Thoracic
Surgery 1998; 65:903-904
57. Pezzella
AT. Globalization: Letter to Editor. Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic
Annals 1998; 6: 81, 1998
58. Nwogu CE, Moran JM, Becker RM, Pezzella AT. Surgical
Approach to Myocardial Rupture After Acute Myocardial
Infarction. Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals 1998; 6:98-104
59. Pezzella
AT, Utley JR, VanderSalm TJ. Operative Approaches
to the Left Atrium and Mitral Valve: An update. Operative Techniques in
Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery 1998; 3: 74-94
60. Pezzella
AT, Silva WE, Lancey RA. Current
Problems in Surgery - Cardiothoracic Trauma. August 1998
61. Spodick DH, Pezzella AT. Images in Clinical
Medicine: A Grade 6 Systolic Murmur. NEJM 1999; 341:27
62. Lee
KA, Kirkpatrick JG, Moran JM, Pezzella AT. Left
Ventricular Fibroma Masquerading as Post Infarction Myocardial Rupture. Annals
of Thoracic Surgery 1999; 68:580-582
63. Pezzella
AT. Letter to the Editor: Reduction of Wound Healing Problems after Median
Sternotomy by use of Retention Suture. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1999;
68:1891-1892
64. Sharif
H, Pezzella AT, Farah HH, Baljepally R, Maki
D. Intracardiac Right to Left Shunt Complicating Right Ventricular Failure. Asian
Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals 1999; 7:287-291
65. Pezzella AT. Letter to the Editor: The Emerging Global Cardiothoracic Surgical Community. Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals 1999; 7:360
66. DE, D.H., Pezzella AT. How to do it-Closed Mitral Commissurotomy Utilizing Right Thoracotomy Approach. Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals 2000; 8:192-194
67. Pezzella AT, Adebonojo SA, Hooker SG, Mabogunjo OA, Conlan AA. Complications of General Thoracic Surgery. Current Problems in Surgery 2000; 37:733-860
68. Mahan VL, Balaguer JM, Pezzella AT, VanderSalm TJ, Mady BJ. Successful Coronary Bypass Surgery in a Patient with AIDS. Annuals of Thoracic Surgery 2000; 70:1698-1699
69. Pezzella AT, Conlan AA, Carroll GJ. Early Management of the Postpneumonectomy Space. Asian Cardiovascular Thoracic Annals 2000; 8:398-402
70. Pezzella AT, Progress in international cardiac surgery: emerging strategies (editorial) Ann. Thorac Surg 2001; 71:407-408
71. Pezzella AT, Letter to the editor: Coronary Artery Bypass grafting after Pneumonectomy. European J Cardio-Thorac Surg. 2001; 20:1273
72. Pezzella AT, Editorial: Global Expansion of Cardiac Surgery in the New Millennium. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001; 9: 253-256
73. Pezzella AT, Letter to the editor: Is it time to look for an alternative? Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001; 9:356
74. Pezzella AT, Letter to the editor: Delayed sternal closure after cardiac operations. Asian Cardiovasc and Thorac Ann 2002; 10: 95
75. Pezzella AT, Letter to the editor: Worldwide maldistribution of access to cardiac surgery. J. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2002; 123: 1016
76. Sheng, ZH, Pan, YP, Hao, ZJ, Pezzella AT. Early Surgical Intervention for Infective Endocarditis. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002;10:298-301
77. Pezzella AT. International Cardiac Surgery: A Global Perspective. Seminars in Thoracic and CV Surgery 2002; 14:298-320
78. Adebonojo SA, Mabogunje OA, Pezzella AT, Residency Training Program in the United States: What Foreign Medical Graduates Should Know. West African J. Medicine 2003; 22: 79-87
79. Pezzella AT, Mediastinitis Following Open Heart Surgery: Introduction Seminars In Thorac CV Surgery: 2004; 16: 51-52
80. Pezzella AT, Ferraris VA, Lancey RA, Care Of The Adult Cardiac Surgery Patient: Part I Current Problems In Surgery Volume 41, Number 5, May 2004
81. Pezzella AT, Ferraris VA Lancey RA, Care Of The Adult Cardiac Surgery Patient: Part II Current Problems In Surgery Volume 41, Number 6, June 2004
82. Lancey RA, Pezzella AT, Phillips DA, Factors Affecting Early Exsanguination And Death In The Adult Thoracic Aortic Trauma. Asian Cardivasc Thorac Ann 2004; 125 202-207
83. Pezzella AT, Global Expansion of Cardiothoracic Surgery - The African Challenge. African Ann Thoracic and CV Surgery. 2005;1:9-11
84. Becker, RC, Pezzella, AT, Ch 26, Cardiac Rupture: Pathobiology, Diagnosis, Medical Management, and Surgical Intervention. In: Topol, EJ. Ed. Acute Coronary Syndromes, Marcel, Dekker, New York, 2005; Page 582-613
85. Pezzella AT. Letter to the Editor: Open Heart Surgery in a Developing Country. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2006;14:355-356
86. Pezzella AT. Letter to the Editor: Global Statistics - Outcomes. J. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006; 132:726
87. Pezzella AT. Editorial: Opportunity. Spanish Journal CV Surgery. 2006 13:129-136
88. Pezzella AT. Volunteerism and Humanitarian Efforts in Surgery. Current Problems in Surgery 2006; 43: 837-932
89. Mao, T, Fang, W, Pezzella AT. Resection of an Intrathoracic Thyroid Gland. http://www.ctsnet.org/sections/clinicalresources/clinicalcases/article-18.html
90. Thanh, LN, De, DH, Pezzella, AT. Pulmonary Valvotomy under Normothermic Caval Inflow Occlusion. African Annals of Thoracic and CV Surgery, 2006; 1:17-22
91. Pezzella AT. Invited Article: Evolution of Cardiothoracic Residency Training Programs in India. Indian J. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008; 24:157 - 163
92. Pezzella AT. Complications in adult cardiac surgery. African Annals of Thoracic and CV Surgery 2007;2:14-38.
93. Pezzella AT. Fong, F. Surgical Aspects of Thoracic Tuberculosis, Part I. Current Problems in Surgery, 2008;45:669-758.
94. Pezzella AT. Fong, F. Surgical Aspects of Thoracic Tuberculosis, Part II. Current Problems in Surgery, 2008;45:761-832.
95. Sahayaraj AR, Mohan R, Abraham S, Agarwal R, Cherian KM, Pezzella AT. Double Aortic Arch http://www.ctsnet.org/sections/clinicalresources/clinicalcases/article-23.html
96. Gazit AZ, Huddleston, CB, Checchia PA, Fehr J, Pezzella AT. Care of the Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Patient, Part I. Current Problems in Surgery. 2010; 47:177-252.
97. Gazit AZ, Huddleston, CB, Checchia PA, Fehr J, Pezzella AT. Care of the Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Patient, Part II. Current Problems in Surgery. 2010; 47:253-376.
98. Pezzella AT. Invited Review: Global Aspects of Cardiothoracic Surgery with focus on developing countries. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Annals 2010; 18:299-310
99. Pezzella AT. Polimenakos C. Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury (BTAI) : Advances in the era of innovation. A review (Part 1) Afr. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008; 3:50-65.
100. Pezzella AT. Polimenakos C. Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury (BTAI) : Advances in the era of innovation. A review (Part 2) Afr. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008; 3:7-13.
101. Pezzella AT. Polimenakos C. Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury (BTAI) : Advances in the era of innovation. A review (Part 3) Afr. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010; 1: 9-12.
102. Pezzella AT. Initiation of a Model Six Year Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program in Shanghai, China. Afr. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009; 4:81-99.
103. Ramayyan AS, Guhathakurta S, Cherian KM, Pezzella AT. Letter to the editor: Indigenous decellularised jugular venous valved conduit in truncus arteriosus repair. EurJ Cardiothorac Surg 2009; 35:188.
104. Hung DD, Wuu NC, Huulu P, Thanh LN, Pezzella AT. Multiple Valve Surgery in an Adult Patient with Situs Inversus, Dextrocardia and Rheumatic Heart Disease. Afr. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010; 5:26-68
105. Somocurcio JG, Cairo LR, Sotomayor A, Pezzella AT. Case Report: Early Surgical Treatment of Tuberculosis Constrictive Pericarditis. Afr. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011; 6:57-63.
106. Anuradha S, Subramanyan R, Agarwal R, Pezzella AT, Cherian KM. Hybrid stage I palliation for hypo-plastic left heart condition without a hybrid suite: Suggestions for developing nations. Indian Heart Journal. 2012;6: 333-337.
107. Kumar UA, Pezzella AT, Manoharan S. How to do it: Closed Mitral Commissurotomy. Ann Afr Chir Thor Cardiovasc 2012; 7: