Angelo Thomas Pezzella - International Childrens Heart Fund

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Angelo Thomas Pezzella MD
8378 Chisum Trail
Boca Raton, Florida, USA
(774) 272-0241 (Cell)
tpezzella@hotmail.com

DATE OF BIRTH: December 4, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH: Worcester, Massachusetts USA

EDUCATION:
     Holy Cross College, AB 1967
          Worcester, Massachusetts
     St. Louis University, MD 1971
          St. Louis, Missouri

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:

· INTERNSHIP:
     University of Kentucky Medical Center
         Lexington, Kentucky (Surgery)
         July 1971 - July 1972

· 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

· 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): Missouri

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:

	Major, US Army Medical Corps. 1978 - 1980, Chief of Thoracic Surgery, 121st Evacuation Hospital, Seoul, Korea, August 1978 - August 1979
	Department of General Surgery, USA, MEDDAC, Fort Carson, Colorado, August 1979 - July 1980
	Major, US Army Reserves (Active), July 1980 - July 1984
	Staff, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center (FAMC), July 1984- July 1986
	Acting Chief Cardiothoracic Surgery, Letterman Army Medical Center, July 1985 - September 1985
	Col., US Army Reserves (Active), IMA - FAMC, July 1986 - July 1993
	Staff, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Operation Desert Storm November 1990 - March 1991
	Col., USAR, IMA - Walter Reed Army Medical Center, July 1993 - July 1995
	Col., USAR, IMA - Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia, July 1995 - 1996
	Office of Surgeon General, IMA-Consultant Thoracic Surgery, April 1992 - July 1998
	399 CSH, July 1998 – July 1999
	Retired Reserves- July 1999

APPOINTMENTS: (academic; hospital affiliation; privileges)

	Clinical Assistant Professor of Thoracic Surgery, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, August 1978 - August 1979
	Staff Cardiac Surgeon St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, Syracuse, New York, July 1981 - July 1984
	Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, SUNY - Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, New York, July 1981 - July 1984
	Associate Professor Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts, August 1986 - July 2005
	Staff Cardiothoracic Surgeon, St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, Massachusetts, August 1986 – May 2000
	Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, May 1988 - current
	Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA, July 1997 – May 2000
	Rapid City Regional Hospital, Rapid City, SD, May 2000 – January 2001
	Good Samaritan Hospital, Mt. Vernon, IL, January 2001 – Apr 2003
	St. Mary’s Hospital, Centralia, IL, January 2001 – Apr 2003
	St. Joseph's Hospital, St Charles, MO, Jul 2001 – Apr 2003
	DePaul Hospital, St. Louis, MO, Jul 2001 - Apr 2003
	St. Anthony's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, Jul 2004 - Jun 2005
	Des Peres Hospital, St Louis, MO, Aug 2004 - Jan, 2005
	St Mary's, Health Center, St Louis, MO, Aug 2004 - Jan, 2005
	Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, January 2005 - June 2005
	Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai China, July 2005 - July 2006
	Frontier Lifeline, Chennai, India/St Gregorios Hospital, Parumula, Kerala, India, Jan, 2007 - Apr, 2007

VISITING PROFESSOR/LECTURES/SURGERY/CONSULTATIONS:

Visiting Professor (Lectures/Surgery/Consultation) Cardiothoracic Surgery Yonsei University Seoul, Korea, Apr 1984; Apr 1988; Apr 1994, May 2004, May 2007	Visiting Professor (Lectures/ Development/ Surgery) Cardiothoracic Surgery Viet Duc Hospital Hanoi, Vietnam, Sep 1991; Oct 1994; Feb, 2006, May 2007
Visiting Professor (Consultant) Assessment Local Health Facilities Pushkin, Russia, Jun 1992; Cardiac Centers, St Petersburg, Moscow, Tomsk Siberia, Sep, 2003 Bakulov Institute, Moscow, Russia, Aug, Sep 2007	Visiting Professor (Lectures/ Surgery) Cardiothoracic Surgery Queltzantenango City Hospital Guatemala, Oct 1992, Jan 2004 Aldo Castaneda Foundation, Guatemala City, Nov, 2010
Visiting Professor (Consultation) Cardiothoracic Surgery Ethiopia Children’s Heart Fund Addis Abbaba, Ethiopia, Jul 1993	Visiting Professor (Lectures/ Development/ Surgery) Clinica Pichincha Quita, Ecuador, Sept 1995
Visiting Professor Lecture: Cardiogenic Shock Government Hospital, Madras India, Nov 1995	Visiting Professor Lecture: Infective Endocarditis, Surgical Aspects Ren Ji Hospital Shanghai, China, Jun 1996
Visiting Professor Lecture: Complications of Thoracic Surgery 37^th Annual Meeting W. African College of Surgeons Dakar, Senegal, Feb 1997	Visiting Professor Conakry, Guinea Annual Meeting, 39^th West African College of Surgeons Lecture: ATLS in developing countries, Feb 1999
Visiting Professor Lecture: Endocarditis Kiev Heart Institute Ukraine, Jun 1998	Visiting Professor Lecture: Model CT Surgery Residency Program in China Shanghai Chest Hospital, Oct 2004
Visiting Professor Lecture: Global Aspects of Cardiac Surgery Cochabamba, Bolivia - Mar 2005	Visiting Professor, Staff Surgeon Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai, China, Jul, 2005-Jul 2006, May 2007, May 2008, Sept 2009.
Visiting Professor University Hospital and Medical School Monterrey, Mexico, Nov, 2006, Oct 2007	Visiting Professor, Staff Surgeon Frontier Lifeline, Chennai, India/St Gregorios Hospital, Parumula, Kerala, India, Jan, 2007 - Apr, 2007 Jan 2008 - Mar 2008
Visiting Lecturer Global Aspects of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Centimed Hospital, Santo Domingo Dominican Republic, Aug 2007	Visiting Professor Cape Town, South Africa; Johannesburg, South Africa, Apr 2008
Visiting Professor, Pediatric Cardiac Surgury Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niños, Lima Peru July, Aug 2008, Sept, 2010	Visiting Professor, Canary Islands, Spain, Jun 2009.
Visiting Professor\| Dakar, Senegal Mar 31, 2010 - Apr 13, 2010	Visiting Professor\| Vietnam, Cambodia July 1, Aug 1, 2010
Visiting Professor\| Recife, Brazil III Curso de Cirurgia da Valva Mitral Lecture: Surgical aspects of RHD. Aug 19-21, 2010	Visiting Professor World Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery Meeting Chennai, India Sri Sathya Sai Institure of Higher Medical Sciences Andhra Pradesh, India Oct, 2010
Visiting Professor Belize City, Belize Nov. 2010	Visiting Professor Tanzania Heart Institute Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Jan 2011
Guest Lecturer Global Forum Geneva Switzerland June 2011	Visiting Professor San Jose, Costa Rica Oct 5, 2011
Visiting Professor Frontier Lifeline, Chennai, India/St Pushpagiri Medical College, Thiruvalla, Kerala, India, Feb 2012 to May 2012	Visiting Professor Defence Services General Hospital Yangon, Myanmar (Burma) Mar 14, 2012 to Apr 2, 2012
Visiting Professor\| Cho Ray Hospital, HCM City, Vietnam July 14, 2012 to Jan 4, 2013	Guest Lecturer Annual Meeting Singapore Cardiac Surgery Society, Sept 2012
Guest Lecturer Bi-Annual Meeting Vietnam Cardiothoracic Assoc. Hanoi, Vietnam Nov 2012	Visiting Professor\| Shanghai Children’s Medical Center Shanghai Chest Hospital Mar, Apr 2013
Guest Lecturer Global Forum Meeting Geneva, Switzerland June, 2015	Guest Lecturer Policlinico, San Donato Milan, Italy June, 2015
Visiting Professor Pediatric Cardiac Surgery CEDIMAT Hospital Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic March 2016	Visiting Professor Shanghai Children’s Medical Center Shanghai Chest Hospital July 2016
Visiting Professor\| Cho Ray Hospital, HCM City, Vietnam Kien Giang General Hospital, Rach Gia City, Vietnam July-Aug 2016	Visiting Professor Port Moresby General Hospital Papua New Guinea Aug 2016
Visiting Professor Frontier Lifeline, Chennai, India/St Aug-Sept 2016	Visiting Professor National Cardiothoracic Centre, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana Sept-Oct 2016
Visiting Professor Haiti Feb 2018	Visiting Professor Dominican Republic Feb 2018
Visiting Professor Jamaica Feb 2018	Visiting Professor El Salvador Feb 2018
Visiting Professor Nicaragua Feb 2018	Visiting Professor Cuba Feb 2018

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:

Pezzella AT. Acute Airway Obstruction by a Subglottic Tumor, Kentucky Chapter, American College of Surgeons, Lexington, Kentucky,
March 1976
Pezzella AT. Blunt Thoracic Aortic Trauma, 18^thAnnual Conference University Surgical Residents, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 1976
Pezzella AT. Multiple Bilateral Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula, Kentucky, Thoracic Society, Lexington, Kentucky, October 1977
Pezzella AT. Blunt Injuries to the Thoracic Aorta, Southeastern Surgical Congress, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 1978
Pezzella AT. Non-Cardiac Uses of the Bio-Medicus Pump. AMSECT Region VII Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, September 1985
Pezzella AT. Lung Cancer. New England Cancer Society Annual Meeting, Worcester, Massachusetts, November 1986
Landow L, Wilson J, Heard SO, Townsend P, VanderSalm TJ, Okike ON, Pezzella AT, Pasque MK. Are Lidocaine Levels in the Therapeutic Range in Cardiac Surgery Patients? (The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Meeting) April 18, 1989
Landow L, Wilson J, Heard SO, Townsend P, VanderSalm TJ, Okike ON, Pezzella AT, Pasque MK. Free Lidocaine Levels in Patients Undergoing Open Heart Surgery. (The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Meeting) April 18, 1989
Okike ON, Zheng JJ, VanderSalm TJ, Pezzella AT, Bitran D, Visner MS, Moran JM. Aortic Valve Replacement in Octogenarians: Early and Late Postoperative Results. 56^thAnnual Scientific Assembly, American College of Chest Physicians, 1991. Toronto, Canada
Pezzella AT. Extended Use of Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Non-Cardiac Surgery. 13^thAnnual San Diego Cardiothoracic Surgery Symposium, February 12, 1993
O’Hara KP, Napolitano LM, Gemis P, Pezzella AT, Silva WE. Traumatic Diaphragmatic Injury: Evaluation of ICU Resource Utilization. American College of Chest Physicians, October 1994
O’Hara KP, Napolitano LM, Gemis P, Pezzella AT, Wesina. Traumatic Diaphragmatic Injury: Evaluation of ICU Resource Utilization. American Association Surgery of Trauma, October 1994
Morell VO, Daggett WM, Pezzella AT, Moran JM. Aortic Stenosis in the Elderly. World CT Surgery Congress, Puerto Rico, June 1995
Pezzella AT. Surgery Aspects of Endocarditis. WRAMC Cardiothoracic Symposium, Washington, DC, May 1996
Nwogu CE, Moran JM, Pezzella AT, Daggett WM. Cardiac Rupture - Poster Presentation: Surgical Treatment of Ventricular Rupture After Myocardial Infarction. American College of Chest Physicians, Cardiac General Thoracic Surgery Update, Rio Mar, Puerto Rico, December 1996
Lancey RA, Fang C, Pezzella AT, Okike NO, Balaguer JM, Bankey PE, VanderSalm TJ. Factors Associated with Death and Exsanguination Following Blunt Thoracic Trauma. American Association for Surgery of Trauma Annual Meeting in Boston, September 1999
Lancey RA, Kaur S, Fang WC, Okike ON, Balaguer JM, Pezzella AT, VanderSalm TJ. The Impact of Propofol Use on Infection and Mortality in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. The International Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons 10^th World Congress, August 2000
Okike ON, Pezzella AT. Determinants of Early and Long-term Survival in 61 Patients Undergoing Surgery for Active Infective Endocarditis. Chest 2000 The 66^th Annual International Scientific Assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians. San Francisco, October 2000
Pezzella AT. International Cardiac Surgery: Global Expansion in the New Millennium. 22nd Annual CT Surgery Symposium, San Diego, CA, February 2002
Pezzella AT. Global Aspects of Cardiac Surgery - Evolving Strategies, AATS -Symposium of Global Cardiac Initiatives, Toronto, Canada, May 2004
Pezzella AT. Global Paradigm Shift in Approach to Cardiovascular Disease. 2nd Global Forum on Humanitarian Medicine in Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery. Geneva, Switzerland, May 26 - 28, 2005
Pezzella AT. Initiation of Model CT Surgery Residency Program in China. 14th Annual Meeting Asian Society of CV Surgery, Osaka, Japan, June, 2006
Pezzella AT. Rural Cardiac Surgery: The Global Scenario, The First International Rural Cardiac Care Conference, St Gregorios Hospital, Parumula, Kerala, India, Feb 2007
Pezzella, AT. Guest Lectures: Rheumatic Heart Disease in Developing Countries; Surgical Aspects of Pulmonary Tuberculosis; Model CT Surgery Residency in China, 15th Annual Meeting Asian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery, Beijing, China, May 17-20, 2007
Chang, BC, Lee, S, Kwak, YT, Park, YW, Pezzella, AT Abstract: Clinical study on Anticoagulation in pregnant women with mechanical heart valves.
Pezzella AT. Invited lecturer: Strategic and Tactical Aspects of International Cardiothoracic Surgery. Second annual meeting of World Society of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Montreal, Quebec Canada. June, 2008.
Pezzella AT. Global Aspects of CT Surgery. Asian Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Annual Meeting, New Delhi, India. Mar 2010.

Movies:

Surgical Techniques - Resection of Multiple Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula. (Presented at Southeastern Surgical Congress, Bal Harbor, Florida) March 1979

BIBLIOGRAPHY (Articles/Letters/Chapters/Editorials)

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
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
Pezzella AT. Pulmonary Sarcoidosis: A Case Report. Korean Journal of Thoracic &Cardiovascular Surgery 1979; 12:14-15
Pezzella AT, Todd EP, Stahmann F, Zeok JV, Dillon ML. Multiple Bilateral Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistulas. Southern Medical Journal 1981; 74(4): 486-488
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
Pezzella AT, Yu HS, Kim J. Surgical Aspects of Pulmonary Paragonimiasis Cardiovascular Diseases. Bulletin of Texas Heart Institute 1981;8(2): 187-194
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
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
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
Pezzella AT, Vanick D, Garcia V. Surgical Aspects of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Military Medicine 1982; 147:134-138
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
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
Pezzella AT, Effler DB, Levy IE. Management of Aneurysms in Segments of Saphenous Vein Grafts. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1983; 35(6): 670-671
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
Pezzella AT, Walls TJ, Curtis JJ. Nontuberculous Empyema: A Clinical Experience. Texas Heart Institute Journal 1984; 10(3): 263-268
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
Effler DB, Pezzella AT, Levy IE. Postinfarction Ventricular Aneurysmectomy. American Journal of Surgery 1985; 149:793-796
Pezzella AT, Esente P. Coronary Artery Thrombosis Complicating Polycythemia Vera - An Unusual Indication for Myocardial Revascularization. Military Medicine 1985; 150:614-616
Pezzella AT. Bleeding Aortic Cannulation Site - Technique for Repair. Texas Heart Institute Journal 1986; 13(2) 253-254
Pezzella AT. Cannulation for Cardiopulmonary Bypass by the Left-Handed Surgeon. Texas Heart Institute Journal 1986; 13(2): 255-260
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
Pezzella AT, Fall SM, Pauling FW. Management of High-Risk Sternotomy Wounds with Retention Sutures. Texas Heart Institute Journal 1987; 14:293-296
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
Zaaloznik AJ, Pezzella AT. Management of Cardiac Metastasis from Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma. Cancer 1988; 1:602-604
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
Carey S, Pezzella AT, Gilliam H. Traumatic Sternal Fractures: Current Concepts in Diagnosis and Management. Military Medicine 1988; 153:451-453
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
VanderSalm TJ, Okike ON, Pezzella AT, Pasque MK. Ectopic Ossification after Median Sternotomy. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1989; 48:315-316
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Pezzella AT. Transatrial Closure of Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect. Texas Heart Institute Journal 1992; 19:297-299
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
Pezzella AT. Editorial International Heart Surgery. Texas Heart Institute Journal 1995; 22:317-319
De DH, Pezzella AT, Nguyenduy. Membranous Obstruction of Hepatic Venous Flow. Texas Heart Institute Journal 1995; 22:320-323
De DH, Pezzella AT. Aneurysm Following Ligation of PDA. Texas Heart Institute Journal 1995; 22:320-323
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
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
Pezzella AT, VanderSalm TJ. Chapter 177, Chest Trauma. Rippe JM, et al. Intensive Care Medicine 1996; 3rd Ed., Little Brown Co., Boston
Pezzella AT. Blunt Traumatic Injury of the Thoracic Aorta Following Commercial Airline Crashes. Texas Heart Institute Journal 1996; 23:65-67
Pezzella AT. Primary Cardiac Valve Tumors: Letter to the Editor. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1996; 61:1041-1042
Pezzella AT. Hand Signals in Surgery. AORN Journal 1996; 63:769-771
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
Pezzella AT. Subintimal Hematoma of the Aorta After Deceleration Injury: Letter to the Editor. Texas Heart Institute Journal 1996; 23:70-71
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
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
Pezzella AT. Post Infarct Ventricular Septal Defects: Letter to the Editor. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1997; 64:294-295
Becker RC, Pezzella AT. Ch 11 Myocardial Rupture - Acute Coronary Syndromes ed. EJ Topol Marcel Dekker N.Y. 1998; p. 269-325
Pezzella AT. International Aspects of Cardiac Surgery: Editorial Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1998; 65:903-904
Pezzella AT. Globalization: Letter to Editor. Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals 1998; 6: 81, 1998
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
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
Pezzella AT, Silva WE, Lancey RA. Current Problems in Surgery - Cardiothoracic Trauma. August 1998
Spodick DH, Pezzella AT. Images in Clinical Medicine: A Grade 6 Systolic Murmur. NEJM 1999; 341:27
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
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
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
Pezzella AT. Letter to the Editor: The Emerging Global Cardiothoracic Surgical Community. Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals 1999; 7:360
DE, D.H., Pezzella AT. How to do it-Closed Mitral Commissurotomy Utilizing Right Thoracotomy Approach. Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals 2000; 8:192-194
Pezzella AT, Adebonojo SA, Hooker SG, Mabogunjo OA, Conlan AA. Complications of General Thoracic Surgery. Current Problems in Surgery 2000; 37:733-860
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
Pezzella AT, Conlan AA, Carroll GJ. Early Management of the Postpneumonectomy Space. Asian Cardiovascular Thoracic Annals 2000; 8:398-402
Pezzella AT, Letter to the editor: Coronary Artery Bypass grafting after Pneumonectomy. European J Cardio-Thorac Surg. 2001; 20:1273
Pezzella AT, Editorial: Global Expansion of Cardiac Surgery in the New Millennium. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001; 9: 253-256
Pezzella AT, Letter to the editor: Is it time to look for an alternative? Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001; 9:356
Pezzella AT, Letter to the editor: Delayed sternal closure after cardiac operations. Asian Cardiovasc and Thorac Ann 2002; 10: 95
Pezzella AT, Letter to the editor: Worldwide maldistribution of access to cardiac surgery. J. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2002; 123: 1016
Sheng, ZH, Pan, YP, Hao, ZJ, Pezzella AT. Early Surgical Intervention for Infective Endocarditis. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002;10:298-301
Pezzella AT. International Cardiac Surgery: A Global Perspective. Seminars in Thoracic and CV Surgery 2002; 14:298-320
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
Pezzella AT, Mediastinitis Following Open Heart Surgery: Introduction Seminars In Thorac CV Surgery: 2004; 16: 51-52
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
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
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
Pezzella AT, Global Expansion of Cardiothoracic Surgery - The African Challenge. African Ann Thoracic and CV Surgery. 2005;1:9-11
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
Pezzella AT. Letter to the Editor: Open Heart Surgery in a Developing Country. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2006;14:355-356
Pezzella AT. Letter to the Editor: Global Statistics - Outcomes. J. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006; 132:726
Pezzella AT. Editorial: Opportunity. Spanish Journal CV Surgery. 2006 13:129-136
Pezzella AT. Volunteerism and Humanitarian Efforts in Surgery. Current Problems in Surgery 2006; 43: 837-932
Mao, T, Fang, W, Pezzella AT. Resection of an Intrathoracic Thyroid Gland. http://www.ctsnet.org/sections/clinicalresources/clinicalcases/article-18.html
Thanh, LN, De, DH, Pezzella, AT. Pulmonary Valvotomy under Normothermic Caval Inflow Occlusion. African Annals of Thoracic and CV Surgery, 2006; 1:17-22
Pezzella AT. Invited Article: Evolution of Cardiothoracic Residency Training Programs in India. Indian J. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008; 24:157 - 163
Pezzella AT. Complications in adult cardiac surgery. African Annals of Thoracic and CV Surgery 2007;2:14-38.
Pezzella AT. Fong, F. Surgical Aspects of Thoracic Tuberculosis, Part I. Current Problems in Surgery, 2008;45:669-758.
Pezzella AT. Fong, F. Surgical Aspects of Thoracic Tuberculosis, Part II. Current Problems in Surgery, 2008;45:761-832.
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
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.
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.
Pezzella AT. Invited Review: Global Aspects of Cardiothoracic Surgery with focus on developing countries. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Annals 2010; 18:299-310
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.
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.
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.
Pezzella AT. Initiation of a Model Six Year Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program in Shanghai, China. Afr. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009; 4:81-99.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Kumar UA, Pezzella AT, Manoharan S. How to do it: Closed Mitral Commissurotomy. Ann Afr Chir Thor Cardiovasc 2012; 7:
Feng L, Weihua WU, Pezzella AT. Device Occlusion of Atrial Septal Defect Through Minimally Invasive Right Interior Chest Approach. Afr. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013; 8:18-22.
Jolou J, Dascrathan C, Valjyanath P, Guhathakurta S, Pezzella AT. Calcified Pseudo-Aneurysm of Ascending Aorta from Cannulation Site Eroding into the Sternum: A Case Report. Afr. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013; 8:15-17.
Melgar VEH, Grau AMC, Velarde FRC, Pezzella AT. Pediatric Thoracic Hydatid Cysts in Peru: Case Report and Review. Afr. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013; 8:29-40.
Nguyen N, Pezzella AT. Pediatric Cardiac Surgery in Low and Middle-Income Countries or Emerging Economies: A Continuing Challenge. World J Ped and Congenital Heart Surgery. 2015;6:274-283.
Nguyen N, Leon-Wyss J, Iyer KS, Pezzella AT. Paediatric Cardiac Surgery in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries: A Continuing Challenge. Arch Dis Child; 2015;100:1156-1159.
Pezzella AT, Model 5 Year Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Afr. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014;9:7-16.
Pezzella AT, Surgical Aspects of Rheumatic Heart Disease - A Contemporary Review - Part I. Afr. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014;9:70-84.
Chopra S, Pezzella AT, Sekar RP, Wyss JL, Cherian KM. Current Procedures For Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) Interruption. Afr. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014;9:23-41.
Dewan RK, Pezzella AT, Review : Surgical Aspects of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: An Update. Asian Cardiovasc and Thorac Ann 2016; 24: 835-846.
Pezzella AT, Nguyen, N, Surgical Aspects of Rheumatic Heart Disease: Part 2. Afr. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015; 10(2): 70-86.
Pezzella AT, Nguyen, N, Surgical Aspects of Rheumatic Heart Disease: Part 3. Afr. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016; 11(1): 5-21.
Dung LT, Luan TMB, Pezzella AT. Thoracic Plombage Procedure for Tubuerculosis/Aspergellosis Abscess Cavity. Afr. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013;2:52-58.
Murala JSK, Vela RG, Geoffrion T, Chopra S, Guhathakurtha S, Pezzella AT, Cherian KM. Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals 2018;26:451-460.
Pezzella AT. Global Cardiothoracic Surgery Advances and Challenges in Developing Countries and Emerging Economies https://ctsnet.org/article/global-cardiothoracic-surgery-advances-and-challenges-developing-countries-and-emerging
Pezzella AT. On Location - Vietnam https://ctsnet.org/article/location-vietnam