CURRICULUM VITAEUpdated August 28, 2018

Angelo Thomas Pezzella MD8378 Chisum TrailBoca Raton, Florida, USA(774) 272-0241 (Cell)atpezzella@hotmail.com

DATE OF BIRTH: December 4, 1945PLACE 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 - Jan-

uary 1981Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas, January 1981 - July 1981St. 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 1977American Board of Thoracic Surgery 1980American Board of Thoracic SurgeryRecertification 1990, 1999

LICENSURE (ACTIVE): Missouri, Colorado

SOCIETIES:Association of Military Surgeons, 1979-2003Denton Cooley Cardiovascular Society, 1979-2005Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 1982-2006Massachusetts Medical Society, 1987, 1998Worcester District Medical Society, 1987, 1998Fellow American College of Surgeons (FACS), 1988- 2007Global Health Council, 1988-2005New England Cancer Society, 1988International Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons (ISCTS), 1994-2005European Association Cardiothoracic Surgery, 1997-2007International Advisory Board Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals,

1997-2006Ad Hoc Committee International Relations Society of Thoracic Surgery

1996-2005Asian 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 1979Department of General Surgery, USA, MEDDAC, Fort Carson, Colorado,August 1979 - July 1980Major, US Army Reserves (Active), July 1980 - July 1984Staff, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center (FAMC),

July 1984- July 1986Acting Chief Cardiothoracic Surgery, Letterman Army Medical Center,

July 1985 - September 1985Col., US Army Reserves (Active), IMA - FAMC, July 1986 - July 1993Staff, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Opera-

tion Desert Storm,November 1990 - March 1991Col., USAR, IMA - Walter Reed Army Medical Center, July 1993 - July 1995Col., USAR, IMA - Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia,

July 1995 - 1996Office of Surgeon General, IMA-Consultant Thoracic Surgery, April 1992 -

July 1998399 CSH, July 1998 – July 1999Retired 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 2000Rapid City Regional Hospital, Rapid City, SD, May 2000 – January 2001Good Samaritan Hospital, Mt. Vernon, IL, January 2001 – Apr 2003St. Mary’s Hospital, Centralia, IL, January 2001 – Apr 2003St. Joseph's Hospital, St Charles, MO, Jul 2001 – Apr 2003DePaul Hospital, St. Louis, MO, Jul 2001 - Apr 2003St. Anthony's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, Jul 2004 - Jun 2005Des Peres Hospital, St Louis, MO, Aug 2004 - Jan, 2005St Mary's, Health Center, St Louis, MO, Aug 2004 - Jan, 2005Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, January 2005 -

June 2005Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai China, July 2005 - July 2006Frontier Lifeline, Chennai, India/St Gregorios Hospital, Parumula, Kerala, India, Jan, 2007 -

Apr, 2007

VISITING PROFESSOR/LECTURES/SURGERY/CONSULTATIONS:Visiting Professor (Lectures/Surgery/Consultation)Cardiothoracic SurgeryYonsei UniversitySeoul, Korea, Apr 1984; Apr 1988; Apr 1994,May 2004, May 2007

Visiting Professor (Lectures/ Development/ Surgery)Cardiothoracic SurgeryViet Duc HospitalHanoi, Vietnam, Sep 1991; Oct 1994; Feb, 2006,May 2007

Visiting Professor (Consultant)Assessment Local Health FacilitiesPushkin, Russia, Jun 1992;Cardiac Centers, St Petersburg, Moscow,Tomsk Siberia, Sep, 2003Bakulov Institute, Moscow, Russia, Aug, Sep 2007

Visiting Professor (Lectures/ Surgery)Cardiothoracic SurgeryQueltzantenango City HospitalGuatemala, Oct 1992, Jan 2004Aldo Castaneda Foundation, Guatemala City, Nov, 2010

Visiting Professor (Consultation)

Visiting Professor (Lectures/ Development/ Surgery)

Cardiothoracic SurgeryEthiopia Children’s Heart FundAddis Abbaba, Ethiopia, Jul 1993

Clinica PichinchaQuita, Ecuador, Sept 1995

Visiting ProfessorLecture: Cardiogenic ShockGovernment Hospital, Madras India, Nov 1995

Visiting ProfessorLecture: Infective Endocarditis, Surgical AspectsRen Ji HospitalShanghai, China, Jun 1996

Visiting ProfessorLecture: Complications of Thoracic Surgery37th Annual MeetingW. African College of SurgeonsDakar, Senegal, Feb 1997

Visiting ProfessorConakry, GuineaAnnual Meeting, 39th West African College of SurgeonsLecture: ATLS in developing countries, Feb 1999

Visiting ProfessorLecture: EndocarditisKiev Heart InstituteUkraine, Jun 1998

Visiting ProfessorLecture: Model CT Surgery Residency Program in ChinaShanghai Chest Hospital, Oct 2004

Visiting ProfessorLecture: Global Aspects of Cardiac SurgeryCochabamba, Bolivia - Mar 2005

Visiting Professor, Staff SurgeonShanghai Chest Hospital,Shanghai, China, Jul, 2005-Jul 2006, May 2007, May 2008, Sept 2009.

Visiting ProfessorUniversity Hospital and Medical SchoolMonterrey, Mexico, Nov, 2006, Oct 2007

Visiting Professor, Staff SurgeonFrontier Lifeline, Chennai, India/St Gregorios Hospital, Parumula,Kerala, India, Jan, 2007 - Apr, 2007Jan 2008 - Mar 2008

Visiting LecturerGlobal Aspects of Pediatric Cardiac SurgeryCentimed Hospital, Santo DomingoDominican Republic, Aug 2007

Visiting ProfessorCape Town, South Africa; Johannesburg, South Africa, Apr 2008

Visiting Professor, Pediatric Cardiac Surgury

Visiting Professor,Canary Islands, Spain, Jun 2009.

Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niños, Lima PeruJuly, Aug 2008, Sept, 2010

Visiting Professor|Dakar, SenegalMar 31, 2010 - Apr 13, 2010

Visiting Professor|Vietnam, CambodiaJuly 1, Aug 1, 2010

Visiting Professor|Recife, BrazilIII Curso de Cirurgia da Valva MitralLecture: Surgical aspects of RHD.Aug 19-21, 2010

Visiting ProfessorWorld Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery MeetingChennai, IndiaSri Sathya Sai Institure of Higher Medical SciencesAndhra Pradesh, IndiaOct, 2010

Visiting ProfessorBelize City, BelizeNov. 2010

Visiting ProfessorTanzania Heart InstituteDar es Salaam, TanzaniaJan 2011

Guest LecturerGlobal Forum Geneva SwitzerlandJune 2011

Visiting ProfessorSan Jose, Costa RicaOct 5, 2011

Visiting ProfessorFrontier Lifeline, Chennai, India/St Pushpagiri Medical College, Thiruvalla, Kerala, India, Feb 2012 to May 2012

Visiting ProfessorDefence Services General HospitalYangon, Myanmar (Burma)Mar 14, 2012 to Apr 2, 2012

Visiting Professor|Cho Ray Hospital, HCM City, VietnamJuly 14, 2012 to Jan 4, 2013

Guest LecturerAnnual Meeting Singapore Cardiac Surgery Society, Sept 2012

Guest LecturerBi-Annual Meeting Vietnam Cardiothoracic Assoc. Hanoi, VietnamNov 2012

Visiting Professor|Shanghai Children’s Medical CenterShanghai Chest HospitalMar, Apr 2013

Guest LecturerGlobal Forum Meeting

Guest LecturerPoliclinico, San Donato Milan,

Geneva, SwitzerlandJune, 2015

ItalyJune, 2015

Visiting ProfessorPediatric Cardiac SurgeryCEDIMAT HospitalSanto Domingo,Dominican RepublicMarch 2016

Visiting ProfessorShanghai Children’s Medical CenterShanghai Chest HospitalJuly 2016

Visiting Professor|Cho Ray Hospital, HCM City, VietnamKien Giang General Hospital,Rach Gia City, VietnamJuly-Aug 2016

Visiting ProfessorPort Moresby General HospitalPapua New GuineaAug 2016

Visiting ProfessorFrontier Lifeline, Chennai, India/St Aug-Sept 2016

Visiting ProfessorNational Cardiothoracic Centre, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital,Accra, GhanaSept-Oct 2016

Visiting ProfessorHaitiFeb 2018

Visiting ProfessorDominican RepublicFeb 2018

Visiting ProfessorJamaicaFeb 2018

Visiting ProfessorEl SalvadorFeb 2018

Visiting ProfessorNicaraguaFeb 2018

Visiting ProfessorCubaFeb 2018

AWARDS:International Human Assistance Program, Inc. Plaque of Appreciation -

1979, Seoul, KoreaCity of Chuncheon, South Korea, Letter of Appreciation – 1979AMA Physicians Recognition Award - 1981, 1984Lincoln Square Boys Club Award - 1988, Worcester, MassachusettsSt. Louis University School of Medicine, 1995 Alumni Merit AwardGrand Marshall, Columbus Day Parade, Worcester, MA, October 8, 2000Honorary Fellow, West African College of Surgeons, February 2001

Alumnus Honoree, St John's High School, Shrewsbury, MA, March 2007Certificate of Gratitude and Medal of Honor - Ministry of Health Mongolia,

Ulan Baator, Mongolia, May 2007

AWARDS - MILITARY:Army Commendation Medical – 1979Army Achievement Medal – 1986Army 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 – 1999Director Special Projects, World Heart Foundation 2003 - Nov 2007

PRESENTATIONS / ABSTRACTS: Pezzella AT . Acute Airway Obstruction by a Subglottic Tumor, Kentucky Chap-

ter, American College of Surgeons, Lexington, Kentucky,March 1976

Pezzella AT . Blunt Thoracic Aortic Trauma, 18th Annual 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 Con-gress, 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. 56th Annual Scientific Assembly, American College of Chest Physi-cians, 1991. Toronto, Canada

Pezzella AT . Extended Use of Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Non-Cardiac Surgery. 13th Annual San Diego Cardiothoracic Surgery Symposium, February 12, 1993

O’Hara KP, Napolitano LM, Gemis P, Pezzella AT, Silva WE. Traumatic Diaphrag-matic Injury: Evaluation of ICU Resource Utilization. American College of Chest Physicians, October 1994

O’Hara KP, Napolitano LM, Gemis P, Pezzella AT, Wesina. Traumatic Diaphrag-matic 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 Sympo-sium, Washington, DC, May 1996

Nwogu CE, Moran JM, Pezzella AT, Daggett WM. Cardiac Rupture - Poster Pre-sentation: Surgical Treatment of Ventricular Rupture After Myocardial Infarc-tion. 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, Vander-Salm 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 10th World Congress, August 2000

Okike ON, Pezzella AT. Determinants of Early and Long-term Survival in 61 Pa-tients Undergoing Surgery for Active Infective Endocarditis. Chest 2000 The 66th 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 Mil-lennium. 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 Interna-tional Rural Cardiac Care Conference, St Gregorios Hospital, Parumula, Kerala, India, Feb 2007

Pezzella, AT. Guest Lectures: Rheumatic Heart Disease in Developing Coun-tries; Surgical Aspects of Pulmonary Tuberculosis; Model CT Surgery Resi-dency 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 Car-diovascular 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)1. Pezzella AT , Griffen WO, Ernest CB. Superior Mesenteric Artery Injury Follow-

ing 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 Indi-vidualized 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 Pul-monary 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 Car-diovascular 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 Me-dian 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 Experi-ence. Texas Heart Institute Journal 1984; 10(3): 263-268

16. Iqbal SM, Pezzella AT, Effler DB. Infection and Right Atrial Pseudo tumor Com-plicating a Ventriculoatrial Shunt for Hydrocephalus. American Journal of Car-diology 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 Sur-geon. Texas Heart Institute Journal 1986; 13(2): 255-260

21. Pezzella AT , Svinarich JT, Davis RC, Ehrich D, Esente P. Successful Early Strep-tokinase 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. Trau-matic 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 Jour-nal 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. Suc-cessful 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. Inten-sive Care Medicine 1996; 3rd Ed., Little Brown Co., Boston

47. Pezzella AT . Blunt Traumatic Injury of the Thoracic Aorta Following Commer-cial Airline Crashes. Texas Heart Institute Journal 1996; 23:65-67

48. Pezzella AT . Primary Cardiac Valve Tumors: Letter to the Editor. Annals of Tho-racic 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: Let-ter 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 By-pass 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. An-nals of Thoracic Surgery 1997; 64:294-295

55. Becker RC, Pezzella AT. Ch 11 Myocardial Rupture - Acute Coronary Syn-dromes ed. EJ Topol Marcel Dekker N.Y. 1998; p. 269-325

56. Pezzella AT . International Aspects of Cardiac Surgery: Editorial Annals of Tho-racic 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 & Cardiovascu-lar Surgery 1998; 3: 74-94

60. Pezzella AT , Silva WE, Lancey RA. Current Problems in Surgery - Cardiotho-racic Trauma. August 1998

61. Spodick DH, Pezzella AT. Images in Clinical Medicine: A Grade 6 Systolic Mur-mur. NEJM 1999; 341:27

62. Lee KA, Kirkpatrick JG, Moran JM, Pezzella AT. Left Ventricular Fibroma Mas-querading 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 & Tho-racic 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. Complica-tions of General Thoracic Surgery. Current Problems in Surgery 2000; 37:733-860

68. Mahan VL, Balaguer JM, Pezzella AT, VanderSalm TJ, Mady BJ. Successful Coro-nary 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 Postpneumonec-tomy Space. Asian Cardiovascular Thoracic Annals 2000; 8:398-402

70. Pezzella AT , Letter to the editor: Coronary Artery Bypass grafting after Pneu-monectomy. European J Cardio-Thorac Surg. 2001; 20:1273

71. Pezzella AT , Editorial: Global Expansion of Cardiac Surgery in the New Millen-nium. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001; 9: 253-256

72. Pezzella AT , Letter to the editor: Is it time to look for an alternative? Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001; 9:356

73. Pezzella AT , Letter to the editor: Delayed sternal closure after cardiac opera-tions. Asian Cardiovasc and Thorac Ann 2002; 10: 95

74. Pezzella AT , Letter to the editor: Worldwide maldistribution of access to car-diac surgery. J. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2002; 123: 1016

75. Sheng, ZH, Pan, YP, Hao, ZJ, Pezzella AT. Early Surgical Intervention for Infec-tive Endocarditis. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002;10:298-301

76. Pezzella AT . International Cardiac Surgery: A Global Perspective. Seminars in Thoracic and CV Surgery 2002; 14:298-320

77. 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

78. Pezzella AT , Mediastinitis Following Open Heart Surgery: Introduction Semi-nars In Thorac CV Surgery: 2004; 16: 51-52

79. Pezzella AT , Ferraris VA, Lancey RA, Care Of The Adult Cardiac Surgery Pa-tient: Part I Current Problems In Surgery Volume 41, Number 5, May 2004

80. 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

81. 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

82. Pezzella AT , Global Expansion of Cardiothoracic Surgery - The African Chal-lenge. African Ann Thoracic and CV Surgery. 2005;1:9-11

83. Becker, RC, Pezzella, AT, Ch 26, Cardiac Rupture: Pathobiology, Diagnosis, Medical Management, and Surgical Intervention. In: Topol, EJ. Ed. Acute Coro-nary Syndromes, Marcel, Dekker, New York, 2005; Page 582-613

84. Pezzella AT . Letter to the Editor: Open Heart Surgery in a Developing Coun-try. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2006;14:355-356

85. Pezzella AT . Letter to the Editor: Global Statistics - Outcomes. J. Thorac Car-diovasc Surg. 2006; 132:726

86. Pezzella AT . Editorial: Opportunity. Spanish Journal CV Surgery. 2006 13:129-136

87. Pezzella AT . Volunteerism and Humanitarian Efforts in Surgery. Current Prob-lems in Surgery 2006; 43: 837-932

88. Mao, T, Fang, W, Pezzella AT. Resection of an Intrathoracic Thyroid Gland. http://www.ctsnet.org/sections/clinicalresources/clinicalcases/article-18.html

89. Thanh, LN, De, DH, Pezzella, AT. Pulmonary Valvotomy under Normothermic Caval Inflow Occlusion. African Annals of Thoracic and CV Surgery, 2006; 1:17-22

90. Pezzella AT. Invited Article: Evolution of Cardiothoracic Residency Training Programs in India. Indian J. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008; 24:157 - 163

91. Pezzella AT. Complications in adult cardiac surgery. African Annals of Thoracic and CV Surgery 2007;2:14-38.

92. Pezzella AT. Fong, F. Surgical Aspects of Thoracic Tuberculosis, Part I. Current Problems in Surgery, 2008;45:669-758.

93. Pezzella AT. Fong, F. Surgical Aspects of Thoracic Tuberculosis, Part II. Current Problems in Surgery, 2008;45:761-832.

94. Sahayaraj AR, Mohan R, Abraham S, Agarwal R, Cherian KM, Pezzella AT. Dou-ble Aortic Arch http://www.ctsnet.org/sections/clinicalresources/clinicalcases/article-23.html

95. Gazit AZ, Huddleston, CB, Checchia PA, Fehr J, Pezzella AT. Care of the Pedi-atric Cardiac Surgery Patient, Part I. Current Problems in Surgery. 2010; 47:177-252.

96. Gazit AZ, Huddleston, CB, Checchia PA, Fehr J, Pezzella AT. Care of the Pedi-atric Cardiac Surgery Patient, Part II. Current Problems in Surgery. 2010; 47:253-376.

97. Pezzella AT . Invited Review: Global Aspects of Cardiothoracic Surgery with fo-cus on developing countries. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Annals 2010; 18:299-310

98. 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.

99. 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.

100. 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.

101. Pezzella AT . Initiation of a Model Six Year Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program in Shanghai, China. Afr. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009; 4:81-99.

102. 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.

103. Hung DD, Wuu NC, Huulu P, Thanh LN, Pezzella AT. Multiple Valve Surgery in an Adult Patient with Situs Inversus, Dextrocardia and Rheumatic Heart Dis-ease. Afr. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010; 5:26-68.

104. Somocurcio JG, Cairo LR, Sotomayor A, Pezzella AT. Case Report: Early Surgi-cal Treatment of Tuberculosis Constrictive Pericarditis. Afr. Ann Thorac Cardio-vasc Surg. 2011; 6:57-63.

105. 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.

106. Kumar UA, Pezzella AT, Manoharan S. How to do it: Closed Mitral Commissuro-tomy. Ann Afr Chir Thor Cardiovasc 2012; 7:

107. 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.

108. 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.

109. 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.

110. 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.

111. 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.

112. Pezzella AT , Model 5 Year Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Afr. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014;9:7-16.

113. Pezzella AT , Surgical Aspects of Rheumatic Heart Disease - A Contemporary Review - Part I. Afr. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014;9:70-84.

114. 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.

115. Dewan RK, Pezzella AT, Review : Surgical Aspects of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: An Update. Asian Cardiovasc and Thorac Ann 2016; 24: 835-846.

116. Pezzella AT, Nguyen, N, Surgical Aspects of Rheumatic Heart Disease: Part 2. Afr. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015; 10(2): 70-86.

117. Pezzella AT , Nguyen, N, Surgical Aspects of Rheumatic Heart Disease: Part 3. Afr. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016; 11(1): 5-21.

118. Dung LT, Luan TMB, Pezzella AT. Thoracic plombage procedure for tuberculo-sis/Aspergellosis abscess cavity. Afr. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013;2:52-58.

119. Murala JSK, Vela RG, Geoffrion T, Chopra S, Guhathakurtha S, Pezzella AT, Cherian KM. Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals 2018;26:451-460.

120. Pezzella AT . Global Cardiothoracic Surgery Advances and Challenges in Devel-oping Countries and Emerging Economies https://ctsnet.org/article/global-cardiothoracic-surgery-advances-and-challenges-developing-countries-and-emerging

121. Pezzella AT . On Location – Vietnam https://ctsnet.org/article/location-vietnam

122. Hx TB

123. CHD

124. Vic Ferraes

125. On Location- India