Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili, MD, FACS
Associate Professor
Contact
1025 Walnut Street
College Building, Suite 607
Philadelphia, PA 19107
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215-955-6996
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Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili, MD, FACS
Associate Professor
Education
Medical School
Tbilisi State Medical University, Georgia - 2005
Internship
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Tbilisi State Medical University
Residency
University of Minnesota Hospital & Clinic
University of Rochester School of Medicine (Cardiothoracic Surgery)
Fellowship
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Mayo Clinic, MN (Mechanical Circulatory Support & Cardiac Transplantation)
Publications
- Microaxial mechanical circulatory support after orthotopic heart transplantation
- Comparative accuracy of myocardial viability assessment modalities
- Next Generation Development of Hybrid Continuous Flow Pediatric Total Artificial Heart Technology: Design-Build-Test
- Predicted heart mass based on ideal body weight for donor-to-recipient size matching
- Ultrasonic scalpel versus electrocautery for internal mammary artery harvesting: a meta-analysis
Board Certification
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Hospital Appointment
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Abington Hospital
Awards
- ISHLT/O.H. Frazier Award in Mechanical Circulatory Support Translational Research 2021
- C. Walton Lillehei / Earl Bakken Prize, Lillehei Surgical Society 2017
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons President's Award for best scientific abstract by a resident or young investigator 2017
- Paul Malchesky Fellowship for Young Innovators, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs 2015
Editorial Experience
- Artificial Organs
Editor-in-Chief: 2021 –