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Christopher Caldarone

Caldarone

Christopher Caldarone, M.D.

Professor of Surgery

Positions

Professor of Surgery
ÌÇÐÄvlogÃÛÌÒ of Medicine

Addresses

Texas Children's Hospital (Hospital)
Room: TXCH-1900
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 826-2030

Education

Clinical Fellowship at The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto
Congenital Heart Surgery
Residency at Harvard Medical School
Boston
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Residency at Harvard Medical School
Boston
General Surgery
MD from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York
BA from Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore

Professional Interests

  • Congenital Heart Surgery

Professional Statement

Dr. Caldarone specializes in the management of children and adults with congenital heart disease. His main clinical interests include the treatment of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, coronary anomalies, and pulmonary vein stenosis.

Dr. Caldarone’s research interests include the role of apoptosis related mitochondrial dysfunction and remote ischemic preconditioning as mediators of reperfusion injury. Most recently, Dr. Caldarone has focused on pulmonary vein stenosis and tissue engineering of pulmonary valves.

Selected Publications

  • Tremblay C, Yoo SJ, Mertens L, Seed M, Jacques F, Slorach C, Vanderlaan R, Greenway S, Caldarone C, Coles J, Grosse-Wortmann L.. " Sutureless Versus Conventional Pulmonary Vein Repair: A Magnetic Resonance Pilot Study. " Annals of Thoracic Surgery. ;
  • Vanderlaan RD, Caldarone CA. " Sutureless repair and postoperative residual stenosis: "Never leave with a lesion". " The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. ;
  • Vanderlaan RD, Caldarone CA. " Surgical Approaches to Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection. " Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual. ;
  • Vanderlaan RD, Caldarone CA. " Decompressing extrinsic pulmonary vein obstruction. " JACS. ;

Memberships

American Association for Thoracic Surgery
American Heart Association
Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society
Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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