Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili, MD, FACS
Associate Professor
Director, Thoracic Surgery Fellowship Program
Contact Information
Academic Office
1025 Walnut Street
College Building, Suite 607
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Email Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili
215-955-6996
215-955-6010 fax
Associate Professor
Director, Thoracic Surgery Fellowship Program
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
- Pioneer interview with Stanton B. Miller: Bernard J. Miller's role in the development of the Gibbon heart–lung machine
- Comparative Outcomes of Surgical and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Meta-analysis and Parametric Extrapolation of Clinical Trials
- Peri-operative fever and LVAD: SIRS or impaired right ventricular strain?
- The impact of the OPTN policy change on patients with a durable left ventricular assist device and chronic kidney disease: Analysis of the UNOS database
- Surgeon and Hospital Factors Associated With Outcomes in the New York State Database
Board Certification
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Awards
- Dean's Award for Excellence in Education 2024
- 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 –