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Dr. Jacques Kpodonu

Cardiothoracic Surgery, Endovascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery

United States

29 years of experience

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Area of expertise

Specialty

Cardiothoracic Surgery, Endovascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery

Subspecialty

Interventional Cardiology

Procedures Performed

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair

Endo-aortic Balloon Occlusion

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

Heart Surgery

Experience

Adjunct Professor, Surgery (Cardiovascular), a University of Ghana

Accra, Ghana. From 2019

Assistant Professor, Surgery, a Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA, United States. From 2013

Associate Staff Surgeon, Cardiac Surgery, a Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, MA, United States. From 2013

Staff Surgeon, Cardiothoracic Surgery, a University of California, Irvine

Irvine, CA, United States. 2011 - 2013

Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery, a University of California, Irvine

Irvine, CA, United States. 2011 - 2013

Program Director, a Jeffrey Carlton Heart and Vascular Institute, Hoag Memorial Presbyterian Hospital

Newport Beach, CA, United States. 2008 - 2013

Surgical Director, Cardiac Hybrid Surgery, a Hoag Memorial Presbyterian Hospital

Newport Beach, CA, United States. 2008 - 2013

Fellow, Advanced Cardiac Surgery, a Northwestern University

Evanston, IL, United States. 2007 - 2008

Fellow, Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Surgery, a Arizona Heart Institute

Phoenix, AZ, United States. 2006 - 2007

Fellow, Cardiac Surgery, a Toronto General Hospital

Toronto, Canada. 2004 - 2005

Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery, a University of Illinois

Champaign, IL, United States. 2002 - 2004

Resident, General Surgery, a Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA, United States. 2000 - 2002

Resident, General Surgery, a Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, MD, United States. 1997 - 2000

Intern, Internal Medicine, a Good Samaritan Hospital

Baltimore, MD, United States. 1996 - 1997

Intern, Internal Medicine & Surgery, a Korle Bu Teaching Hospital

Accra, Ghana. 1995 - 1996

Education

MB, ChB: University of Ghana

1994

Biography

Dr. Jacques Kpodonu is classically trained as a cardiovascular surgeon with additional subspecialty training in endovascular surgery and has a broad clinical and research background in the subspecialty of cardiovascular hybrid surgery. He is the former founding director of the cardiac hybrid surgery program at the Jeffrey M Carlton Heart and Vascular Institute at Hoag Memorial Presbyterian Hospital in Newport Beach, California. In this role, Dr. Kpodonu provided leadership for the establishment ...of Orange County’s first transcatheter aortic valve program. He is currently a practicing cardiac surgeon at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). Dr. Kpodonu's research interests are focused on the intersection of cardiac surgery. He has written extensively on implementing outcomes-based cardiovascular guidelines in emerging countries and serves as editor of the Global Health Series first edition textbook, “Cardiac Surgery Capacity Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.” Dr. Kpodonu is actively involved in the education of medical students, surgical residents, and fellows locally within the Harvard Medical School community, regionally with graduates and PhD students from Tufts University, Northeastern University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and globally hosting quarterly educational webinars for the African Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery in Africa as well as students and faculty of the University of Ghana. Dr. Kpodonu is the co-editor of 4 textbooks in the field of cardiovascular hybrid surgery. He has an editorial role with the Cardiothoracic Surgery Network (CTSNet Global Portal), where he oversees global cardiothoracic surgery education, research, and webinars for the largest network of cardiothoracic surgeons in the world. Dr. Kpodonu is actively involved in clinical innovation, and his current research innovation is focused on developing novel heart valve technology. Dr. Kpodonu is an active member of several national and international professional organizations, including the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the American College of Cardiology, the Society of Vascular Surgery, the Association of Black Cardiologists, and the Ghana Medical Association. Dr. Kpodonu is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC) and currently serves in a leadership role in the Workforce for Diversity and Inclusion for the Society of Thoracic Surgery and the cardiac surgery leadership workforce of the American College of Cardiology.

Affiliations

Cardiac Surgery Leadership Workforce, American College of Cardiology

Association of Black Cardiologists

American College of Cardiology

Society for Vascular Surgery

Workforce on Diversity and Inclusion, Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Ghana Medical Council

Publications

Dr. Jacques Kpodonu has more than 70 publications

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