Jacques Kpodonu

United States, 28 years of experience

Cardiothoracic Surgery, Endovascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery

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), University of Ghana

Accra, Ghana. From 2019

Assistant Professor, Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA, United States. From 2013

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

Boston, MA, United States. From 2013

Staff Surgeon, Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California, Irvine

Irvine, CA, United States. 2011 - 2013

Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California, Irvine

Irvine, CA, United States. 2011 - 2013

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

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

Publications

Dr. Jacques Kpodonu has more than 70 publications

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