Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Emory Clinic - University Hospital
Dr John Puskas is Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Emory University Hospital and Director of the Carlyle Fraser Heart Center at Emory University.
Dr Puskas was recently recruited back to Emory University, Atlanta, from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, where he was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Mount Sinai Morningside, Mount Sinai Beth Israel and Mount Sinai West Hospitals from 2014 to 2024.
Dr Puskas is co-Founder and Director of the International Coronary Congress and the International Society for Coronary Artery Surgery. Past President of ISMICS and previous Council Member and Program Chairman of the AATS annual meeting and of AATS/STS Tech Con, Dr Puskas has held numerous leadership roles in professional societies serving the field of cardiovascular surgery. He is internationally renowned as a leader in advanced coronary revascularization by all-arterial, robotic and off-pump techniques. Dr Puskas has served as National Principal Investigator for numerous NIH, FDA and Industry sponsored clinical trials in adult cardiac surgery and has published more than 300 peer reviewed papers and delivered more than 300 invited lectures worldwide.
Disclosure(s): Atricure: Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing); Cryolife / Artivion: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing); Medistim: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing); Medtronic: Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing)
312 - UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AROUND ARTERIAL GRAFTING
Saturday, October 26, 2024
8:30 AM – 8:40 AM PT