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Luca A Vricella, MD

Title(s):

Associate Professor of Surgery
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Chief of Pediatric Heart and Lung Transplantation
Assistant Director Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

Appointment Phone:

443-287-1262

Primary Location:

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Expertise:

Aortic Aneurysms, Aortic Coarcation, Aortic Surgery, Atrial Septal Defects, Cardiac Care, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiomyopathy, Cardiopulmonary Transplant, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Circulatory Support Devices, Complex Aortic Root Surgery, Congenital Heart Disease, Congenital Heart Disease - Adult, Congenital Heart Disease - Pediatric, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery, Heart Bypass, Heart Failure, Heart Transplant, Marfan Syndrome, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Neonatal Cardiac Surgery, Pacemakers, Patent Ductus Arteriosus, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Pediatric Heart Transplant, Pediatric Lung Transplant, Pediatric Surgery, Transplant Surgery, Valvular Disease, Valvular Heart Disease, Valvular Heart Surgery, Ventricular Assist Device, Ventricular Septal Defect

Education and Experience

Training

Catholic University School of Medicine (Rome )/ (1991)

Residencies

The George Washington University Medical Center (Washington DC)/ General Surgery (1999)

Fellowships

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children (London )/ Pediatric Cardiac Surgery (2003)
Stanford University Medical Center (Palo Alto CA)/ Cardiothoracic Surgery (2002)
Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda CA)/ Congential Cardiac Surgery (1998)

Certifications

Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, American Board of Thoracic Surgery (2003)

Locations

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

600 N. Wolfe Street

Sheikh Zayed Tower Room Suite 7107

Baltimore, MD 21287

Phone: 443-287-1262

Appointment Phone: 443-287-1262

Fax: 410-955-3809

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Department / Division

Surgery - Transplant Surgery
Surgery - Cardiac Surgery

Centers/Institutes

Centers / Institutes

Comprehensive Marfan Center
Comprehensive Transplant Center
Dana & Albert "Cubby" Broccoli Center for Aortic Diseases
Heart and Vascular Institute
Helen B. Taussig Children's Cardiac Center
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Service
Johns Hopkins Children's Center
Ventricular Assist Device Service

Bio

Physician Title

Chief of Pediatric Heart and Lung Transplantation
Assistant Director Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

Expertise

Aortic Aneurysms
Aortic Coarcation
Aortic Surgery
Atrial Septal Defects
Cardiac Care
Cardiac Surgery
Cardiomyopathy
Cardiopulmonary Transplant
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Circulatory Support Devices
Complex Aortic Root Surgery
Congenital Heart Disease
Congenital Heart Disease - Adult
Congenital Heart Disease - Pediatric
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Heart Bypass
Heart Failure
Heart Transplant
Marfan Syndrome
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Neonatal Cardiac Surgery
Pacemakers
Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Pediatric Heart Transplant
Pediatric Lung Transplant
Pediatric Surgery
Transplant Surgery
Valvular Disease
Valvular Heart Disease
Valvular Heart Surgery
Ventricular Assist Device
Ventricular Septal Defect

Research

Research and Publications

Vricella LA, de Begona JA, Gundry SR, Vigesaa RE, Kawauchi M, Bailey LL. Aggressive peritoneal dialysis for treatment of acute kidney failure after neonatal heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 1992 Mar-Apr;11(2 Pt 1):320-9.

Vricella LA, Razzouk AJ, Gundry SR, Larsen RL, Kuhn MA, Bailey LL. Heart transplantation in infants and children with situs inversus. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1998 Jul;116(1):82-9.

Vricella LA, Dearani JA, Gundry SR, Razzouk AJ, Brauer SD, Bailey LL. Ultra fast track in elective congenital cardiac surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2000 Mar;69(3):865-71.

Vricella LA, Karamichalis JM, Ahmad S, Robbins RC, Whyte RI, Reitz BA. Lung and heart-lung transplantation in patients with end-stage cystic fibrosis: the Stanford experience. Ann Thorac Surg 2002;74(1):13-7.

Vricella LA, Gundry SR, Izutani H, Kuhn MA, Mulla N, Bailey LL. Fate of polytetrafluoroethylene monocusp pulmonary valves in an animal model. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2003 Dec;11(4):280-4.

Vricella LA, Kanani M, Cook AC, Cameron DE, Tsang VT. Problems with the right ventricular outflow tract: a review of morphologic features and current therapeutic options. Cardiol Young. 2004 Oct;14(5):533-49.

Vricella LA, Williams JA, Ravekes WJ, Holmes KW, Dietz HC, Gott VL, Cameron DE. Early experience with valve-sparing aortic root replacement in children. Ann Thorac Surg. 2005 Nov;80(5):1622-6.

Williams JA, Loeys BL, Nwakanma LU, Dietz HC, Spevak PJ, Patel ND, Franois K, DeBacker J, Gott VL, Vricella LA, Cameron DE. Early surgical experience with Loeys-Dietz: a new syndrome of aggressive thoracic aortic aneurysm disease. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Feb;83(2):S757-63.

Barreiro CJ, Ellison TA, Williams JA, Durr ML, Cameron DE, Vricella LA. Subclavian flap aortoplasty: still a safe, reproducible, and effective treatment for infant coarctation. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2007 Apr;31(4):649-53. Epub 2007 Feb 5.

Patel ND, Weiss ES, Scheel J, Cameron DE, Vricella LA. ABO-incompatible heart transplantation in infants: analysis of the united network for organ sharing database. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2008 Oct;27(10):1085-9.

Research Interests