Antonio Polanco, M.D.

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  • Assistant Professor of Surgery
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Expertise

Aortic Dissections, Aortic Valve Repair, Cardiac Surgery, Complex Aortic Root Surgery, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (CABG), Endocarditis, Heart Failure, Heart Transplant, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Pulmonary Hypertension ...read more

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Outside of Maryland & Washington D.C.

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Locations

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Appointment Phone: 410-955-2800
600 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287 map
Phone: 410-955-2800 | Fax: 410-955-3809

Background

Antonio Polanco, M.D., is a cardiac surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, and an Assistant Professor of Surgery with the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Polanco has clinical expertise in several aspects of cardiac surgery, but has special interest in the management of complex aortic pathology, heart transplantation and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

Dr. Polanco earned his medical degree from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Afterwards he completed an integrated cardio-thoracic surgery residency at Columbia University, New York-Presbyterian. He also received funding to complete an additional Aortic Surgery Research Fellowship at Columbia University. After this, he completed a fellowship in Mechanical Circulatory Support and Heart Transplantation at the Washington University of Saint Louis Barnes-Jewish Hospital.  

Dr. Polanco’s research interests include temperature, root and arch repair strategies during aortic dissection surgery as well the use of mechanical circulatory support pre and postoperatively in the heart transplant population.

 

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Titles

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery

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Education

Degrees

  • MD; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2014)

Residencies

  • Cardiothoracic Surgery; New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (2021)

Fellowships

  • Mechanical Circulatory Support &Cardiac Transplantation; Barnes-Jewish Hospital (2021)

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