WashU Medicine heart surgeons offer the following services:

  • Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), on and off-pump (or beating heart surgery) including minimally invasive or keyhole surgical techniques, and endoscopic coronary artery bypass surgery (robotic surgery)
  • Aortic valve repair and replacement (valvuloplasty), including minimally invasive approaches
  • Mitral valve repair and mitral valve replacement (valvuloplasty), including minimally invasive methods
  • Aortic aneurysm, including stent grafting
  • Ventricular assist device implant
  • Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE)
  • Minimally invasive Maze procedure for atrial fibrillation
  • Robotically assisted heart surgery
  • Heart transplantation
  • Heart-lung transplantation
  • Transmyocardial laser revascularization for patients who are not candidates for traditional CABG
  • Pacemaker implantation
  • Adult congenital heart surgery

Contact us

For a consultation regarding a heart condition, call 314-362-7260.

Surgeons who treat heart conditions

Ralph J. Damiano Jr., MD

Ralph J. Damiano Jr., MD

Evarts A. Graham Professor of Surgery

Puja Kachroo, MD

Puja Kachroo, MD

Surgical Director, Center for Diseases of the Thoracic Aorta (CDTA)
Associate Professor, Surgery

Section of Cardiac Surgery

Kunal Kotkar, MD

Kunal Kotkar, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Section of Cardiac Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Muhammad Faraz Masood, MD

Muhammad Faraz Masood, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Section of Cardiac Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Associate Program Director of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program

Nabil A. Munfakh, MD

Nabil A. Munfakh, MD

Professor of Surgery

Section of Cardiac Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Michael K. Pasque, MD

Michael K. Pasque, MD

Professor of Surgery

Section of Cardiac Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery