Pirooz Eghtesady, MD, PhD
Chief, Section of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Emerson Chair in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Specialty Areas
- Congenital heart surgery
- Heart transplantation
- Lung transplantation
- Ventricular assist device placement in children
Common Procedures
- Neonatal heart procedures
- Complex cardiac reconstructions
- Valve surgery for children
- Transplants
Common Diagnoses Treated
- Anomalous coronary artery
- Aortic stenosis
- Arrhythmias & heart rhythm disorders
- Atrial septal defects
- Atrioventricular canal defects
- Bacterial endocarditis
- Cardiomyopathy
- Coarctation of the aorta
- Congenital heart disease
- Eisenmenger syndrome
- Heart failure
- Heart murmur
- Heart valve diseases (aortic, mitral, pulmonary, tricuspid)
- Atresia
- Prolapse
- Valvular regurgitation
- Valve stenosis
- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
- Left ventricular outflow tract obstructive lesions
- Ebstein anomaly
- Marfan syndrome
- Patent ductus arteriosus
- Pericarditis
- Rheumatic heart disease
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Total anomalous pulmonary venous return
- Transposition of the great arteries
- Truncus arteriosus
- Ventricular septal defect
Board Certifications
General Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Congenital Heart Surgery
Degrees
Medical School: 1993, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
PhD, Molecular Biology and Immunology: 1993, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Residency
General Surgery Residency: Stanford University Hospital, 1998
Professor Alain Carpentier Service-Fellow in Cardiovascular Surgery, Broussais Hospital, Paris, France, 1999
Professor Claude Planché Service-Fellow in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Marie Lannelongue Hospital, Paris, France, 1999
Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1998-2001
Fellowship
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Fellowship: U.C.S.F./Stanford University Hospital, 2001-2002
Professional Memberships
AATS, STS, ASA, AHA, WSPCHS, AAAS, AAP, SUS
Areas of Research Interest
The roles of viruses in pediatric heart diseases and outcomes of congenital heart surgery
Innovations
Modifications of surgical approaches to different congenital heart operations
Financial Disclosures
None
Publications
Hospital Affiliations
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Patients Seen At
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
1 Children’s Place
St. Louis, MO 63110
Suite 6120
Office Phone: 314-454-6165
Fax: 314-454-2381
To request an appointment with Dr. Eghtesady, please call (314) 454-6165.