Roles
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Surgical director pediatric heart transplant and mechanical circulatory support
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Biography
Dr.Sainathan is an experienced pediatric and congenital cardiac surgeon at Holtz's Children's Hospital and the University of Miami. He is the surgical director for pediatric cardiac transplantation and mechanical circulatory support for the Holtz Children's Hospital and the Miami Transplant Institute. His cardiac surgery residency was at Yale University, followed by two additional specialized fellowships in cardiac surgery. The first was in cardiopulmonary transplantation and mechanical circulatory support at the University of Pittsburgh. The second was in pediatric and congenital cardiac surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. He is board certified in general, cardiothoracic, and congenital cardiac surgery by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery with a congenital cardiac surgery subspecialization. He practices all aspects of congenital cardiac surgery, from neonates to adults. He is interested in complex neonatal cardiac surgery, biventricular conversion of univentricular lesions, cardiopulmonary transplantation, and mechanical circulatory support. In addition, he had the opportunity to work with Dr. da Silva, the inventor of the cone procedure for Ebstein’s anomaly; as a result, he is interested in the surgical treatment of Ebstein’s anomaly. He is well published with > 150 journal papers, abstracts, book chapter, periodicals and surgical videos. He is frequently invited nationally and internationally for guest lectures. -
Education & Training
Education
Post Graduate Training
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Teaching Interests
Didactic teaching especially in small groups, cardiac surgery dry and wet lab instruction, instruction to trainees in various clinical environments such as in the operating room. Tutoring for board exams. -
Research Interests
Research in clinical outcomes, cardiac surgical techniques ,clinical trials, and mentoring trainees in research. -
Publications
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