Nimesh D. Desai, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Active Surgeon, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Active Surgeon, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Attending Surgeon, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Director, Thoracic Aortic Surgery Research Program, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA
Co-Director, Aortic & Vascular Disease Center for Excellence, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Director, Clinical Research, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA
Director, Penn Aortic Center, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Surgery
Contact information
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
One Convention Avenue, 2 City
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
One Convention Avenue, 2 City
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Office: 215-615-0343
Fax: 215-614-1861
Fax: 215-614-1861
Email:
nimesh.desai@uphs.upenn.edu
nimesh.desai@uphs.upenn.edu
Education:
B.Sc. (Biochemistry)
University of Ottawa, 1996.
M.D.
University of Western Ontario, 2000.
Ph.D. (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Toronto, 2008.
Permanent linkB.Sc. (Biochemistry)
University of Ottawa, 1996.
M.D.
University of Western Ontario, 2000.
Ph.D. (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Toronto, 2008.
Selected Publications
Mosbahi S, Desai ND: Beyond zone 0 in acute DeBakey type I aortic dissection. Annals of Thoracic Surgery Mar. 25 2025 (Epub) Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2025.03.020.Wang GJ, Desai ND, Bavaria JE, Kasner SE, Patel HJ, Dake MD: Corrigendum to Characterization of Strokes following Gore Thoracic Branch Endografting Requiring Zone 2 Landing [Ann Vasc Surg 2025; 110(Pt A): 447-459] Annals of Vascular Surgery 114: 182, May 2025 Notes: Epub Mar. 22, 2025.
Goel NJ, Kelly JJ, Patrick WL, Zhao Y, Bavaria JE, Ouzounian M, Estrera AL, Takayama H, Chen EP, Reece TB, Hughes GC, Roselli EE, Kim KM, Patel HJ, Bowdish ME, Sperling JS, Leshnower BG, Preventza O, Brinkman WT, Desai ND: Malperfusion in patients with acute type A aortic dissection: A nationwide analysis. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 119(5): 980-989, May 2025 Notes: Epub Jan. 21, 2025.
Desai ND, Wang GJ, Brinkman W, Coselli J, Taylor B, Patel H, Dake M, Fleischman F, Panneton J, Matsumura J, Sweet M, DeMartino R, Leshnower B, Sanchez L, Bavaria JE: Outcomes of a novel single branched aortic stent graft for treatment of type B aortic dissection. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 119(4): 826-834, Apr. 2025 Notes: Epub Sept. 12, 2024.
Desai N, Tohill B, Matsumura J, Cambria RP: A multicenter clinical trial on the five-year outcomes following treatment of acute, complicated type B aortic dissection with a conformable stent graft. Annals of Vascular Surgery 113: 1-12, Apr. 2025 Notes: Epub Dec. 16, 2024.
Reddy KP, Shultz K, Eberly LA, Khatana SAM, Fanaroff AC, Kumbhani DJ, Elmariah S, Fiorilli P, Herrmann H, Desai ND, Atluri P, Szeto WY, McCarthy F, Cohen DJ, Groeneveld PW, Giri J, Nathan AS: Contribution margins and utilization of transcatheter aortic valve replacement versus surgical aortic valve replacement in the Medicare population. American Heart Journal 281: 59-70, Mar. 2025 Notes: Epub Nov. 27, 2024.
Kaneko T, Bapat VN, Alakhtar AM, Zaid S, George I, Grubb KJ, Harrington K, Pirelli L, Atkins M, Desai ND, Bleiziffer S, Noack T, Modine T, Denti P, Kempfert J, Ruge H, Vitanova K, Falk V, Thourani VH, Bavaria JE, Reardon MJ, Mack MJ, Borger MA, Leon MB, Tang GHL, Fukuhara S: Transcatheter heart valve explantation for TAVR failure (TAVR-Explant): A heart valve collaboratory expert consensus document on operative techniques. Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery 169(3): 878-889, Mar. 2025 Notes: Collaboration report; Epub Apr. 25, 2024.
Dagher O, Appoo JJ, Herget E, Atoui R, Baeza C, Brinkman W, Bozinovski J, Chu MWA, Dagenais F, Demers P, Desai N, El-Hamamsy I, Estrera A, Grau JB, Hughes GC, Jassar A, Kachroo P, Lachapelle K, Ouzounian M, Patel HJ, Pozeg Z, Tseng E, Whitlock R, Guo MH, Boodhwani M: Impact of non-diameter aortic indices on surgical eligibility: Results from the TITAN: SvS Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery 169(3): 857-865.e1, Mar. 2025 Notes: Epub Apr. 29, 2024.
Catalano MA, Chin C, Desai ND, Lawrence KM: First reported surgical explantation of infected thoracic branched endograft requiring complex arch and descending thoracic aortic repair. Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery 40(4): ivaf073, Mar. 29 2025.
Yildiz M, Schoenhoff F, Werdecker V, Nucera M, Mosbahi S, Zhao Y, Goel N, Berezowski M, Lawrence K, Kapoor S, Kreibich M, Berger T, Kletzer J, Bavaria J, Szeto W, Siepe M, Czerny M, Desai N: Revisiting ascending aortic resection in the elective valve-sparing root replacement: assessing the benefits and necessity of hemiarch replacement at three centres. European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 67(2): ezaf006, Feb. 4 2025 Notes: Epub Jan. 20, 2025.