John Daniel Robb, MBBS
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Department: Surgery
Contact information
Division of Cardiac Surgery
Christiana Care Health Services
4755 Ogletown-Stanton Road, Suite 1E50
Newark, DE 19718
Christiana Care Health Services
4755 Ogletown-Stanton Road, Suite 1E50
Newark, DE 19718
Office: 302-733-1980
Education:
MBBS (Doctorate)
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom, 1996.
Permanent linkMBBS (Doctorate)
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom, 1996.
Description of Clinical Expertise
I completed a six-year United Kingdom National Training Program in cardiothoracic surgery in 2013, based in the London Deanery, UK Training Institutions in program - St. Thomas' Hospital, Guy's Hospital, King's College Hospital, and the Royal Sussex University Hospital.I completed a fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in 2014, which gave me exposure to high volume complex cardiac surgery with a focus on major aortic surgery.
For the last three years, I have held an attending position in the United Kingdom and am currently in a consultant(attending)surgeon post at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Description of Other Expertise
Certified in cardiothoracic surgery (Royal College of Surgeons FRCS Intercollegiate UK board exams [equivalent to US cardiac surgery board] and internal medicine (Royal College of Physicians of London MRCP Boards exams in Internal Medicine [equivalent to US Internal Medicine Boards].Description of Research Expertise
Between September 2008 and September 2010, I completed a two-year period of research in the Gorman Cardiovascular Research Group at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania under the supervision of Professors Robert C Gorman and Joseph H Gorman.Selected Publications
Naveed S, Mehta SP, Shakir MA, Robb D: Post-myocardial infarction left ventricular pseudoaneurysm: A critical complication. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 83(13 Suppl): 3408, Apr. 2024 Notes: presented at the American College of Cardiology 73rd Annual Scientific Session & Expo, Atlanta, GA, Apr. 2024.Gautier A, Picard F, Ducrocq G, Elbez Y, Fox KM, Ferrari R, Ford I, Tardif JC, Tendera M, Steg PG; CLARIFY investigators: New-onset atrial fibrillation and chronic coronary syndrome in the CLARIFY registry. European Heart Journal 45(5): 366-375, Feb. 1 2024 Notes: Dr. Robb one of the CLARIFY investigators.
Makkar RR, Thourani VH, Mack MJ, Kodali SK, Kapadia S, Webb JG, Yoon SH, Trento A, Svensson LG, Herrmann HC, Szeto WY, Miller DC, Satler L, Cohen DJ, Dewey TM, Babaliaros V, Williams MR, Kereiakes DJ, Zajarias A, Greason KL, Whisenant BK, Hodson RW, Brown DL, Fearon WF, Russo MJ, Pibarot P, Hahn RT, Jaber WA, Rogers E, Xu K, Wheeler J, Alu MC, Smith CR, Leon MB; PARTNER 2 Investigators.: Five-year outcomes of transcatheter or surgical aortic-valve replacement. New England Journal of Medicine 382(9): 799-809, Jan. 29 2020 Notes: Dr. Robb is a member of the PARTNER 2 Investigators; print publication Feb. 27, 2020.
O'Gallagher K, Chou E, Jeyabraba S, Sinha A, Robb D, Byrne J: An extreme case of platypnoea-orthodeoxia syndrome Clinical Medicine (London) 16(5): 453-454, Oct. 2016 Notes: [Case Report]
Vallabhajosyula P, Gottret JP, Robb JD, Szeto WY, Desai ND, Pochettino A, Bavaria JE: Hemiarch replacement with concomitant antegrade stent grafting of descending thoracic aorta for management of acute DeBakey I aortic dissection with arch tear European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 49(4): 1256-1261, Apr. 2016 Notes: (Epub Oct. 29, 2015).
Leon MB, Smith CR, Mack MJ, Makkar RR, Svensson LG, Kodali SK, Thourani VH, Tuzcu EM, Miller DC, Herrmann HC, Doshi D, Cohen DJ, Pichard AD, Kapadia S, Dewey T, Babaliaros V, Szeto WY, Williams MR, Kereiakes D, Zajarias A, Greason KL, Whisenant BK, Hodson RW, Moses JW, Trento A, Brown DL, Fearon WF, Pibarot P, Hahn RT, Jaber WA, Anderson WN, Alu MC, Webb JG; PARTNER 2 Investigators: Transcatheter or surgical aortic-valve replacement in intermediate-risk patients. New England Journal of Medicine 374(17): 1609-1620, Apr. 28 2016 Notes: Dr. Robb is a member of the PARTNER 2 Investigators; Epub Apr. 2, 2016.
Minakawa M, Robb JD, Morital M, Koomalsinghl KJ, Vergnat M, Gillespie MJ, Gorman JH 3rd, Gorman RC: A model of ischemic mitral regurgitation in pigs with three-dimensional echocardiographic assessment. Journal of Heart Valve Disease 23(6): 713-720, Nov. 2014.
Uzzaman MM, Robb JD, Mhandu PC, Khan H, Baig K, Chaubey S, Whitaker DC: A meta-analysis comparing muscle-sparing and posterolateral thoracotomy. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 97(3): 1093-1102, Mar. 2014 Notes: (Epub Oct. 24, 2013).
Gillespie MJ, Minakawa M, Morita M, Vergnat M, Koomalsingh KJ, Robb JD, Kondo N, Shuto T, Takebe M, Shimaoka T, McGarvey JR, Gorman RC, Gorman JH 3rd: Sutureless mitral valve replacement: initial steps toward a percutaneous procedure. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 96(2): 670-674, Aug. 2013.
Robb JD, Wendler O: Stentless aortic bioprostheses: their role in the treatment of aortic endocarditis should not be underestimated. European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 43(2): 453-454, Feb. 2013 Notes: [Letter]