Chase R. Brown, MD, MSHP

Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director of Coronary Revascularization at Penn Presbyterian, Penn Presbyterian
Program Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency, University of Pennsylvania
Director of Robotic and Coronary Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Surgery
Contact information
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Division of Cardiac Surgery
51 N. 39th St.
Heart and Vascular Pavillion
Suite 2A
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division of Cardiac Surgery
51 N. 39th St.
Heart and Vascular Pavillion
Suite 2A
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-9595
Fax: 215-243-3243
Fax: 215-243-3243
Education:
BS
Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, 2008.
MD
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 2014.
MSHP
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2019.
Permanent linkBS
Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, 2008.
MD
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 2014.
MSHP
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2019.
Selected Publications
Catalano M, Szeto W, Brown C, Desai N: Fate of the Aortic Root after Reconstruction with Felt Neomedia for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection. Oral presentation, 2025 EACTS Annual Meeting in Copenhagen in October. EACTS Annual Meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark October 2025.Kelly JJ, Brown CR, Eisenga JB, White A, Kreibich M, Ahlbrecht A, Czerny M, Brinkman WT, Moon MC, Szeto WY.: Repair of Arch Aneurysm with Frozen Elephant Trunk for DeBakey Type I Dissection Previously Treated with a Hybrid Arch Bare Metal Stent. Ann Thorac Surg Jul 2025.
Catalano MA, Gillinov LA, Lawrence KM, Toubat O, Goel NJ, Patrick WL, Sperry AE, Brown CR, Szeto WY, Desai ND: Neighborhood socioeconomic status predicts long-term outcomes after acute type A aortic dissection repair in a propensity-matched cohort. 51st WTSA Meeting, Dana Point, California. June 2025.
Catalano M, Kelly J, Iyengar A, Hilliard K, Dymond D, Szeto WY, Brown CR.: Robotic-assisted, minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass-preparation, conduit harvest and execution. Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg 2025, Jun 2025.
Szeto JJ, Han JJ, Iyengar A, Shad R, Brown CR.: Endovascular Repair of Ascending Aortic Pseudoaneurysm (Zone 0) After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. JACC Case Rep 30: 103637, Jun 2025.
Sperry AE, Catalano M, Kelly J, Szeto WY, Brown CR.: Total arterial, anaortic, off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg 2025, Jun 2025.
Omar Toubat, MD, PhD; Max Shin, MD; Michael A. Catalano, MD; Matthew Brown, MD; Wilson Szeto, MD; Chase R. Brown, MD: Early Experience from the First 100 Cases of a New Robotic Coronary Artery Bypass Program: Lessons Learned and Strategies for Success. 51st Annual Western Thoracic Meeting June 2025.
Catalano MA, Toubat O, Gillinov L, Lawrence KM, Kelly JJ, Goel NJ, Sperry AE, Szeto WY, Brown CR, Desai ND, : Management of the dissected aortic root in young patients – a propensity-matched analysis of mechanical versus bioprosthetic aortic root replacement Poster presentation at the 105th AATS Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington May 2025.
Grasty M, Mattfield V, Desai N, Brown C, Attia M, Xu V, Lutfi W, Lawrence K: To Repair or To Observe: Management of Moderate Mitral Valve Regurgitation in Patients Undergoing Aortic Root Replacements Poster presentation at the 105th AATS Annual Meeting May 2025.
JJ Szeto, JJ Kelly, L Huang, D Rekhtman, JJ Han, CR Brown: Supra-Aortic Vessel Anastomosis in Arch Reconstruction: An Overview of Existing Techniques and Report of a Novel Anastomotic Device. Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports April 2025.