Christian A. Bermudez, M.D.

faculty photo
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 of Thoracic Transplantation, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA
Surgical Director of Lung Transplantation and ECMO, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Surgery

Contact information
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, 6 Silverstein
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: (215) 614-0329
Fax: (215) 349-5798
Education:
N/A (Preliminary Studies)
University of Concepcion School of Medicine, Santiago, Chile, 1991.
M.D.
University of Concepcion School of Medicine, Santiago, Chile, 1993.
Permanent link
 
> Perelman School of Medicine   > Faculty   > Details

Selected Publications

Sertic F, Diagne D, Chavez L, Richards T, Berg A, Acker M, Giri JS, Szeto WY, Khandhar S, Gutsche J, Pugliese S, Fiorilli P, Rame E, Bermudez C. : Mid-term outcomes with the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for cardiopulmonary failure secondary to massive pulmonary embolism. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg July 2020 epub

Magruder JT, Suzuki Y, Sperry A, Vasquez CR, Smood B, Grimm JC, Atluri P, Bermudez C, Acker MA, Wald JW, Cantu E, Cevasco M. : Multiorgan procurement is associated with a survival benefit after heart transplantation. Clin Transplant August 2020 epub.

Rao SD, Johnson B, Olia SE, Wald J, Medina V, Rame JE, Mazurek JA, Goldberg LR, Atluri P, Bermudez C, Acker M, Birati EY: Treatment With Impella Increases the Risk of De Novo Aortic Insufficiency Post Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant. J Card Fail. S1071-9164(19): 31827-5, July 2020 epub.

Sertic F, Han J, Diagne D, Richards T, Chavez L, Berg A, Wald J, Rame JE, Crespo MM, Bermudez CA. : Not All Septal Defects Are Equal: Outcomes of Bilateral Lung Transplant With Cardiac Defect Repair vs Combined Heart-Lung Transplant in Patients With Eisenmenger Syndrome in the United States. Chest June 2020 epub.

Greenwood JC, Jang DH, Hallisey SD, Gutsche JT, Horak J, Acker MA, Bermudez CA, Zhou VL, Chatterjee S, Shofer FS, Kilbaugh TJ, Augoustides JGT, Meyer NJ, Bakker J, Abella BS: Severe Impairment of Microcirculatory Perfused Vessel Density Is Associated With Postoperative Lactate and Acute Organ Injury After Cardiac Surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. May 2020 epub.

Leiva-Juárez MM, Urso A, Arango Tomás E, Lederer DJ, Sanchez P, Griffith B, Davis RD, Daneshmand M, Hartwig M, Cantu E, Weyant MJ, Bermudez C, D'Cunha J, Machuca T, Wozniak T, Lynch W, Nemeh H, Mulligan M, Song T, Jessen M, Camp PC, Caldeira C, Whitson B, Kreisel D, Ramzy D, D'Ovidio F. : Extended post-ex vivo lung perfusion cold preservation predicts primary graft dysfunction and mortality: Results from a multicentric study. J Heart Lung Transplant May 2020 epub.

123. Cantu E, Yan M, Suzuki Y, Buckley T, Galati V, Majeti N, Bermudez CA, Diamond JM, Christie JD, Feng R. : Pre-Procurement In Situ Donor Lung Tissue Gene Expression Classifies Primary Graft Dysfunction Risk. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. May 2020 epub.

Habertheuer Andreas, Richards Thomas, Sertic Federico, Molina Maria, Vallabhajosyula Prashanth, Suzuki Yoshikazu, Diagne Dyenaba, Cantu Edward, Sultan Ibrahim, Crespo Maria M, Bermudez Christian A: STRATIFICATION RISK ANALYSIS IN BRIDGING PATIENTS TO LUNG TRANSPLANT ON ECMO: THE STABLE RISK SCORE. The Annals of thoracic surgery Apr 2020 epub.

Ustunkaya Tuna, Liang Jackson J, Lin Aung N, Shirai Yasuhiro, Molina Maria, Owens Anjali T, Acker Michael A, Bermudez Christian A, Santangeli Pasquale, Nazarian Saman, Dixit Sanjay, Marchlinski Francis E, Callans David J: Clinical and procedural characteristics predicting need for chronotropic support and permanent pacing post-heart transplantation. Heart rhythm Feb 2020 epub.

Courtwright Andrew M, Zaleski Derek, Tevald Michael, Adler Joe, Singer Jonathan P, Cantu Edward E, Bermudez Christian A, Diamond Joshua M: Discharge frailty following lung transplantation. Clinical transplantation Page: e13694, Aug 2019 epub.

back to top
Last updated: 08/27/2020
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania