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Kristine Guleserian
Kristine Jane Guleserian, M.D.
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Background
Harvard College (A.B. Classics-Greek 1990)
Boston University School of Medicine (M.D. 1994)
Brown University General Surgery Residency (1994-99)
Boston Children's Hospital/Tissue Engineering (1999-2001)
Washington University Thoracic Surgery Residency (2001-03)
Boston Children's Hospital/Congenital Heart Surgery (2003-04)
Associate Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas,TX (2005-2016)
Surgical Director, Pediatric Cardiac Transplantation, UTSW (2006-2016)
Surgical Director, Adult Congenital Heart Surgery, UTSW (2010-2016)
Congenital Heart Surgeon, Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Miami, FL (2016-2019)
Director of Heart Transplantation, Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Miami, FL (2016-2019)
Professor of Surgery, Herbert-Wertheim School of Medicine, Miami, FL (2016-2019)
Director, Congenital Heart Surgery, Medical City Children's Hospital, Dallas, TX (present)
Other Interests
Miniature schnauzers
Contemporary art/architecture
Offshore fishing, alpine skiing, kitesurfing
Culinary arts/cooking/world travel
Historic hotels
Hinckley yachts
F1 racing
Orchids, my amazing garden!
Research
Complex neonatal & infant heart surgery
Neonatal aortic arch reconstruction
Transposition of the great arteries
Pulmonary atresia/intact ventricular septum
Resuscitative hybrid stage 1 palliation
Mini sternotomy & VATS procedures
Pediatric cardiac transplantation & mechanical support
Cardiac morphology
Cardiovascular tissue engineering
Surgical education
Content Published on CTSNet
Practice Areas
- Congenital
- Minimally Invasive
- Single ventricle and palliative procedures
- Septal defects
- ASD
- VSD
- TOF
- DORV
- Transposition of the great arteries
- Aortic arch anomalies
- Pulmonary and systemic venous anomalies
- Adult congenital procedures