Director, Minimally invasive cardiac surgery
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dr. Piroze M. Davierwala is the Director of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery at the Peter Munk Cardiac Center, Toronto General Hospital. He has recently moved to Canada from Germany where he was the Lead Senior Consultant and Director of Coronary Bypass surgery in the University Division of Cardiac Surgery at the Leipzig Heart Center. Following graduation in 1993 and attainment of Masters in General surgery from the University of Pune, India in 1997, he did his residency in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery (1997-2000), and obtained the degree of Master of Chirurgie from the University of Mumbai, India. Subsequently, he did a 3-year clinical fellowship at the University of Toronto, Canada. Following the completion of his training, he worked as a consultant in Cardiovascular Surgery in two private hospitals in the city of Pune, India, before acquiring a position on staff at the Leipzig Heart Center, Germany in 2009, where he developed keen interest and expertise in the entire spectrum of minimally invasive surgical procedures including mitral, tricuspid and aortic valve repairs, coronary artery bypass and aortic surgery during his 12-year tenure. Additionally, he pioneered the development and establishment of the technique of multi-vessel total arterial minimally invasive CABG with the use of bilateral internal thoracic arteries at the institute. Besides, he has tremendous experience in performing complex reconstructive surgery for endocarditis and complications of myocardial infarction among other procedures. His research work chiefly encompasses clinical studies and trials, which have been published in numerous peer-reviewed international journals and he is an author of several book chapters as well. He is a member of esteemed societies such as the American Association of Thoracic Surgeons, the European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery and the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery and is also a fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA).
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