Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Biosketch - James S. Tweddell, MD
I am currently the Warren W. Bailey, Endowed Chair and Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery as well as an Executive Co-Director of the Heart Institute at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. I am a Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati.
My clinical interest is in congenital heart disease including; complex neonatal and infant heart surgery, surgery of the aortic root in children, heart transplantation/mechanical circulatory support and adult congenital heart disease.
I am Program Director of the Congenital Heart Fellowship at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
My research and academic interests have focused on the following areas:
1. Measurement of total and regional oxygen delivery in the perioperative period in the neonate with complex congenital heart disease. Our work has included the use of novel monitoring techniques such as continuous venous oximetry and near infrared spectroscopy.
2. Development of home monitoring strategies to improve interstage survival among patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome undergoing the Norwood procedure.
3. Neurodevelopmental outcome of survivors of neonatal heart surgery, such as staged single ventricle palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
4. Anticoagulation and procoagulants in pediatric cardiac surgical patients with a special focus on neonates and patients requiring extracorporeal circulatory support.
5. Aortic valve repair and replacement in children with congenital aortic valve disease and connective tissue aortopathy.
6. Development and support of multi-institutional/multidisciplinary collaborative learning, quality improvement and transparency/public reporting. I am the Surgical Lead and Advisory Council Member of the Joint Council on Congenital Heart Disease, National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative. In addition, I am Chair of the Congenital Heart Surgery Section of the New York State Advisory, Vice President of the Congenital Heart Surgeon’s Society and I am on the Medical Advisory Board of the Pediatric Congenital Heart Association.
Nothing to disclose
Saturday, January 29, 2022
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET