Director, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network
University of Toronto
Dr. Piroze M. Davierwala is the Director of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery at the Peter Munk Cardiac Center, Toronto General Hospital and holds the Angelo & Lorenza De Gasperis Chair in Cardiovascular Surgery Research. He graduated from medical school in 1993 followed by a residency in General Surgery (1994-1996) and attained of Masters in General surgery from the University of Pune, India. Thereafter, 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, followed by a 3-year clinical fellowship at the University of Toronto, Canada. He then worked as a consultant in Cardiovascular Surgery in two private hospitals in the city of Pune, India. In 2009, he was recruited by the Division of Cardiac Surgery at the Leipzig Heart Center, Germany, where he was the Lead Senior Consultant and Director of Coronary Bypass surgery, until he moved to Toronto in 2021. During his 12-year tenure at this institute, which is predominantly renowned for minimally invasive cardiac surgery, he developed expertise in the entire spectrum of minimally invasive cardic surgical procedures including mitral, tricuspid and aortic valve repairs, coronary artery bypass and aortic surgery. In Leipzig, he pioneered the development of the technique of multi-vessel total arterial minimally invasive coronary surgery using bilateral internal thoracic arteries. He also has tremendous experience in performing complex reconstructive surgery for endocarditis and complications of myocardial infarction. His research work encompassing clinical studies and trials, has been published in numerous peer-reviewed international journals. He has over 100 publications and has authored several book chapters. He is a member of the American Association of Thoracic Surgeons, the European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery, the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery and is a fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA).
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Saturday, October 28, 2023
17:15 – 17:30 EST