John Puskas

Born in 1960, Puskas received his MD at Harvard Medical School in 1986 and in 1991, a Master of Science in Surgical Science (MSc) at the University of Toronto. Post-graduate training included a general surgery internship and residency, department of surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital; fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery at Emory University Hospitals, Atlanta, a lung transplantation research fellowship, division of thoracic surgery, Toronto General Hospital; and an advanced fellowship in tracheal surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Division of General Thoracic Surgery.{{Cite web |title=Dr. John D. Puskas - Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery - New York, NY |url=https://www.castleconnolly.com/top-doctors/john-d-puskas-thoracic-cardiac-surgery-98cc000376 |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=Castle Connolly |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Dr. John Puskas, MD, Cardiothoracic Surgery Specialist - New York, NY |url=https://www.sharecare.com/doctor/dr-john-d-puskas |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=Sharecare |language=en}}

Puskas research concentrations include arterial bypass grafting, robotic and hybrid coronary bypass grafting, novel designs and materials for artificial heart valves, mitral and aortic valve repair and replacement, surgical and medical treatments for people with atrial fibrillation and surgical instruments for adult cardiac surgery.{{Cite web |title=John Puskas {{!}} CTSNet |url=https://www.ctsnet.org/home/jpuskas |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=www.ctsnet.org}}

He founded the Emory University Cardiothoracic Clinical Research Unit in 2005 and was a founding investigator in the creation of the NIH Cardiothoracic Surgery Trials Network in 2007; he has served on the steering committee of that NIH Network since that time. As of 2022, he has served as the principal investigator (PI) of five multi-center FDA investigatory drug/device exemption trials in cardiovascular surgery. At Mount Sinai Health System, he founded and directs the Cardiovascular Clinical Research Unit at Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospitals to create a multidisciplinary collaborative clinical research infrastructure allowing clinical cardiologists and surgeons to enroll patients in multiple trials. He led 47 clinical sites nationwide to conduct the first RCT of hybrid coronary revascularization.{{Cite web |title=NIH RePorter |url=https://reporter.nih.gov/search/O3GMONuzgEC0IEhZSSmomQ/projects |access-date= |website=NIH Reporter}} He is listed on NIH RePORTER with 12 NHLBI PI roles.{{Cite web |title=NIH RePorter |url=https://reporter.nih.gov/search/9Nbu5XYRfU-MLQrdeeH_8g/projects |access-date=17 June 2022 |website=NIH}}

Puskas performs cardiovascular surgical procedures including all-arterial coronary bypass grafting, minimally invasive robotic coronary bypass surgery, hybrid coronary revascularization, off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery, ablation surgery for the treatment of atrial fibrillation, mitral valve repair/replacement, aortic valve replacement, valve-sparing aortic root replacement and surgery for aortic dissection.{{Cite journal |last1=Puskas |first1=John D. |last2=Williams |first2=Willis H. |last3=Mahoney |first3=Elizabeth M. |last4=Huber |first4=Philip R. |last5=Block |first5=Peter C. |last6=Duke |first6=Peggy G. |last7=Staples |first7=James R. |last8=Glas |first8=Katherine E. |last9=Marshall |first9=J. Jeffrey |last10=Leimbach |first10=Mark E. |last11=McCall |first11=Susan A. |date=2004-04-21 |title=Off-Pump vs Conventional Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Early and 1-Year Graft Patency, Cost, and Quality-of-Life OutcomesA Randomized Trial |journal=JAMA |volume=291 |issue=15 |pages=1841–1849 |doi=10.1001/jama.291.15.1841 |pmid=15100202 |issn=0098-7484|doi-access=free }} He performed the first triple off-pump bypass surgery using minimally invasive coronary artery bypass graft instrumentation in 1997.{{Cite web |title=Emory Surgery Newsletter {{!}} February 28, 2014 |url=http://www.surgery.emory.edu/newsletter/emory-surgery-february-28-2014.html |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=www.surgery.emory.edu}} Between 1996 and 2022, he performed approximately 300 cardiac surgical cases annually, specializing in multiple arterial CABG and robotic CABG. In 2019, Puskas, with Gianluca Torregrossa, MD, successfully performed two totally endoscopic coronary arterial bypass surgeries (TECABs) making Mount Sinai the only New York State health system qualified to make the procedure available.{{Cite web |title=TECAB reduces risk, expedites recovery for bypass patients |url=https://cardiovascularbusiness.com/topics/clinical/interventional-cardiology/tecab-reduces-risk-expedites-recovery-bypass-patients |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=cardiovascularbusiness.com |date=10 June 2019 |language=en}} As of 2022, Puskas has served as President of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (2009) and the International Society for Coronary Artery Surgery.

• International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS)
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons
• American College of Surgeons
• American Association for Thoracic Surgery
• American College of Chest Physicians
• American College of Cardiology

*Present indicates 2022

As of 2022, Puskas is a reviewer and editorial contributor to nine journals, including The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Surgery Forum, The Lancet, The Journal of Cardiac Surgery, Circulation, Innovations, American College of Cardiology, European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery.

PubMed lists 320 publications as of 2022.{{Cite web |title=Puskas JD - Search Results - PubMed |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Puskas+JD&cauthor_id=22000786 |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=PubMed |language=en}} A short list ranked by citations include:

Smith, P. K., Puskas, J. D., Ascheim, D. D., Voisine, P., Gelijns, A. C., Moskowitz, A. J., ... & Michler, R. E. (2014). Surgical treatment of moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation. New England Journal of Medicine, 371(23), 2178–2188; 273 citations{{Cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=Peter K. |last2=Puskas |first2=John D. |last3=Ascheim |first3=Deborah D. |last4=Voisine |first4=Pierre |last5=Gelijns |first5=Annetine C. |last6=Moskowitz |first6=Alan J. |last7=Hung |first7=Judy W. |last8=Parides |first8=Michael K. |last9=Ailawadi |first9=Gorav |last10=Perrault |first10=Louis P. |last11=Acker |first11=Michael A. |date=2014-12-04 |title=Surgical Treatment of Moderate Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation |url=https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1410490 |journal=New England Journal of Medicine |volume=371 |issue=23 |pages=2178–2188 |doi=10.1056/NEJMoa1410490 |issn=0028-4793 |pmc=4303577 |pmid=25405390}}

Puskas, J. D., Thourani, V. H., Marshall, J. J., Dempsey, S. J., Steiner, M. A., Sammons, B. H., ... & Guyton, R. A. (2001). Clinical outcomes, angiographic patency, and resource utilization in 200 consecutive off-pump coronary bypass patients. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 71(5), 1477–1484; 324 citations{{Cite journal |last1=Puskas |first1=John D |last2=Thourani |first2=Vinod H |last3=Marshall |first3=J. Jeffrey |last4=Dempsey |first4=Steven J |last5=Steiner |first5=Mark A |last6=Sammons |first6=Bonnie H |last7=Brown |first7=W. Morris |last8=Gott |first8=John Parker |last9=Weintraub |first9=William S |last10=Guyton |first10=Robert A |date=2001-05-01 |title=Clinical outcomes, angiographic patency, and resource utilization in 200 consecutive off-pump coronary bypass patients |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003497501024730 |journal=The Annals of Thoracic Surgery |language=en |volume=71 |issue=5 |pages=1477–1484 |doi=10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02473-0 |pmid=11383786 |issn=0003-4975}}

Gaudino, M., Benedetto, U., Fremes, S., Biondi-Zoccai, G., Sedrakyan, A., Puskas, J. D., ... & Taggart, D. P. (2018). Radial-artery or saphenous-vein grafts in coronary-artery bypass surgery. New England Journal of Medicine, 378(22), 2069–2077; 295 citations{{Cite journal |last1=Gaudino |first1=Mario |last2=Benedetto |first2=Umberto |last3=Fremes |first3=Stephen |last4=Biondi-Zoccai |first4=Giuseppe |last5=Sedrakyan |first5=Art |last6=Puskas |first6=John D. |last7=Angelini |first7=Gianni D. |last8=Buxton |first8=Brian |last9=Frati |first9=Giacomo |last10=Hare |first10=David L. |last11=Hayward |first11=Philip |date=2018-05-31 |title=Radial-Artery or Saphenous-Vein Grafts in Coronary-Artery Bypass Surgery |journal=New England Journal of Medicine |volume=378 |issue=22 |pages=2069–2077 |doi=10.1056/NEJMoa1716026 |issn=0028-4793 |pmid=29708851|s2cid=13752332 |doi-access=free |hdl=1983/da0c0152-dab6-4cc0-aca6-60fc9b131219 |hdl-access=free }}

Gillinov, A. M., Gelijns, A. C., Parides, M. K., DeRose Jr, J. J., Moskowitz, A. J., Voisine, P., ... & Argenziano, M. (2015). Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation during mitral-valve surgery. New England Journal of Medicine, 372(15), 1399–1409; 261 citations{{Cite journal |last1=Gillinov |first1=A. Marc |last2=Gelijns |first2=Annetine C. |last3=Parides |first3=Michael K. |last4=DeRose |first4=Joseph J. |last5=Moskowitz |first5=Alan J. |last6=Voisine |first6=Pierre |last7=Ailawadi |first7=Gorav |last8=Bouchard |first8=Denis |last9=Smith |first9=Peter K. |last10=Mack |first10=Michael J. |last11=Acker |first11=Michael A. |date=2015-04-09 |title=Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation during Mitral-Valve Surgery |url=https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1500528 |journal=New England Journal of Medicine |volume=372 |issue=15 |pages=1399–1409 |doi=10.1056/NEJMoa1500528 |issn=0028-4793 |pmc=4664179 |pmid=25853744}}

El-Chami, M. F., Kilgo, P., Thourani, V., Lattouf, O. M., Delurgio, D. B., Guyton, R. A., ... & Puskas, J. D. (2010). New-onset atrial fibrillation predicts long-term mortality after coronary artery bypass graft. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 55(13), 1370–1376; 338 citations{{Cite journal |last1=El |first1=-Chami Mikhael F. |last2=Kilgo |first2=Patrick |last3=Thourani |first3=Vinod |last4=Lattouf |first4=Omar M. |last5=Delurgio |first5=David B. |last6=Guyton |first6=Robert A. |last7=Leon |first7=Angel R. |last8=Puskas |first8=John D. |date=2010-03-30 |title=New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation Predicts Long-Term Mortality After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft |journal=Journal of the American College of Cardiology |volume=55 |issue=13 |pages=1370–1376 |doi=10.1016/j.jacc.2009.10.058|pmid=20338499 |doi-access= }}

State of the Art Surgical Coronary Revascularization. {{ISBN|0198758782}}

Winston AD and Puskas JD. "Techniques for Multivessel OPCAB". Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery. 2ndEdition, edited by Oz MC and Goldstein DJ, Humana Press, 2003.{{Cite web |last=Puskas |first=John D. |title=Tips and Techniques for Multivessel OPCAB |url=https://www.optechtcs.com/article/S1522-2942(06)00053-5/pdf |access-date=August 24, 2022 |website=Operative Techniques}}

Sharoni E and Puskas JD. "Techniques in Multivessel OPCAB". Operative Cardiac Surgery, edited by Gardner T J and Spray TL, Arnold Publishers, 2004.

Thourani VH and Puskas JD. "Coronary Artery Bypass Procedures·Medical Management of the Surgical Patient." Fourth Edition, edited by Lubin MF, Walker HK, Smith RB III, 2006.{{Citation |last1=Keeling |first1=W. Brent |title=Coronary artery bypass procedures |date=2013 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/medical-management-of-the-surgical-patient/coronary-artery-bypass-procedures/C8C4015DD5FE6C9979AC082708C3F4BC |work=Medical Management of the Surgical Patient: A Textbook of Perioperative Medicine |pages=557–564 |editor-last=Lubin |editor-first=Michael F. |edition=5 |place=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-00916-5 |access-date=2022-08-25 |last2=Thourani |first2=Vinod H. |editor2-last=Winawer |editor2-first=Neil H. |editor3-last=Dodson |editor3-first=Thomas F.}}

Song HK and Puskas JD. "Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery". Mastery of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2nd Edition, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, New York, 2007.{{Cite journal |last1=Puskas |first1=John D. |last2=Thourani |first2=Vinod H. |last3=Kilgo |first3=Patrick |last4=Cooper |first4=William |last5=Vassiliades |first5=Thomas |last6=Vega |first6=J. David |last7=Morris |first7=Cullen |last8=Chen |first8=Edward |last9=Schmotzer |first9=Brian J. |last10=Guyton |first10=Robert A. |last11=Lattouf |first11=Omar M. |title=Off-pump coronary artery bypass disproportionately benefits high-risk patients |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19766798 |journal=The Annals of Thoracic Surgery |year=2009 |volume=88 |issue=4 |pages=1142–1147 |doi=10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.04.135 |issn=1552-6259 |pmid=19766798}}

Richard J. Myung and John D. Puskas. "Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for Repeat Coronary Revascularization", Redo Cardiac Surgery in Adults, 2nd Edition, Edited by Venkat R. Machiraju, Hartzell V. Schaff and Lars G. Svensson. Springer. 2011.{{Cite journal |last1=Puskas |first1=John D. |last2=Williams |first2=Willis H. |last3=O'Donnell |first3=Robert |last4=Patterson |first4=Randolph E. |last5=Sigman |first5=Steven R. |last6=Smith |first6=A. Shannon |last7=Baio |first7=Kim T. |last8=Kilgo |first8=Patrick D. |last9=Guyton |first9=Robert A. |title=Off-pump and on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting are associated with similar graft patency, myocardial ischemia, and freedom from reintervention: long-term follow-up of a randomized trial |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21619980 |journal=The Annals of Thoracic Surgery |year=2011 |volume=91 |issue=6 |pages=1836–1842; discussion 1842–1843 |doi=10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.12.043 |issn=1552-6259 |pmid=21619980}}

Michael E. Halkos, John D. Puskas. "Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Graft to Cardiac Surgery: Recent Advances and Techniques", 2012.{{Cite book |last1=Moorjani |first1=Narain |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EUbBAQAAQBAJ&dq=Minimally+Invasive+Coronary+Artery+Bypass+Graft+to+Cardiac+Surgery%3A+Recent+Advances+and+Techniques+puskas+halkos&pg=PA1 |title=Cardiac Surgery: Recent Advances and Techniques |last2=Ohri |first2=Sunil K. |last3=Wechsler |first3=Andrew |date=2013-12-17 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-4441-3756-9 |language=en}}

Yanagawa B and Puskas JD. “Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting”, in Mastery of Techniques in Cardiac Surgery, 2016.

Michael E. Halkos, Emmanuel Moss, and John D. Puskas. “Chapter 2 Off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting”, in Core Concepts in Cardiac Surgery, Edited by David Taggart and Yasir Abu-Omar, Oxford University Press, 2018.

Bobby Yanagawa, Michael E. Halkos, John D. Puskas. “Chapter 21: Myocardial Revascularization Without Cardiopulmonary Bypass”, in Cardiac Surgery in the Adult, 5e, Edited by Lawrence H. Cohn, David H. Adams, Cenveo® Publisher Services, 2018.

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