John Nigro, M.D.

Bio

Dr. John J. Nigro, a cardiothoracic and heart transplant surgeon, is the Division Chief of Cardiac Surgery & Cardiac Transplant Services at Rady Children's Hospital. He is also a clinical professor of surgery at UC San Diego School of Medicine.

Previously, he worked with patients at Phoenix Children's Hospital Heart Center, where he held similar roles. Dr. Nigro has considerable experience with heart care and an interest in complex neonatal heart surgery and pediatric heart transplantation.

Before becoming a heart transplant surgeon, Dr. Nigro received his medical degree from the University of Illinois School of Medicine at Chicago. He completed his internship and surgery residency at LAC + USC Medical Center, a cardiothoracic surgery residency at LAC + USC Medical Center and a pediatric cardiothoracic surgery and transplantation fellowship at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

Besides being the Division Chief of Cardiac Surgery & Cardiac Transplant Services, he is a widely published and frequently invited lecturer. His professional society memberships include the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Western Thoracic Surgical Association and International Society of Heart and Lung Transplant.

Publications

Dramatic Remodeling of Hypoplastic Pulmonary Arteries by Pulmonary Valve Opening, Right Ventricular Outflow Stenting, and Aortopulmonary Collateral Lung Territory Incorporation.
Hesari M, Van D, Ganta S, Ryan J, Haley J, Sepulveda JS, Rao R, Gordon B, Nigro J, El-Said HG

Umbilical Artery Access for PDA Stenting: Feasibility in Select Anatomy.
Roberts T, Hesari M, Peterson D, Gomez-Arostegui J, Fulk C, Ryan J, Suttner D, Nigro J, El-Said H

Assessing the Feasibility of Right Atrial Line Removal at Hospital Discharge.
Anton-Martin P, Nigro JJ, Ray M, Zook N, Kochanski J, Vellore S

Ventricular Assist Device and Ductal Stent as Bridge to Heart Transplant for Pulmonary Atresia-Intact Ventricular Septum.
Vossler JD, Ganta S, Chau P, Vaughn G, Bock MJ, Rao R, El-Said H, Yoon E, Cohen GA, Pretorius V, Nigro JJ

Single ventricle care: challenges, successes and the future in a single center program.
Ganta S, Bock MJ, Haley J, El-Said H, Rao R, Nigro JJ

Surgical Repair of Double Outlet Right Ventricle Infants Guided by Three Dimensional-Computed Tomography Cardiac Modeling and Printing.
Ganta S, Ryan JR, Lewis MJ, Nigro JJ

The Fate of the Jailed Branch: Challenging the Dogma of PDA Stenting in Cases with a Pulmonary Artery Branch Originating from the PDA.
Ng'eno M, Gordon BM, Rao R, Ryan JR, Haley J, Ganta S, Nigro J, El-Said H

Single-center perioperative management and 1-year heart transplantation outcomes for patients with adult congenital heart disease.
Robinson R, Gaboyan S, Alshawabkeh L, Reeves R, Golts E, Pretorius V, Nigro J, Kearns M, El-Said H, Carazo M, Hong K, Adler E, Kim PJ, Topik A, Raleigh D, Meier A, Ellis S, Sanchez R, Afshar K, Kafi A, Lin C, Yung G, Brubaker A, Schnickel G, Mekeel K, Berumen J, Parekh J, Barman P, Ajmera V, Kono Y, Vodkin I, Urey MA

Transthoracic intracardiac line use and complications in the paediatric single ventricle population.
Zook N, Kochanski J, Vellore Govardhan S, Nigro J, Ray M, Anton-Martin P

Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum, an Evolving Strategy in the Era of PDA Stenting: Single Center Experience.
Shibbani K, Nigro J, Rao R, Gordon BM, Justino H, AlShawabkeh L, El-Said H

Myocardial Infarction in a Seven-Year-Old Girl With Left Atrial Myxoma.
Ganta S, Strah D, Ellington N, Mueller D, Nigro JJ, Grossfeld P

Comparing Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Infants With Patent Ductus Arteriosus Stenting Versus Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Shunt: A Pilot Study.
El-Said H, Hussein A, Price K, Heibel J, Haley J, Haldeman S, Boulil Z, Brigger M, Rao A, Ganta S, Rao R, Nigro J, Sweeney N

Stage 1 and 2 Palliation: Comparing Ductal Stenting and Aorto-Pulmonary Shunts in Single Ventricles with Duct-Dependent Pulmonary Blood Flow.
Ganta S, Haley J, El-Said H, Lane B, Haldeman S, Karamlou T, Moore J, Rao R, Nigro JJ

Transcriptomes and metabolism define mouse and human MAIT cell populations.
Chandra S, Ascui G, Riffelmacher T, Chawla A, Ramírez-Suástegui C, Castelan VC, Seumois G, Simon H, Murray MP, Seo GY, Premlal ALR, Schmiedel B, Verstichel G, Li Y, Lin CH, Greenbaum J, Lamberti J, Murthy R, Nigro J, Cheroutre H, Ottensmeier CH, Hedrick SM, Lu LF, Vijayanand P, Kronenberg M

Bronchial Remodeling Following Airway Stenting in Pediatric Patients With Tracheobronchial and Congenital Heart Disease.
El-Said H, Price K, Hussein A, Ganta S, Rao A, Nigro J, Brigger MT

Surgical Mitral Valve Replacement Using a Catheter-Based Melody(TM) Valve in a Landing Zone Constructed With a PTFE-Covered Expandable Cheatham-Platinum(TM) Stent.
El-Said H, Hussein A, Ganta S, Ryan J, Nigro J

Right Atrial Lines as Primary Access for Postoperative Pediatric Cardiac Patients.
Anton-Martin P, Zook N, Kochanski J, Ray M, Nigro JJ, Vellore S

Infradiaphragmatic Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return With Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: The Gut or the Heart-A Surgical Conundrum.
Gupta A, Ratnayaka K, Nigro J, El-Said H

Organ transplantation using COVID-19-positive deceased donors.
Bock MJ, Vaughn GR, Chau P, Berumen JA, Nigro JJ, Ingulli EG

Repair of Anomalous Single Coronary Artery From the Pulmonary Artery (ASCAPA).
Ganta S, Artrip J, Schuchardt EL, Lai W, Ryan J, Nigro JJ

Neonatal Myocardial Infarction: A Proposed Algorithm for Coronary Arterial Thrombus Management.
El-Sabrout H, Ganta S, Guyon P, Ratnayaka K, Vaughn G, Perry J, Kimball A, Ryan J, Thornburg CD, Tucker S, Mo J, Hegde S, Nigro J, El-Said H

Selective Valve Removal for Melody Valve Endocarditis: Practice Variations in a Multicenter Experience.
Davtyan A, Guyon PW, El-Sabrout HR, Ponder R, Ramchandar N, Weber R, Zayed W, Ratnayaka K, Nigro JJ, Moore JW, Bauser-Heaton H, Alshawabkeh L, Reeves RR, Levi D, Aboulhosn J, Justino H, Bradley J, El-Said HG

Laparoscopic Surgery Requiring Abdominal Insufflation in Patients With Congenital Heart Disease.
Herrick NL, Bickler S, Maus T, Kim YY, Aboulhosn JA, Nigro J, El-Said H, Bhatt AB, Alshawabkeh L

Purpose-Built Transcatheter Cavopulmonary Anastomosis Device Requirements: Multi-Modality Imaging Evaluation.
El-Sabrout HR, Ryan JR, Hegde SR, El-Said HG, Nigro JJ, Moore JW, Ratnayaka K

An Anterior Anastomosis for the Modified Fontan Connection: A Hemodynamic Analysis.
Wei ZA, Ratnayaka K, Si B, Singh-Gryzbon S, Cetatoiu MA, Fogel MA, Slesnick T, Yoganathan AP, Nigro JJ

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