John Nigro, M.D.

Bio

Dr. John J. Nigro, a cardiothoracic and heart transplant surgeon, is chief of cardiac surgery, director of cardiac transplantation and the mechanical assist program and director of Rady Children's Heart Institute. He is also a clinical professor of surgery at UC San Diego School of Medicine.

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

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.

A frequently invited lecturer, Dr. Nigro is widely published. His professional society memberships include the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Western Thoracic Surgical Association and International Society of Heart and Lung Transplant.

Publications

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

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

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

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

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

Author Correction: Rapid whole genome sequencing impacts care and resource utilization in infants with congenital heart disease.
Sweeney NM, Nahas SA, Chowdhury S, Batalov S, Clark M, Caylor S, Cakici J, Nigro JJ, Ding Y, Veeraraghavan N, Hobbs C, Dimmock D, Kingsmore SF

Publisher Correction: Rapid whole genome sequencing impacts care and resource utilization in infants with congenital heart disease.
Sweeney NM, Nahas SA, Chowdhury S, Batalov S, Clark M, Caylor S, Cakici J, Nigro JJ, Ding Y, Veeraraghavan N, Hobbs C, Dimmock D, Kingsmore SF

Heart Transplantation of a Preterm Infant With HLHS.
Aljohani OA, Mackie D, Fletcher EA, Shayan K, Vaughn GR, Singh RK, Nigro JJ

Bronchial stenting in infants with severe bronchomalacia: Technique and outcomes.
Mittal N, El-Said HG, Ratnayaka K, Rao A, Friesen TL, Nigro JJ, Brigger MT

Rapid whole genome sequencing impacts care and resource utilization in infants with congenital heart disease.
Sweeney NM, Nahas SA, Chowdhury S, Batalov S, Clark M, Caylor S, Cakici J, Nigro JJ, Ding Y, Veeraraghavan N, Hobbs C, Dimmock D, Kingsmore SF

Patent Ductus Arteriosus Stenting for All Ductal-Dependent Cyanotic Infants: Waning Use of Blalock-Taussig Shunts.
Ratnayaka K, Nageotte SJ, Moore JW, Guyon PW, Bhandari K, Weber RL, Lee JW, You H, Griffin DA, Rao RP, Nigro JJ, El-Said HG

Staged Repair of Van Praagh Truncus Type A3.
Ganta S, Duster N, El-Said H, Artrip J, Rao R, Golding I, Dummer K, Nigro JJ

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

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

Aortic Root Thrombosis on ECMO-A Novel Management Strategy.
Aljohani OA, Singh RK, Nageotte SJ, Do T, Ratnayaka K, Nigro JJ, Werho DK

Commentary: A pediatric perspective on the Ozaki procedure.
Karamlou T, Pettersson G, Nigro JJ

Pulmonary Artery Banding for Children With Dilated Cardiomyopathy: US Experience.
Spigel ZA, Razzouk A, Nigro JJ, Karamlou TB, Kavarana MN, Roeser ME, Adachi I

Significance of Aortopulmonary Collaterals in a Single-Ventricle Patient Supported With a HeartMate 3.
Smith M, El-Said H, Pretorius V, Mendenhall M, Thomas T, Reeves RR, Silva Enciso J, Alshawabkeh L, Nigro J, Adler ED, Urey MA

Single-ventricle reconstruction 2.0: A closer look at our understanding of care for infants undergoing the Norwood procedure.
Karamlou T, Meza JM, Najm HK, Nigro JJ, Hill KD

Hepatic Vein Incorporation Into the Azygos System in Heterotaxy and Interrupted Inferior Vena Cava.
Montesa C, Karamlou T, Ratnayaka K, Pophal SG, Ryan J, Nigro JJ

Dead space fractions in neonates following first-stage palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
Anton-Martin P, Joshi R, Rao M, Pandurangi S, Wellnitz C, Kang P, Nigro JJ, Velez D, Willis BC

3D printing for congenital heart disease: a single site's initial three-yearexperience.
Ryan J, Plasencia J, Richardson R, Velez D, Nigro JJ, Pophal S, Frakes D

Alternative methods for virtual heart transplant-Size matching for pediatric heart transplantation with and without donor medical images available.
Plasencia JD, Kamarianakis Y, Ryan JR, Karamlou T, Park SS, Nigro JJ, Frakes DH, Pophal SG, Lagerstrom CF, Velez DA, Zangwill SD

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