Octavio E. Pajaro, M.D., Ph.D.

Education

1. Fellow - Chief, Cardiac Surgery Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital
2. Fellow - Cardiac Surgery Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital
3. Senior Registrar - Cardiothoracic Surgery Harefield Hospital
4. Chief Resident Department of General Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital
5. Senior Resident Department of General Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital
6. PhD - Thesis: Left Ventricular Filling Dynamics in the Normal and Hypertrophied Dog Heart Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
7. Associate Resident Department of General Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital
8. Internship Department of General Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital
9. MD - Medical Scientist Training Program Albert Einstein College of Medicine
10. MS - Physiology and Biophysics (with Distinction) Albert Einstein College of Medicine
11. AB - Biochemical Sciences Harvard University

Certifications

1. American Board of Thoracic Surgery
2. American Board of Surgery

Interests

• Heart and lung transplantation
• Mechanical circulatory assist devices
• Aortic and mitral valve repair and replacement
• Valve-sparing aortic valve surgery
• Research in transplantation biology

Publications

See my publications