Alberto Pochettino, M.D.

  1. Cardiovascular Surgeon

Departments

  1. Cardiovascular Surgery
  2. Surgery

Specialty Groups

  1. Lung Transplant Program
  2. Heart Transplant Program

Location

  1. Rochester, Minnesota

Languages

EnglishItalian
  1. Aortic valve disease
  2. Congenital heart defects in adults
  3. Marfan syndrome
  4. Mitral valve disease
  5. Thoracic aortic aneurysm
  6. Tricuspid valve disease
  1. Aneurysm surgery
  2. Aortic arch replacement
  3. Aortic root surgery
  4. Aortic valve repair and replacement
  5. Coronary bypass surgery
  6. Heart transplant
  7. Heart valve surgery
  8. Lung transplant
  9. Maze procedure
  10. Mitral valve repair and replacement
  11. Pericardiectomy
  12. Pulmonary valve repair and replacement
  13. Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair
  14. Tricuspid valve repair and replacement
  15. Valve-sparing aortic root replacement
  • Thoracic aortic aneurysm disease
  • Valve-sparing root replacement
  • Vascular ring repairs
  • Aortic arch reconstruction
  • Aortic valve disease
  • Bicuspid aortic valve
  • Mitral valve disease
  • Adult congenital heart disease
  • Heart and lung transplantation
  • Cardiac mechanical assist devices
Rochester

Rochester, Minnesota
  1. 1997
    Fellow - Cardiac Surgery, Cardiopulmonary Transplantation and Aortic Surgery.Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania
  2. 1996
    Resident - Thoracic Surgery.Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania
  3. 1994
    Chief Resident - Surgery.State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn
  4. 1993
    Resident - Surgery.State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn
  5. 1991
    Research AssociateWayne State University
  6. 1989
    Resident - Surgery.State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn
  7. 1988
    Internship - Surgery.State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn
  8. 1987
    MDNorthwestern University
  9. 1983
    BA - ChemistryNorthwestern University

Certifications

  1. 1997
    Thoracic and Cardiac SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic Surgery
  2. 1995
    General SurgeryAmerican Board of Surgery

Professional memberships

  1. 2020
    Workforce on Surgical Treatment of Adults With Congenital Heart DiseaseThe Society of Thoracic Surgeons
  2. 2012
    MemberZumbro Valley Medical Society, Minnesota Medical Association
  3. 2010
    MemberAmerican Association for Thoracic Surgery
  4. 2005 - 2007
    ChairRegion 2 Thoracic Program Directors
  5. 2005
    FellowAmerican Society of Angiology
  6. 2002
    MemberThoracic Organ Transplantation Committee, American Society of Transplant Surgeons
  7. 2001
    FellowAmerican College of Surgeons
  8. 2001
    FellowAmerican College of Chest Physicians
  9. 2001
    MemberSociety of Thoracic Surgeons
  10. 1999 - 2001
    MemberUniversity of Pennsylvania Medical Center
  11. 1999
    FellowAmerican College of Cardiology
  12. 1996
    MemberAmerican Heart Association
  13. 1993
    MemberNew York Academy of Sciences
  14. 1991
    MemberInternational Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
  15. 1980
    MemberAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science