Kenton James Zehr, M.D. Perm Russian Federation

Institutional Affiliation

• Perm Heart Institute, Perm, Russia

Specialty

• Adult Cardiac Surgery

Background

• Eastern Mennonite College, Harrisonburg, VA (B.A. Biology 1983)
• Pennsylvania State University, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA (M.D. 1989)
• Johns Hopkins Hospital General Surgery Residency (1989-1991, 1993-1995)
• Johns Hopkins Hospital Cardiothoracic Surgery Research Fellow (1991-1993)
• Johns Hopkins Hospital Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellow (1995-1998)
• Harefield Hospital Senior Registrar for Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub, Harefield, UK (7/1996-12/1996)
• Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 7/1998-2/2006
• Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, 3/2006-6/2008
• Chief of Cardiac Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3/2006-3/2008
• Senior Staff Surgeon, Perm Heart Institute, Perm, Russia, 5/2008-present

Interests

• aortic root surgery and valve-preserving aortic root reconstruction
• aortic valve repair
• mitral valve repair
• left ventricular assist device therapy and research
• percutaneous and transapical mitral valve repair research
• establishing cardiac surgery in underdeveloped areas
• geography and cultural anthropology
• Leningrad school impressionism

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