New research proposals requesting data from the STS National Database are assessed for overlap with active projects from all STS research programs and industry projects, including Participant User File (PUF), Access & Publications (A&P) and Task Force on Funded Research (TFR). Prospective investigators are encouraged to review this webpage, as well as the Published Research webpage, prior to submitting a research proposal. If you have questions regarding specific projects listed on this page, please email the STS Research and Analytic Center.
The STS Research and Analytic Center updates this page on a monthly basis to list all active/ongoing projects facilitated via our research programs (A&P, PUF, and TFR). However, this page does not reflect all output facilitated via other STS avenues and/or Workforces, such as risk models or performance measures.
Project Status Legend
- Approved - Proposal has been approved for study by the A&P Task Force, PUF Task Force, or TFR and its corresponding specialty review committee.
- Funded - Active project has been approved and funded for intramural or extramural/federal funding (exclusive to TFR submissions)
- Analysis - Project is currently in active analysis stage by the investigators and appropriate analytics center.
- Abstract - An abstract from the project has been developed and submitted to a meeting.
- Manuscript - A manuscript from the project has been drafted.
Updated October 6, 2025
Current Projects
| Database | Program | Principal Investigator | Institution | Proposal Title | Project Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Schwann, Thomas | William Beaumont University Hospital | Minimally Invasive AVR vs Conventional Sternotomy Aortic Valve Replacement: Evolving Practice Patterns and Comparative Outcomes | Approved |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Mehta, Christopher | Northwestern Medicine | Concomitant Hemiarch Replacement For Aortic Root Aneurysm, A Decade Of Experience Using The Society Of Thoracic Surgeons National Database | Approved |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Beller, Jared | University of Virginia | National Analysis in the Efficacy of Cardiac Surgical Unit – Advanced Life Support Protocol | Approved |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Brown, Chase | University of Pennsylvania | The Effect of Degree of Aortic Manipulation During Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting on the Risk of Post-Operative Stroke | Approved |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Ailawadi, Gorav | University of Michigan | Practice of Female Cardiothoracic Surgeons in the United States over the Past 15 Years | Approved |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Schaff, Hartzell | Mayo Clinic | Impact of Cardiac Myosin Inhibitors on Surgical Practice of Septal Myectomy | Approved |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Pelletier, Marc | Yale New Haven Health | Failure to Rescue After Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database, 2014-2024 | Abstract |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Zvara, Jessica | University of Virginia | Associations Between Use of Viscoelastic Coagulation Testing, Use of a Transfusion Algorithm, and Intraoperative Blood Transfusion in Cardiac Surgery | Approved |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Williams, Tiffany | University of California, Los Angeles | Prothrombin Complex Concentrate Use in Cardiac Surgery | Approved |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Lombard, Frederick | Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Association Between Preoperative Anemia and Postoperative Delirium in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass | Analysis |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Duncan, Andra | Cleveland Clinic | Perioperative Hyperglycemia: A Precision Medicine Approach to Maximize Benefit and Reduce Risk in Cardiac Surgical Patients | Approved |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Chiu, Stephen | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | Access to Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension in the United States: An STS Database Analysis | Abstract |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Kazui, Toshinobu | Banner University Medical Center - Tucson | Type 5 Pulmonary Hypertension Due to Chronic Renal Failure: The American Experience | Approved |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Bloom, Jordan | Massachusetts General Hospital | Multi-Institution Outcomes After Cardiothoracic Surgery in Patients with Turner Syndrome | Abstract |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Hodges, Kevin | Northwestern University | The Robot Effect – Relationship Between Surgical Approach and Guideline-Directed Management Of Concomitant Tricuspid Regurgitation and Atrial Fibrillation During Repair Of Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation | Abstract |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Fiedler, Amy | University of California San Francisco | Nationwide Outcomes of Sex Difference in Aortic Aneurysm Repair: Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database | Abstract |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Wang, Hanghang | Johns Hopkins Hospital | Contemporary Practice Patterns For Surgical Treatment Of Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease: Analysis Of The STS ACSD | Analysis |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Bowdish, Michael | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Trends, Volumes, And Early Outcomes Of Aortic Surgery In North America – Are The Latest Guidelines Being Followed? | Abstract |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Tannous, Henry | Stony Brook University Hospital | Trends And Outcomes Of Surgical Management Of Aortic Regurgitation | Approved |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Wu, Isaac | University of Rochester | Association Between Postoperative Cardiac Surgical Outcomes and the Familiarity of the Anesthesiologist-Surgeon Dyad and Composition of the Anesthesia Care Team | Approved |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Huang, Jiapeng | University of Louisville | Deep Interpretable Neural Network-based Perioperative Cardiac Surgery Associated Acute Kidney Injury Risk (CSA-AKI) Prediction and Markov Decision Process for Clinical Treatment Recommendation from STS Database | Analysis |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Rong, Lisa | New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine | Practice Variation for Peri-operative Management in CABG: An STS Database Analysis | Manuscript |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Jassar, Arminder | Massachusetts General Hospital | Correlation of hypothermic circulatory arrest duration and temperature with acute renal failure after aortic arch surgery (Second Manuscript) | Abstract |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Johnston, Douglas | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | Concomitant Atrial Fibrillation Procedures During Septal Myectomy | Abstract |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Kilic, Arman | Medical University of South Carolina | Comparative Outcomes of High-Risk Cardiac Surgery at Centers With Versus Without Advanced Heart Failure Surgery | Abstract |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Gaudino, Mario | Weill Cornell Medicine | Trends and Outcomes in Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump and Mechanical Circulatory Support in Cardiogenic Shock Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: An STS Database Analysis | Manuscript |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Miletic, Kyle | Henry Ford Hospital | Impact of Left Subclavian Artery Revascularization on Neurologic Outcomes Following Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR) | Abstract |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Bolling, Steven | University of Michigan | Sex Differences in Receipt of Concomitant Tricuspid Valve Repair During Mitral Valve Surgery | Manuscript |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Ludwig, Sebastian | Houston Methodist Hospital | Short-Term Outcomes After Transcatheter Versus Surgical Mitral Valve Replacement In Patients With Mitral Regurgitation: A Propensity Score-Matched Comparison Using Data From The CHOICE-MI Registry And The STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database | Approved |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | de la Cruz, Kim | Brigham and Women's Hospital | Evaluating the Impact of Blood Transfusion on Outcomes Following Thoracoabdominal Aneurysm Repair | Manuscript |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Burchill, Luke | Mayo Clinic | External Validation of Machine Learning Model for Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality Risk in Adult Congenital Heart Disease Patients Undergoing Cardiac Reoperation | Abstract |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Schwann, Thomas | William Beaumont University Hospital | Emergent Bailout Surgery Following TAVR - A Report from the STS Cardiac Surgery Database 2011-2021 | Manuscript |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Bavaria, Joseph | University of Pennsylvania | Preoperative Anticoagulants and Antiplatelets in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection | Manuscript |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Desai, Nimesh | University of Pennsylvania | Referral Centers for Surgical Repair of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection | Analysis |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Cherry, Anne | Duke University | Training and Validation of Novel Cardiac Surgical Risk Models Incorporating Right Ventricular Function from the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database | Analysis |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | MacKay, Emily | University of Pennsylvania | Assessment of a Tree-Based, Machine Learning Algorithm to Optimize Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography Allocation for Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery - A Precision Medicine Application | Manuscript |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Raphael, Jacob | Thomas Jefferson University | Perioperative Acetaminophen and Decreased Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) After Cardiac Surgery | Abstract |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Kabbani, Loay | Henry Ford Hospital | Comparative study of the frozen elephant trunk and traditional aortic repair techniques in acute type A aortic dissection (Second Manuscript) | Analysis |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Pearson, Paul | The Medical College of Wisconsin | Rate of Post-Infarct Ventricular Septal Defect in COVID-19 Era | Manuscript |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Saadat, Siavash | Baystate Medical Center | Evolving Practice Patterns in STEMI Patients with Cardiogenic Shock– A Report from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Cardiac Surgery Database | Manuscript |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Chu, Danny | University of Pittsburgh | Multicenter Outcomes of Trileaflet Aortic Valve Reconstruction with Autologous Pericardium (Ozaki procedure) vs Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Replacement | Abstract |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Hartman, Alan | Northwell Health | Early Outcomes After Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Repair: Does Sex Make a Difference? | Abstract |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Ouzounian, Maral | University of Toronto | Association of Surgeon and Institutional Volumes With Operative Outcomes Of The Ross Procedure in Adults | Manuscript |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Roeser, Mark | University of Virginia | Impact of Elevation on CABG Outcomes | Analysis |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Fielding-Singh, Vikram | Stanford University | Deep neural networks for risk modeling in adult cardiac surgery | Analysis |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Kabbani, Loay | Henry Ford Hospital | Comparative study of the frozen elephant trunk and traditional aortic repair techniques in acute type A aortic dissection | Manuscript |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Burton, Élan | Stanford University | Treatment modality disparities in SAVR and MISAVR | Manuscript |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Slaughter, Mark | University of Louisville | Is mechanical unloading better than coronary artery bypass in ischemic cardiomyopathy patients with low ejection fraction? | Manuscript |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | de Biasi, Andreas | University of Wisconsin Hospitals | Impact of illicit drug use in acute Type A aortic dissection | Manuscript |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Mallidi, Hari | Brigham and Women's Hospital | The effect of the 2018 UNOS donor heart allocation policy change on cardiac transplantation and durable LVAD implantation in women | Abstract |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Bilfinger, Thomas | Stony Brook University School of Medicine | Single versus multi-center surgeons' risk-adjusted mitral valve repair procedural outcomes (SURGEON MVR) | Manuscript |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Bagameri, Gabor | Mayo Clinic | Comparison of the neurological outcomes after aortic arch repair: Endovascular approach vs. the standard of care (Open Repair) | Analysis |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Taylor, Bradley | University of Maryland | Impact of revascularization technique on the risk of stroke and mortality during coronary artery bypass grafting: The analysis of the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database | Manuscript |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Mack, Michael | The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano | Predicted risk of transfusion in isolated AVR | Analysis |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Macris, Michael | Memorial Hermann Health System | The impact of time interval between coronary angiography and cardiopulmonary bypass on acute kidney injury | Manuscript |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Kelley, Thomas | Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center | Effect of a balanced transfusion ratio on survival in patients in hemorrhagic shock after cardiac surgery | Manuscript |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Filardo, Giovanni | The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano | Predicted risk of transfusion in isolated MVR and MV repair | Analysis |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Sabik III, Joseph | University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center | Trends in use of FFR in patients undergoing surgical revascularization: Insights from the STS National Database | Manuscript |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Halbreiner, M. Scott | Allegheny General Hospital | Use of skeletonized versus pedicled internal thoracic artery: Is there a correlation with sternal wound infection | Manuscript |
| Adult Cardiac | PUF | Khalpey, Zain | University of Arizona | Predictive strategies for the prevention of disease outcomes | Analysis |
| Adult Cardiac | A&P | Bowdish, Michael | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | The Association Between Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion And Readmission For Thromboembolism In Older Patients Without Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Cardiac Surgery | Abstract |
| Adult Cardiac | A&P | Spratt, John | University of Florida | Repair of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection in the Medicare Population: Effect of the Extent of Initial Aortic Reconstruction on Late Reoperation and Long-Term Survival | Abstract |
| Adult Cardiac | A&P | Kaneko, Tsuyoshi | Washington University School of Medicine | Outcomes of Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis with Normal Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction: An analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database | Abstract |
| Adult Cardiac | A&P | Bonatti, Johannes | UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute | Robotically Assisted Coronary Bypass Surgery – Comparison with Sternotomy Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in the STS Database (Approved as a joint collaborative project with Dr. Kenneth Liao) | Abstract |
| Adult Cardiac | A&P | Liao, Kenneth | Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center | Robotically Assisted Coronary Bypass Surgery – Comparison with Sternotomy Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in the STS Database (Approved as a joint collaborative project with Dr. Johannes Bonatti) | Abstract |
| Adult Cardiac | A&P | Yu, Pey-Jen | North Shore University Hospital / Northwell Health | Management of Moderate Aortic Stenosis at the Time of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting | Abstract |
| Adult Cardiac | A&P | Chikwe, Joanna | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Longitudinal Outcomes of Mitral Valve Operations for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation in Patients 65 Years or Older | Abstract |
| Adult Cardiac | A&P | Osho, Asishana | Massachusetts General Hospital | Long-Term Outcomes of Paroxysmal and Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Management Strategy in Patients Undergoing Non-Emergent Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (Approved as a joint collaborative project with Dr. Robert Hawkins) | Abstract |
| Adult Cardiac | A&P | Hawkins, Robert | University of Michigan | Long-Term Outcomes of Paroxysmal and Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Management Strategy in Patients Undergoing Non-Emergent Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (Approved as a joint collaborative project with Dr. Asishana Osho) | Abstract |
| Adult Cardiac | A&P | Koprivanac, Marijan | Cleveland Clinic | Arterial Cannulation and Brain Perfusion Strategies for Acute Type A Dissection | Manuscript |
| Adult Cardiac | A&P | Williams, Matthew | Yale School of Medicine | Trajectories of Early-Career Cardiac Surgeons in the U.S.: Predictors of Success and Attrition | Manuscript |
| Adult Cardiac | A&P | Robich, Michael | Johns Hopkins | Outcomes of Mitral Surgery for Secondary Mitral Regurgitation | Abstract |
| Adult Cardiac | A&P | Iribarne, Alexander | Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center | The influence of insurance status on acuity of presentation and outcomes of CABG in North America | Manuscript |
| Adult Cardiac | A&P | Bilfinger, Thomas | Stony Brook University School of Medicine | Acute Type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) Repair in the US: Volume outcome relationships (FUTURE ANALYSIS) | Approved |
| Adult Cardiac | STS | Anzai, Isao | Columbia University | Anticoagulation versus Antiplatelet Management at Discharge After Bioprosthetic Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement | Abstract |
| Adult Cardiac | STS | Hodges, Kevin | Northwestern Medicine | Current Use Of Concomitant Surgical Ablation And Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion In Patients With Atrial Fibrillation | Abstract |
| Adult Cardiac | STS | Anzai, Isao | Columbia University | Comparative Study of Different Mitral Repair Techniques as Predictors of Postoperative Outcomes and Valvular Function | Abstract |
| Adult Cardiac | TFR | Ryan, Andrew | Brown University | The effects of bundled payment on acute cardiovascular outcomes among older adults | Funded/Analysis |
| Adult Cardiac | TFR | Ibrahim, Michael | University of Pennsylvania | Outcomes of repair versus replacement after failed mitral valve repair for degenerative mitral insufficiency | Manuscript |
| General Thoracic | PUF | Campagna, Ryan | University of Rochester Medical Center | Predictors of Non-Home Discharge Following Esophagectomy for Malignancy in the United States | Approved |
| General Thoracic | PUF | Ailawadi, Gorav | University of Michigan | Practice of Female Cardiothoracic Surgeons in the United States over the Past 15 Years | Approved |
| General Thoracic | PUF | Towe, Christopher | University Hospitals | Impact of robotic platform on surgical outcomes of minimally invasive hiatal hernia repair (Second Manuscript) | Abstract |
| General Thoracic | PUF | Geissen, Nicole | Rush University Medical Center | Examining The Association Between Perioperative J-Tube Placement and Major Morbidity Following Esophagectomy | Abstract |
| General Thoracic | PUF | Okusanya, Olugbenga | Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | The Effect Of Lymph Node Dissection On Post Operative Complications After Lung Resection (Second Manuscript) | Manuscript |
| General Thoracic | PUF | Sachdeva, Uma | Massachusetts General Hospital | The Influence Of Surgeon- And Hospital-Level Case Mix On Adoption Of Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy In The US: An STS Database Study | Analysis |
| General Thoracic | PUF | Feingold, Paul | University of Rochester Medical Center | Association between Pathologic Response to Multimodality Therapy in Distal Esophageal Adenocarcinoma with Perioperative Outcomes | Abstract |
| General Thoracic | PUF | Van Haren, Robert | University of Cincinnati | Impact of Required Smoking Cessation at Time of Lung Resection | Abstract |
| General Thoracic | PUF | Udelsman, Brooks | Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California | Association of hiatal hernia, mesh repair, and clinical volume in the STS-GTSD | Manuscript |
| General Thoracic | PUF | D'Cunha, Jonathan | Mayo Clinic | Conduit revision following esophagectomy: An STS Database Analysis | Abstract |
| General Thoracic | PUF | Tieu, Brandon | Oregon Health & Science University | Chylothorax after esophagectomy: A review of the STS National Database | Manuscript |
| General Thoracic | A&P | Yang, Chi-Fu | Massachusetts General Hospital | Adherence to U.S. and International Nodal Sampling Guidelines for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Impact on pN Upstaging and Postoperative Complications (Approved as a joint collaborative project with Dr. Seth Krantz) | Abstract |
| General Thoracic | A&P | Krantz, Seth | Endeavor Health | National Assessment of Current Practice Patterns and Adherence to Commission on Cancer Standard 5.8 for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (Approved as a joint collaborative project with Dr. Chi-Fu Yang) | Abstract |
| General Thoracic | A&P | Molena, Daniela | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | Oncological And Surgical Outcome Differences In Never Smoker Women Compared To Ever Smoker Women And Men | Abstract |
| General Thoracic | A&P | Shrager, Joseph | Stanford University School of Medicine | Chylothorax Following Lung Resection for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A STS National Dataset Analysis | Abstract |
| General Thoracic | A&P | Udelsman, Brooks | Keck School of Medicine of USC | Association Of Psychiatric Illness And Peri-Operative Outcomes In The STS-GTSD | Abstract |
| General Thoracic | STS | Santore, Lee Ann | Mayo Clinic | Tumor Size, Surgical Approach, and Outcomes in Thymic Epithelial Tumor Surgery | Analysis |
| Congenital Heart | PUF | Da Fonseca Da Silva, Luciana | UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh | Outcomes of Severe Cardiac Anomalies Requiring Surgical Intervention in Marfan and Loeys-Dietz Syndromes in the Pediatric Age Group | Approved |
| Congenital Heart | PUF | Pelletier, Glenn | Stanford University School of Medicine | Estimation of Semilunar and Atrioventricular Valve Disease in Children Who May Benefit from Living Homograft Valve Replacement | Approved |
| Congenital Heart | PUF | Karamlou, Tara | Akron Children's Hospital | Practice Patterns in Biventricular Conversion in Left Heart Obstructive Lesions and Unbalanced CAVSD | Analysis |
| Congenital Heart | PUF | Ashfaq, Awais | Cincinnati Children's Hospital | Procoagulant Use In Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: Evolution And Impact On Postoperative Outcomes | Abstract |
| Congenital Heart | PUF | Turek, Joseph | Duke University Hospital | Impact of Preoperative Tracheostomy on Congenital Cardiac Surgery Outcomes | Abstract |
| Congenital Heart | PUF | Sinha, Pranava | M Health Fairview Masonic Children's Hospital | Outcomes of Heterotaxy Syndrome Patients Undergoing Biventricular Repairs | Abstract |
| Congenital Heart | PUF | St. Louis, James | Augusta University | Utilization Of Artificial Intelligence To Produce Predictive Models Of Adverse Outcomes Following Congenital Heart Surgery | Approved |
| Congenital Heart | PUF | Bishnoi, Arvind | Children's National Hospital | Understanding Surgical Interventions on Truncal Valve After The Primary Surgical Repair and Related Outcomes Using a National, Congenital Heart Disease Database | Manuscript |
| Congenital Heart | PUF | Ahluwalia, Neha | Children's Hospital of Michigan | Pulmonary Atresia with Ventricular Septal Defect and Major Aortopulmonary Collaterals: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database Analysis | Abstract |
| Congenital Heart | PUF | Yerebakan, Can | Children's National Hospital | Impact of Low Weight, Prematurity, and Genetic Syndromes on Mortality Following Congenital Heart Surgery: A Comprehensive Analysis of Patient Outcomes | Manuscript |
| Congenital Heart | PUF | Goldstone, Andrew | New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital | The Optimal Timing of Complete Repair for Truncus Arteriosus: An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database | Analysis |
| Congenital Heart | PUF | Bateson, Brian | Children's Hospital of Georgia | Differences in outcomes for infants undergoing cardiac surgery using blood conservation | Manuscript |
| Congenital Heart | PUF | Nelson, Jennifer | Nemours Children's Health | National Perioperative Utilization of Dexmedetomidine in Children with Congenital Heart Disease | Manuscript |
| Congenital Heart | PUF | Mandrov, Anton | Children's Hospital of Georgia | Predicting Complications after Congenital Heart Disease Surgery with Machine Based Learning | Manuscript |
| Congenital Heart | PUF | d'Udekem, Yves | Children's National Hospital | Early outcome of Fontan operation: lateral tunnel or Extra Cardiac Conduit? | Manuscript |
| Congenital Heart | PUF | Mery, Carlos | Dell Children’s Medical Center | Neighborhood sociodemographic factors impact on incidence and outcomes in congenital heart surgery | Manuscript |
| Congenital Heart | PUF | Zantek, Nicole | University of Minnesota | Risk factors for platelet transfusion and impact of platelet transfusions on outcomes in patients undergoing congenital heart surgery | Abstract |
| Congenital Heart | A&P | Herrmann, Jeremy | Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health | Tracheostomy After Operations for Congenital Heart Disease: An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database | Approved |
| Congenital Heart | A&P | Morell, Victor | Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh | Variation in Perioperative Outcomes Among ACHD: The Impact of Macrosystem Factors | Abstract |
| Congenital Heart | A&P | Bedzra, Edo | Children's Mercy Hospital | Influence Of Trisomy 21 On Rate And Outcomes Of Surgical Left Atrioventricular Valve, And Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Reinterventions After Complete Atrioventricular Septal Defect Repair; The North American Contemporary Experience (Approved as a joint collaborative project with Dr. Ashok Muralidaran) | Abstract |
| Congenital Heart | A&P | Muralidaran, Ashok | Oregon Health & Science University | Influence Of Trisomy 21 On Rate And Outcomes Of Surgical Left Atrioventricular Valve, And Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Reinterventions After Complete Atrioventricular Septal Defect Repair; The North American Contemporary Experience (Approved as a joint collaborative project with Dr. Edo Bedzra) | Abstract |
| Congenital Heart | A&P | Brown, Morgan | Boston Children's Hospital | Intraoperative Extubation by Cardiac Anesthesia: Quality Metric and Benchmarking | Abstract |
| Congenital Heart | A&P | Wadle, Michael | Seattle Children's Hospital | Seasonal Variations in Congenital Heart Surgery Outcomes | Abstract |
| Congenital Heart | A&P | Jooste, Edmund | Duke University School of Medicine | Evolution and Heterogeneity in Practice Patterns for Shunt Selection and Outcomes following Norwood Procedures performed in the United States: Real World Implications of the Single Ventricle Reconstruction Trial | Analysis |
| Congenital Heart | A&P | Jacobs, Marshall | Johns Hopkins School of Medicine | Staged operative strategies in CHSD | Manuscript |
| Congenital Heart | A&P | Subramanyan, Ram Kumar | Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles | Surgical outcomes following repair of tetralogy of Fallot with absent pulmonary valve syndrome | Analysis |
| Congenital Heart | TFR | Cnota, James | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Congenital Heart Disease Genetic Network Study (CHD GENES) – Surgical Phenotype Expansion Through the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Database | Analysis |
| Congenital Heart | TFR | Normand, Sharon-Lise | Harvard Medical School | Modern Analytics to Improve Quality & Outcomes Assessments Following Congenital Heart Surgery | Analysis/Abstract/Manuscript |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | PUF | Cain, Michael | University of Colorado | Causal Mechanisms Mediate The Treatment Effect Of Left Ventricular Assist Device Intervention In The SRTR | Approved |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | PUF | Pagani, Francis | University of Michigan | Understanding The Impact Of LVAD Wean On Outcomes For Patients With Advanced Heart Failure | Approved |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | PUF | Milano, Carmelo | Duke University Hospital | Outcomes of Patients Receiving Planned Biventricular Mechanical Circulatory Support | Approved |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | PUF | Yehya, Amin | Sentara Heart Hospital | Impact of Pre-existing Ventricular Tachycardia on Outcomes in LVAD Recipients | Analysis |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | PUF | Subramanian, Harikesh | UPMC Presbyterian | Effects Of Social Determinants Of Health (Sdoh) On Complications After VAD Implantation: Exploration Of The ZIP Code And Outcomes | Approved |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | PUF | Saeed, Omar | Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein | Neurologic Dysfunction in Patients with Contemporary Magnetically Levitated Left Ventricular Assist Devices | Abstract |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | PUF | Tang, Paul | Mayo Clinic | Preoperative Passive Cardiac Index Determines Left Ventricular Assist Device Outcomes | Analysis |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | PUF | Cooper, Lauren | Northwell Health | Guideline Directed Medical Therapy (GDMT) for Heart Failure in Patients with Durable Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD) | Abstract |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | PUF | Likosky, Donald | University of Michigan | Determinants of Interhospital Variability in Infections after Durable LVADs: Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs Database | Manuscript |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | PUF | Mancini, Donna | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease and Ventricular Assist Device Outcomes: An Analysis of the STS INTERMACS Database | Analysis |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | PUF | Thourani, Vinod | Piedmont Healthcare | Characterization of the natural history of aortic regurgitation in LVAD patients: an INTERMACS analysis | Analysis |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | PUF | Balsam, Leora | UMass Chan Medical School | INTERMACS Registry Trends and Outcomes after Heartmate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: The Impact of Surgical Approach | Approved |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | PUF | Aaronson, Keith | University of Michigan | A novel model to predict Gastrointestinal bleeding after a Heartmate 3 LVAD implantation | Abstract |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | PUF | Adler, Eric | University of California-San Diego | Machine learning for prognostication in advanced heart failure | Manuscript |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | PUF | Estep, Jerry | Cleveland Clinic | Predictors of hospital readmission burden and survival analysis in patients with contemporary continuous flow left ventricular assist device (CF-LVAD) | Abstract |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | PUF | Lozonschi, Lucian | Medical University of South Carolina | Ventricular arrhythmia post cf-left ventricular assist device placement – Trends within the STS Intermacs in the contemporary era | Manuscript |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | PUF | Grandin, Edward | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Assessing the impact of beta-blockers on late right heart failure and survival after left ventricular assist device implantation (PUF) | Manuscript |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | A&P | Benharash, Peyman | David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles | Mechanical Circulatory Support in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: Optimal Support Strategies across Single and Biventricular Disease | Abstract |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | A&P | Morales, David | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Merging the Pedimacs Database with the Congenital Heart Surgery Database to Evaluate Ventricular Assist Device Placement in Infants with Single Ventricle Heart Disease | Analysis |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | A&P | Grinstein, Jonathan | University of Chicago Medicine | Adverse Events Profile In Patients Undergoing LVAD Therapy While Supported On Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support | Abstract |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | A&P | Gulati, Gaurav | Tufts Medical Center | Kidney Disease, Right Ventricle Dysfunction and Outcomes in Older LVAD Recipients | Abstract |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | A&P | Rajapreyar, Indranee | Jefferson Health | Partial Myocardial Recovery And Long-Term Post LVAD Outcomes | Abstract |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | A&P | Ahmed, Humera | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Explainable Machine Learning To Assess The Risk For Right Heart Failure During Pediatric Left Ventricular Assist Device Placement | Abstract |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | A&P | Carlo, Waldemar | University of Alabama Birmingham | Comparison of Outcomes Between Heartmate 3 and Cardiac Transplantation in Adolescents with Dilated Cardiomyopathy | Manuscript |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | A&P | Teuteberg, Jeff | Stanford University | Epidemiology and Outcomes of Patients Bridged to Heart Transplant with Durable LVAD Support (Approved as a joint collaborative project with Dr. Sung-Min Cho) | Abstract |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | A&P | Cho, Sung-Min | Johns Hopkins University | Epidemiology and Outcomes of Patients Bridged to Heart Transplant with Durable LVAD Support (Approved as a joint collaborative project with Dr. Jeff Teuteberg) | Abstract |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | A&P | Kiernan, Michael | Tufts Medical Center | Late Right Heart Failure after Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: Impact on Outcomes and Association with Adverse Events Beyond One Year | Abstract |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | A&P | Rossano, Joseph | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Long Term Ventricular Assist Devices in Children | Manuscript |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | A&P | Dardas, Todd | University of Washington | Modeling days alive and out of hospital for durable left ventricular assist device support | Analysis |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | A&P | Goldstein, Daniel | Montefiore Medical Center | Examining the Adverse Events Profile of BTT/BTC Patients after the UNOS Allocation Changes | Manuscript |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | A&P | Kirklin, James | University of Alabama-Birmingham | Mortality risk prediction for patients who receive a HeartMate3 left ventricular assistance device | Manuscript |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | STS | Kanwar, Manreet | Allegheny General Hospital | Outcomes in patients undergoing LVAD therapy while supported on temporary mechanical circulatory support | Manuscript |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs | TFR | Cowger, Jennifer | Henry Ford Health System | HeartMate 3 Support for Transplant Candidates Offers Equitable Organ Utilization | Abstract |