Doctor's Bio
Board Certifications
American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: University of Texas
- Internship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Fellowships
Emory University School of Medicine
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
Phone: (404) 616-1000
Location:
80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Publications
- The Impact of Age on Aortic Root Replacement.
Norton EL, Patel PM, Levine D, Wei JW, Binongo JN, Leshnower BG, Takayama H, Chen EP
European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery. 2025;
PMID: 40754828 - Valve-sparing root replacement: How old is too old?
Norton EL, Wang Y, Patel PM, Levine D, Binongo J, Leshnower BG, Takayama H, Chen EP
JTCVS open. 2025;
PMID: 40631040 - Investigating the role of structural wall stress on aortic growth prognosis in acute uncomplicated type B aortic dissection.
Liu M, Du Y, Cebull HL, Wu Y, Mazlout A, Kalyanasundaram A, Agarwal R, Dong H, Piccinelli M, Oshinski JN, Elefteriades JA, Gleason RL, Leshnower BG
Research square. 2025;
PMID: 40470228 - Protective biomechanical and histological changes in the false lumen wall in chronic type B aortic dissection.
Dong H, Liu M, Cebull HL, Chhabra A, Zhou Y, Piccinelli M, Oshinski JN, Elefteriades JA, Gleason RL, Leshnower BG
JTCVS open. 2025;
PMID: 40061520 - PP2A Attenuates Thoracic Aneurysm and Dissection in Mouse Models of Marfan Syndrome.
Zhou X, Xu Q, Hu X, Klenotic PA, Valdivia A, Leshnower BG, Dong N, Narla G, Lin Z
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979). 2025;82(4):665-679.
PMID: 39878024 - Malperfusion in Patients With Acute Type A Aortic Dissection: A Nationwide Analysis.
Goel NJ, Kelly JJ, Patrick WL, Zhao Y, Bavaria JE, Ouzounian M, Estrera AL, Takayama H, Chen EP, Reece TB, Hughes GC, Roselli EE, Kim KM, Patel HJ, Bowdish ME, Sperling JS, Leshnower BG, Preventza O, Brinkman WT, Desai ND
The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2025;119(5):980-989.
PMID: 39848556 - Double Transposition and Physician-Modified Endografting for Complex Arch Aneurysm.
Nissen AP, Jordan WD, Leshnower BG
Annals of thoracic surgery short reports. 2024;2(3):327-330.
PMID: 39790396 - Side- and Disease-Dependent Changes in Human Aortic Valve Cell Population and Transcriptomic Heterogeneity Determined by Single-Cell RNA Sequencing.
Villa-Roel N, Park C, Andueza A, Baek KI, Su A, Blaser MC, Leshnower BG, Yoganathan A, Aikawa E, Jo H
Genes. 2024;
PMID: 39766890 - Acute Type B Management; Implications of Initial Treatment Strategy: The NIH Type B Trial.
Nissen AP, Leshnower BG
Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. ;37(2):165-167.
PMID: 39730084 - Reoperation after aortic root replacement and its impact on long-term survival.
Norton EL, Patel PM, Wang Y, Binongo J, Levine D, Singh S, Chodisetty S, Olakunle OE, Leshnower BG, Takayama H, Chen EP
JTCVS open. 2024;
PMID: 39534343
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