Doctor's Bio
Board Certifications
American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Fellowships
Weill Cornell Medical College
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
Phone: (404) 616-1000
Location:
80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Publications
- Valve-Sparing Root Replacement With Anomalous Left Circumflex From the Right Coronary Sinus.
Nissen AP, Farrington WJ
Annals of thoracic surgery short reports. 2025;3(3):572-575.
PMID: 41163884 - Acute type A dissection with iliofemoral or renal malperfusion: Is frozen elephant trunk necessary?
Nissen AP, Reul RM, Naeem M, Zurcher JR, Farrington WJ, Keeling WB, Leshnower BG
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2026;171(2):366-373.e1.
PMID: 40975429 - Long-term Results of Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement in Acute Type A Aortic Dissection.
Leshnower BG, Farrington WJ, Huckaby LV, Keeling WB, Zellner AB, Chen EP
The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2025;119(1):101-107.
PMID: 39293750 - Extended thoracic endovascular aortic repair is optimal therapy in acute complicated type B dissection.
Nissen AP, Huckaby LV, Duwayri YM, Jordan WD, Farrington WJ, Keeling WB, Leshnower BG
Journal of vascular surgery. 2024;80(4):1055-1063.
PMID: 38750944 - Acute Type B Intramural Hematoma: Novel Insights in the Endovascular Era.
Crepy D'Orleans C, Duwayri YM, Zellner AB, Binongo J, Farrington WJ, Keeling WB, Jordan WD, Leshnower BG
Annals of vascular surgery. 2024;
PMID: 38301850 - Acute-on-Chronic Aortic Dissection: Management and Outcomes of the Unstable "Triple-Lumen" Aorta.
Norton EL, Farrington WJ, Keeling WB, Wei JW, Binongo JN, Zellner AB, Chen EP, Leshnower BG
The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2024;117(5):923-930.
PMID: 37923239 - A tailored strategy for repair of acute type A aortic dissection.
Lau C, Robinson NB, Farrington WJ, Rahouma M, Gambardella I, Gaudino M, Girardi LN
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2022;164(6):1698-1707.e3.
PMID: 33558116 - Cardiac Surgery Outcomes in an Epicenter of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Farrington WJ, Robinson NB, Rahouma M, Lau C, Hameed I, Iannacone EM, Ivascu NS, Mick SL, Gaudino MF, Girardi LN
Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2022;34(1):182-188.
PMID: 33444770 - Surgeons' Coronary Bypass Practice Patterns in the United States.
Gaudino M, Rahouma M, Habib RH, Hameed I, Robinson NB, Farrington WJ, Fremes S, Schwann TA, Girardi LN
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2020;76(14):1714-1715.
PMID: 33004137 - A Perspective from New York of COVID 19: Effect and impact on cardiac surgery.
Farrington WJ, Mack CA, Karas MG, Ivascu NS, Robinson NB, Iannacone E, Lau C, Mick SL, Girardi LN
Journal of cardiac surgery. 2021;36(5):1668-1671.
PMID: 32939825
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