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Juan A. Abreu, MD, is a board-certified and fellowship-trained cardiothoracic surgeon focused on providing exceptional care for all his patients.
Abreu’s clinical interests include minimally invasive cardiac surgery, structural heart disease, arrhythmia surgery, surgical education, high-risk cardiac surgery, hybrid coronary artery revascularization, and aortic surgery.
He’s an assistant professor in the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.
Abreu earned his medical degree from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra in the Dominican Republic. He completed his general surgery internship and residency at Hofstra School of Medicine Northwell Health Staten Island University Hospital in New York City, followed by a cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He is double board-certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.
Awards and Recognition:
Surgical Scientist of the Year
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine at Staten Island University Hospital, June 2014
Magna cum laude in Medicine
Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra, May 2009
Best Medical Thesis Award
Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra, May 2009
Peer reviewed journal articles / abstracts
John P. Nabagiez, MD, Kimberly C. Bowman, MD, MPH, Masood A. Shariff, MD, Juan A. Abreu, MD, Anurag Singh, MD, Wolf von Waagner, MD, Muhammad A. Khan, MD, Kuldeep Singh, MD, Joseph T. McGinn Jr., MD. Twenty-Four Hour Staged Carotid Endarterectomy Followed by Off-Pump Coronary Bypass Grafting for Patients With Concomitant Carotid and Coronary Disease. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2014, Nov; 98(5): 1613-1618. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 25200729.
Masood A. Shariff, Juan A. Abreu, Farida Durrani, Eddie Daniele, Kimberly C. Bowman, Scott Sadel, Kourosh T. Asgarian, Joseph T. McGinn, Jr., and John P. Nabagiez. Hyperplastic Cardiac Sarcoma Recurrence. Case Reports in Surgery. 2015, Feb; 2015(10.1155/2015/132328): 4. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 25861508.
Masood A. Shariff, Rami Michael, Edward Daniele, Natasha Povar, Simon Esthappan, Juan Ariel, John P. Nabagiez, Joseph T. McGinn, Jr. Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Maintains Pulmonary Function Postoperatively. Innovations. 2014, May; 9(3): 206.
Vijay A. Singh, MD, Juan Abreu, MD, Kimberly Bowman, MD, Masood A. Shariff, MD, and Joseph T. McGinn, Jr, MD. Sternal Chondrosarcoma after Sternotomy for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. eplasty. 2013, Jan; 2013(13): e7. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 23372861.
Masood A. Shariff, Rawan Sharma, Juan A. Abreu, Peter Andrawes, Miriam Sedrak, Mohammed Mustafa, John P. Nabagiez, Joseph T. McGinn, Jr. Isolated Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery Outcomes Comparable to Standard Approach. Innovations. 2016, June -Volume 11 – Issue – p S120–S147.
Nissen, A.P., Nguyen, S., Abreu, J., and Nguyen, T.C. The first 5 years: building a minimally invasive valve program. Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery. 2018.
Nissen, A., Abreu, J., Ornekian, V., Nguyen, S., Nguyen, T. 2018 Dec 30. Percutaneous and open cannulation for peripheral cardiopulmonary bypass: pearls and pitfalls. The Journal of Visualized Surgery. [Online] 4:0
Poster and Oral Presentations
John P. Nabagiez, MD, Kimberly C. Bowman, MD, MPH, Masood A. Shariff, MD, Juan A. Abreu, MD, Anurag Singh, MD, Wolf von Waagner, MD, Muhammad A. Khan, MD, Kuldeep Singh, MD, Joseph T. McGinn Jr., MD. (2013) Twenty-Four Hour Staged Carotid Endarterectomy Followed by Off-Pump Coronary Bypass Grafting for Patients With Concomitant Carotid and Coronary Disease.
Poster presented at: American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2013; Washington, DC.
John P. Nabagiez, MD, Kimberly C. Bowman, MD, MPH, Masood A. Shariff, MD, Juan A. Abreu, MD, Anurag Singh, MD, Wolf von Waagner, MD, Muhammad A. Khan, MD, Kuldeep Singh, MD, Joseph T. McGinn Jr., MD. (2014) Twenty-Four Hour Staged Carotid Endarterectomy Followed by Off-Pump Coronary Bypass Grafting for Patients With Concomitant Carotid and Coronary Disease.
Poster presented at:
American College of Preventive Medicine Conference 2014; New Orleans, LA.
Juan A. Abreu, MD, Joseph T. McGinn Jr, MD, Masood A. Shariff, MD, (2014) Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Maintains Pulmonary Function Postoperatively.
Poster presented at: International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (ISMICS) 2014, Boston, MA.
Juan A. Abreu, MD, Boris Sepesi, MD. Giant Intrathoracic Liposarcoma. Thoracon, February 2019, Houston, TX
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