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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
All patient experience ratings and comments are submitted by actual patients and are received and validated by a leading independent survey company, NRC Health.
Great communication in office Impressive efficiency of staff Great follow up
DR Abreu and his staff were Great! Very personable, and humble and kind. They were very attentive to my concerns and my issue.
The only bad part of our visit was they were behind that morning & waited over an hour & half after our appointment time to finally be seen.
Nothing, everyone is very kind and professional.
The staff was very kind Provided with extra questions as needed professional host staff even the doctor
It was great!
The medical staff were excellent!
the wait time for the follow up appointment was too much my schedule appointment was 10:30am but i was seen at 12:15pm i have DM also i think there should be a better communication
I really appreciate the kindness and patience that Dr Abreu and staff had as I asked questions. From surgery to discharge I couldn't be more thankful for their knowledge and support. Thanks again to all the staff!
The staff was efficient and very friendly. Dr. Abreu was wonderful at explaining the procedure, explaining what the go forward path is, and he made me feel very safe and comfortable and heard. He's one of the best doctors that I've ever been to. So I appreciate that.
The doctor was very informative. He was very personable and I felt comfortable after talking to him about my upcoming surgery. I was also impressed with his whole office staff. They were all very good. The nurse was fabulous. The Gabby who is the person who starts scheduling your pre-op and all that kind of stuff. She's been extremely helpful. If I had any more questions I could call and ask her and she has gotten back to me. So I thank you. I was very impressed. Thank you.
[...]. This was very good. The tension was very good. Everyone, both doctors and nurses, was very kind and they were very kind. I am dressed and of course I would recommend whistling. Thank you very much for everything and thank God.
Dr. Abreu and staff were very professional and answered all my questions. They made it easy to reach out to them with any other questions I may have in the near future.
The wait was a little long, there were quite a few people waiting. I was seen about an hour after my appointment time. The time passed quickly. We were able to speak with some of the other patients who were waiting.
Nothing, everything is very organized, very clear and cordial.
Dr Abreu and his nurse were terrific. I feel like I am in good hands.
The whole office staff was nice and helpful. The way dr explain me my surgery and after surgery things I am really satisfied.
Dr. Juan Abreu is an excellent doctor and excellent professional. He is a very good person, a very good human being and he has excellent care. I recommend him 100%.
I felt that I was in very capable hands, very professional, made me feel comfortable. I knew that I was doing the right thing.
Everyone in the office was caring and very kind.
i love, love, love, love, Dr. Abreu and his staff everyone is outstanding! He's very knowledgeable he took his time and studied me before he performed the operation im very grateful for him and his team i eon't ever forget anyone! Words cannot express how thankful, and grateful i am for you guys, yall are very blessed i really really appreciate everyone, much love and blessings upon everyone!
Because of the procedure that I'm waiting for doctors to schedule, I was not totally aware of this Dr's part in the process...but, he did explain how all aspects fit together, & why he was set up to see/evaluate my health conditions, with all being reported back to the Dr that will schedule & do the final procedure.
Very pleasant experience,
This team is truly a team. Everyone worked well together and helped me more than I can explain.
He is a very humanitarian doctor. May God bless his hands on each patient.
Thank you all
Very through and professional!
Dr. Abreu is an excellent person, very professional, very grateful to him. Also to all the hospital staff, very empathetic, very kind.
Extremely nice staff and very personable caring Doctor.
Pleasant