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- Christian Pizarro, MD
Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware
1600 Rockland Road
Wilmington,
DE
19803
Education & Training
Fellowship
- Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surge - Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, 1997
- Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surge - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1992
Internship
Transitional - St. Luke's Hospital, 1988
Residency
Cardiothoracic Surgery - Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania, 1996
Internship Residency
General Surgery - Pennsylvania Hospital, 1994
Board Certifications
American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Cardiology
- Pizarro, C. (2022). Commentary: Aortic valve intervention in children: The jury is still out. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 163(3), 1192-1193. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.03.065
View Full Publication - Pizarro, C. (2022). Commentary: Aortic valve intervention in children: The jury is still out. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 163(3), 1192-1193. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.03.065
View Full Publication - Averill, L. W., Kecskemethy, H. H., Theroux, M. C., Mackenzie, W. G., Pizarro, C., Bober, M. B., & Tomatsu, S. (2021). Tracheal narrowing in children and adults with mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA: evaluation with computed tomography angiography. Pediatric Radiology, 51(7), 1202-1213. doi:10.1007/s00247-020-04946-0
View Full Publication - Pizarro, C. (2022). Commentary: Aortic valve intervention in children: The jury is still out. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 163(3), 1192-1193. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.03.065
- Nathan, M., Levine, J. C., Van Rompay, M. I., Lambert, L. M., Trachtenberg, F. L., Colan, S. D., & Pediatric Heart Network Investigators. (2021). Impact of Major Residual Lesions on Outcomes After Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 77(19), 2382-2394. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2021.03.304
View Full Publication - Pizarro, C. (2022). Commentary: Aortic valve intervention in children: The jury is still out. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 163(3), 1192-1193. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.03.065
- Sananes, R., Goldberg, C. S., Newburger, J. W., Hu, C., Trachtenberg, F., Gaynor, J. W., & PHN investigators. (2021). Six-year neurodevelopmental outcomes for children with single-ventricle physiology. Pediatrics, 147(2). doi:10.1542/peds.2020-014589
View Full Publication - Pizarro, C. (2020a). Commentary: Outcomes and causes of late failure of valve-sparing aortic root replacement. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.10.099
- Pizarro, C. (2020c). Valve-Sparing Neoaortic Root Replacement Post Norwood. Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 25(1), 2-12. doi:10.1053/j.optechstcvs.2019.12.001
- Devlin, P. J., Jegatheeswaran, A., McCrindle, B. W., Karamlou, T., Blackstone, E. H., Williams, W. G., & Overman, D. M. (2020). Pulmonary artery banding in complete atrioventricular septal defect. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 159(4), 1493-1503.e3. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.09.019
View Full Publication - Nathan, M., Trachtenberg, F. L., Van Rompay, M. I., Gaynor, W., Kanter, K., Ohye, R., & Pediatric Heart Network Residual Lesion Score Writing Committee. (2020). The Pediatric Heart Network Residual Lesion Score Study: Design and objectives. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 160(1), 218-223.e1. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.10.146
View Full Publication - Tsuda, T., Davies, R. R., Radtke, W., Pizarro, C., & Bhat, A. M. (2020). Early Surgical Closure of Atrial Septal Defect Improves Clinical Status of Symptomatic Young Children with Underlying Pulmonary Abnormalities. Pediatric Cardiology, 41(6), 1115-1124. doi:10.1007/s00246-020-02361-8
View Full Publication - Prada-Ruiz, A. C., Baker-Smith, C., Beaty, C., Matoq, A., Pelletier, G., Pizarro, C., & Dadlani, G. (2020). Echocardiographic assessment of mechanical circulatory support and heart transplant. Progress in Pediatric Cardiology, 58. doi:10.1016/j.ppedcard.2020.101272
- Dadlani, G. H., Srivastava, S., Wearden, P., & Pizarro, C. (2020). Introduction. Progress in Pediatric Cardiology, 58. doi:10.1016/j.ppedcard.2020.101293
- Pizarro, C. (2020b). Commentary: Unlocking the enigma of neurobehavioral abnormalities after surgery for congenital heart disease. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 159(1), 280-281. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.09.003
View Full Publication - Goldstone, A. B., Baiocchi, M., Wypij, D., Stopp, C., Andropoulos, D. B., Atallah, J., & Gaynor, J. W. (2020). The Bayley-III scale may underestimate neurodevelopmental disability after cardiac surgery in infants. European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, 57(1), 63-71. doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezz123
View Full Publication - Vida, V. L., Triglia, L. T., Zanotto, L., Zanotto, L., Bertelli, F., Padalino, M., & Stellin, G. (2020). Late management of the aortic root after repair of tetralogy of Fallot: A European multicentre study. Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 35(1), 40-47. doi:10.1111/jocs.14316
View Full Publication - Itkin, M., Pizarro, C., Radtke, W., Spurrier, E., & Rabinowitz, D. A. (2020). Lymphatic Management in Single-Ventricle Patients. Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual, 23, 41-47. doi:10.1053/j.pcsu.2020.03.001
View Full Publication - Demianczyk, A. C., Behere, S. P., Thacker, D., Noeder, M., Delaplane, E. A., Pizarro, C., & Sood, E. (2019). Social Risk Factors Impact Hospital Readmission and Outpatient Appointment Adherence for Children with Congenital Heart Disease. Journal of Pediatrics, 205, 35-40.e1. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.09.038
View Full Publication - Jacobs, J. P., O'Brien, S. M., Hill, K. D., Kumar, S. R., Austin, E. H., III, Gaynor, J. W., & Jacobs, M. L. (2019). Refining The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database Mortality Risk Model With Enhanced Risk Adjustment for Chromosomal Abnormalities, Syndromes, and Noncardiac Congenital Anatomic Abnormalities. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 108(2), 558-566. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.01.069
View Full Publication - Goldberg, C. S., Hu, C., Brosig, C., Gaynor, J. W., Mahle, W. T., Miller, T., & Newburger, J. W. (2019). Behavior and quality of life at 6 years for children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Pediatrics, 144(5). doi:10.1542/peds.2019-1010
View Full Publication - Eckhauser, A. W., Van Rompay, M. I., Ravishankar, C., Newburger, J. W., Ram Kumar, S., Pizarro, C., & Minich, L. L. (2019). Variation in care for children undergoing the Fontan operation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Cardiology in the Young, 29(12), 1510-1516. doi:10.1017/S1047951119002658
View Full Publication - Holst, K. A., Dearani, J. A., Said, S. M., Davies, R. R., Pizarro, C., Knott-Craig, C., & Jacobs, M. L. (2018). Surgical Management and Outcomes of Ebstein Anomaly in Neonates and Infants: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database Analysis. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 106(3), 785-791. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.04.049
View Full Publication - Peracha, H., Sawamoto, K., Averill, L., Kecskemethy, H., Theroux, M., Thacker, M., & Tomatsu, S. (2018). Molecular genetics and metabolism, special edition: Diagnosis, diagnosis and prognosis of Mucopolysaccharidosis IVA. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 125(1-2), 18-37. doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2018.05.004
View Full Publication - Doherty, C., Averill, L. W., Theroux, M., Mackenzie, W. G., Pizarro, C., Mason, R. W., & Tomatsu, S. (2018). Natural history of Morquio A patient with tracheal obstruction from birth to death. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports, 14, 59-67. doi:10.1016/j.ymgmr.2017.11.005
- Newburger, J. W., Sleeper, L. A., William Gaynor, J., Hollenbeck-Pringle, D., Frommelt, P. C., Li, J. S., & Ohye, R. G. (2018). Transplant-free survival and interventions at 6 years in the SVR trial. Circulation, 137(21), 2246-2253. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.029375
View Full Publication - Chowdhury, D., Williams, K. B., Chidekel, A., Pizarro, C., Preedy, C., Young, M., & Strauss, K. A. (2017). Management of Congenital Heart Disease Associated with Ellis-van Creveld Short-rib Thoracic Dysplasia. Journal of Pediatrics, 191, 145-151. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.08.073
View Full Publication - Padalino, M. A., Frigo, A. C., Comisso, M., Kostolny, M., Omeje, I., Schreiber, C., & Stellin, G. (2017). Early and late outcomes after surgical repair of congenital supravalvular aortic stenosis: A European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association multicentric study. European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, 52(4), 789-797. doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezx245
View Full Publication - Vida, V. L., Zanotto, L., Zanotto, L., Stellin, G., Padalino, M., Sarris, G., & European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association (ECHSA) Study Group. (2017). Left-Sided Reoperations After Arterial Switch Operation: A European Multicenter Study. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 104(3), 899-906. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.04.026
View Full Publication - Pizarro, C., & Sood, E. (2017). Invited Commentary. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 104(2), 686-687. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.01.016
View Full Publication - Jacobs, J. P., Mayer, J. E., Jr, Mavroudis, C., O'Brien, S. M., Austin, E. H., III, Pasquali, S. K., & Jacobs, M. L. (2017). The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2017 Update on Outcomes and Quality. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 103(3), 699-709. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.01.004
View Full Publication - Pizarro, C. (2017). Destination therapy with ventricular assist devices for patients with dystrophinopathies: A new way of life. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 153(3), 667-668. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.10.071
View Full Publication - Davies, R. R., McCulloch, M. A., Haldeman, S., Gidding, S. S., & Pizarro, C. (2017). Urgent listing exceptions and outcomes in pediatric heart transplantation: Comparison to standard criteria patients. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 36(3), 280-288. doi:10.1016/j.healun.2016.09.007
View Full Publication - Nathan, M., Jacobs, M. L., Gaynor, J. W., Newburger, J. W., Dunbar Masterson, C., Lambert, L. M., & Pasquali, S. K. (2017). Completeness and Accuracy of Local Clinical Registry Data for Children Undergoing Heart Surgery. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 103(2), 629-636. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.06.111
View Full Publication - Khan, S., Almeciga-Diaz, C. J., Sawamoto, K., Mackenzie, W. G., Theroux, M. C., Pizarro, C., & Tomatsu, S. (2017). Mucopolysaccharidosis IVA and glycosaminoglycans. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 120(1-2), 78-95. doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2016.11.007
View Full Publication - Wilder, T. J., McCrindle, B. W., Hickey, E. J., Ziemer, G., Tchervenkov, C. I., Jacobs, M. L., & Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society. (2017). Is a hybrid strategy a lower-risk alternative to stage 1 Norwood operation? Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 153(1), 163-172.e6. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.08.021
View Full Publication - Pizarro, C., Davies, R. R., Theroux, M., Spurrier, E. A., Averill, L. W., & Tomatsu, S. (2016). Surgical Reconstruction for Severe Tracheal Obstruction in Morquio A Syndrome. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 102(4), e329-e331. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.02.113
View Full Publication - Sawamoto, K., Suzuki, Y., Mackenzie, W. G., Theroux, M. C., Pizarro, C., Yabe, H., & Tomatsu, S. (2016). Current therapies for Morquio A syndrome and their clinical outcomes. Expert Opinion on Orphan Drugs, 4(9), 941-951. doi:10.1080/21678707.2016.1214572
- Pizarro, C. (2016). The challenging quest of neonatal Ebstein management. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 152(2), 522-523. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.04.037
View Full Publication - Yasuda, E., Suzuki, Y., Shimada, T., Sawamoto, K., Mackenzie, W. G., Theroux, M. C., & Tomatsu, S. (2016). Activity of daily living for Morquio A syndrome. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 118(2), 111-122. doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2016.04.005
View Full Publication - Jacobs, J. P., Mayer, J. E., Jr, Mavroudis, C., O'Brien, S. M., Austin, E. H., III, Pasquali, S. K., & Jacobs, M. L. (2016). The society of thoracic surgeons congenital heart surgery database: 2016 update on outcomes and quality. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 101(3), 850-862. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.01.057
View Full Publication - Ravishankar, C., Gerstenberger, E., Sleeper, L. A., Atz, A. M., Affolter, J. T., Bradley, T. J., & Pediatric Heart Network Investigators. (2016). Factors affecting Fontan length of stay: Results from the Single Ventricle Reconstruction trial. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 151(3), 669-675.e1. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.09.061
View Full Publication - Tomatsu, S., Averill, L. W., Sawamoto, K., Mackenzie, W. G., Bober, M. B., Pizarro, C., & Theroux, M. (2016). Obstructive airway in Morquio A syndrome, the past, the present and the future. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 117(2), 150-156. doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2015.09.007
View Full Publication - Davies, R. R., Radtke, W., Bhat, M. A., Baffa, J. M., Woodford, E., & Pizarro, C. (2015). Hybrid palliation for critical systemic outflow obstruction: Neither rapid stage 1 Norwood nor comprehensive stage 2 mitigate consequences of early risk factors. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 149(1), 182-193. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.09.030
View Full Publication - Pizarro, C. (2015). Keeping the fundamentals in mind. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 149(4), 1101. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.02.022
View Full Publication - Gaynor, J. W., Stopp, C., Wypij, D., Andropoulos, D. B., Atallah, J., Atz, A. M., & Newburger, J. W. (2015). Neuro developmental outcomes after cardiac surgery in infancy. Pediatrics, 135(5), 816-825. doi:10.1542/peds.2014-3825
View Full Publication - Davies, R. R., & Pizarro, C. (2015b). Decision-Making for Surgery in the Management of Patients with Univentricular Heart. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 3. doi:10.3389/fped.2015.00061
- Davies, R. R., & Pizarro, C. (2015a). A range of options for staged palliation of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 150(2), 436-437. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.05.016
View Full Publication - Jacobs, J. P., O'Brien, S. M., Pasquali, S. K., Gaynor, J. W., Mayer, J. E., Jr, Karamlou, T., & Jacobs, M. L. (2015). The society of thoracic surgeons congenital heart surgery database mortality risk model: Part 2 - Clinical application. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 100(3), 1063-1070. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.07.011
View Full Publication - Davies, R. R., Haldeman, S., McCulloch, M. A., Gidding, S. S., & Pizarro, C. (2015). Low body mass index is associated with increased waitlist mortality among children listed for heart transplant. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 34(11), 1462-1470. doi:10.1016/j.healun.2015.05.023
View Full Publication - Gould, S. W., Rigsby, C. K., Donnelly, L. F., McCulloch, M., Pizarro, C., & Epelman, M. (2015). Useful signs for the assessment of vascular rings on cross-sectional imaging. Pediatric Radiology, 45(13), 2004-2016. doi:10.1007/s00247-015-3424-7
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