Associate Professor, Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine

Thoracic Surgery

Doctor Gorav Ailawadi, MD is an expert in the field of Thoracic Surgery. He graduated from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is ranked 19 in research and 29 in primary care medicine He has 26 awards "Richard E. Clark Award: Awarded to Top Adult STS Cardiac Paper at STS Annual Meeting", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Regional Top Doctor", "Most Improved Faculty", "C. Walton Lillehei Forum Finalist", "Resident Traveling Fellowship", "Young Investigator Award", "Top Chief Resident Award", "Coller Clinical Tour Recipient", "S. Martin Lindenauer Award for Excellence in Basic Vascular Research", "Lazar J. Greenfield Research Award", "William von Liebig Resident Research Award, 1st Place", "Jobst Award (Best Vascular Research)", "Physician Recognition Award", "Resident Research Scholar", "Bronze Beeper, Excellence in Medical Student Teaching Award", "Medical Student Representative", "George Dennis Award (Top 3rd year Medical Student)", "Julius Conn, Jr, MD Award (Top Medical Student in Surgery)", "Alpha Omega Alpha, Honor society", "Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award (Top high school science student)", "National Honor Society", "Honors Program in Medical Education", "Best new member paper (finalist)", "Finalist for McGoon National Resident Teaching Award" and "Fellow (FACS)". Gorav Ailawadi is a published physician as well. He has 96 publications published. The latest was: 2015 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Consensus Guidelines: Ischemic mitral valve regurgitation. He is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.

Publications

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• Initial Experience With Commercial Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair in the United States.
• Adjunctive intracardiac echocardiography imaging from the left ventricle to guide percutaneous mitral valve repair with the mitraclip in patients with failed prior sur...
• Retrieval of Embolized Transcatheter Aortic Valves in Left Ventricle Through Apical Ventriculotomy.
• Invited Commentary on Grimm et al. MELD-XI Score Predicts Early Mortality in Patients After Heart Transplantation. Ann Thorac Surg 2015;100:1737-43.
• Sonorheometry assessment of platelet function in cardiopulmonary bypass patients: Correlation of blood clot stiffness with platelet integrin αIIbβ3 activity, aspirin u...
• Preoperative Renal Function Predicts Hospital Costs and Length of Stay in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.
• Natural history of coexistent mitral regurgitation after aortic valve replacement.
• The influence of a percutaneous mitral repair program on surgical mitral valve volume.
• Attenuation of aortic aneurysms with stem cells from different genders.
• Late Operating Room Start Times Impact Mortality and Cost for Nonemergent Cardiac Surgery.
• Bundled Payments in Cardiac Surgery: Is Risk Adjustment Sufficient to Make It Feasible?
• Interleukin-6 Receptor Inhibition Prevents Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Formation.
• Surgical ablation is effective: But surgeons need to do better.
• Institutional Variation in Mortality After Stroke After Cardiac Surgery: An Opportunity for Improvement.
• Evaluation of renal function before and after percutaneous mitral valve repair.
• Costs associated with health care-associated infections in cardiac surgery.
• Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement provides equivalent outcomes at reduced cost compared with conventional aortic valve replacement: A real-world multi-instit...
• The challenge of achieving 1% operative mortality for coronary artery bypass grafting: A multi-institution Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database analysis.
• Minithoracotomy for mitral valve repair improves inpatient and postdischarge economic savings.
• Ventricular Assist Devices and Increased Blood Product Utilization for Cardiac Transplantation.
• Predicting recurrent mitral regurgitation after mitral valve repair for severe ischemic mitral regurgitation.
• Surgical Treatment of Moderate Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation.
• Technique for minimizing and treating driveline infections.
• Contemporary Real-World Outcomes of Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in 141,905 Low-Risk, Intermediate-Risk, and High-Risk Patients.
• Multicenter Evaluation of High-Risk Mitral Valve Operations: Implications for Novel Transcatheter Valve Therapies.
• Prediction of costs and length of stay in coronary artery bypass grafting.
• Isolated Aortic Valve Replacement with Bio-prostheses in patients age 50 to 65 years: A decade of statewide data on cost and patient outcomes.
• Right anterior thoracotomy aortic valve replacement is associated with less cost than sternotomy-based approaches: a multi-institution analysis of 'real world' data.
• Mitral valve repair rates correlate with surgeon and institutional experience.
• B2 Cells Suppress Experimental Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms.
• Planned Cardiac Reexploration in the Intensive Care Unit Is a Safe Procedure.
• Nonagenarians Undergoing Cardiac Surgery.
• Does Mitral Valve Repair Offer an Advantage Over Replacement in Patients Undergoing Aortic Valve Replacement?
• Hospital Variation in Mortality From Cardiac Arrest After Cardiac Surgery: An Opportunity for Improvement?
• Surgical Care Improvement Project measure for postoperative glucose control should not be used as a measure of quality after cardiac surgery.
• The Expanding Role of Mitral Valve Repair in Triple Valve Operations: Contemporary North American Outcomes in 8,021 Patients.
• Increased 18F-FDG uptake is predictive of rupture in a novel rat abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture model.
• Aromatase is required for female abdominal aortic aneurysm protection.
• Significantly Higher Rates of Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Thromboembolic Events With Left Ventricular Assist Devices.
• Dietary phytoestrogens inhibit experimental aneurysm formation in male mice.
• Diagnosis, Nonsurgical Management, and Prevention of LVAD Thrombosis.
• Mitral-Valve Repair versus Replacement for Severe Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation.
• A contemporary cost analysis of postoperative morbidity after coronary artery bypass grafting with and without concomitant aortic valve replacement to improve patient ...
• KLF4 Regulates Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Morphology and Deletion Attenuates Aneurysm Formation.
• A Protocol-Driven Approach to Cardiac Reoperation Reduces Mortality and Cardiac Injury at the Time of Resternotomy.
• Preoperative Beta-Blocker Use Should Not Be a Quality Metric for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.
• Association of race and socioeconomic status with the use of endovascular repair to treat thoracic aortic diseases.
• Percutaneous Transjugular Implantation of MELODY® Valve into Tricuspid Bioprosthesis.
• Late Calcific Mitral Stenosis After MitraClip Procedure in a Dialysis-Dependent Patient.
• Predictors of Operative Mortality in Cardiac Surgical Patients with Prolonged Intensive Care Unit Duration.
• Blood product conservation is associated with improved outcomes and reduced costs after cardiac surgery.
• Orthotopic heart transplant versus left ventricular assist device: A national comparison of cost and survival.
• Genetic and pharmacologic disruption of interleukin-1? signaling inhibits experimental aortic aneurysm formation.
• Arrested bullet embolus to the aortic root.
• Pulmonary resections performed at hospitals with thoracic surgery residency programs have superior outcomes.
• Primary payer status is associated with mortality and resource utilization for coronary artery bypass grafting.
• Development of a novel murine model of aortic aneurysms using peri-adventitial elastase.
• Staged hybrid approach using proximal thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair and distal open repair for the treatment of extensive thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms.
• Greater saphenous vein evaluation from computed tomography angiography as a potential alternative to conventional ultrasonography.
• Anisotropic Reinforcement of Acute Anteroapical Infarcts Improves Pump Function.
• Concomitant Tricuspid Valve Operations Affect Outcomes After Mitral Operations: A Multi-institutional, Statewide Analysis.
• Cryoablation during left ventricular assist device implantation reduces postoperative ventricular tachyarrhythmias.
• Previous percutaneous coronary intervention increases morbidity after coronary artery bypass grafting.
• The effect of surgeon volume on mortality for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.
• Small prosthesis size in aortic valve replacement does not affect mortality.
• Time of year does not influence mortality for vascular operations at academic centers.
• Treatment of a malpositioned transcutaneous ventricular pacing lead in the left ventricle via direct aortic puncture.
• Gender, race, and socioeconomic status affects outcomes after lung cancer resections in the United States.
• Designing comparative effectiveness trials of surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation: Experience of the Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network.
• Concomitant left ventricular assist device placement and cryoablation for treatment of ventricular tachyarrhythmias associated with heart failure.
• Preoperative computed tomography is associated with lower risk of perioperative stroke in reoperative cardiac surgery.
• Transcatheter versus surgical aortic-valve replacement in high-risk patients.
• Seasonal variation influences outcomes following lung cancer resections.
• Academic season does not influence cardiac surgical outcomes at US Academic Medical Centers.
• Initial experience of sequential surgical epicardial-catheter endocardial ablation for persistent and long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation with long-term follo...
• The impact of coronary artery endarterectomy on outcomes during coronary artery bypass grafting.
• Depletion of tissue plasminogen activator attenuates lung ischemia-reperfusion injury via inhibition of neutrophil extravasation.
• Primary payer status affects outcomes for cardiac valve operations.
• Have thoracic endografting outcomes improved since US Food and Drug Administration approval?
• Incidence, risk factors, and consequences of new-onset atrial fibrillation following epicardial ablation for ventricular tachycardia.
• Repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm in heart transplant patients: before or after left ventricular assist device implantation?
• Outcomes and cost of cardiac surgery in octogenarians is related to type of operation: a multiinstitutional analysis.
• Superiority of moderate control of hyperglycemia to tight control in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.
• Use of a nonpledgeted suture technique is safe and efficient for aortic valve replacement.
• Model-based design of mechanical therapies for myocardial infarction.
• Outcomes of surgical aortic valve replacement in high-risk patients: a multiinstitutional study.
• Is off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting superior to conventional bypass in octogenarians?
• Adenosine signaling via the adenosine 2B receptor is involved in bronchiolitis obliterans development.
• Cardiac catheterization within 24 hours of valve surgery is significantly associated with acute renal failure.
• Primary payer status affects mortality for major surgical operations.
• Early thrombus in a HeartMate II left ventricular assist device: a potential cause of hemolysis and diagnostic dilemma.
• Does urgent or emergent status influence choice in mitral valve operations? An analysis of outcomes from the Virginia Cardiac Surgery Quality Initiative.
• Donor age is associated with chronic allograft vasculopathy after adult heart transplantation: implications for donor allocation.
• Hemopericardium caused by penetrating ulcer of the ascending aorta diagnosed by computed tomography angiography.
• 2015 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Consensus Guidelines: Ischemic mitral valve regurgitation.

Schools

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• Northwestern University The Feinberg School Of Medicine

• University Of Michigan Medical Center

• University Mi

• University Of Michigan Health System

• University Va

• Northwestern University

Procedures Preformed

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• Ablation
• Ablation for Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias
• Aortic Aneurysm Repair
• Aortic Repair, Open or Repair of Arterial Aneurysm, Open
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Doctors Specialties

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• Cardiac Surgery
• General Surgery
• Thoracic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Richard E. Clark Award: Awarded to Top Adult STS Cardiac Paper at STS Annual Meeting
• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
• Regional Top Doctor
• “Most Improved Faculty”
• C. Walton Lillehei Forum Finalist
• Resident Traveling Fellowship
• Young Investigator Award
• Top Chief Resident Award
• Coller Clinical Tour Recipient
• S. Martin Lindenauer Award for Excellence in Basic Vascular Research
• Lazar J. Greenfield Research Award
• William von Liebig Resident Research Award, 1st Place
• Jobst Award (Best Vascular Research)
• Physician Recognition Award
• Resident Research Scholar
• Bronze Beeper, Excellence in Medical Student Teaching Award
• Medical Student Representative
• George Dennis Award (Top 3rd year Medical Student)
• Julius Conn, Jr, MD Award (Top Medical Student in Surgery)
• Alpha Omega Alpha, Honor society
• Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award (Top high school science student)
• National Honor Society
• Honors Program in Medical Education
• Best new member paper (finalist)
• Finalist for McGoon National Resident Teaching Award
• Fellow (FACS)

Education

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• University of Virginia
• University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers
• Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
• Northwestern University

Hospital

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• University of Virginia Medical Center

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1710196894
NPPES Provider LastName		AILAWADI
NPPES Provider FirstName		GORAV
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		229080001
NPPES Provider State		VA
Specialty Description		Vascular Surgery
Total Claim Count		16.0
Distinct Opioid Count		0.0
Opioid Claim Count		0.0
Percent Opioid Claims		0.0

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1710196894
Last Name Of The Provider	AILAWADI
First Name Of The Provider	GORAV
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