Associate Professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Thoracic Surgery
Dr. Kenton J. Zehr, MD
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Kenton Zehr practices Thoracic Surgery. He studied medicine at Penn State College of Medicine. He over the years received 16 awards: "Top Doctors:Baltimore Area", "Honoured Professor of the Heart Institute", "Best Doctors", "Faculty Teaching Award", "Anthony L. Imbembo Surgical Residents Teaching Award", "The Dr. Irwin L. Baird Memorial Award", "Department of Surgery Scholarship for Excellence in Surgery", "Edward C. Hammond Memorial Scholarship", "Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society", "McGraw-Hill Award", "American Chemistry Society Award", "Fellow (FACS)", "Honoured Professor of the Perm Heart Institute", "Scholarship for Excellence in Surgery", "Excellence Through Teamwork Award" and "2011 Best Doctors". Kenton Zehr is also published. He has 96 publications published. The lastest publication: "Standardized clinical care pathways for major thoracic cases reduce hospital costs.' He is registered with Medicare.
Publications
- Large lymphaticovenous malformation resection.
- Pump Outflow Graft Puncture in a Patient With a HeartMate II Ventricular Assist Device.
- Sternal closure with rigid plate fixation versus wire closure: a randomized controlled multicenter trial.
- Giant papillary muscles masquerading as a left ventricular mass: an incidental intraoperative echocardiographic finding.
- Mycotic pseudoAneurysm of the aortic arch with purulent pericardial effusion.
- Tension measurement of artificial chordae tendinae implanted between the anterior mitral Valve leaflet and the left ventricular apex: an in vitro study.
- Left ventricular mass regression after porcine versus bovine Aortic valve replacement: a randomized comparison.
- Transapical off-pump removal of the native Aortic valve: a proof-of-concept animal study.
- A novel method of percutaneous mitral Valve repair for ischemic mitral regurgitation.
- Beating-Heart, off-pump mitral valve repair by implantation of artificial chordae tendineae: an acute in vivo animal study.
- In vitro testing of a temporary catheter-based Aortic "parachute" valve.
- NPC 15669 blocks neutrophil CD18 increase and lung injury during cardiopulmonary bypass in pigs.
- Anomalous interarterial left Coronary artery: an evidence based systematic overview.
- Use of bovine albumin-glutaraldehyde glue in Cardiovascular surgery.
- Coronary artery fistula: single-center experience spanning 17 years.
- Off-pump strategy in high-risk Coronary artery bypass reoperations.
- Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysms--47 years of a single center experience and systematic overview of published reports.
- Superiority of cut-and-sew technique for the Cox maze procedure: comparison with radiofrequency ablation.
- Postcardiac surgical cognitive impairment in the aged using diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging.
- Surgical ostioplasty for isolated left main Stenosis.
- Left Atrial volume predicts the risk of Atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: a prospective study.
- Left ventricular dysfunction in Atrial fibrillation: restoration of sinus rhythm by the Cox-maze procedure significantly improves systolic function and functional sta...
- Outcome of patients with low ejection fraction undergoing Coronary artery bypass grafting: renal function and mortality after 3.8 years.
- Endothelial and smooth muscle cell populations in a decellularized cryopreserved Aortic homograft (SynerGraft) 2 years after implantation.
- Surgical treatment of the cardiac manifestations of relapsing polychondritis: overview of 33 patients identified through literature review and the Mayo Clinic records.
- The effect of adjuvant perfusion techniques on the incidence of paraplegia after repair of traumatic thoracic Aortic transections.
- A systematic overview of anomalous Coronary anatomy and an examination of the association with sudden cardiac death.
- Alkaptonuria diagnosed by flexible bronchoscopy.
- Primary synovial sarcoma of the mitral Valve.
- Aortic root replacement with a novel decellularized cryopreserved Aortic homograft: postoperative immunoreactivity and early results.
- Surgical treatment of ascending aortic Aneurysms in patients with giant cell aortitis.
- Left atrial appendage Aneurysm.
- Surgical management of the aortic root in patients with Marfan Syndrome.
- Operative risk of reoperative Aortic valve replacement.
- Systolic anterior motion of the mitral Valve after mitral Valve repair: a method of prevention.
- Role of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in patients having Coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
- Surgery for Aneurysms of the aortic root: a 30-year experience.
- Results of mitral surgery in octogenarians with isolated nonrheumatic mitral regurgitation.
- Mitral and tricuspid Valve repair in patients with previous mediastinal radiation therapy.
- Risk of repeat mitral Valve replacement for failed mitral Valve prostheses.
- Anticipated impact of drug-eluting stents on referral patterns for Coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a population-based angiographic analysis.
- Is repair of Aortic valve regurgitation a safe alternative to valve replacement?
- Is there a role for the left ventricle apical-Aortic conduit for acquired Aortic stenosis?
- A comparison of bleeding and transfusion in patients who undergo Coronary artery bypass grafting via sternotomy with and without cardiopulmonary bypass.
- Aortic Dissection in pregnancy: analysis of risk factors and outcome.
- Evaluation of a novel 2 mm internal diameter stainless steel saphenous vein to Coronary artery connector: laboratory studies of on-pump and off-pump revascularization.
- Valve-preserving Aortic root reconstruction: a comparison of techniques.
- Effectiveness of the Cobra Aortic catheter for dual-temperature management during adult cardiac surgery.
- Patients with a history of type II heparin-induced thrombocytopenia with Thrombosis requiring cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass: a prospective observational ...
- PseudoAneurysm of the mammary to left anterior descending artery anastomosis after off-pump CABG.
- Aortic insufficiency in a patient with Marfan Syndrome after aortic root reconstruction with a tailored-sinus graft.
- The advantage of repair of mitral valve in Acute endocarditis.
- Surgical pathology of nonbacterial thrombotic Endocarditis in 30 patients, 1985-2000.
- A case of asymptomatic thoracic Aorta mural thrombi.
- Aortic root replacement in a patient with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium endocarditis and leukemia.
- Left ventricular and biventricular pacing in congestive Heart failure.
- Valvular Heart operation in patients with previous mediastinal radiation therapy.
- Ischemic mitral regurgitation: long-term outcome and prognostic implications with quantitative Doppler assessment.
- Comparison of myocardial oxygen consumption using 11C acetate positron emission tomography scanning in a working and non-working Heart transplant model.
- Pitfalls and results of immediate angiography after off-pump Coronary artery bypass grafting.
- Localized aortic Dissection: unusual features by transesophageal echocardiography.
- Clinical introduction of a novel prosthesis for valve-preserving Aortic root reconstruction for annuloAortic ectasia.
- Split pectoralis major muscle flap reconstruction after clavicular-manubrial resection.
- Standardized clinical care pathways for major thoracic cases reduce hospital costs.
- The role of the monosialoganglioside, GM1 as a neuroprotectant in an experimental model of cardiopulmonary bypass and hypothermic circulatory arrest.
- The role of cryotherapy for airway complications after lung and Heart-lung transplantation.
- Cardiac operations in children with Marfan's Syndrome: indications and results.
- The autopsy: still important in cardiac surgery.
- Apocrine adenocarcinoma presenting as a large ulcerated axillary mass.
- Selective endothelial dysfunction in conscious dogs after cardiopulmonary bypass.
- Protection of the retrosternal right internal mammary Artery with stented grafts.
- Quality of life in octogenarians after open Heart surgery.
- AMPA glutamate receptor antagonism reduces neurologic injury after hypothermic circulatory arrest.
- Thalidomide as replacement for steroids in immunosuppression after lung transplantation.
- Platelet activating factor inhibition reduces lung injury after cardiopulmonary bypass.
- Repair of Coarctation of the aorta in neonates and infants: a thirty-year experience.
- Neutrophil modulation results in improved pulmonary function after 12 and 24 hours of preservation.
- Inhibition of platelet adhesion during cardiopulmonary bypass reduces postoperative bleeding.
- Two decades of Coronary artery bypass graft surgery in young adults.
- Neutrophil adhesion and complement inhibition prolongs survival of cardiac xenografts in discordant species.
- Glutamate excitotoxicity: a mechanism of neurologic injury associated with hypothermic circulatory arrest.
- Complement and neutrophil activation during cardiopulmonary bypass: a study in the complement-deficient dog.
- Protection of the internal mammary Artery pedicle with polytetrafluoroethylene membrane.
- Inhibition of neutrophil adhesion during cardiopulmonary bypass.
- Neutrophil adhesion inhibition prolongs survival of cardiac allografts with hyperAcute rejection.
- EEG and prognosis of neurologic recovery of dogs under profound hypothermic circulatory arrest.
- Neutrophil adhesion molecule expression during cardiopulmonary bypass with bubble and membrane oxygenators.
- Heparin-coated bypass circuits reduce pulmonary injury.
- Neutrophil activation mediates protamine-induced pulmonary hypertension.
- The monosialoganglioside, GM1, reduces neurologic injury associated with hypothermic circulatory arrest.
- Superior Cerebral protection with profound hypothermia during circulatory arrest.
- Use of theophylline for treatment of prolonged sinus node dysfunction in human orthotopic Heart transplantation.
- Absorbable suture improves growth of venous anastomoses.
- The morphogenesis of the posterior neural tube and tail in Monodelphis domesticus.
- "The balloon plug concept" for tricuspid Valve repair: ex vivo proof of concept.
Schools
Pennsylvania State University College Of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Harefield Hospital
Eastern Mennonite University
Procedures Preformed
- Aortic Aneurysm Repair
- Aortic Repair, Open or Repair of Arterial Aneurysm, Open
- Aortic Valve Repair
- Aortic Valve Replacement
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Conditions Treated
- Aneurysm and Dissection of Heart
- Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Diseases
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Doctors Specialties
- Cardiac Surgery
- Thoracic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Blue Card PPO
- Coventry Health Care
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Choice Care PPO
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
Awards
- Top Doctors:Baltimore Area
- Honoured Professor of the Heart Institute
- Best Doctors
- Faculty Teaching Award
- Anthony L. Imbembo Surgical Residents Teaching Award
- The Dr. Irwin L. Baird Memorial Award
- Department of Surgery Scholarship for Excellence in Surgery
- Edward C. Hammond Memorial Scholarship
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
- McGraw-Hill Award
- American Chemistry Society Award
- Fellow (FACS)
- Honoured Professor of the Perm Heart Institute
- Scholarship for Excellence in Surgery
- Excellence Through Teamwork Award
- 2011 Best Doctors
Education
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Johns Hopkins University -
Penn State College of Medicine
Hospital
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Johns Hopkins Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1548248354 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | ZEHR | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | KENTON | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 152171401 | |
| NPPES Provider State | PA | |
| Specialty Description | General Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 189.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 1.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 11.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 5.82 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1548248354 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | ZEHR |
| First Name Of The Provider | KENTON |
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