Keki R. Balsara, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiac Surgery
Quality and Safety Officer
Department of Cardiac Surgery
Vice Chair for Network Surgical Strategy & Development
Section of Surgical Sciences
Delivery Address
Medical Center East - North Tower
1215 21st Avenue South
Room / Suite
Suite 5025
Nashville
Tennessee
37232
Phone
Phone: (615) 322-2318
Fax
Fax: (615) 936-7582
Education
- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1994-1998, BA
- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1998-2003, MD
Post Graduate Training
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Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 2014-2018, Assistant Professor of Surgery
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The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 2011-2014, Cardiothoracic Resident
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Duke University, Durham, NC 2010-2011, Critical Care Fellow
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Duke University, Durham, NC 2004-2010, General Surgery Resident
- Duke University, Durham, NC 2003-2004, General Surgery Intern
Board Certifications
- American Board of Surgery, General Surgery, Issued 2011, Expires 2022; Certified
- American Board of Surgery, Critical Care, Issued 2012, Expires 2023; Certified
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Issued 2015, Expires 2025; Certified
Research Focus
- Advanced Heart and Lung disease
- Cost effectiveness of therapies for advanced heart failure
- Health Care Ecomomics and Policy
- Molecular pathways of primary graft dysfunction following heart transplant
Patient Care Emphasis/Clinical Interest
- Adult cardiac Surgery
- Aortic Aneurysms
- Cardiac Transplantation
- Coronary Heart Disease
- Heart Assist Devices
- Heart Transplantation
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Mechanical Circulatory Support
Recent Awards/Honors
- Joel Cooper Career Development Award - International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation
- American Association of Thoracic Surgery Leadership Academy
- Danny O. Jacobs Award for Surgical Excellence - Duke University Medical Center
Memberships, Professional Associations
- International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons
- American College of Surgeons
- Southern Thoracic Surgical Society