Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, United States
Dr. del Nido is the William E. Ladd Professor of Child Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief at Boston Children’s Hospital. He completed a General Surgery internship and residency at Boston University and entered Cardio-Thoracic residency at the University of Toronto. Prior to starting his clinical training, he spent a year in the laboratory at the Banting Institute of the University of Toronto. It was there that Dr. del Nido began his initial work on myocardial preservation, a focus of research that he continued through his residency and early career in congenital cardiac surgery. Dr. del Nido spent an additional year as a clinical fellow at the Hospital for Sick Children-Toronto.
Dr. del Nido started his career at the University of Illinois- Chicago and then moved to the University of Pittsburgh, where the development of a solution to preserve the heart during prolonged heart surgery was completed. This solution, now known as “del Nido cardioplegia” is one of the most widely used cardioplegia formulations throughout the world. In 1994 Dr. del Nido joined the faculty at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He rose to the rank of Professor of Surgery and in 2001.
Dr. del Nido’s clinical focus has been on developing reconstructive techniques for complex congenital heart defects. Recently, recognizing the large unmet need, Dr. del Nido has worked to develop cardiac medical devices designed for the needs of growing children. This effort has led to a novel growth-accommodating heart valve that is now in clinical trials. He has received NIH funding throughout his career, has over 600 publications (H index- 104), and over 50 awarded and pending patents. He has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, and the American Heart Association’s Distinguished Scientist Award.
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