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MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF
Anthony Azakie, M.D., C.M.
Associate Professor & Chief,
Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Tom Karl, M.D.
Education
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1974-76, State University of New York, M.D.
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1976-77, State University of New York, Intern, Medicine - GIM
Residencies
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1977-81, State University of New York, Resident, Surgery
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1981-83, Yale University School of Medicine, Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery
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1982-82, Llandough Hospital / University Hospital of Wales, Senior Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery
- 1983-84, Hospital for Sick Children at Great Ormond Streetk Senior Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Board Certification
- American Board of Surgery
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Program Affiliations
- UCSF Pediatric Cardiac ICU
Clinical Expertise
- Neonatal cardiac surgery
- Cardiopulmonary transplantation
- Circulatory support
- Hypoplastic left heart management
- Transposition of the great arteries
- Tetralogy of Fallot
Research Interests
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Identifying potential targets for pharmacotherapy of heart failure
Biography
Dr. Tom R. Karl has extensive experience in virtually all areas of pediatric cardiothoracic surgery, having worked in neonatal cardiac surgery, cardiopulmonary transplantation, circulatory support and hypoplastic left heart management.
Karl trained in heart surgery at Yale New Haven Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Children in London. He was a staff surgeon at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, from 1989 to 1999, and directed the cardiac surgical service there for the final six years. Prior to joining UCSF in November 2001, he was senior cardiac surgeon and the Tabas Professor of Surgery at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Selected Publications
- Karl TR. Surgery is the best treatment for primary coarctation in the majority of cases J Cardiovasc Med, 1/2007;8(1):50-6.
- Alphonso N, Anagnostopoulos PV, Scarpace S, Weintrub P, Azakie A, Raff G, Karl TR. Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in paediatric cardiac surgery Cardiol Young, 2/2007;17(1):12-25.
- Anagnostopoulos P, Azakie A, Natarajan S, Alphonso N, Brook MM, Karl TR. Pulmonary valve cusp augmentation with autologous pericardium may improve early outcome for tetralogy of Fallot J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 3/2007;133(3):640-7.
- Anagnostopoulos PV, Alphonso N, Nolke L, Hornberger LK, Raff GW, Azakie A, Karl TR. Neonatal mitral and tricuspid valve repair for in utero papillary muscle rupture Ann Thorac Surg, 4/2007;83(4):1458-62.
- Alphonso N, Anagnostopoulos PV, Nolke L, Moon-Grady A, Azakie A, Raff GW, Karl TR. Anomalous coronary artery from the wrong sinus of Valsalva: a physiologic repair strategy Ann Thorac Surg, 4/2007;83(7):1472-6.