Dr. Robert Douglas B. Jaquiss, MD

Faculty Titles & Positions

• Division Director Pediatric and Congenital Cardiothoracic Surgery -
• Co-Director The Heart Center at Children’s Health -
• Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics Duke University School of Medicine -

Awards

• D Magazine Best Doctors 2018  
• D Magazine Best Doctors 2022  

Professional Memberships

• American Association for Thoracic Surgery  
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons  
• American College of Cardiology  

Fellowships

• Washington University Consortium Program, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Washington University Consortium Program, Thoracic Surgery

Professional Society Memberships

• American Association for Thoracic Surgery, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the American College of Cardiology, the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation

Articles and Publications

• Eghtesady P, Almond CS, Tjossem C, Epstein D, Imamura M, Turrentine M, Tweddell J, Jaquiss RD, Canter C; Berlin Heart Investigators. Post-transplant outcomes of children bridged to transplant with the Berlin Heart EXCOR Pediatric ventricular assist device. Circulation. 2013 Sep 10;128(11 Suppl 1):S24-31.Byrnes JW, Bhutta AT, Rettiganti MR, Gomez A, Garcia X, Dyamenahalli U, Johnson C, Jaquiss RD, Imamura M, Prodhan P. Steroid therapy attenuates acute phase reactant response among children on ventricular assist device support. Ann Thorac Surg. 25 Apr;99(4):1392-8.Hornik CP, Collins RT 2nd, Jaquiss RD, Jacobs JP, Jacobs ML, Pasquali SK, Wallace AS, Hill KD. Adverse cardiac events in children with Williams syndrome undergoing cardiovascular surgery: An analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Jun;149(6):1516-22.Malik S, Bird TM, Jaquiss RD, Morrow WR, Robbins JM. Comparison of in-hospital and longer-term outcomes of hybrid and Norwood stage 1 palliation of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Sep;150(3):474-480.Rosenthal DN, Almond CS, Jaquiss RD, Peyton CE, Auerbach SR, Morales DR, Epstein DJ, Cantor RS, Kormos RL, Naftel DC, Butts RJ, Ghanayem NS, Kirklin JK, Blume ED.Adverse events in children implanted with ventricular assist devices in the United States: Data from the Pediatric Interagency Registry for Mechanical Circulatory Support (PediMACS). J Heart Lung Transplant. 2016 May;35(5):569-77.Wheeler AP, Jaquiss RDB, Newman JH. Physician practices in the treatment of pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis. Arch Int Med. 1988;148:1321-25. Shuman TA, Palazzo RS, Jaquiss RDB, Harper BD, Barzilai B, Cox JL, Kouchoukos NT, Wareing TH. A model of right ventricular failure after global myocardial ischemia and mechanical left ventricular support. ASAIO Trans. 1991;37:M212-13.Pyo R, Pirolo JS, Schuessler RB, Jaquiss RDB, Saffitz JE, Ferguson TB Jr. Quantitation of steroid induced reversal of myocardial contractile dysfunction during early cardiac allograft rejection. Surgical Forum. 1992; 42:408-10.Jaquiss RDB, Cronin CS, Nitta T, Mitsuno M, Schuessler RB, Boineau JP, Cox JL. Technical modification of the Maze Procedure for atrial fibrillation. Surgical Forum. 1992;43:264-66.Glick DB, Cronin CS, Jaquiss RDB, Ferguson TB Jr. The use of the autoperfusing heart lung preparation for electrophysiologic studies. Surgical Forum. 1993;44:309-11

What do you attribute your success to?

• \"I was born in a very fortunate environment. My parents were college educated and bright people who were examples of having brains and using them. They gave me an extraordinary childhood that I wouldn\'t trade for anything. I was surrounded by peers all throughout school by peers that were supportive and challenging. I had the good fortune of meeting an astonishingly capable woman that I\'ve been married to for 40 years and she has been the best partner I could ever hope for--she has looked after me and supported me incredibly.\"

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