Dr. Leora Beth Balsam M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
530 1st Ave Suite 9v New York NY, 10016About
Dr. Leora Balsam is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in New York, NY. Dr. Balsam specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Balsam typically treats conditions like heart disease and lung disease. This class of surgeon can also include cardiac surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, congenital heart surgeons and general thoracic surgeons.
Education and Training
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1998
Harvard Medical School 1998
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Antegrade versus retrograde perfusion of the donor lung: impact on the early reperfusion phase.
- Elevated cyclic adenosine monophosphate ameliorates ischemia-reperfusion injury in rat cardiac allografts.
- A few critical aspects--and Achilles heels--of tissue engineering approaches to restore injured myocardium.
- Cardiomyocyte-specific Bcl-2 overexpression attenuates ischemia-reperfusion injury, immune response during acute rejection, and graft coronary artery disease.
- Overexpression of human copper/zinc superoxide dismutase (SOD1) suppresses ischemia-reperfusion injury and subsequent development of graft coronary artery disease in murine cardiac grafts.
- Superoxide dismutase mimetic m40401 reduces ischemia-reperfusion injury and graft coronary artery disease in rodent cardiac allografts.
- Caspase-3 inhibition preserves myocardial geometry and long-term function after infarction.
- Progression of alloresponse and tissue-specific immunity during graft coronary artery disease.
- Haematopoietic stem cells and repair of the ischaemic heart.
- Prolonged cold ischemia in rat cardiac allografts promotes ischemia-reperfusion injury and the development of graft coronary artery disease in a linear fashion.
- Current trends in heart transplantation.
- Calcified noncoronary sinus of valsalva aneurysm.
- Cardiac varix presenting as a right atrial mass.
- Historical perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Adrian V. S. Lambert (1872-1952).
- Historical perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Frank B. Berry (1892-1976).
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
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