Neal D. Kon, MD
- Professor, Surgical Sciences - Cardiothoracic Surgery

Neal D. Kon, MD
Research Interests
- Heart Failure
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Endocarditis
- Mechanical Circulatory Support
- Heart Transplant
- Thoracic Aortic Disease
- Education
- BS, Tulane University, 1973
- MS, University of Florida, 1975
- MD, University of Florida College of Medicine, 1979
- Residency
- General Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, 1985
- CT Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, 1987
- Board Certifications
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery - Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
- Memberships
- Editorial Adv. Bd. For Life Sciences
- American College of Surgeons
- American College of Chest Physicians
- Florida Public Health Association
- Georgia Medical Association
- Positions
- Howard Holt Bradshaw Professor and Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Professor, Surgical Sciences - Cardiothoracic Surgery - Professor, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
- Departments and Affiliations
- Surgical Sciences - Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Research
- A comparison of valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement in failed stentless versus stented surgical bioprosthetic aortic valves. Choi CH, Cheng V, Malaver D, Kon N, Kincaid EH, Gandhi SK, Applegate RJ, Zhao DXM. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2019 05; 93(6):1106-1115.
- Comparison of outcomes with surgical cut-down versus percutaneous transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement: TAVR transfemoral access comparisons between surgical cut-down and percutaneous approach. Drafts BC, Choi CH, Sangal K, Cammarata MW, Applegate RJ, Gandhi SK, Kincaid EH, Kon N, Zhao DX. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2018 06; 91(7):1354-1362.
- Novel Cardiac Intracrine Mechanisms Based on Ang-(1-12)/Chymase Axis Require a Revision of Therapeutic Approaches in Human Heart Disease. Reyes S, Varagic J, Ahmad S, VonCannon J, Kon ND, Wang H, Groban L, Cheng CP, Dell'Italia LJ, Ferrario CM. Curr. Hypertens. Rep. 2017 Feb; 19(2):16.
- Extracellular matrix for repair of type IV laryngotracheo-esophageal cleft. Evans AK, Kon ND. Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. 2015 Dec; 79(12):2484-6.
- Regarding Freestyle Pseudoaneurysms. Vassiliades TA, Kon N, Dion RA. Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2015 Oct; 100(4):1507-8.