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Neal D. Kon, MD

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

Neal D. Kon, MD

  • Professor, Surgical Sciences - Cardiothoracic Surgery

Research Interests

  • Heart Failure
  • Coronary Artery Disease
  • Endocarditis
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support
  • Heart Transplant
  • Thoracic Aortic Disease
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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

  • Publications
  • 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.
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Research Interests

  • Atrial Fibrillation/Arrhythmia
  • Coronary Artery Disease
  • Endocarditis
  • Heart Failure
  • Heart Transplant
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support
  • Thoracic Aortic Disease
  • Valvular Disease (Aortic, Mitral, Tricuspid, Pulmonic)

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