David X. Zhao, MD, PhD
- Professor, Cardiology

David X. Zhao, MD, PhD
- Professor, Cardiology
Research Interests
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Acute Coronary Symdromes and Myocardial Infarction
- Cardiac Stem Call Therapies
- Hybrid Revascularization
- Transcatheter Cardiac Valve Replacement and Repair
- Valvular Heart Diseases
- Education
- MD, Shanghai Medical University - China, 1985
- PhD, University of Queensland - Australia, 1992
- Residency
- General Surgery, SHANGHAI Medical University, 1989
- CT Surgery, The Prince Charles Hospital, 1992
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1994
- Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1997
- Fellowship
- Cardiology, Brigham and Womens Hospital, 2000
- Interventional Cardiology, Brigham and Womens Hospital, 2001
- Board Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology
- Memberships
- American College of Cardiology
- American Heart Association
- Society of Cardiovascular and Intervent Radiology
- Int'L Society For Heart Transplantation
- Positions
- Section Chief, Cardiology
- Henry S. Miller, Jr., MD Fund in Cardiovascular Medicine
Professor, Cardiology - Professor, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
- Departments and Affiliations
- Cardiology
- Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
- Hypertension and Vascular Research Center
- Cardiovascular Sciences Center
Research
- Clinical Outcomes in Different Types of Aortic Stenosis as Assessed by Doppler Echocardiography. Brandon Stacey R, Meng M, Byrum Iii GV, Gilbert ON, Upadhya B, Rodriguez C, Zhao D, Pu M. J. Heart Valve Dis. 2016 11; 25(6):672-678.
- Hybrid Coronary Revascularization for the Treatment of Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease: A Multicenter Observational Study. Puskas JD, Halkos ME, DeRose JJ, Bagiella E, Miller MA, Overbey J, Bonatti J, Srinivas VS, Vesely M, Sutter F, Lynch J, Kirkwood K, Shapiro TA, Boudoulas KD, Crestanello J, Gehrig T, Smith P, Ragosta M, Hoff SJ, Zhao D, Gelijns AC, Szeto WY, Weisz G, Argenziano M, Vassiliades T, Liberman H, Matthai W, Ascheim DD. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 2016 07; 68(4):356-65.
- Bone marrow cell characteristics associated with patient profile and cardiac performance outcomes in the LateTIME-Cardiovascular Cell Therapy Research Network (CCTRN) trial. Bhatnagar A, Bolli R, Johnstone BH, Traverse JH, Henry TD, Pepine CJ, Willerson JT, Perin EC, Ellis SG, Zhao DX, Yang PC, Cooke JP, Schutt RC, Trachtenberg BH, Orozco A, Resende M, Ebert RF, Sayre SL, Simari RD, Moyé L, Cogle CR, Taylor DA. Am. Heart J. 2016 09; 179:142-50.
- 2015 ACC/AHA/SCAI focused update on primary percutaneous coronary intervention for patients with ST-elevation myocardial Infarction: An update of the 2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI guideline for percutaneous coronary intervention and the 2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. , Levine GN, Bates ER, Blankenship JC, Bailey SR, Bittl JA, Cercek B, Chambers CE, Ellis SG, Guyton RA, Hollenberg SM, Khot UN, Lange RA, Mauri L, Mehran R, Moussa ID, Mukherjee D, Ting HH, O'Gara PT, Kushner FG, Ascheim DD, Brindis RG, Casey DE, Chung MK, de Lemos JA, Diercks DB, Fang JC, Franklin BA, Granger CB, Krumholz HM, Linderbaum JA, Morrow DA, Kristin Newby L, Ornato JP, Ou N, Radford MJ, Tamis-Holland JE, Tommaso CL, Tracy CM, Joseph Woo Y, Zhao DX, Halperin JL, Levine GN, Anderson JL, Albert NM, Al-Khatib SM, Birtcher KK, Bozkurt B, Brindis RG, Cigarroa JE, Curtis LH, Fleisher LA, Gentile F, Gidding S, Hlatky MA, Ikonomidis J, Joglar J, Kovacs RJ, Magnus Ohman E, Pressler SJ, Sellke FW, Shen WK, Wijeysundera DN. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2016 May; 87(6):1001-19.
- Identification of Bone Marrow Cell Subpopulations Associated With Improved Functional Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Left Ventricular Dysfunction: An Embedded Cohort Evaluation of the FOCUS-CCTRN Trial. Taylor DA, Perin EC, Willerson JT, Zierold C, Resende M, Carlson M, Nestor B, Wise E, Orozco A, Pepine CJ, Henry TD, Ellis SG, Zhao DX, Traverse JH, Cooke JP, Schutt RC, Bhatnagar A, Grant MB, Lai D, Johnstone BH, Sayre SL, Moyé L, Ebert RF, Bolli R, Simari RD, Cogle CR. Cell Transplant. 2016; 25(9):1675-1687.