David X. Zhao, MD
- Professor, Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine
David X. Zhao, MD
- Professor, Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine
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, 1985
- 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, Dana -Farber Cancer Institute / Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2000
- Interventional Cardiology, Dana -Farber Cancer Institute / Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2001
- Board Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
- American Board of Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology
- Memberships
- American College of Cardiology
- American Heart Association
- Society of Cardiovascular and Intervent Radiology
- International Society For Heart Transplantation
- Positions
- Section Chief, Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine
- Henry S. Miller, Jr., MD Fund in Cardiovascular Medicine
Professor, Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine - Professor, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
- Departments and Affiliations
- Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine
- Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
- Cardiovascular Sciences Center
- Hypertension and Vascular Research Center
Research
- STEMI during the COVID-19 Pandemic - An Evaluation of Incidence. Zitelny E, Newman N, Zhao D. Cardiovasc Pathol. ; 48:107232.
- The Difference in Surgical Site Infection Rates Between Open and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery for Degenerative Lumbar Pathology: A Retrospective Single Center Experience of 1442 Cases. Mueller K, Zhao D, Johnson O, Sandhu FA, Voyadzis JM. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2019 06; 16(6):750-755.
- Endothelial Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1a Is Required for Vascular Repair and Resolution of Inflammatory Lung Injury through Forkhead Box Protein M1. Huang X, Zhang X, Zhao DX, Yin J, Hu G, Evans CE, Zhao YY. Am. J. Pathol. 2019 08; 189(8):1664-1679.
- 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 paravalvular aortic leak characteristics in the Medtronic CoreValve versus Edwards Sapien Valve: Paravalvular aortic leak characteristics. Gilbert ON, Choi CH, Franzil JL, Caughey M, Qureshi W, Stacey RB, Pu M, Applegate RJ, Gandhi SK, Zhao DXM. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2018 11; 92(5):972-980.