Mechanical Support for a Child's Failing Heart: Past, Present and Future

Presented by Peter D. Wearden, MD, PhD

The presenter, Peter D. Wearden, MD, PhD, is the director of the Pediatric Mechanical Cardiopulmonary Support Program at Children's Hospital and an assistant professor of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. The lecture will be introduced by Victor O. Morell, MD, chief of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery and associate professor of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Wearden will discuss the current status and future developments in pediatric ventricular assist devices.

Awards

2001 Watne, Warden, Moran Resident Research Award, Department of Surgery, West Virginia University

2001 First Place, 13th Annual Bernard Zimmerman Resident Research Competition, Department of Surgery, West Virginia University

Publications

Aortic translocation for the management of transposition of the great arteries with a ventricular septal defect, pulmonary stenosis, and hypoplasia of the right ventricle.

Morell VO, Wearden PD
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg

Biography Summary

Peter Wearden, MD, PhD, joins Children's as a congenital cardiothoracic surgeon. He comes to Pittsburgh from The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, where he was chief clinician fellow in pediatric cardiac surgery. In addition to his medical degree, Dr. Weardon has a doctorate in pharmacology and toxicology from West Virginia University. Recently, Dr. Wearden was director of surgery for preclinical testing at the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine.