1.0Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery/surgery/ctTed Hobgood/surgery/ct/author/thobgood/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Yl6ZdX3Y36"><a href="/surgery/ct/directory/john-s-ikonomidis-md-phd/">John S. Ikonomidis, MD, PhD</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/surgery/ct/directory/john-s-ikonomidis-md-phd/embed/#?secret=Yl6ZdX3Y36" width="600" height="338" title="“John S. Ikonomidis, MD, PhD” — Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery" data-secret="Yl6ZdX3Y36" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> /surgery/ct/wp-content/uploads/sites/690/2018/07/CT-Ikonomidis-John-2023-scaled-e1704740906220.jpg17061668Professor of Surgery Podcast Listen to his podcast “Interview With The Surgeon” Clinical Interests Adult cardiac and thoracic surgery including heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support. Special interests in thoracic aortic surgery, valve surgery,  transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), and ventricular assist device (VAD) implantation. Research Interests Thoracic aortic disease, myocardial protection. Education and Training … Read more