Dr. Robert Saeid Farivar MD, PHD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
200 Hawkins Dr Iowa City IA, 52242About
Dr. Robert Farivar is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Farivar specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Farivar typically treats conditions like heart disease and lung disease. This class of surgeon can also include cardiac surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, congenital heart surgeons and general thoracic surgeons.
Education and Training
Boston Univ Sch of Med, Boston Ma 1998
Board Certification
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Human membrane cofactor protein (MCP, CD 46) protects transgenic pig hearts from hyperacute rejection in primates.
- Transplantation of MCP cardiac xenografts into baboon recipients.
- Renal vein injury complicating removal of intravenous leiomyoma.
- Mechanisms of Gal(alpha)1-3Gal(beta)1-4GlcNAc-R (alphaGal) expression on porcine valve endothelial cells.
- Hypercholesterolemia is a risk factor for bioprosthetic valve calcification and explantation.
- Automated distal coronary bypass with a novel magnetic coupler (MVP system).
- An improved hemostatic aortic anastomotic technique for nondissected aortic aneurysms.
- Explantation of a 44-year-old Starr-Edwards mitral valve for delayed hemolysis.
- A case of Sjögren's syndrome leading to mitral and aortic valve replacement.
- Mitral and tricuspid valve repair 21 years after cardiac transplantation.
- Primary benign interatrial schwannoma encountered during aortic valve replacement.
- Axillary cannulation for endo-occlusion and antegrade flow during complex reoperative mitral valve surgery.
- Rat model of cardiopulmonary bypass for deep hypothermic circulatory arrest.
- Cardiac surgery in patients with Fabry's disease: review of literature.
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