Department / Division:
Surgery / Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Address:
DUMC 3043
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
919-684-3243

Office Telephone:
919-684-3243

Fax Telephone:
919-684-8563

• MD, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine (Illinois), 1990

• General Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, 1990-1992, 1994-1997

• Molecular Cardiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University, 1992-1994
• Cardiothoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, 1997-1999
• Cardiac Transplant, Papworth Hospital (England), 1999

Clinical Interests:
Cardiac transplantation, left ventricular assist device and adult cardiac surgery, mitral valve surgery, surgical treatments for end-stage congestive heart failure

Representative Publications:
Ti LK, Mackensen GB, Grocott HP, Laskowitz DT, Phillips-Bute BG, Milano CA, Hilton AK, Newman MF, Mathew JP, . Apolipoprotein E4 increases aortic atheroma burden in cardiac surgical patients. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003 Jan;125(1):211-3. (2003) Abstract

Petrofski JA, Patel VJ, Russell SD, Milano CA.  BVS 5000 Support after Cardiac Transplantation.  Accepted for publication.  JTCVS Dec.2002. (2002)

Petrofski JA, Hoopes C, Bashore T, Russell S, Milano CA.  Mechanical ventricular support lowers pulmonary vascular resistance in a patient with congenital heart disease.  Accepted for publication in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, August 2002 (2002)

Milano CA, Patel VS, Smith PK, Smith MS. Risk of anaphylaxis from aprotinin re-exposure during LVAD removal and heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2002 Oct;21(10):1127-30. (2002) Abstract

Kypson AP, Warner JJ, Telen MF, Milano CA.  Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria and cardiopulmonary bypass: A Case Report.  Accepted for publication in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, August 2002. (2002)

Jones JM, Wilson KH, Koch WJ, Milano CA. Adenoviral gene transfer to the heart during cardiopulmonary bypass: effect of myocardial protection technique on transgene expression. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2002 May;21(5):847-52. (2002) Abstract

Davidson MJ, Jones JM, Emani SM, Wilson KH, Jaggers J, Koch WJ, Milano CA. Cardiac gene delivery with cardiopulmonary bypass. Circulation. 2001 Jul 10;104(2):131-3. (2001) Abstract