Pietro Bajona, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center and holds a full physician license in the state of Texas. He earned his medical degree at the University of Ferrara School of Medicine in Italy, where he also completed a clinical internship in vascular surgery. He then completed a five-year cardiac surgery residency at the University of Pisa; a two-year cardiovascular surgery clinical fellowship at the University of Toronto; and an advanced clinical fellowship in cardiovascular surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Dr. Bajona received advanced training in cardiothoracic surgery through a two-year research fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. His basic research contributed to the development of the NeoChord technique, a novel surgical concept used to perform beating-heart, minimally invasive mitral valve surgery – currently in clinical trials in the Unites States. He joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2014. Dr. Bajona’s research interests include surgical outcomes, heart valve anatomy and physiology, and innovative approaches to valve surgery. He has published 25 academic articles, co-authored more than 20 abstracts, and presented internationally. He serves as a reviewer for the European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, the Annals of Thoracic Surgery, and Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals.

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