Amy Fiedler, MD, MSc

Asst. Professor of Clinical Surgery
Surgery
+1 415 353-1606

Dr. Amy Fiedler is a cardiac surgeon who specializes in caring for patients with heart failure, including those who need heart transplantation. Her focus is on restoring patients' quality of life. Seeking to deliver holistic care, she believes in the powerful connection between mind and body and in the importance of trust and open communication between patient and provider.

Fiedler's research focuses on increasing patient access to heart transplantation by improving current techniques for organ preservation and procurement as well as by developing new ones.

Fiedler earned her medical degree at the George Washington University School of Medicine. She completed residencies in general and cardiothoracic surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School. She was in the class of 2020 of the Presidential Leadership Scholars, a program offered through the collaboration of several former U.S. presidents' centers and foundations. She currently serves as surgical director for Team Heart, a nonprofit organization providing cardiac surgery to people in Rwanda.

Publications: 

Gender Representation in Cardiothoracic Surgical Academia: A Call to Support Women Across the Globe.

The Annals of thoracic surgery

Pompili C, Costa R, Cangut B, Opitz I, Figueroa PU, Molena D, Backhus L, Blackmon S, Fiedler A, Kluin J, Cleuziou J, Melfi F, Fuller S, Wood DE, Antonoff MB

Gender representation in cardiothoracic surgical academia: a call to support women across the globe.

European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Pompili C, Costa R, Cangut B, Opitz I, Ugalde Figueroa P, Molena D, Backhus L, Blackmon S, Fiedler A, Kluin J, Cleuziou J, Melfi F, Fuller S, Wood DE, Antonoff MB

Gender Representation in Cardiothoracic Surgical Academia: A call to support women across the globe.

The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

Pompili C, Costa R, Cangut B, Opitz I, Ugalde Figueroa P, Molena D, Backhus L, Blackmon S, Fiedler A, Kluin J, Cleuziou J, Melfi F, Fuller S, Wood DE, Antonoff MB

Evaluation and Management of Kidney Dysfunction in Advanced Heart Failure: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.

Circulation

Tang WHW, Bakitas MA, Cheng XS, Fang JC, Fedson SE, Fiedler AG, Martens P, McCallum WI, Ogunniyi MO, Rangaswami J, Bansal N, American Heart Association Council on the Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease; Council on Cardiopulmona

Righting a Wrong: Investigating Worse Right Ventricular Failure Observed in Women Undergoing LVAD Implantation.

ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992)

Bromberger B, Fiedler AG

Improving Upon the Ice Ages: Is SherpaPak the Solution?

Circulation. Heart failure

Fiedler AG

Increasing Utilization of Extended Criteria Donor Hearts for Transplantation: The OCS Heart EXPAND Trial.

JACC. Heart failure

Schroder JN, Patel CB, DeVore AD, Casalinova S, Koomalsingh KJ, Shah AS, Anyanwu AC, D'Alessandro DA, Mudy K, Sun B, Strueber M, Khaghani A, Shudo Y, Esmailian F, Liao K, Pagani FD, Silvestry S, Wang IW, Salerno CT, Absi TS, Madsen JC, Mancini D, Fiedler AG, Milano CA, Smith JW

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2023 Update on Procedure Data and Research.

The Annals of thoracic surgery

Wyler von Ballmoos MC, Kaneko T, Iribarne A, Kim KM, Arghami A, Fiedler A, Habib R, Parsons N, Elhalabi Z, Krohn C, Bowdish ME

Expanding the Donation After Circulatory Death Transplant Pool in the United States.

The Annals of thoracic surgery

Fiedler A, Miller PN, Smith JW

Is it time to stop living in a HeartMate II world?

The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation

Yuzefpolskaya M, Fiedler AG, Katz JN, Houston BA

Transplantation Outcomes with Donor Hearts after Circulatory Death.

The New England journal of medicine

Schroder JN, Patel CB, DeVore AD, Bryner BS, Casalinova S, Shah A, Smith JW, Fiedler AG, Daneshmand M, Silvestry S, Geirsson A, Pretorius V, Joyce DL, Um JY, Esmailian F, Takeda K, Mudy K, Shudo Y, Salerno CT, Pham SM, Goldstein DJ, Philpott J, Dunning J, Lozonschi L, Couper GS, Mallidi HR, Givertz MM, Pham DT, Shaffer AW, Kai M, Quader MA, Absi T, Attia TS, Shukrallah B, Sun BC, Farr M, Mehra MR, Madsen JC, Milano CA, D'Alessandro DA

Comment on: Detection and management of HLA sensitization in candidates for adult heart transplantation.

The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation

Fiedler AG, Klein L, DeMarco T, Kouretas P, Smith JW

Task Sharing in Global Cardiac Surgery: A Scoping Review.

Annals of thoracic surgery short reports

DiChiacchio L, Castro-Varela A, Vervoort D, Fiedler AG

Molecules, Machines, and the Perfusate Milieu: Organ Preservation and Emerging Concepts for Heart Transplant.

Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Wisneski A, Smith JW, Nguyen TC, Fiedler AG

Evolving Characteristics of Heart Transplantation Donors and Recipients: JACC Focus Seminar.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

DeFilippis EM, Khush KK, Farr MA, Fiedler A, Kilic A, Givertz MM

Practice patterns of female cardiothoracic surgeons older than age 58 years: Are we making progress?

The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

Ferrel MN, Gerhard EF, Johnstad CM, Nesbitt K, Pereira SJ, Fiedler AG

Applying the ethical framework for donation after circulatory death to thoracic normothermic regional perfusion procedures.

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons

Wall AE, Fiedler A, Karp S, Shah A, Testa G

Unconventional use of total artificial heart in a patient with severe, destructive prosthetic valve endocarditis.

Journal of cardiac surgery

Johnstad C, Bomareddi S, Hermsen JL, Smith JW, Fiedler AG

Women mentoring women.

The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

Chang C, Watt TMF, Fiedler AG, Worrell SG

Survival after orthotopic heart transplantation in patients with BMI > = 35 with and without diabetes.

Clinical transplantation

Fiedler AG, Stalter L, Marka N, Dhingra R, Hermsen JL, Smith JW

Gonococcal endocarditis: A rare manifestation of a common disease in the COVID-19 era.

International journal of STD & AIDS

Kavalier M, Fiedler A, Urban A

Left ventricular assist device implantation by bi-thoracotomy technique: A single-center perspective.

Journal of cardiac surgery

Stoeckl EM, Smith JW, Dhingra R, Fiedler AG

Virtual reality, e-learning, and global cardiac surgical capacity-building.

Journal of cardiac surgery

Vervoort D, Fiedler AG

You Can't Be What You Can't See.

The Annals of thoracic surgery

Fiedler AG, Sihag S

MicroRNA-21 regulates right ventricular remodeling secondary to pulmonary arterial pressure overload.

Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology

Chang WT, Fisch S, Dangwal S, Mohebali J, Fiedler AG, Chen M, Hsu CH, Yang Y, Qiu Y, Alexander KM, Chen FY, Liao R

Successful heart transplantation in a patient who recovered from COVID-19.

Journal of cardiac surgery

Johnstad CM, Murray D, Dhingra R, Smith JW, Fiedler AG

Impact of distance from implant center on mechanical circulatory device patient outcomes.

Journal of cardiac surgery

Lushaj EB, Fiedler A, DeCamp M, Park CJ, Dhingra R, Smith J

A Seat at the Table: The Cardiothoracic Surgeon as Surgeon-Advocate.

The Annals of thoracic surgery

Vervoort D, Swain JD, Fiedler AG

Orthotopic Heart Transplant: How I Teach It.

The Annals of thoracic surgery

Fiedler AG, Hermsen JL, Bommareddi S, Smith JW

Multimodal Cardiopulmonary Bypass Skills Assessment Within a High-Fidelity Simulation Environment.

The Annals of thoracic surgery

Hermsen JL, Mohamadipanah H, Yang S, Wise B, Fiedler A, DiMusto P, Pugh C

Intra-aortic balloon pump placement in coronary artery bypass grafting patients by day of admission.

Journal of cardiothoracic surgery

Del Carmen GA, Axtell A, Chang D, Melnitchouk S, Sundt TM, Fiedler AG

Multi-institutional collaborative mock oral (mICMO) examination for cardiothoracic surgery trainees: Results from the pilot experience.

JTCVS open

Fiedler AG, Emerson D, Gillaspie EA, Hermsen JL, Levack MM, McCarthy DP, Sihag S, Worrell SG, Antonoff MB

We Are Great When We Collaborate.

The Annals of thoracic surgery

Fiedler AG

We Agree: Cardiopulmonary Bypass Is a Team Sport: Reply.

The Annals of thoracic surgery

Fiedler AG, Lewis EE, Hermsen JL

Cardiothoracic Education in the Time of COVID-19: How I Teach It.

The Annals of thoracic surgery

Lewis EE, Taylor LJ, Hermsen JL, McCarthy DP, Fiedler AG

Cardiopulmonary Bypass: How I Teach It.

The Annals of thoracic surgery

Fiedler AG, Lewis EE, Hermsen JL

Entering the great unknown: Transition to academic practice.

The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

Fiedler AG, Sihag S

Papillary muscle rupture following routine aortic valve replacement.

Journal of cardiac surgery

Fiedler AG, De Oliveira NC, Hermsen JL

Helpful sternal wound vacuum-assisted closure techniques in two open chest situations: Central extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and sternal infection.

Journal of cardiac surgery

Schreiter NA, McCarthy DP, Fiedler AG, Young N, Demarais D, Anagnostopoulos PV, Hermsen JL

Reply.

The Annals of thoracic surgery

Fiedler AG

Reoperative sternotomy is associated with increased early mortality after cardiac transplantation.

European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Axtell AL, Fiedler AG, Lewis G, Melnitchouk S, Tolis G, D'Alessandro DA, Villavicencio MA

We have met the enemy; the enemy is us.

The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

Stephens EH, Fiedler AG

Correlation of cardiopulmonary bypass duration with acute renal failure after cardiac surgery.

The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

Axtell AL, Fiedler AG, Melnitchouk S, D'Alessandro DA, Villavicencio MA, Jassar AS, Sundt TM

Pain management and safety profiles after preoperative vs postoperative thoracic epidural insertion for bilateral lung transplantation.

Clinical transplantation

Axtell AL, Heng EE, Fiedler AG, Melnitchouk S, D'Alessandro DA, Tolis G, Astor T, Dalia AA, Cudemus G, Villavicencio MA

Successful Heart Transplantation in a Patient With Loeys-Dietz Syndrome.

The Annals of thoracic surgery

Feroe AG, Fiedler AG, D'Alessandro DA

Echocardiographic Assessment of Biventricular Function in 249 Patients During the Peri-Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Period.

Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia

Ortoleva JP, Dalia AA, Fiedler AG, D'Alessandro D, Shelton K, Villavicencio M, Cudemus GA

The effect of donor age on posttransplant mortality in a cohort of adult cardiac transplant recipients aged 18-45.

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons

Axtell AL, Fiedler AG, Chang DC, Yeh H, Lewis GD, Villavicencio MA, D'Alessandro DA

Appraisal of mentorship in cardiothoracic surgery training.

The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

Stephens EH, Goldstone AB, Fiedler AG, Vardas PN, Pattakos G, Lou X, Chen PC, Tchantchaleishvili V

Impella Placement Guided by Echocardiography Can Be Used as a Strategy to Unload the Left Ventricle During Peripheral Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.

Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia

Fiedler AG, Dalia A, Axtell AL, Ortoleva J, Thomas SM, Roy N, Villavicencio MA, D'Alessandro DA, Cudemus G

Incidental Discovery of an Atypical Cardiac Tumor.

Journal of cardiovascular echography

Staudt GE, Fiedler AG, Tolis G, Dudzinski DM, Streckenbach SC

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Is a Team Sport: Institutional Survival Benefits of a Formalized ECMO Team.

Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia

Dalia AA, Ortoleva J, Fiedler A, Villavicencio M, Shelton K, Cudemus GD

Delayed Presentation of Traumatic Pericardial Rupture: Diagnostic and Surgical Considerations for Treatment.

The heart surgery forum

Fiedler AG, Banka P, Zaleski K, Fahey MC, Breitbart RE, Fynn-Thompson F

Perforation of a mesenteric Meckel's diverticulum.

Journal of surgical case reports

Levack MM, Fiedler AG, Kaafarani H, King DR

Beyond #ILookLikeASurgeon.

The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

Stephens EH, Fiedler AG

Aortic valve replacement associated with survival in severe regurgitation and low ejection fraction.

Heart (British Cardiac Society)

Fiedler AG, Bhambhani V, Laikhter E, Picard MH, Wasfy MM, Tolis G, Melnitchouk S, Sundt TM, Wasfy JH

Current Status of Endovascular Training for Cardiothoracic Surgery Residents in the United States.

The Annals of thoracic surgery

Vardas PN, Stefanescu Schmidt AC, Lou X, Goldstone AB, Pattakos G, Fiedler AG, Stephens EH, Tchantchaleishvili V

Hybrid approach to the management of infective endocarditis complicated by coronary artery embolism: a case report.

Journal of surgical case reports

Fiedler AG, Schutt RC, Greenhouse D, Stone J, Sundt TM, Sakhuja R

Variability in Integrated Cardiothoracic Training Program Curriculum.

The Annals of thoracic surgery

Stephens EH, Walters DM, Eilers AL, Tchantchaleishvili V, Goldstone AB, Gillaspie EA, Fiedler A, LaPar DJ

Gender and Cardiothoracic Surgery Training: Specialty Interests, Satisfaction, and Career Pathways.

The Annals of thoracic surgery

Stephens EH, Robich MP, Walters DM, DeNino WF, Aftab M, Tchantchaleishvili V, Eilers AL, Rice RD, Goldstone AB, Shlestad RC, Malas T, Cevasco M, Gillaspie EA, Fiedler AG, LaPar DJ, Shah AA

Right heart failure: an ischemic model and restraint therapy for treatment.

The Annals of thoracic surgery

Cevasco M, Kwon M, Fiedler A, Lee LS, Shiao J, Shah RV, Worthington AH, Fox JA, Kwong RY, Chen FY

Targeting the MAGE A3 antigen in pancreatic cancer.

Surgery

Cogdill AP, Frederick DT, Cooper ZA, Garber HR, Ferrone CR, Fiedler A, Rosenberg L, Thayer SP, Warshaw AL, Wargo JA

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