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John J. Kelly, MD

John Kelly
Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine Undergraduate: College of William & Mary

About Dr. Kelly

John is in his PGY5 as an integrated cardiac surgery resident. His clinical and research interests include aortic and valve surgery. He plans to pursue a career in academic cardiac surgery.

Societies

2019 - present
Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Candidate Membership

2014 - present
American Medical Association

Awards

2021
Marko Turina Award for Best Resident Video Tutorial

2017
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

2017
Southern Thoracic Surgical Association James W. Brooks Scholarship

2017
American Heart Association Health Sciences Fellowship

2011
Summa cum laude, College of William & Mary  

2010
Phi Beta Kappa, College of William & Mary  

2010
Lyon Gardiner Tyler Award, College of William & Mary  

2008
James Monroe Scholarship, College of William & Mary

Research

2018 - present
Resident Researcher
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Pennsylvania
Mentors: Nimesh D. Desai, MD, PhD; Joseph E. Bavaria, MD

2016 - 2018
Medical Student Researcher
Mentors: Vinod H. Thourani, MD and Robert A. Guyton, MD
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University

Publications

Peer-Reviewed

  1. Thourani VH, Badhwar V, Shahian DM, Edwards FH, O’Brien S, Habib RH, Kelly JJ, Rankin JS, Prager R, and Jacobs JP. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2017 Update on Research. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017;104(1):22-28.
  2. Forcillo J, Condado JF, Ko Y, Yuan M, Binongo JN, Ndubisi N, Babaliaros V, Guyton RA, Devireddy C, Leshnower BG, Stewart JP, Kelly JJ, Perrault L, Khairy P, and Thourani VH. Assessment of Commonly Used Frailty Markers for High and Extreme-Risk Patients Undergoing TAVR. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017;104(6):1939-1946.
  3. Thourani VH, O'Brien SM, Kelly JJ, Cohen DJ, Peterson ED, Mack MJ, Shahian DM, Grover FL, Carroll JD, Brennan JM, Forcillo J, Arnold SV, Vemulapalli S, Fitzgerald S, Holmes DR, Bavaria JE, and Edwards FH. Development and Application of a Risk Prediction Model for In-Hospital Stroke After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Report from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019;107(4):1097-1103.
  4. Goel NJ, Iyengar A, Kelly JJ, Brown CR, Khurshan F, Atluri P, Acker MA, Chen Z, Desai ND. Causes, risk factors, and costs of 30-day readmissions after mitral valve repair and mitral valve replacement. Ann Thorac Surg 2019; 109:1729-37.
  5. Iyengar A, Han J, Helmers M, Kelly JJ, Patrick WL, Chung J, Goel N, Birati EY, Atluri P. Relationship between change in heart transplant volume and outcomes: a national analysis. J Card Fail. 2020;26(6):515-521.
  6. Goel NJ, Iyengar A, Kelly JJ, Mavroudis CD, Lancaster C, Williams NN, Dempsey DT, Kucharczuk J. Nationwide analysis of 30-day readmissions after esophagectomy: causes, costs, and risk factors. Ann Thorac Surg 2020; 109: 185-193.
  7. Iyengar A, Goel N, Kelly JJ, Han JJ, Brown C, Khurshan F, Chen Z, Desai ND. Effects of frailty on outcomes and 30-day readmissions following surgical mitral valve replacement. Ann Thorac Surg 2020; 109: 1120-1126.
  8. Iyengar A, Han JJ, Helmers M, Kelly JJ, Patrick WL, Chung JJ, Goel NJ, Birati E, Atluri P. Relationship between change in heart transplant volume and outcomes: a national analysis. J Card Fail 2020; 26: 515-21.
  9. Thourani VH, Kelly JJ, Cervantes D, Vemulapalli S, Manandhar P, Forcillo J, Holmes D, Cohen DJ, Kirtane A, Kodali S, Leon MB, Babaliaros V, Waksman R, Satler LF, Shults CC, Ben-Dor I, Rogers T, Kapadia S, Reardon M, Malaisrie SC, Gleason T, Holper EM, Bavaria JE, Herrmann HH, Szeto WY, Carroll JD, Mack MJ. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement After Prior Mitral Valve Surgery:  Results From the Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020;109(6):1789-1796.
  10. Han JJ, Kelly JJ, Iyengar A, Patrick WL, Sultan I. Timeless lessons from the past and present leaders of cardiothoracic surgery part 1: Professional accomplishment. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019;158(6):1602-1606.
  11. Han JJ, Kelly JJ, Patrick WL, Iyengar A, Atkins M, Pietras C. Timeless lessons from the past and present leaders of cardiothoracic surgery part 2: character development. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2020. Accepted on 1/05/20.
  12. Iyengar A, Goel N, Kelly JJ, Han J, Brown C, Khurshan F, Chen Z, Desai ND. Predictors of 30-day readmission and resource utilization after thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR). Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2020; 58: 574-82.
  13. Goel NJ, Iyengar A, Kelly JJ, Han JJ, Brown CR, Desai ND. Volume of frail patients predicts outcome in frail patients after cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.  Published online May 4, 2020:S0022-5223(20)31057-6.
  14. Goel NJ, Iyengar A, Kelly JJ, Mavroudis C, Lancaster C, Williams NN, Dempsey DT, Kucharczuk J. Nationwide analysis of 30-day readmissions after esophagectomy: causes, costs, and risk factors. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020;109(1):185-193.
  15. Patrick WL, Bojko M, Han JJ, Kelly JJ, Iyengar I, Helmers MR, Smood BF, McCarthy FH, Williams ML. Neighborhood socioeconomic status is associated with differences in operative management and long-term survival after coronary artery bypass grafting. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. Published online August 19, 2020:S0022-5223(20)32391-6.
  16. Smood B, Nguyen SN, Kelly JJ, Han JJ. Integrated cardiothoracic surgery: Developing a successful residency application. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020;160(1):167-174.
  17. Grimm JC, Kelly JJ, Szeto WY. Valve-Sparing Root Replacement with the Reimplantation Technique in Patients Presenting with Acute Type A Aortic Dissection. J Vis Surg 2020.
  18. Kelly JJ, Grimm JC, Szeto WY. Consistency is Key: A Reproducible Approach to Managing Acute Type A Aortic Dissection. CTSNet. December 2020.
  19. Kelly JJ, Iyengar A, Patrick WL, Helmers MR, Smood BF, Han JJ. Cardiac Surgery Simulation - Part 1: Basic Surgical Skills. Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg, 2020;2020.
  20. Iyengar A, Goel N, Kelly JJ, Han JJ, Brown CR, Khurshan F, Zehang C, Desai ND. Effects of frailty on outcomes and 30-day readmissions after surgical mitral valve replacement. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020;109(4):1120-1126.
  21. Han JJ, Bojko M, Duda M, Iyengar A, Kelly JJ, Patrick W, Helmers MR, Atluri P. Association among surgeon experience, patient risk, and outcomes in coronary artery bypass grafting. Ann Thorac Surg 2021;111(1):86-93.
  22. Iyengar A, Han JJ, Helmers MR, Altshuler, Kelly JJ, Chung J, Smood BF, Acker MA, Birati EY, Atluri P. Impact of changes in the us heart allocation system on waitlist mortality and listing practices. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2020;39(4):S175.
  23. Han JJ, Mays JC, Sukhavasi A, Patrick WL, Helmers MR, Iyengar A, Smood BF, Kelly JJ, Williams ML, Szeto WY, Cevasco M. Characteristics and attitudes of aspiring cardiothoracic surgeons: a survey study. Ann Thorac Surg. Published online February 4, 2021:S0003-4975(21)00226-5.
  24. Han JJ, Shin M, Patrick WL, Rao A, Olia SE, Helmers MR, Iyengar A, Kelly JJ, Smood BF, Gutsche JT, Bermudez C, Cevasco M. How should ecmo be used under conditions of severe scarcity? A population study of public perception. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. Published online July 2, 2021:S1053-0770(21)00471-7.
  25. Kelly JJ, Iyengar A, Patrick WL, Helmers MR, Smood BF, Han JJ. Cardiac Surgery Simulation - Part 2: Cannulation. Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg, 2021;2021.
  26. Han JJ, Mays JC, Iyengar A, Luc JGY, Patrick WL, Helmers MR, Smood BF, Kelly JJ, Williams ML, Szeto WY, Cevasco M. Wisdom from past presidents of the society of thoracic surgeons. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021;112(4):1372-1377.
  27. Han JJ, Iyengar A, Kelly JJ, Helmers MR, Patrick WL, Smood BF, Birati EY, Atluri P. Increase in and donor organ ischemic time and travel distance after the implementation of the new heart allocation system. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2020;39(4):S174.
  28. Iyengar A, Han JJ, Helmers MR, Smood BF, Patrick WL, Kelly JJ, Moss N, Najjar SS, Houston BA, Tedford RJ, Shore S, Vorovich E, Hsich E, Alexander KM, Chaudhry S, Vidula H, Kilic A, Genuardi MV, Birati EY, Atluri P. The effect of body mass index on presentation of covid-19 amongst heart transplant recipients: a multi-institutional study. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2021;40(4):S22-S23.
  29. Helmers MR, Kim ST, Altshuler P, Han JJ, Iyengar A, Kelly JJ, Smood BF, Hargrove WC, Atluri P. Mitral valve surgery in pulmonary hypertension patients: is minimally invasive surgery safe? Ann Thorac Surg. 2021;111(6):2012-2019.
  30. Helmers MR, Altshuler P, Shin M, Iyenger A, Herbst DA, Kelly JJ, Han JJ, Atluri P. Use of extended criteria donor hearts in simultaneous heart-kidney transplantation. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2021;40(4):S113.
  31. Han JJ, Iyengar A, Helmers MR, Smood BF, Patrick WL, Kelly JJ, Moss N, Najjar SS, Houston, BA, Tedford R, Shore S, Vorovich E, Hsich E,  Alexander K, Chaudhry S, Vidula H, Kilic A, Genuardi MV, Birati EY,  Atluri P. The Effect of Body Mass Index on Outcomes among COVID-19 Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices: A Multi-Institutional Study. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 40. S101. 10.1016/j.healun.2021.01.331.
  32. Patrick WL, Iyengar A, Han JJ, Mays JC, Helmers MR, Kelly JJ, Wang X, Ghoreishi M, Taylor BS, Atluri P, Desai ND, Williams ML. The learning curve of robotic coronary arterial bypass surgery: A report from the STS database. J Card Surg. 2021;36(11):4178-4186.
  33. Kelly JJ, Han JJ, Patrick WL, Mays JC, Iyengar A, Helmers MR, Smood BF, Cevasco M. Do-it-yourself simulators and building a culture of practice in the virtual era. JTCVS Tech. 2021;8:100-111.
  34. Kelly JJ, Han JJ, Iyengar AI, Helmers MR, Patrick WL, Brown CR, Szeto WY, Cevasco M. Cardiac Surgery Simulation - Part 3: Coronary Anastomosis. Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg. 2021;2021.
  35. Kelly JJ, Mehta CK, Herman C, Grimm JC, Cannon BJ, Desai ND, Bavaria JE. Bicuspid Aortic Valve Repair with External Subannular Ring: A Case Report and Surgical Video. J Vis Surg 2021.
  36. Kelly JJ, Han JJ, Desai ND, et al. Coronary Endarterectomy: Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Published online March 2022:S0003497522003307.

Oral Presentations

  1. Kelly JJ, Forcillo J, Cervantes D, Binongo J, Hunting J, Babaliaros V, Iturbe JM, Guyton RA, Devireddy C, Leshnower BC, Stewart JP, and Thourani VH.  Management of Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Prior Mitral Valve Surgery.” 3rd Annual Meeting of the Heart Valve Society, Monaco, Monte Carlo, March 2, 2017.
  2. Kelly JJ, Forcillo J, Cervantes D, Binongo J, Hunting J, Babaliaros V, Iturbe JM, Guyton RA, Devireddy C, Leshnower BC, Stewart JP, and Thourani VH.  “Transcatheter versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Prior Mitral Valve Surgery.”  64th Annual Meeting of the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, San Antonio, TX, November 9, 2017.
  3. Kelly JJ, O’Brien SM, Cohen DJ, Peterson ED, Mack MJ, Shahian DM, Grover FL, Carroll EJ, Brennan JM, Forcillo J, Arnold SV, Vemulapalli S, Fitzgerald S, Holmes DR, Bavaria JE, Edwards FH, Thourani VH.   “Development and Validation of a Risk Prediction Model for In-Hospital Stroke After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement from the U.S. TVT Database.” 54th Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, January 27-31, 2018.
  4. Cervantes D, Kelly JJ, Vemulapalli S, Manandhar P, Forcillo J, Mack M, Holmes D, Cohen DJ, Kirtane A, Kodali S, Leon M, Babaliaros V, Kapadia S, Reardon M, Malaisrie SC, Gleason T, Holper EM, Bavaria JE, Herrmann H, Szeto W, Carroll J, and Thourani VH.   “TAVR After Previous Mitral Valve Repair or Replacement Surgery: Results From The U.S. Transcatheter Valve Therapy (TVT) Registry.” 54th Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, January 27-31, 2018.
  5. Kelly JJ, Forcillo J, Babaliaros V, and Thourani VH.  “Transcaval Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for the Treatment of Subaortic Stenosis.” 54th Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, January 27-31, 2018.
  6. Kelly JJ, Babaliaros V, Iturbe JM, Mavromatis K, Greenbaum AB, Khan JM, Lerakis S, Lederman RJ, and Thourani VH.  “Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement with LAMPOON Procedure.” 54th Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, January 27-31, 2018.
  7. Kelly JJ, Kamioka N, Binongo J, Gao T, Caughron H, Forcillo J, Devireddy C, Lerakis S, Mavromatis K, Leshnower BG, Guyton RA, Keegan P, Simone A, Stewart JP, Block P, and Babaliaros V, Thourani VH. “Minimalist Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement” Oral Presentation at the 98th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Thoracic Surgery, San Diego, CA, April 28 - May 1, 2018.
  8. Forcillo J, Chen EP, Keeling WB, Halkos ME, Codner JA, Kelly JJ, Binongo JN, Chen L, Thourani VH, and Leshnower BG. “The Impact of Circulatory Arrest Time and Temperature on Renal Dysfunction in Patients Undergoing Aortic Arch Replacement Using Moderate Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest.” 98th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Thoracic Surgery, San Diego, CA, April 28 - May 1, 2018.
  9. Ndubisi NM, Forcillo J, Melvan JN, Kelly JJ, Hunting J, Binongo JN, and Thourani VH. Effects of Hemoglobin A1c Levels on Short-term Outcomes and Mortality Rates in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement. 98th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Thoracic Surgery, San Diego, CA, April 28 - May 1, 2018.
  10. Mehta CK, Kelly JJ, Assi R, Cannon BJ, Bavaria JE. “Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement for Severe Aortic Regurgitation.” 4th Annual Aortic Valve Repair Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, September 13-14, 2019.
  11. Assi R, Kelly JJ, Mehta CK, Cannon BJ, Bavaria JE. “BAV with Severe AI: Repair or Replace?” 4th Annual Aortic Valve Repair Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, September 13-14, 2019.
  12. Assi R, Kelly JJ, Mehta CK, Cannon BJ, Bavaria JE. “BAV Repair Failure: A Case Presentation.” 4th Annual Aortic Valve Repair Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, September 13-14, 2019.
  13. Kelly JJ, Assi R, Bavaria JE, Desai ND. Explant of a Balloon-Expandable Transcatheter Aortic Valve for Endocarditis. 33rd Annual Meeting of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Lisbon, Portugal, October 3-5, 2019.
  14. Mehta CK, Kelly JJ, Assi R, Cannon BJ, Bavaria JE. “Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement with a Bicuspid Aortic Valve.” Surgery of the Thoracic Aorta, Tenth Postgraduate Course, Bologna, Italy, November 11, 2019.
  15. Kelly JJ, Mehta CK, Assi R, Cannon BJ, Bavaria JE. “Bicuspid Aortic Valve Repair with External Subannular Ring.” Surgery of the Thoracic Aorta, Tenth Postgraduate Course, Bologna, Italy, November 11, 2019.
  16. Kelly JJ, Mehta CK, Assi R, Cannon BJ, Bavaria JE. “Bicuspid Aortic Valve Repair with Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement.” STS/EACTS Latin America, Cardiovascular Surgery Conference, Cancún, Mexico, November 22-24, 2019.
  17. Kelly JJ, Bavaria JE. “Aortic Root Replacement with a Pericardial Valve Conduit.” Edwards Lifesciences. November, 2020.
  18. Mehta CK, Kelly JJ, Assi R, Cannon BJ, Desai ND, Bavaria JE. “Bicuspid Aortic Valve Repair with Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement.” AATS Aortic Symposium, New York, NY, April 23-24, 2020.
  19. Kelly JJ, Mehta CK, Bavaria JE, Desai ND. “Valve-Sparing Root Replacement with Zone 2 Arch for Type A Dissection.” Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting, January 29-31, 2021.
  20. Kelly JJ, Grimm JC, Li R, Szeto WY. Explant of Transcatheter Valve-in-Transcatheter Valve with Pericardial Patch Repair of the Aortic Root. Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting, January 29-31, 2021.
  21. Kelly JJ, Han JJ, Iyengar A, Acker AM, Patrick WL, Szeto WY, Hargrove WC, Desai ND, Bavaria JE, Acker MA, Thourani VH, Jacobs JP, Habib RH, Grau-Sepulveda M, Jawitz OK, O’Brien S, Badhwar V, Williams ML. Coronary Endarterectomy with Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database. Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting, January 29-31, 2021.
  22. Desai ND, Kelly JJ, Mehta CK, Bavaria JE. “Valve-Sparing Root Replacement with Zone 2 Arch for Type A Dissection.” American Association for Thoracic Surgery Annual Meeting, May 2, 2021.
  23. Kelly JJ, Mehta CK, Grimm JC, Cannon BJ, Desai ND, Bavaria JE. “Bicuspid Aortic Valve Repair with Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement.” American Association for Thoracic Surgery Annual Meeting, May 2, 2021.
  24. Kelly JJ, Han JJ, Iyengar AI, Helmers MR, Patrick WL, Brown CR, Szeto WY, Cevasco M. Cardiac Surgery Simulation - Part 3: Coronary Anastomosis. 35th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Barcelona, Spain, October 13-16, 2021.
  25. Bavaria JE, Kelly JJ, DeRoo SR, Grimm JC, Cannon BJ, Desai ND. Very Asymmetric Bicuspid Aortic Valve Repair with Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Reimplantation in 210-150 Orientation. European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Aortic Forum, Bologna, Italy, November 16, 2021.
  26. Tauh K, Kelly JJ, Desai ND, Grimm JC, Cannon BJ, Bavaria JE. Ross Procedure in a Patient with Severe Bioprosthetic Aortic Stenosis. European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Aortic Forum, Bologna, Italy, November 16, 2021.
  27. Kelly JJ, Mehta CK, Desai ND, Grimm JC, Cannon BJ, Bavaria JE. Bicuspid Aortic Valve Repair with Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Reimplantation. Heart Valve Society Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, March 2, 2022.
  28. Kelly JJ, Crawford TC, Helmers MR, Cannon BJ, Freas MA, Grimm JC, Desai ND, Bavaria JE. Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm with Bicuspid Pulmonary Valve.  Director's Choice on-demand video presentation. American Association for Thoracic Surgery Aortic Symposium, Boston, MA, May 13-14, 2022.
  29. Kelly JJ, DeRoo SR, Grimm JC, Cannon BJ, Desai ND, Bavaria JE. Very Asymmetric Bicuspid Aortic Valve Repair with Valve-Sparing Root Reimplantation. American Association for Thoracic Surgery Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, May 16, 2022.
  30. Tauh K, Kelly JJ, Desai ND, Grimm JC, Cannon BJ, Bavaria JE. Ross Procedure in a Patient with Severe Bioprosthetic Aortic Stenosis. American Association for Thoracic Surgery Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, May 16, 2022.

Poster Presentations

  1. Kelly JJ, Kamioka N, Forcillo J, Binongo JN, Babaliaros V, Iturbe JM, Guyton RA, Devireddy C, Leshnower BG, Stewart JP, and Thourani VH.  “Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter versus Redo Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement.” 54th Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, January 27-31, 2018.

Book Chapters

  1. Kelly JJ, Babaliaros V, Thourani VH. Transcaval Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (Chapter 62) in Sorajja, P (Ed.) Structural Heart Cases: A Color Atlas of Pearls and Pitfalls. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier, 2018.
  2. Han JJ, Kelly JJ, Milewski RK. Commentary: Burning bright without burning out: Protecting the spirit of cardiothoracic surgery [published online ahead of print, 2020 May 1]. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020;S0022-5223(20)31039-4.
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