About Dr. Grasty
Dr. Grasty earned a Bachelor of Science in Human Biology, Health and Society from Cornell University and a Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences from Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Grasty then earned her medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine. She is interested in pursuing a career in academic cardiac surgery and plans to be involved with research within the field. She is also interested in exploring methods for addressing racial and socioeconomic health disparities to improve healthcare outcomes for historically disadvantaged groups and improving access to care for all, especially those within Philadelphia. In the past she has been involved in research examining long-term outcomes of children who underwent cardiac surgery.
Education
2014 - 2016
MS - Tufts University School of Medicine
(Biomedical Sciences)
Societies
- Society of Black Academic Surgeons
- Women in Thoracic Surgery
- American College of Surgeons
Research
May 2017 - July 2017
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery
Principal Investigator: Dr. Pedro del Nido
Boston Children’s Hospital
June 2015 - June 2016
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Principal Investigator: Dr. J William Gaynor
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
February 2012 - May 2014
Human Metabolic Research Unit
Principal Investigator: Dr. Kimberly O’Brien
Cornell University
Publications
Papers
- Grasty MA, Ittenbach RF, Knightly C, Solot CB, Gerdes M, Bernbaum JC. Wernovsky G, Spray TL, Nicolson SC, Clancy RR, Licht DJ, Zackai E, Gaynor JW, and Burnham NB. Hearing loss after cardiac surgery in infancy: an unintended consequence of life-saving care. J Pediatr; 192: 144-51. January 2018.
- Mittelstaedt E, Ross RD, Grasty MA, Kobayashi D. Impact of NT – proBNP on Clinical Outcomes in Children with Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome. Progress in Pediatric Cardiology.
Presentations
- Grasty MA, Wesen C, Rizk N. Case Report: Incidental Finding of Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Appendix in Fallopian Tube Carcinoma in BRCA-1 Patient. To be presented at MI – ACP Conference.
- Grasty MA, Laucis N, Dhillon M. Gas in a Parameniscal Cyst: Alarming Appearance of a Benign Condition. To be presented at Henry Ford Medical Student Research Forum.