Overview
| Subspecialty | Cardiothoracic Surgery |
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| Clinical Interests | Mitral Valve Repair |
| Aortic Valve Surgery | |
| Off Pump Artery Bypass Grafting | |
| Languages | English |
| Italian | |
| Gender | Female |
| joanna.chikwe@mountsinai.org | |
| Education and Training | MD, Oxford University |
| Internship, Surgery & Medicine, Oxford University | |
| Residency, Cardio-Thoracic Surg, Royal Brompton Hospital | |
| Fellowship, Research, University of Cambridge | |
| Fellowship, Cardio-Thoracic Surg, Mount Sinai Hospital | |
| Awards | 2006 HCA International Foundation Travelling Fellowship |
| 2006 Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain Cardiac Scholarship |
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| 2001 Berkley Fellowship (University College London and Cambridge University) |
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| 2001 Fulbright Scholarship |
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| 2000 Royal College of Surgeons of England Enid Linder Research Fellowship |
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| 1997 St Peter's Society Award Oxford University |
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| 1997 The Vandervell Award Oxford University |
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| 1994 University College London Dissertation Prize. Proxime accessit |
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| 1994 Wellcome Research Studentship |
Joanna Chikwe, MD joined Mount Sinai in early 2008 as Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Associate Program Director of the residency program in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery. She is also Mount Sinai's first female cardiac surgeon. Find out more about her goals for Mount Sinai in Inside Mount Sinai.
Dr. Joanna Chikwe specializes in using minimally invasive cardiac surgery techniques to reduce post-operative discomfort, speed recovery and improve cosmetic appearance of incisions after surgery.
Dr. Chikwe is one of a handful of US surgeons with advanced training in both reconstructive valve surgery and minimally invasive cardiac surgery techniques such as off-pump, video and robotic-assisted surgery. She works closely with a dedicated plastic surgery and anesthesiology team with a specialist interest in minimally invasive cardiac surgery. Dr. Chikwe employs valve repair to preserve natural valve tissue wherever possible, as well as off-pump surgery to avoid cardiopulmonary bypass for selected coronary bypass procedures.
Dr. Chikwe received her medical degree from Oxford University. She completed her general surgery residency at Oxford and Cambridge, followed by research into cardiac transplantation for which she received a Masters degree from Cambridge University.
Dr. Joanna Chikwe completed her residency in cardiothoracic surgery on the Royal Brompton Hospital rotation where she gained expertise in minimally invasive surgery, including two years specializing in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting and video assisted and robotic cardiac surgery. She successfully completed a two year advanced fellowship under Dr David Adams focusing on mitral valve repair and aortic reconstruction at Mount Sinai Medical Center.
Joanna has published widely in the field of cardiac surgery. She is the author of three key surgical textbooks, including Cardiothoracic Surgery in the Oxford Specialist series; and she has published several book chapters and articles on minimally invasive surgery. Joanna is also active in clinical research, authoring over fifty scientific articles and abstracts published in peer-reviewed journals or presented at international scientific meetings. Her international awards include a Fulbright Award and she is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.
