Joint General and Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident Physician @UPMC_CTSurgery and @PittSurgery. MD @UToledoMed. PhD @cmu_bme.
Pittsburgh, PA
Joined September 2022
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Yeahwa Hong retweeted
Meet ASAIOfyi President Dr. Yeahwa Hong!
Dr. Hong shares why ASAIO’s multidisciplinary community—bringing clinicians, scientists, and engineers together—is so important to advancing artificial organ technology and improving patient care.
#ASAIO #ArtificialOrgans #Leadership
Yeahwa Hong retweeted
In a 24h ambulatory rabbit ECLS model, combining FXII900 w/zwitterionic polycarboxybetaine coating provided potent anticoagulation while preserving hemostatic function— a promising strategy for ECLS
🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4271…
@ActaBio @Yeahwa_Hong @HviUpmc @PittSurgery @cmu_bme
Yeahwa Hong retweeted
Meet ASAIO President Dr. Keshava Rajagopal!
Dr. Rajagopal shares how ASAIO has been instrumental throughout his career in artificial cardiac and pulmonary technologies—and invites anyone passionate about artificial organ technology to get involved.
“We welcome you!”
#ASAIO
Yeahwa Hong retweeted
Researchers at @UVA_TCV_Surgery sought to analyze the pursuit of advanced fellowships by #thoracic surgery residents. See which advanced fellowships were most common among trainees in #JTCVS Open: hubs.la/Q04qVpjB0
@hunter_mehaffey
Yeahwa Hong retweeted
Congratulations to our newest @SocSurgOnc graduates. We are proud of your accomplishments and excited for your bright careers ahead! 🎇
Yeahwa Hong retweeted
Congrats to our @UPMC_SurgRes Chief Residents, 7-8yrs of training done in a 💓! A pleasure to be part of your training. Ready to take on the world but always keep us close to your heart @aalthans @David_SilverMD @Yeahwa_Hong , Drew Sayce, Ahmed Hamed, Aly Morgan. @PittSurgery
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Extended use of Impella 5.5 for >14d did not ⬆️ the rate of serious adverse events and provided hemodynamic support to a heterogenous group of pts presenting with cardiogenic shock with stable device performance
🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4225…
@DavidKaczoro @GavHick @TheJHLT @ISHLT
Yeahwa Hong retweeted
A #UNOS registry analysis suggests that use of #DCD donors in a population of pts with prior conventional cardiac surgery does not confer additional mortality risk
🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4214…
@Yeahwa_Hong @AnderDorken @BrianEdWoolley @LauraSeese_MD @DavidKaczoro @CliniTransplant
Yeahwa Hong retweeted
Longer FWIT in DCD heart transplantation using DPP is associated with ⬇️ 1y post-transplant survival; careful recipient selection and risk stratification are essential to optimizing outcomes
🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4204…
@Yeahwa_Hong @AnderDorken @BrianEdWoolley @TransplantJrnl
Yeahwa Hong retweeted
Congratulations to Dr. @JuliePhillippi on her induction to the American Institute for Medical and Biomedical Engineering’s College of Fellows Class of 2026! Dr. Phillippi was recognized for her research investigating vasa vasorum and ECM in thoracic aortic disease @aimbe @HviUpmc
Yeahwa Hong retweeted
Congratulations to Dr. @Yeahwa_Hong who was recognized for authoring one of five most impactful papers of 2025 at the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation’s 46th Annual Meeting! @ISHLT #ISHTL2026
Yeahwa Hong retweeted
Authors are presenting the 5️⃣ most impactful papers published in the #JHLT last year at #ISHLT2026. 🫀🫁The studies include:
- A randomized trial of open lung protective ventilation vs conventional mechanical ventilation in deceased organ donors
- Association of agonal phase duration with heart utilization + post-transplant outcomes in #DCD #HeartTx
- ABO-incompatible heart transplants in children
- A #CardiogenicShock Working Group registry analysis
- A single-center study on high antiphospholipid antibody titers + outcomes of pulmonary endarterectomy
Yeahwa Hong retweeted
Moderate, controlled hypothermic preservation using SCTS significantly improves #HeartTx outcomes and 2-year survival. The first study of any advanced heart preservation method to show a major impact on survival rates. @ParagonixSherpa
🔗: jhltonline.org/article/S1053…
Yeahwa Hong retweeted
A semi-empirical model provides a framework for understanding how circuit component selection impacts achievable blood flow and oxygen transfer in wearable artificial lung systems
🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4185…
@Yeahwa_Hong @UkitaRei @PittSurgery @cmu_bme @asaiojournal
Yeahwa Hong retweeted
A warm welcome to Xander Jacquemyn and Hunter Stecko to our Cardiothoracic Residency Program! 🫀🫁 @XanderJacquemyn @hsteck2 🌟🌟
Yeahwa Hong retweeted
We couldn’t possibly be more thrilled to welcome the newest members of our family! @PittSurgery
Yeahwa Hong retweeted
A UNOS registry analysis of #DCD #HTx with and without use of ex-vivo perfusion device showed that prolonged donor agonal period was associated with higher mortality & acute rejection in no-EHVP grafts, but #EVHP mitigated these risks. @AlexanderB21965
🔗: jhltonline.org/article/S1053…
Yeahwa Hong retweeted
Renal failure requiring post-transplant de novo dialysis is associated with ⬇️ survival post #DCD #HeartTransplantation; despite this ⬆️ risk survival is comparable to DBD pts
🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4174…
@AnderDorken @GavHick @Yeahwa_Hong @DavidKaczoro @AATSHQ #JTCVS #UNOS
Yeahwa Hong retweeted
The TSRA app is now available on iOS. No more carrying six thick textbooks — everything's on my phone now. Search any topic in clinic and pull up the chapter instantly.
1/4 🧵 apps.apple.com/us/app/tsra-a…
Yeahwa Hong retweeted
Case report: intravascular leomyomatosis should be considered in women with intracardiac masses and a history of uterine leiomyomas
🔗: ajconline.org/article/S0002-…
@AndreaAmabileMD @Yeahwa_Hong @XanderJacquemyn @DSGMD @HviUpmc @AmJCardio @PittCardiology #RoboticSurgery
