Christian Pizarro, MD
Cardiothoracic SurgeryPrimary Office
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91大神 Children's Health, Philadelphia 91大神 Children's Health, Philadelphia 833 Chestnut St. E. Suite 300 - Specialty Care Philadelphia, PA 19107 Appointment: (800) 416-4441
Get to Know Me
Christian Pizarro, MD, is chief, pediatric cardiothoracic surgery; member, Congenital Heart Surgeons Society, American Heart Association, Society of Thoracic Surgeons and American Association for Thoracic Surgery; board member, Surgeons of Hope Foundation; international lecturer; researcher and author of more than 60 peer-reviewed journal articles.
Education & Training
Fellowship
- Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surge - Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, 1997
Internship
- General Surgery - Pennsylvania Hospital, 1989
- Transitional - St. Luke's Hospital, 1988
Residency
- Thoracic Surgery - Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania, 1996
- General Surgery - Pennsylvania Hospital, 1994
Medical/Dental School
- M.D. - University of Chile School of Medicine, 1985
Board Certifications
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Awards & Recognition
- 2021 Top Doctors 2021 鈥 Most Accomplished Doctors of Hispanic Descent in Our Region, AL D脥A News
- 2014 Best Doctors in America
- 2014 Delaware Today magazine, Top Doctors
- 2013 Best Doctors in America
- 2011 Best Doctors in America
Medical Interests
- Complex heart disease
- Ebstein's anomaly
- Heart transplantation
- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
- Mechanical circulatory support
- Neonatal surgery
- Single ventricle
- Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)
- Transposition of the great arteries
- Truncus arteriosus
- English
- French
- Spanish