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updated: October 1, 2008
Arizona Heart Institute Welcomes
David J. Caparrelli, Cardiovascular Surgeon
PHOENIX, Arizona, October 1, 2008 --The Arizona Heart Institute (AHI) is proud to introduce David J. Caparrelli, MD who recently joined the AHI Division of Cardiovascular Surgery.
A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia and former fellow of endovascular surgery at the AHI, Dr. Caparrelli is board certified in general and vascular surgery and has recently completed his cardiac surgery training at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. In his final year of training, Dr. Caparrelli was honored with the C. Walton Lillehei-Earl Bakken Cardiac Surgery Resident Award presented at the 2008 Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual meeting. Dr. Caparrelli has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and authored several chapters related to cardiovascular medicine. For these accomplishments he was awarded the George D. Zuidema Resident Research Award and the Baltimore Academy of Surgery Resident Research Award.
“The addition of Dr. Caparrelli to our surgical staff provides an important new dimension to the care of our patients with complex heart and vascular disease,” says Dr. Edward B. Diethrich, founder and medical director of Arizona Heart Institute and Arizona Heart Hospital. “Dr. Caparrelli was an outstanding endovascular surgery fellow at Arizona Heart Institute. In addition, his recent experience at an internationally recognized facility, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, will enhance our surgical capabilities. Dr. Caparrelli will take a leadership role at Arizona Heart Institute, Arizona Heart Hospital and Arizona Heart Translational Research Center,” continued Diethrich.
Dr. Caparrelli has a special interest in the treatment of aortic and branch vessel pathologies employing both conventional and endovascular techniques including carotid endarterectomy and stenting, aortic valve replacement, thoracic endografting, aortic root and arch surgery as well as valve-sparing root replacement. Dr. Caparrelli is fully committed to community outreach projects and patient education; he will participate in multiple speaking engagements around the Valley.
Arizona Heart Institute Division of Cardiovascular Surgery is a globally recognized center of excellence which embraces the AHI mission—to care, to teach, to pioneer. The team of board-certified surgeons and support staff excel in the most advanced treatment modalities across all areas of its field, a qualification reflected by patient demand and sustained excellent outcomes in the categories of hospital length of stay, complications, comorbidities and mortality.
Streaming from a wide range of different backgrounds, our physicians excel in training and skill, yet all share one common goal: to provide the very best patient care possible.
For more information, please visit www.azheart.com, or contact Public Relations at 602-707-3519.
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