Dr. David J. Caparrelli joined the Arizona Heart Institute (AHI) as a
Cardiovascular Surgeon in July 2008. A former fellow of endovascular surgery at
the Arizona Heart Institute, Dr. Caparrelli has returned to AHI after completing
his cardiothoracic surgery training at the Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland.
Dr. Caparrelli received his Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Princeton
University and his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of
Medicine where he spent an additional year as a post-doctoral research fellow in
thoracic oncology. Dr. Caparrelli then completed his general, vascular and cardiothoracic
surgical residencies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
While at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Caparrelli published numerous articles in peerreviewed
journals and authored several chapters related to cardiovascular medicine.
For his work he was awarded the George D. Zuidema Resident Research Award
and the Baltimore Academy of Surgery Resident Research Award in 2002 as well as
the Gershon Efron Award for Clinical Research in 2004. In 2008, Dr. Caparrelli
was honored with the C. Walton Lillehei-Earl Bakken Cardiac Surgery Resident
Award presented at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting.
Deeply committed to education and the evolution of the cardiovascular specialist,
Dr. Caparrelli has served on a number of committees including the STS Workforce
on Internet Applications, the Cardiothoracic Surgery Network (CTSNet.org)
Resident Editorial Board and the Edward B. Diethrich Vascular Surgical Society
Fellowship Committee. He is also affiliated with a number of other medical societies
including the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society (PVSS), the International
Society of Endovascular Specialists (ISES), and the American College of Cardiology
(ACC).
Dr. Caparrelli has a special interest in the treatment of aortic and branch vessel
pathologies employing both conventional and endovascular techniques such as
carotid endarterectomy and stenting, aortic valve replacement, thoracic endografting
and aortic root surgery including valve-sparing root replacement.
Dr. Caparrelli provides services at the Arizona Heart Institute main office located
in central Phoenix.
