Pedro J. del Nido

Pedro J. del Nido is an American pediatric cardiac surgeon who was the 95th president of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), succeeding David J. Sugarbaker and preceding Joseph S. Coselli.[1]

Education

Del Nido completed medical school at University of Wisconsin Medical School, 1977, Madison, Wisconsin, his residency in General Surgery at Boston University 1982, Boston, Massachusetts, Residency in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Toronto General Hospital 1985, Toronto, Canada, and Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery at Hospital for Sick Children, 1986, Toronto, Canada.[2]

Cardioplegia

Del Nido is the eponym of the del Nido cardioplegia, an intraoperative solution infused during open-heart surgery to temporarily stop the heart from beating.[3] Del Nido developed the solution while working at the University of Pittsburgh in the early 1990s, for which he subsequently received his first National Institutes of Health grant in 1992.[2] While the del Nido cardioplegia was initially developed for use in pediatric patients, its use has gained popularity in adult cardiac surgery.[4]

References
  1. "AATS Past Presidents". AATS. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  2. Spratt, John R.; Guleserian, Kristine J.; Shumway, Sara J. (February 2017). "Historical perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Pedro J. del Nido". The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 153 (2): 225–227. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.10.011. ISSN 1097-685X. PMID 27847163.
  3. Matte, Gregory S.; del Nido, Pedro J. (September 2012). "History and Use of del Nido Cardioplegia Solution at Boston Children's Hospital". The Journal of Extra-corporeal Technology. 44 (3): 98–103. ISSN 0022-1058. PMC 4557532. PMID 23198389.
  4. Marzouk, Mohamed; Lafreniere-Bessi, Valerie; Dionne, Stephanie; Simard, Serge; Pigeon, Christian; Dagenais, François; Ad, Niv; Jacques, Frederic (2020-05-08). "Transitioning to Del Nido cardioplegia for all-comers: the next switching gear?". BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 20 (1): 215. doi:10.1186/s12872-020-01506-0. ISSN 1471-2261. PMC 7206735. PMID 32384925.
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