Wen Cheng, MD

Director, Surgical Lung Transplant Program, Surgery

Program Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency Program, Thoracic Surgery
Email:wen.cheng@cshs.org
Phone:(310) 423-3851
Fax:(310) 423-0127

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor, Surgery

Awards and Activities

Cardiac Kids Have H.E.A.R.T2005
Heart Saver Gala Award2004
Western Thoracic Surgical Association1997
International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation2006

Research Focus

Clinical outcomes based research in CABG and Valve outcomes. Pediatric Cardiac Surgical and single ventricle excercise studies.

Research Contributions

Documented outcomes of Off- pump CABG and the effect of complete revascularization on CABG outcomes

Current investigations include:

1: The effect of the radial artery conduit on CABG outcomes
2: Outcomes in Heart surgery in nonagenarians

Selected Publications

  1. Cheng W, Denton TA, Fontana GP, Raissi S, Blanche C, Kass RM, Magliato KE, Mirocha J, Trento A: Off-pump coronary surgery: effect on early mortality and stroke. J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., 124(2): 313-20, 2002
  2. Kleisli T, Cheng W, Jacobs MJ, Mirocha J, Derobertis MA, Kass RM, Blanche C, Fontana GP, Raissi SS, Magliato KE, Trento A: In the current era, complete revascularization improves survival after coronary artery bypass surgery. J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., 129(6): 1283-91, 2005
  3. Goland S, Czer LS, Kass RM, Siegel RJ, Mirocha J, De Robertis MA, Lee J, Raissi S, Cheng W, Fontana G, Trento A: Use of cardiac allografts with mild and moderate left ventricular hypertrophy can be safely used in heart transplantation to expand the donor pool. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., 51(12): 1214-20, 2008
  4. Goland S, Czer LS, Kass RM, De Robertis MA, Mirocha J, Coleman B, Capelli C, Raissi S, Cheng W, Fontana G, Trento A: Pre-existing pulmonary hypertension in patients with end-stage heart failure: impact on clinical outcome and hemodynamic follow-up after orthotopic heart transplantation. J. Heart Lung Transplant., 26(4): 312-8, 2007
  5. Soukiasian HJ, Czer LS, Avital I, Aoki T, Kim YH, Umehara Y, Pass J, Tabrizi R, Magliato K, Fontana GP, Cheng W, Demetriou AA, Trento A: A novel sub-population of bone marrow-derived myocardial stem cells: potential autologous cell therapy in myocardial infarction. J. Heart Lung Transplant., 23(7): 873-80, 2004
  6. Khan SS, Chaux A, Blanche C, Kass RM, Cheng W, Fontana GP, Trento A: A 20-year experience with the Hancock porcine xenograft in the elderly. Ann. Thorac. Surg., 66(6 Suppl): S35-9, 1998
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