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Tara Karamlou, MD, MSc


  • Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

About

MD: Baylor College of Medicine General Surgery,

Residency: Oregon Health and Science University,

MSc: Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Toronto Institute of Medical Science,

Residency: Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Michigan Congenital,

Residency: Seattle Children's Hospital ABTS,

Certifications: Cardiothoracic Surgery ABTS Subspecialty; Congenital Cardiac Surgery

Interests

Pediatric cardiac surgery; adult congenital heart disease

Interests

Clinical outcomes; prospective clinical and observational trials; population health research; quality improvement in congenital heart surgery

Publications

A Bayesian re-analysis of the STRESS trial. Hill, KD; Koerner, J; Hong, H; Li, JS; Hornik, C; Kannankeril, PJ; Jacobs, JP; Baldwin, HS; Jacobs, ML; Graham, EM; Scott, JP; Anderson, BR; Swartz, MF; O'brien, SM. American Heart Journal. 2026; 292:107282.

Percutaneous vegetation debulking and right ventricular assist device support as a bridge to surgery for transcatheter pulmonary valve endocarditis. Frankel, WC; Paul, A; Karamlou, T; Das, TM; Costello, JP; Najm, HK; Ghobrial, J. JTCVS Techniques. 2026; 35:102140.

Public Reporting and Case Selection in Congenital Heart Surgery: Signals From a Multicenter Observational Study. Jayaram, N; Hall, M; Spertus, JA; Chauhan, D; Karamlou, T; St Louis, JD; Jones, PG; Noel-Macdonnell, J; Anderson, BR. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2026.

Optimizing Regionalization: Ensuring Quality Without Geographic Penalty. Bhavana, S; Karamlou, T. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2025.

Arrhythmia burden in congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries: Does treatment pathway matter? El Assaad, I; Burke, BJ; Cummins, K; Karamlou, T; Aziz, PF; Marino, BS; Najm, HK; Patel, A. Heart Rhythm. 2025; 22(12):3300-3307.

Caval translocation as a surgical strategy for patients with congenital heart disease and bilateral superior vena cava. Najm, HK; Hoenig, SM; Robinson, J; Mahboubi, R; Farahi, K; Costello, JP; Ahmad, M; Potz, BA; Lee, J; Karamlou, T. JTCVS Techniques. 2025; 34:148-160.

Demonstration of dynamic surface codes. Eickbusch, A; Mcewen, M; Sivak, V; Bourassa, A; Atalaya, J; Claes, J; Kafri, D; Gidney, C; Warren, CW; Gross, J; Roushan, P; Neill, C; Chen, Y; Morvan, A. Nature Physics. 2025; 21(12):1994-2001.

Abstract 4360745: Multimodal Stress Testing and Morphologic Predictors of Ischemia in Anomalous Aortic Origin of a Coronary Artery. Jiang, M; Mccloskey, O; Iyer, M; Xu, S; Karamlou, T; Blackstone, E; Saarel, E; Firth, A; Rajeswaran, J; Najm, H; Pettersson, G; Unai, S; Ghobrial, J. Circulation. 2025; 152(Suppl_3):a4360745-a4360745.

A structured institutional framework for establishing a living allogenic valve transplant program. Faateh, M; Raees, MA; Berríos, YC; Zekic, A; Ahmed, HF; Karamlou, T; Cnota, JF; Mantell, BS; Morales, DLS; Ashfaq, A. JHLT Open. 2025; 10:100384.

Center Volume + 299 Other Criteria. Backer, CL; Dearani, JA; Karamlou, T; Pasquali, SK; Overman, DM. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2025; 120(5):1006-1007.

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