David Lehenbauer

David Lehenbauer, MD


  • Attending Physician, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Institute
  • Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
  • UC Department of Surgery

About

MD: The University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, 2009.

General Surgery Residency: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, TX, 2013.

Thoracic Surgery Residency: The Johns Hopkins University Program, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 2016.

Congenital Cardiac Surgery Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, 2018.

Board Certifications: Congenital Cardiac Surgery Subspecialty Certification, American Board of Thoracic Surgery; American Board of Thoracic Surgery.

Interests

Pediatric cardiothoracic surgery; congenital heart surgery; pediatric heart and lung transplantation; pediatric cardiology; vascular ring and aortic uncrossing.

Research Areas

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Publications

Aspirin Use Following the Arterial Switch Operation in the United States: Variability, Trends, and Perioperative Outcomes. Bedzra, EK S; Faateh, M; Ahmed, HF; Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, A; Raees, MA; Jayaram, NM; Lehenbauer, DG; Morales, DL S; Ashfaq, A. World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Hearth Surgery. 2025; 16:736-743.

Increased utilisation of analgesia and sedation in patients following bidirectional Glenn: evidence for the "Glenn Headache "?. Hermann, L; Coghill, M; Justice, L; Cooper, DS; Homanick, BT; Diller, C; Santos de Oliveria, MH; Henry, B; Lehenbauer, D; Florez, AR. Cardiology in the Young. 2025; 35:2011-2015.

Tracheostomy in patients with a single ventricle during stage 1 palliation hospitalization: Prudent?. Ahmed, HF; Faateh, M; Chappell, G; Ricci, M; Alten, J; Lehenbauer, D; Ashfaq, A; Benscoter, A; Morales, DL S. JTCVS techniques. 2025; 33:225-229.

Pressure-Wire Guided Hybrid Branch Pulmonary Artery Band Placement for Palliation of Single Ventricle and Critical Congenital Cardiac Lesions. Pacella, J; Goldstein, BH; McGovern, E; Shahanavaz, S; Hirsch, R; Lehenbauer, D; Winlaw, D; Morales, DL S; Batlivala, SP. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2025; 106:663-673.

Inadequate tissue for cone repair: An alternative method. Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, A; Desai, MV; Kulshrestha, K; O'Donnell, A; Raees, MA; Chappell, G; Opotowsky, A; Lehenbauer, D; Morales, DL S. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2025; 169:e56-e59.

Tracheostomy can be avoided! Anterior-posterior cricoid split in bilateral vocal fold paralysis following complex congenital heart surgery. Chappell, G; Faateh, M; von Allmen, D; Lehenbauer, DG; Rutter, MJ; Ashfaq, A. JTCVS techniques. 2025; 31:148-150.

Heart Transplantation Outcomes for Fontan Patients When Using Contemporary Strategies: Heart-Liver Transplantation and Ventricular Assist Device Therapy. Hogue, SJ; Greenberg, JW; Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, A; Villa, CR; Chin, C; Lorts, A; Opotowsky, AR; Lehenbauer, DG; Morales, DL S. World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Hearth Surgery. 2025; 16:368-375.

Is timing as critical for repair of dextro-transposition of the great arteries with ventricular septal defect without outflow tract obstruction?. Faateh, M; Hogue, S; Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, A; Kulshrestha, K; Hossain, MM; Lehenbauer, DG; Morales, DL S; Ashfaq, A. JTCVS Open. 2025; 24:350-358.

(204) Prolonged Ventricular Assist Device Support in Single Ventricle Patients Does Not Negatively Impact Post-Transplant Outcomes. Ahmed, H; Faateh, M; Chappell, G; Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, A; Ricci, M; Lehenbauer, D; Ashfaq, A; Morales, D; Chin, C. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2025; 44:s103.

(1142) Landscape of BIVAD and LVAD Use Before Pediatric Heart Transplantation: Analysis of United States VAD Use. Chappell, GT; Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, A; Ahmed, H; Ashfaq, A; Lehenbauer, D; Lorts, A; M., ; Ricci, ; Morales, D. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2025; 44:s536.

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