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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.

Services and Specialties

Cardiothoracic Surgery, Fetal Heart Program

Research Areas

Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart

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Publications

Repair of truncus arteriosus and atrioventricular septal defect: A value of virtual reality. Moore, RA; Kulshrestha, K; Burke, W; Wells, DA; O'Donnell, A; Szugye, N; Lehenbauer, DG; Morales, DL S. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2024; 167:434-438.

National experience with pediatric surgical aortic valve repair: A Pediatric Health Information System analysis. Kulshrestha, K; Greenberg, JW; Kennedy, JT; Hogue, S; Zafar, F; Lehenbauer, D; Winlaw, DS; Quintessenza, JA; Morales, DL S; Ashfaq, A. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2024; 167:422-430.

Is the practice of using oversized organs for recipients with elevated pulmonary vascular resistance justified?. Thangappan, K; Zafar, F; Ahmed, HF; Greenberg, JW; Ashfaq, A; Hirsch, R; Chin, C; Lehenbauer, D; O'Donnell, A; Morales, DL S. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2023; 166:1766-1779.

Characteristics and Outcomes of Surgical Treatment for Bronchial Anomalies. Kao, DD; Fuu-Kou, Y; Wang, CS; Lehenbauer, D; Zak, S; Benscoter, D; Morales, DL S; de Alarcon, A; Rutter, MJ. The Laryngoscope. 2023; 133:3334-3340.

Congenital Heart Surgery: A Marathon Not a Sprint. Ashfaq, A; Lehenbauer, DG; Winlaw, DS; Morales, DL S. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2023; 116:1327-1328.

Hand-Constructed CorMatrix Tubular Valve Used for Tricuspid Valve Replacement in Neonate With Congenital Tricuspid Dysplasia: Five-Year Follow-Up. Glenn, CJ; Greenberg, JW; Hogue, S; O’Donnell, A; Lehenbauer, DG; Moore, RA; Morales, DL S. World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Hearth Surgery. 2023; 14:758-760.

Reintervention and mortality risk after total anomalous pulmonary venous connection repair. Beers, KM; Jacobsen, CP; Miller, SR; Lehenbauer, DG; Maldonado, E; Husain, SA; Calhoon, JH. Cardiology in the Young. 2023; 33:2228-2235.

Center volume effect on acute cellular rejection and outcomes in pediatric lung transplant recipients. Guzman-Gomez, A; Ahmed, HF; Dani, A; Zafar, F; Lehenbauer, DG; Potter, AS; Morales, DL S; Ziady, AG; Hayes, D. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2023; 42:1030-1039.

PEDS7: Balloon Atrial Septostomy versus Left Atrial Cannulation for Left Heart Decompression in Children with Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Myocarditis on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Perry, T; Greenberg, J; Cooper, D; Smith, R; Benscoter, A; Koh, W; Ryan, T; Lehenbauer, D; Zafar, F; Thiagarajan, R; et al. ASAIO Journal. 2023; 69:80.

Improvement in Multidisciplinary Provider Rounding (Surgical Rounds) in the Pediatric Cardiac ICU: An Application of Lean Methodology. Brown, TN; Justice, L; Malik, F; Lehenbauer, D; O'Donnell, A; Brown, JM; Powers, T; Neogi, S; Cooper, DS; Mah, KE. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2023; 24:e282-e291.

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