Mark E. Galantowicz, MD

Medical School:

Cornell University   MD   05/22/1987

Internship:

Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center - New York   06/30/1988

Residency:

Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center - New York   06/30/1993
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center - New York   06/30/1996

Section:

Cardiothoracic Surgery   Click to learn about this department

Specialty:

Thoracic Surgery, Certified  
Surgery  

Gender:

Male

Languages Spoken:

English

Date of Appointment at
Children's Hospital:

11/15/2002

Office Practice Information:

• Provides free consultations for new patients
• Accepts patients 0-18
• Accepts patients 18 years or older
• Accepts Medicaid
• Accepts walk-in patients
• Provides prenatal visits for expecting parents
• This office is wheelchair accessible

Academic Title:

Associate Professor of Surgery

Clinical, Teaching & Research Interests*:

Mark Galantowicz, MD, is the Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Co-Director of The Heart Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and is the first recipient of the Murray D. Lincoln endowed Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Dr. Galantowicz is also an Associate Professor of Surgery at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. After receiving his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Galantowicz was awarded the Fulbright Scholarship to conduct molecular biology research at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. He received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College and completed his surgical training, including fellowships in adult and pediatric cardiothoracic surgery, at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. Dr. Galantowicz joined Nationwide Children’s Hospital in 2002 to head up the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, where he also serves as the Surgical Director of the Heart, Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation Programs. His clinical interests are in the areas of the surgical treatment and repair of newborns with congenital heart defects and cardiopulmonary transplantation. In his tenure at Nationwide Children’s, he completed the hospital’s first successful heart, lung and heart-lung transplants including some of the youngest and smallest patients in the world. His work has helped expand the hospital’s Blood Conservation Program for congenital heart surgery, making The Heart Center a treatment center for patients coming from all over the world. Additionally, he helped design the country’s first Hybrid Congenital Cardiac Operating Suite, allowing the technology first developed in the Hybrid Catheterization Suites to translate into a state-of-the-art operating suite. His research interests focus on the development of innovative, less-invasive strategies for the management of cardiopulmonary disease. Dr. Galantowicz has authored several publications and presented to both national and international audiences on his surgical and hybrid procedures to treat cardiac malformations and congenital heart disease. His combined talent and expertise extends across borders as he performs life-saving operations on children with heart defects in developing countries.

Publications*:

Astor TL, Davis JT, Galantowicz M, Hoffman T, Philips A. Domino heart transplantation involving infants. American Journal of Transplantation 7: 2626-2629, 2007.

Cua C, Galantowicz M, Turner D, Forbes T, Hill SL, Hoffman T, Cheatham JP. Palliation via Hybrid Procedure of a 1.4-kg Patient with a Hypoplastic Left Heart. Congenital Heart Disease: Clinical Studies from Fetus to Adulthood, Vol. 2, No. 3, May-June 2007.

Cua CL, Galantowicz ME, Turner DR, Forbes TJ, Hill SL, Hoffman TM, Cheatham JP. Palliation via Hybrid Procedure of 1.4 kg Patient with a Hypoplastic Left Heart. Congenital Heart Disease 2: 191-3, 2007.

Phillips A, Holzer R, Bauer J, Green J, Bergdall V, Hill S, Gu X, Galantowicz M, Cheatham J. Animal Model of Perivalvular Leak for the Development of Novel Devices to Eliminate the Leak. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 70(1), July 1, 2007.

Awards and Honors*:

First Recipient, Murray D. Lincoln Endowed Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery

Listed, Best Doctors in America

Presentations and
Teaching Activities*:

Team Approach to the Hybrid Operating Room, American Academy of Cardiovascular Perfusion Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, January 27, 2007

The Hybrid Approach for the Management of HLHS: Intermediate Results after the Learning Curve, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, January 30, 2007

Cleaning up after Hurricane Intervention, 11th Vail Symposium on Pediatric Cardiac Diseases, Vail, Colorado, March 4-7, 2007

Hybrid Surgery and Endovascular Procedures in Treatment of Congenital Heart Diseases, 9th Moscow’s International Course on Endovascular Surgery of Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease, Coronary and Vascular Pathology, Moscow, Russia, June 4-6, 2007

Hybrid Therapies in the Treatment of HLHS, 9th Moscow’s International Course on Endovascular Surgery of Congenital and Aquired Heart Disease, Coronary and Vascular Pathology, Moscow, Russia, June 4-6, 2007

Hybrid Approaches for Management of Single Ventricle, from Norwood Stage I to Completion Fontan, 21st EACTS Annual Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland, September 15-17, 2007

What Is the Role of the Hybrid Procedure for HLHS?, Evolving Concepts in the Management of Complex Congenital Heart Disease, San Diego, California, October 5-6, 2007

Current Results with the Hybrid Approach to Hypoplastic Left Heart, CHSS Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, October 28-29, 2007

Blood Conservation Techniques in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Invited Speaker, Heart 2 Heart Africa Congress 2007, Sun City, South Africa, November 22-25, 2007

Hybrid Seminar: Hybrid Approach to Muscular VSD’s, Stenting and HLHS, Heart 2 Heart Africa Congress 2007, Sun City, South Africa, November 22-25, 2007

In Search of the Ideal Fontan Circuit, Heart 2 Heart Africa Congress 2007, Sun City, South Africa, November 22-25, 2007

*Physician publications, awards and honors, and presentations and teaching activities represent work completed in 2008 only.