John T. Davis, MD

Medical School:

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine   MD   06/30/1967

Internship:

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania   06/30/1968

Residency:

Graduate Hospital   06/30/1973
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania   06/30/1975

Section:

Cardiothoracic Surgery   Click to learn about this department

Specialty:

Thoracic Surgery  
Surgery  

Gender:

Male

Languages Spoken:

English

Date of Appointment at
Children's Hospital:

02/11/1992

Office Practice Information:

• 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:

Emeritus Professor of Surgery

Clinical, Teaching & Research Interests*:

John Terrance Davis, MD, is a member of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and an Emeritus Professor of Surgery at The Ohio State University College of Medicine in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. His clinical interests include general thoracic surgery and chest wall deformities. Beside the common deformities such as pectus excavatum and carinatum, he is internationally recognized for his work related to the Jeune’s Asphyxiating Thoracic Dystrophy. He is also active administratively and is currently the Interim Medical Director of the Hospital. He has a longstanding interest in mission work in Central and South America, as well as Africa.

Publications*:

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

Davis JT, Phillips ABM, Long FR, Castile RG. Staged Surgical Approach to Thoracic Expansion in Jeune Syndrome and other Asphyxiating Thoracic Dystrophies. In: Reoperative Pediatric Surgery (Caniano DA and Teich S, eds.) The Humana Press, Totowa, NJ, 2007.

*Physician publications, awards and honors, and presentations and teaching activities represent work completed in 2007 only.